§ 7.09.050. License application requirements.

Any person desiring to operate a bathhouse shall file a written application with the director on a form to be furnished by the department and shall be investigated for suitability by the LVMPD. All license applicants or other persons for which a LVMPD investigation is required shall be investigated for determination of suitability pursuant to Chapter 6.08 of this code and shall pay investigative fees as required by Section 6.08.115 of this code.

In addition to the information required by Clark County Code 6.08, the applicant shall also furnish the following information to the director as part of or in addition to the application:

(a)

The type of ownership of the bathhouse, i.e,, sole proprietor, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or otherwise;

(b)

The names and residential addresses of all owners, officers, directors, members, managers, and partners;

(c)

The name and description under which the business is to be conducted;

(d)

A complete list of the names and residential addresses of all bathhouse managers and any attendants/employees of the business and such list must be kept current with the department;

(e)

The following personnel information concerning the applicant and all principals as defined herein:

(1)

Name, sex, complete residence address and residence telephone number,

(2)

Previous residence addresses from the time of the applicant's eighteenth birthday,

(3)

Written proof that each such person is over the age of eighteen years,

(4)

Height, weight, color of hair and eyes,

(5)

Two front-view full-face portrait photographs taken within thirty days before the date of the application and two inches by two inches in size,

(6)

The applicant's prior business and financial history covering at least the ten year period immediately preceding the year of filing the application, and

(7)

All criminal convictions other than misdemeanor traffic violations, for the fifteen-year period immediately preceding the date of application, fully disclosing the offense for which convicted, the date of the conviction, the jurisdiction in which convicted and the sentence imposed;

(f)

The names and addresses of five responsible adults who will serve as character references. These references must be persons other than relatives and business associates;

(g)

A completed financial and personal history questionnaire;

(h)

In all cases in which the premises of a bathhouse business is not wholly owned by the applicant, the applicant shall furnish to the department: the name and address of the owner or owners of such premises; a copy of all agreements whereby the applicant is entitled to possession of the premises; and documentation describing the interest held in the business by any person other than the applicant;

(i)

Every licensee shall furnish to the department complete information pertaining to any change of ownership of any interest in the licensed business or on the premises wherein or whereon the bathhouse business is operated at least thirty days before the date of such change. If the licensee is not a party to the transaction effecting the change of ownership, then such notice to the department must be provided by the licensee immediately upon acquiring knowledge of the change of ownership or any contemplated change of ownership.

(j)

If the director determines that a landlord or financier, by reason of the extent of his/her holdings or his/her inherent control financially, cannot, in fact, be separated from the bathhouse business and that, as a practical matter, a single entity exists regardless of the form of organization, the director may require that the landlord, owner, holder of any interest in the premises or business, lender or financier apply for, be investigated, and found suitable pursuant to Clark County Code Chapter 6.08, and pay investigative fees required pursuant to Clark County Code Section 6.08.115;

(k)

Such other information that is consistent with the requirements of this section to protect the morals, health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of Clark County;

(l)

Authorization for the director, or anyone designated by the director, and the LVMPD, or its agents, to seek information and conduct an investigation into the truth of the statements set forth in the application; and

(m)

Written declaration by the applicant, under penalty of perjury, that the information contained in and supplied with the application is true and correct, said declaration being duly signed, dated and notarized.

(Ord. 2501 § 1 (part), 2000)