§ 518-2.618. Issuance or denial of permit.

(a)

Within thirty days after an application is filed, and upon payment of a nonrefundable permit fee of seventy-five dollars for operators and twenty dollars for masseurs, the sheriff shall issue a permit, unless he finds any of the following:

(1)

The applicant or any employee has been convicted of an offense requiring registration under Penal Code Section 290 or defined in Sections 311 through 311.7, 314, 315, 316, 318, 647(a), (b), (d) or 647a, or an offense involving the use of force and violence upon the person of another or lewd conduct; or

(2)

The proposed operation will not fully comply with all the requirements of this chapter and of any applicable law, ordinance or regulation relating to health, safety and welfare; or

(3)

The applicant, knowingly and with the intent to deceive, has made any false, misleading or fraudulent statement or representation, or material omission, in connection with the application process.

(b)

If the sheriff finds any of the conditions listed in subsection (a) to exist, he shall deny issuance of a permit and state the reasons therefor in writing to the applicant.

(Ord. 73-60 § 1 (part), 1973).