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Municode Page 2 of 6 � � g. Location of premises for which the massage therapy center license is made. h• At least four character references if the applicant has not resided in the city for two years last preceding the date of application. �• The name, date of birth, and address of all employees or independent contractors performing massage at the applicant's massage therapy center. 1• Such other information as the city council shall deem necessary considering the nature of the massage therapy center business. (4) It is unlawful for any applicant to intentionally make a false statement or omission upon any application form. Any false statement in such application or any willful omission to state any information called for on such application form shall, upon discovery of such falsehood, work an automatic refusal of license or, if already issued, shall render any license issued void and of no effect to protect the applicant from prosecution for violation of this article. (5) The city clerk shall, upon receipt of each application completed in accordance with this division, forthwith investigate the truth of statements made in the application and the moral character and business reputation of each applicant for license to such extent as he or she deems necessary, including ordering a computerized criminal history inquiry and/or a driver's license history inquiry on the applicant and all employees or independent contractors listed as performing massage in the application. For such investigations, the city clerk may enlist the aid of the chief of police. The city council shall not consider an application before such investigation has been completed. (6) Applications for renewal may be made in such abbreviated form as the city council may adopt under this chapter. (Ord. No. 71 3rd series, § 1, 6-28-2010;Ord. No. 87 3rd series, §2, 4-11-2011) Sec. 31-13. Granting, refusal, issuing, transferring, and duplicating of licenses. (a) Granting. License applications shall be reviewed by the police department, planning department, county health department and such other departments as the city administrator shall direct. The review shall include an inspection of the premises covered by the application to determine whether the premises conform to all requirements of this Code. Recommendations of each department shall be made in writing to the administrator. Thereafter, licenses shall be granted or denied by the city council. (b) Issuing. If an application is approved, the city clerk shall forthwith issue a license in the form prescribed by the city council upon proof of ownership of the business, payment of the appropriate license fee, and approval of insurance, if required. All licenses shall be on a calendar year basis. All applications for a license under this chapter shall be accompanied by the fee established in the ordinance adopting the fee schedule. The city council may grant any application for the period of the remainder of the then current calendar year or for the entire ensuing license year. License fees shall be prorated on the basis of 1/12th for each calendar month or part of a month remaining in the then current license year. The license shall be displayed on the licensed premises so it is visible to anyone who enters the premises. (�) Refusal. The city council may, for any reasonable cause based on the conditions governing the issuance of licenses in section 31-6, refuse to grant any application. No license shall be granted to a person of questionable moral character or business reputation. (d) Transferring. No license issued under this chapter shall be transferred to any person or entity other than the person or entity to whom the license was issued or to a different location without the consent of the city council and payment of the investigation fee. It is unlawful to make any transfer in violation of this subsection. (e) https://library.municode.com/print.aspx?h=&clientID=13 094&HTMRequest=https%3 a%2... 8/27/2014