Application for Escort Service License.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 89-7
in effect89-7. Application for Escort Service License.
1. FILING FEE. Any person desiring to obtain an escort service license shall pay the fee required in s. 81-49.9 to defray the costs of administration and investigation of the application.
2. APPLICATION. Any person desiring an escort service license shall file a written application with the city clerk on a form to be provided by the city clerk. The application shall include any other name by which the applicant has been known during the previous 5 years. The application for an escort service license shall set forth the proposed place of business of the escort service by business address, including suite number, and not by post office box, and shall contain a description of the nature and scope of the proposed business operation. In addition, the following information shall be furnished concerning the applicant if an individual, and concerning each stockholder holding 10% or more of the stock or beneficial ownership of the corporation, each officer and director if the applicant is a corporation, and concerning each partner, including limited partners, if the applicant is a partnership:
a. The previous residence addresses, if any, for a period of 3 years immediately prior to the date of application and the dates of such residence.
b. The date of birth.
c. A complete set of fingerprints.
d. The business, occupation or employment history for 3 years immediately preceding the date of application, including but not limited to, whether such person previously operated under any permit or license in another city in this or another state and whether any such permit or license had ever been suspended or revoked.
e. All pending criminal charges in any state or federal court, with a brief statement of the nature of the pending charges and the jurisdiction in which the charges are pending.
f. The name of persons who will have custody of the business records at the business location.
g. The name and address of the person who will be the agent for service of process.
3. INVESTIGATION; HEARING. Applications shall be referred to the chief of police, commissioner of neighborhood services and commissioner of health, all of whom shall cause an investigation to be made and report their findings to the common council licensing committee. The chief of police who shall make and complete an investigation of the applicant’s criminal history for the preceding 10 years.
a. For applications relating to escort service licenses, the report to the common council licensing committee by the commissioner of neighborhood services shall include information related to the zoning district in which the place of business of the escort service is to be located.
b. An application for an escort service license shall be subject to common council review and approval in accordance with the provisions of ss. 85-2.7 and 85-5.
4. DISQUALIFICATION. Whenever any application is denied, or license not renewed, revoked or surrendered, the procedures for disqualification for license and change of circumstances provided in ss. 85-13 and 85-15 shall apply.
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/Volume-1/Master-V1.pdf#page=273Fetched: 10/26/2026