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HomeMy WebLinkAbout531 Escort Service License AMBROSE, FITZG ERALD B CROOKSTON A00orneya enC Counselore P.O. Box /2T Merl0lan,Itleho &9802 TeleOhone 888-//81 ORDINANCE NO.L AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER 21, TO TITLE VIII, OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF ESCORT AND ESCORT BUREAUS INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING: DEFINITIONS, LICENSE REQUIRED; FEE; EXCEPTIONS, APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS, QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSE - EMPLOYMENT, NOTIFICATION OF PERSONAL CHANGES, UNLAWFUL ACTS OF ESCORT BUREAU LICENSEE, APPOINTMENT BOOK AND NOTICE OF ESCORT AT OTHER LOCATION., LICENSE - SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION CONDITIONS, PENALTIES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Meridian, State of Idaho, have concluded that it is in the best interest of the said City to adopt a new Chapter 21, to Title VIII, of the Revised and Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian Ordinances which shall provide for the licensing of escort and escort bureaus and related matters; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO: SECTION 1: T`at a new Chapter 21 be added to Title VIII to the Revised and Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian, to be known as "ESCORT AND ESCORT BUREAUS", which is hereby adopted and enacted and which shall read as follows: 8-2101 DEFINITIONS: For the purpose of this Ordinance, the o low T w g terms, phrases, words or derivations shall have the meaning given herein. A. Applicant: The person making application for a license or the renewal of a license to either: 1. Maintain and operate an escort bureau as herein defined; or 1 • 2. Engage as an escort as defined. B. Escort: 1. Any person who, for hire or reward, accompanies others to or about social affairs, entertainment or places of amusement. 2. Any person who, for hire or reward, consorts with others about any place of public resort or within any private quarters. C. Escort Bureau: Any business or agency which, for a fee, commission, hire, reward or profit, furnishes or offers to furnish escorts. D. Licensee: A person having a City license in full force and effect issued hereunder to either: 1. Maintain and operate an escort bureau as herein defined; or 2. Engage as an escort as herein defined. E. License 0°ficer: City Clerk. F. Person: Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind. G. Employ: To retain the services of an Escort to function as such under direction of an Escort Bureau. A bureau shall be deemed to "employe" all escorts functioning and/or dispatched at their direction regardless of the financial arrangements between the parties as to remuneration for escort services provided. H. Employee: Any person functioning and/or dispatched as an Escort at the direction of an Escort Bureau regardless of the financial arrangements between the Bureau and the Escort as to remuneration for escort services provided. AMBROSE, FITZG ERALD dCROOKSTON Attomays and Counselors P.O. Boz 027 MariGian, Idaho 83802 TaleOhona 888-<O61 8-2102 LICENSE REQUIRED; FEE; EXCEPTIONS: A. Every person conducting, managing or carrying on 2 any escort bureau shall first procure a license and pay an annual license fee of One Hundred Seventy-five ($175.00) Dollars. A provisional license may be issued pending completion of the required investigation. B. Every person hired for the purpose of accompanying others to social affairs, entertainment, places of amusement or at any place of public resort or within any private quarters shall first procure a license and pay an annual fee of Fifty {$50.00) Dollars. A provisional license may be issued pending completion of the required investigation. C. Every Escort shall have in their possession while engaged in any act as an escort, including but not limited to travel to and from appointments, their Meridian City license issued under this Ordinance and other identification with photograph; both of which shall be provided for inspection upon request by any customer or by any law enforcement officer. D. Exceptions: 1. This Chapter shall not apply to the lawful business of any employment office or employment agency licensed under state taw which does not conduct an escort bureau. 2. This Chapter shall not apply to Meridian City licensees acting pursuant to the applicable Meridian City Code licensing requirements. 3. This Chapter shall not apply to any persons acting under authorization of any public and governmental agencies or political subdivisions thereof. AMBROBE, FITZG ERALO B CROOKSTON A~~orneye anE Counselors P.O. Boz t2] MeriEien, ICeho 838e2 Telephone BOBJ~81 8-2103 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: Each applicant for a icense herein is require to provide the following information upon an application which shall contain the following: A. An applicant who was not 1 icensed by this Chapter for the year immediately preceding the current application shall be required to be fingerprinted by an appropriate agency to be designated by the Licensing Officer. 