§ 897-7. New License Application; Procedures and Fee.

(a)

Any person, association, firm, or corporation desiring to obtain a massage practitioner or massage establishment license shall make application to the city treasurer who shall refer each such application to the chief of police for appropriate investigation. A person desiring licenses authorizing him to perform the activities of a massage practitioner and, in addition, to conduct or operate a massage establishment shall submit two separate applications.

(b)

The application shall be accompanied by a non-refundable fee in the amount of $300.00 for an initial license to operate a massage establishment, and $150 for a renewal license; or $200.00 for an initial license to operate as a massage practitioner, and $50 for a renewal license, as those terms are defined in this chapter.

(c)

An applicant for a massage practitioner or massage establishment license shall submit the following:

(1)

The full legal name and current residence address of the applicant;

(2)

Any other names by which the applicant has been known;

(3)

The address at which applicant desires to do business;

(4)

The two residence addresses immediately prior to the present residence address of applicant, and the dates of residence at each;

(5)

Written proof that the applicant is over the age of twenty-one years if applying for a massage establishment license, or over the age of eighteen years if applying for a massage practitioner license;

(6)

Two portrait photographs, approximately two inches by two inches in size, taken within the previous six months;

(7)

The business license history of the applicant, whether the applicant, in previously operating in this or another city or state under license, has had such licenses revoked or suspended, the reason therefor, and the business activity or occupation subsequent to such suspension or revocation;

(8)

All felony and misdemeanor convictions, excluding those for traffic offenses, and the grounds of such convictions;

(9)

The applicant's complete fingerprints, recorded by the police department;

(10)

The applicant's education, training and experience in the administration, practice or use of the subjects and methods listed in section 897-1-M-3, including diplomas or credentials from schools or institutions of learning. The educational requirements for massage practitioner license applicants shall include certification of satisfactory completion of a minimum of 160 hours of course instructions in anatomy, physiology and massage or touching techniques from a school of massage approved by the State Medical Board of Ohio or an equivalent board from outside this state, or accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Council on Post Secondary Accreditation.

(11)

Any other identification and information as the police department may require in order to discover the truth of the matters above required to be set forth in the application.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 232-1996, eff. Sept. 6, 1996; Emer. Ord. 463-2010, § 53, eff. Dec. 30, 2010)