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ORDINANCE NO. ~__.~__
AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 3169 and
Ordinance 3227 relating to the licensing of mas-
sage parlors and massage parlor attendants; and
declaring an emergency.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1: Ordinance No. 3169 as amended by Ordinance
No. 3227 Section 1, and BMC 5.92.020 are amended to read as follows:
LICENSES REQUIRED: No person shall, without a license
as hereinafter provided, engage in the business, occupation, or
practice of any of the professions covered by this chapter, or of
hiring or employing any person for such business or act as proprietor
or manager of any place of business where one or more such persons
are employed.
Each proprieter, operator, or owner of any of the businesses
covered by this chapter shall apply to the City Clerk by a form
provided by him containing such information as the City Clerk shall
deem necessary for the issuance of said license. No person, firm,
or corporation, who does not meet the following requirements shall
be granted a license.
(a) That the officers of a corporation, members of a
firm or individual persons shall never have been convicted of a
crime involving lewdness or moral turpitude;
(b) That no person, firm, or corporation shall be
entitled to a license issued hereunder who has been denied such
license during the preceding twelve months;
(c) That the establishment meets the sanitary require-
ments established by the county health officer;
(d) That no operators license shall be issued to any
establishment providing or advertising massage, unless the applicant
therefore shall submit satisfactory proof that all licenses required
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by the State of Washington pursuant to Revised Code of Washington,
Chapter 18.108 have been obtained.
The approval of the City Council shall be secured by each
applicant before the issuance of any license by the City Clerk
pursuant to this chapter.
Section 2: Ordinance 2169, Sec. 5, and BMC 5.92.050 are
amended to read as follows:
EMPLOYEES: No proprietor of any establishment covered by
this chapter shall employ any massage parlor attendant within said
establishment without such person:
(a) First having secured a work permit from the City
Clerk; and
(b) First having secured any license required by the
State of Washington pursuant to Revised Code of Washington, Chapter
18.108.
No employee shall be granted a work permit under this
chapter who has been convicted of a crime involving lewdness or moral
turpitude. Each person applying for a work permit shall pay an in-
vestigation fee in the sum of twenty-five dollars at the time said
application is filed.
Each work permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be
renewable annually upon payment of twenty-five dollars on the date
of the employee's birthday, beginning January 1, 1978. Those persons
who are holders of work permits on December 31, 1977 shall have the
work permit fee for 1978 prorated until the date of their birthday,
and thereafter shall pay the annual fee on the date of their birthday.
The first annual fee for new work permits shall be prorated from the
date of the applicant's birthday and thereafter the annual fee shall
be paid, oh the date of the applicant's birthday.
Section 3: Ordinance 3169, Sec. 8, and BMC 5.92.080 are
amended to read as follows:
LICENSE TO BE DISPLAYED: Every establishment and
attendant licensed pursuant to this chapter shall display the licenses
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issued by the City, and the licenses issued by the State of Washington
pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington, Chapter 18.108, conspicu-
ously and in such a manner that it may be readily seen by persons
entering the premises. No establishment under this ordinanq~e shall
operate under any name or conduct said business under any designation
not specified in the license.
Section 4: An emergency is hereby declared to exist and
it is hereby found necessary for the public health, welfare and safety
that this Ordinance become effective immediately upon it passage and
publication.
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY by the City Council of the City of
Bremerton at a regular open meeting thereof, signed by the Mayor and
attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this
14th day of December, 1977.
GL~N K. JAR TAD, ~or ~
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G.C. Clerk