To receive a license to operate an escort service, applicants must meet the following standards:

A. If the applicant is an individual:

1. The required fees must have been paid,

2. The application must conform in all respects to the provisions of this chapter,

3. The applicant must not have knowingly made a false or misleading statement of a material fact in the application,

4. The applicant must be at least eighteen (18) years of age,

5. The applicant must not, within five years immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application, have been convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere in any jurisdiction to a felony, or any crime involving moral turpitude as defined in this chapter. The term "conviction" shall include being placed on diversion,

6. The applicant must not have had a similar type of license in any jurisdiction previously suspended or revoked for good cause within five years immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application,

7. The operation of the business as proposed, if permitted, must comply with all applicable building, fire, health and zoning laws;

B. If the applicant is a partnership, joint venture, corporation or any other type of organization where two or more persons have a financial interest:

1. All persons having a financial interest in the partnership, joint venture or any other type or organization shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age. Financial interest in a corporation includes any officer or director of the corporation and any stockholder holding more than five percent of the stock of a corporation,

2. No person having a financial interest in the partnership, joint venture, corporation or other type of organization shall, in any jurisdiction, have been convicted of, pled nolo contendere to, or participated in a diversion program, after having been charged with a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude within the immediate five years preceding the date of the application. (Ord. G-819 § 2 (part), 1996)