Sec. 42-62. - Application.
(a) Every applicant for a license to operate a massage shop, nude modeling studio or body painting artists establishment shall file an application made under oath with the bureau of liquor control upon a form provided by the bureau. The application, once accepted, shall be duly investigated by the bureau of liquor control. Copies of the application shall be furnished within a reasonable time thereafter to the city departments of fire and health, and to the construction inspection division of the department of codes administration, for the necessary clearances and certifications that the proposed premises of the applicant meet the standards of the respective codes. The applicant's moral character and qualifications shall be investigated by the bureau of liquor control or by the city police department, or both. Each application shall contain the following information:
(1) The type of license applied for.
(2) The location, mailing address and all telephone numbers where the business is to be located.
(3) The name and address of each applicant. (Hereinafter all provisions which refer to an applicant include an applicant which may be a corporation or partnership.)
a. If the applicant is a corporation, the names and addresses of the officers of the corporation and each stockholder owning ten percent of the corporation itself, if different from the address of the place of business.
b. If the applicant is a partnership, the names and residence addresses of each of the partners, including limited partners, and the address of the partnership itself, if different from the address of the place of business.
c. If the application is on behalf of a corporation, the date of incorporation, the state incorporated in, and a copy of the corporation certificate and incorporation papers.
(4) The two previous addresses immediately prior to the present address of the applicant.
(5) Proof that the licensee is at least 18 years old.
(6) Individual partnership applicant's height, weight, color of eyes and hair, and sex.
(7) A copy of identification such as a driver's license and social security card.
(8) Portrait photographs of the applicant, of appropriate size, and a complete set of fingerprints. If the applicant is a corporation, portrait photographs of all officers of the corporation, of appropriate size, and a complete set of fingerprints of all such individuals shall be submitted. If the applicant is a partnership, front-face portrait photographs of appropriate size of each partner, and a complete set of fingerprints of such individuals, shall be submitted.
(9) Business, occupation or employment of the applicant for the three years immediately preceding the date of application.
(10) The license history of the applicant; whether such person, in previously operating in this or another city or state, has had a business license revoked or suspended, and the reason therefor, and the business activity or occupation subsequent to such action of suspension or revocation.
(11) All criminal convictions other than minor traffic violations, including the dates of conviction, nature of crimes, court and location of such convictions.
(12) The name and address of each employee who is or will be employed in the proposed establishment.
(13) In the case of a massage shop application, if the applicant intends to engage in the massage services offered at the proposed establishment, a diploma or certificate of graduation from a recognized school or institution where the method, profession and work of massage is taught, or proof that he has previously been licensed by the city as a massagist; provided, however, that if the applicant will not engage in the practice of massage no such certification need be shown.
(14) The name and address of the same or any other type business licensed under this chapter owned or operated by the applicant or any other person required by the provisions of this chapter to be named in the application.
(15) A description of any other business to be operated on the same premises or on adjoining premises owned or controlled by the applicant.
(16) Authorization for the city and its agents and employees to seek information and conduct an investigation into the truth of the statements set forth in the application and the qualifications of the applicant for the license and permit applied for.
(b) All applicants for licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter or any purchaser of any establishment licensed under this chapter or heretofore, shall, in addition to the other information required by this section, evidence the financing of such business, regardless of source, whether, but not necessarily limited to, from the applicant's personal assets, or from a loan, gift, stock purchase or paid-in capital. The supervisor of liquor control may require, and the applicant shall furnish, any supplemental or additional information regarding such funding. The supervisor may require from the applicant such other identification and information necessary to discover the truth of all matters specified to be set out in the application that he deems necessary.
(Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 8.4; Ord. No. 47656, 5-6-77)
