Application for permit.
San Antonio City Code § 17-15
in effectSec. 17-15. - Application for permit.
Any person required to have a city massage establishment permit shall file a written application with the chief on a form to be furnished by the department. The applicant shall submit the following:
(1) The type of ownership of the business, i.e. whether individual, partnership, corporation or otherwise;
(2) The name, style and designation under which the business or practice is to be conducted;
(3) The business address and all telephone numbers where the business is to be conducted;
(4) A complete list of the names and the residence addresses of all masseurs and employees in the business and the name and residence address of the manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the business, if said employees and masseurs have been hired as of date of application. This information shall be updated once employees and masseurs have been hired;
(5) The following personal information concerning the applicant, if an individual; and concerning each stockholder holding more than ten (10) percent of the stock of the corporation, each officer and director, if the applicant is a corporation; and concerning the partners, including limited partners, if the applicant is a partnership; and the holder of any lien, of any nature, upon the business and/or the equipment used therein; and concerning the manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the business:
a. The name(s), complete residence addresses and residence telephone numbers;
b. Written proof of age;
c. Height, weight, color of hair and eyes, and sex;
d. Two (2) front face portrait photographs taken within thirty (30) days of the date of application and at least two (2) by two (2) inches in size;
e. The massage establishment or similar business history from five (5) years prior to the date of application, including but not limited to, whether or not such person previously operated in this or another city or state under license or permit; if any such license or permit had been denied, revoked or suspended and the reason therefor.
f. All criminal arrests other than misdemeanor traffic violations, fully disclosing the jurisdiction in which arrested and the disposition thereof;
g. Fingerprints obtained by applicant at a licensed facility and provided to the chief. Said fingerprints shall be retained on file by the chief.
(6) Such other information and identification as shall be deemed necessary by the chief to discover the truth of the matters hereinabove required to be set forth in the application;
(7) Documentation of personal background check conducted at a licensed facility.
(8) Written declaration by the applicant, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing information contained in the application is true and correct, said declaration being duly dated and signed and submitted to the department.
(Ord. No. 2019-02-14-0122, § 1, 2-14-19)
Source: City of San Antonio, City Code, City Charter and Unified Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/san_antonio/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH17MABU_ARTIIICIPE_S17-15APPEFetched: 10/27/2026