The chief of police shall issue a massage establishment permit and/or masseur permit within forty-five (45) days of receipt of the application, unless he finds that one or more of the following exists:

    A.    The correct permit fee has not been tendered to the city, and in the case of a check or bank draft, honored with payment upon presentation;

    B.    The operation, as proposed by the applicant, if permitted would not comply with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to the city’ s building, zoning and health regulations and this chapter;

    C.    The applicant, if an individual, or any of the stockholders holding more than ten percent of the stock of the corporation, any of the officers and directors, if the applicant is a corporation, any of the partners, including limited partners, if the applicant is a partnership; and the manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the business have been convicted of any crime or placed on court supervision or similar disposition for:

    1.    An offense involving sexual misconduct,

    2.    Keeping or residing in a house of ill fame,

    3.    Solicitation of a lewd or unlawful act,

    4.    Prostitution or pandering, or

    5.    Any crime involving dishonesty, fraud or deceit; except that, the chief of police, in his discretion, may issue a permit to any person found guilty of such crimes if he finds that such conviction occurred at least five years prior to the date of the application and that the applicant is sufficiently rehabilitated and has had no subsequent convictions of the same or similar offenses;

    D.    The applicant has knowingly made any false, misleading or fraudulent statement of fact in the permit application or in any document required by the city in conjunction therewith;

    E.    The applicant has had a massage establishment, masseur, or other similar permit or license denied, revoked or suspended for any of the above causes by the city or any other state or local agency within five years prior to the application date;

    F.    The applicant, if an individual, or any of the officers and directors, if the applicant is a corporation; or any of the partners, including limited partners, if the applicant is a partnership; and the manager or other persons principally in charge of the business, is not over the age of eighteen (18) years;

    G.    The manager or other persons principally in charge of the operation of the business has not successfully completed a resident course of study or learning of not less than one hundred (100) hours from a recognized school where the theory, method, profession, or work of massage is taught; and

    H.    The applicant fails to provide the chief of police with the health certificates for all masseurs and masseuses who are to perform massage services at the massage establishment as required by Section 5.24.140(M). (Ord. 1414 § 1 (part), 1996: prior code § 7-6-6)