3 AMBROSE, FITZG ERALD 6CROOKSTON Attorneys ono Counssiors P.O. Box d1] Merltlbn, Itleho 83812 Telephone 8881181 B. All residential addresses during the past five (5) years. C. The name and address of each business where the applicant was employed, or which the applicant owned during the past five (5) years. D. Whether the applicant has had any business license denied, revoked, or suspended, the reason therefor, and the date and place of such action. E. Any conviction or forfeiture of bond, upon any assault, larceny, sexual offense, burglary, or any crirninal violation or municipal ordinance violation (except traffic violations) during the past five (5) years. f. Identification sufficient to prove that the applicant is at least eighteen (18) years of age. G. If the applicant is a corporation, a copy of the articles of incorporation shall be submitted, together with the name and residence address of each officer, and director, and of each stockholder owning more than ten per cent (IOX) of the stock of the corporation. If the applicant is a partnership, the applicant shall set forth the name and residence address of each of the partners, including limited partners. Said persons shall be construed as joint applicants for an escort bureau license. H. Each applicant for a escort bureau shall addresses of all persons be employed by the aK person with a financial bureau. license to conduct an state the names and employed or intended to Iplicant and any other interest in the escort I. Authorization for the city, its agents and employees to seek information and conduct an investigation into the truth of the statements set forth in the application and the qualifications of the applicant for the permit. J, One photograph of the applicant taken within thirty (30) days of the date of application at least two inches by two inches (2" x 2"). If the applicant is a corporation or a partnership, one photograph at least two inches by two inches 4 (2" x 2") in size of each officer and director and every shareholder owning more than ten per cent (10%) of the stock of said corporation, or if a partnership a 2" x 2" photograph of each partner, including a limited partner in said partnership. 8-2104 QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSE - EMPLOYMENT: No person sha 1 ho d a icense w o: A. Has been convicted within the preceding five (5) years of: 1. Any felony or crime which under the laws of this state would be a felony; 2. Larceny in any degree; 3. An offense involving sexual misconduct, pandering or prostitution. 4. Any violation of this Chapter or a similar law of another City in Idaho or any other state. B. Is younger than eighteen (18) years of age. C. Has made a material misrepresentation of fact on the application for license. D. H^s had a similar escort license, escort bureau license or other City license revoked within the last five (5) years. 8-2105 NOTIFICATION OF PERSONAL CHANGES: Every escort bureau shall within twenty-four 4 hours notify the License Authority of every change in personnel of escorts employed by the escort bureau. 8-2106 UNLAWFUL ACTS OF ESCORT BUREAU LICENSEE: In addition to maintaining a con itions an qua ifications of a licensee for an escort bureau license, said licensee shall not: A. Hire or employ any escort who is not licensed: B. Employ as an escort any person under eighteen (18) years of age. AMBgOSE, FITZG ERALO B CROOKSTON Attorneys end Counaelots P.O. Box 027 Merltllan, Itla~o &7602 TalePNOne 6864481 C. Furnish any escort to, or accept employment from, any patron, customer or person to be escorted who is under eighteen (18) years of 5 age, except at the special instance and request of the parent, guardian or other person in lawful custody of the person upon whose behalf the escort service is engaged. 8-2107 APPOINTMENT BOOK AND NOTICE OF ESCORT AT OTHER LO A ON: A. Every person who operates an escort bureau or practices or provides as an escort shall at all times keep an appointment book in which the name, address and telephone number of each and every patron shall be entered, together with the time and date and place of service, the service to be provided and the name of the escort employed, furnished or arranged for, prior to the service being rendered. B. The appointment book shall be available at all times for inspection by the Meridian City Police Chief or his authorized representatives. C. Every person who practices or provides any escort service to any location, including but not limited to any motel or hotel, must first give notice of his or her presence on the premises at that location and fully identify himself or herself, the escort bureau, and the patron upon whom the person intends to practice or provide an escort to the owner, manager or person in charge of that location before rending any services. This provision shalt be deemed complied with where the location is a motel or hotel by giving such notice and identification to the person in charge of the registration desk of such motel or hotel. A record of such appointment, or notice given and to whom said notice was given shall also be kept in the appointment book as hereinabove specified. AM BROSE, FITZGERALD B CROOKSTON Attorneys anp Gounaelore P.O. Box 62] Meritlian, Itlano 83862 Talepnone 8886681 8-2108 LICENSE - SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION CONDITIONS: In ad ition to t e a~ ure to maintain qua i ications and conditions of licensing specified in Section 8- 2104 of this Chapter, the license to conduct an escort bureau or to be an escort may be suspended or revoked if the City Council finds: A. That the licensee has committed, or caused, permitted, encouraged or condoned the commission of any lewd or immoral act or any act of prostitution; 6 .•. B. That the licensee has conducted, in whole or in part, a subterfuge to facilitate or to conceal the conduct of any unlawful or immoral business or practice; C. That the licensee has failed to comply with the requirements of this Chapter. D. That the licensee has been convicted of any violation of this Chapter. 8-2109 PENALTIES: Any person violating any of the provi s o s-of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300.00) or be imprisoned in the Ada County jail for not exceeding six (6) months or be both so fined and imprisoned. Each day such violation is committed, or permitted to continue, shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder. SECTION 2: EFFECTIVE DATE: WHEREAS, there is an emergency therefor, which emergency is hereby declared to exist, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication according to law. ..,~. PASSED AND APPROVED this ~ day of ~Y'I 1~ .~, 1990. CITY OF MERIDIAN BY:~L.~.~ye~' 1_ AMBROSE, FITZG ERALD B CROOKSTON Allorneya end Counaelora R.G. BOR 42T Metltlieq IOMo 83842 TeleDKOne BB8 J481 ATTEST