A. Any executive, employee or agent of a licensed house of prostitution having the power to exercise a significant influence over decisions concerning any part of the house of prostitution is a key employee.
B. The board shall not be restricted by the title of the job performed or amount of compensation received, but shall consider the functions, responsibilities and apparent decision making authority of the person involved in the operation of the house of prostitution in making its decision as to whether a person is a key employee.
C. Every key employee of each licensee shall be registered with the chief of police or his designee on application forms provided by the chief of police or his designee. The key employee shall furnish that information required by subsection 3-6-7L of this chapter, except subsection 3-6-7L4 of this chapter.
D. Every application for registration as a key employee shall be accompanied with a one time, nonrefundable fee, to be set by resolution of the board of councilmen from time to time and thereafter the annual renewal or revision fee, which shall be set by resolution of the board of councilmen from time to time.
E. Upon receiving a completed application and the appropriate fee, the chief of police or his designee shall issue the key employee a registration card which shall bear identifying information pertaining to the employee, a fingerprint, photograph, the name of the house of prostitution, position held and the words "key employee".
F. The chief of police or his designee shall conduct a full investigation of all information contained in the registration application. The background investigation shall be similar to the investigation required for a licensee, as required by section 3-6-8 of this chapter.
G. The chief of police or his designee may deny an application for registration as a key employee or revoke a previously issued registration as a key employee on the grounds enumerated in subsection 3-6-8H of this chapter.
H. No later than thirty (30) days after the effective date of this chapter every person previously registered to work in a position now designated as a key employee position by this chapter must comply with subsection C of this section. Any key employee previously registered in such position shall be exempt from payment of the initial fee as required by subsection D of this section. (Ord. 192, 6-26-2001)