§ 30-652. Application; investigation.

(a)

Every person desiring to obtain a permit to operate an escort service shall make written application to the department of police upon forms to be prepared and approved by the mayor. Each applicant shall submit the following:

(1)

The name and address of the applicant.

(2)

The location of the proposed escort service.

(3)

The nature and character of the business.

(4)

If a partnership, the name of the partnership and the names and addresses of the partners.

(5)

If a corporation, the name of the corporation and the names and addresses of the officers and members of the board of directors and stockholders.

(6)

Any bank accounts listed in the name of the applicant or maintained by the applicant, whether an individual, partnership or corporation.

(7)

Whether the applicant or any partners or any corporation officers or board members or any principal shareholders have, within the preceding five years, a record for any conviction for the violation of any statute of the several states or the United States or of any ordinance of any city in the United States. The term "conviction" shall include an adjudication of guilt, a plea of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere or the forfeiture of a bond.

(8)

A listing of all real property which the applicant is presently leasing and the names and addresses of all lessees and lessors of the property.

(9)

A certified copy of the applicant's financial statement for the 12-month period ending one week before the filing of the application for a permit and the state of incorporation of such corporation, as well as the names and addresses of the agents and employees of such corporation for a period of two years immediately prior to the filing of such application.

(10)

Documentation of oral agreements, copies of all written agreements among any persons or stockholders of corporations or partners of partnerships applying for a permit to engage in an escort service, which agreements reflect or control ownership or division of profits, sharing of revenues or payment of rents or which agreements reflect any other arrangements in connection with ownership, rents, profit sharing or income application of use.

(b)

All applicants shall be investigated by the department of police and the department's findings shall be presented to the license review board at a public hearing on the application and the license review board shall recommend its findings to the mayor.

(c)

The mayor, upon receiving the recommendation of the license review board, may, within 60 calendar days of receipt of said recommendation, deny or grant the application for a new permit. In addition, within said 60-day period, if the mayor determines there is a need to correct a clear error or prevent a manifest injustice, the mayor may remand the application back to the license review board for further hearing. If the mayor fails to take action within the 60-day period, the recommendation of the license review board shall become the final decision of the mayor.

(Code 1977, § 14-6112; Ord. No. 2008-79(08-O-1677), § 12, 11-6-08)