§ 20-8. Massage therapy business license application processing.

(a)

Upon receipt of a complete application for a massage therapy business license, the unified government license administrator shall immediately transmit one copy of the application to the chief of police for investigation of the application. In addition, the unified government license administrator shall transmit a copy of the application to the county administrator, public health department, director of planning, and fire marshal.

(b)

It shall be the duty of the chief of police and/or his designee, to investigate such application to determine whether the information contained in the application is accurate and whether the applicant is qualified to be issued the license applied for. The chief of police and/or his designee shall report the results of the investigation to the unified government license administrator not later than 20 working days from the date the application is received by the unified government license administrator.

(c)

It shall be the duty of the public health department, the director of planning and the fire marshal to determine whether the structure where the massage therapy business will be conducted complies with the requirements and meets the standards of the applicable health, zoning, building code, fire and property maintenance ordinances of the unified government, provided the premises need not be designed or set up for the requirements of a license being issued, and provided further that all other code and zoning requirements must be met. All standards for premises set forth in section 20-13 of this chapter must be met prior to the first day the premises are open for business.

(d)

The public health department, the director of planning and the fire marshal shall report the results of their investigation to the unified government license administrator not later than 20 working days from the date the application is received by the unified government license administrator.

(e)

Upon receipt of the reports from the chief of police, the public health department, the director of planning and the fire marshal, the unified government license administrator shall determine if the application complies with the standards set forth in section 20-10 of this chapter; provided the license application shall be approved or disapproved within 45 days from the date of filing of a completed application with the license administrator's office.

(Code 1988, § 20-8; Ord. No. O-92-98, § 1, 10-22-1998; Ord. No. O-54-11, § 1, 12-1-2011)