§ 30-959. Revocation.

(a)

The license of a massage establishment may be revoked upon one or more of the following grounds:

(1)

Failure of the holder to maintain initial qualifications for obtaining the license.

(2)

The holder is guilty of employing any person who is not a licensed massage technician and allowing or permitting such person to administer massage in the establishment.

(3)

The premises in which the massage establishment is located are in violation of any of the federal, state, county or municipal laws designed for the health, protection and safety of the occupants.

(4)

The premises are in violation of the city's building code or of this subsection.

(5)

The original application or renewal thereof contains materially false information or the applicant has deliberately sought to falsify information contained therein.

(6)

The holder or any of the holder's employees or agents has been convicted or has pled guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or to a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or to any charge of incest, solicitation of sodomy, public indecency, prostitution, pimping, pandering, pandering by compulsion, masturbation for hire or the distribution of material depicting nudity or sexual conduct as defined under state law and in connection with the operation of the massage establishment.

(7)

The holder or the holder's employees have allowed to occur or have engaged in a violation of any section of this article.

(8)

Failure of the holder to actively supervise and monitor the conduct of the employees, customers and others on the premises in order to protect the health, safety and well-being of the general public and the customers.

(b)

No license issued under this division shall be revoked until after due notice and a hearing shall have been held before the license review board to determine just cause for such revocation. Notice of such hearing shall be given in writing and served at least ten days prior to the date of the hearing thereon. The notice shall state the grounds of the complaints against the holder of such license and shall designate the time and place where such hearing will be held.

(c)

The notice shall be served upon the license holder by delivering the notice personally or by leaving such notice at the place of business or residence of the license holder in the custody of a person of suitable age and discretion. If the license holder cannot be found and the service of notice cannot be otherwise made in the manner provided in this section, a copy of such notice shall be mailed registered postage, fully prepaid, addressed to the license holder at the license holder's place of business or residence at least ten days prior to the date of such hearing.

(d)

Any massage establishment operator having the license revoked shall be disqualified from reapplying for such a license for 12 months immediately following the revocation.

(Code 1977, §§ 14-6242, 14-6243; Ord. No. 2007-29(07-O-0765), §§ 8, 9, 5-29-07)