Section 4.84.140 Permit application and renewal.

1. Any person desiring to obtain a permit, or renew an existing permit, to work as a body piercing artist, shall make application to the city clerk. A body piercing artist permit, issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, which has not been suspended or revoked, may be renewed for a period of one year on written application in accordance with this section to the city clerk made at least sixty days prior to the expiration date of the current valid permit. Prior to submitting such application for a permit or renewal of a permit, a nonrefundable fee of $25.00 for a permit shall be paid to the city treasurer to defray, in part, the cost of the investigation and report required by this chapter. The city treasurer shall issue a receipt showing that such permit application or renewal fee has been paid. The receipt, or a copy thereof, shall be supplied to the city clerk at the time such application is filed. Permit fees required under this chapter shall be in addition to any license, permit or fee required under any other chapter of this code.

2. Neither the filing of an application for a permit, or renewal thereof, nor the payment of an application or renewal fee, shall authorize a person to work as a body piercing artist until such permit has been granted or renewed.

3. Each applicant for a body piercing artist permit, or renewal thereof, shall furnish the following information:

a. The full true name and any other names used by the applicant, in the past three years;

b. The present residence addresses and telephone numbers of the applicant;

c. Acceptable written proof that the applicant is at least eighteen years of age;

d. Acceptable written proof that the applicant has knowledge of or training in cross contamination prevention, anatomy, sterilization, aftercare, safe piercing practices and techniques.

e. Certification of first aid training;

f. Certification of bloodborne pathogens training;

g. The applicant's height, weight, color of eyes and hair and date of birth;

h. The business, occupation or employment history of the applicant for the three year period immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application;

i. The permit history of the applicant, for the five year period immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application, including whether such applicant, in previously operating in this or any other city, county, state, or territory, has ever had any similar license or permit issued by such agency revoked or suspended, or has had any professional or vocational license or permit revoked or suspended, and the reason or reasons therefore;

j. All criminal convictions suffered by the applicant, relating to specified specified criminal activities and assaults of any nature, stating the date, place, nature and sentence of each such conviction; and

k. Such other identification and information as the city clerk may require in order to discover the truth of the matters required to be set forth in the application.

4. The administrative services/city clerk's office shall issue a new permit, or renewal thereof, only if he finds that all of the following requirements have been met:

a. The required fees have been paid;

b. The application conforms in all respects to the provisions of this chapter;

c. The applicant has not knowingly made a material misrepresentation of fact in the application;

d. The applicant has fully cooperated in the investigation of the application;

e. The applicant has not had a body piercing artist permit or other similar license or permit denied or suspended or revoked for cause by the city or any other city or county located in or out of this state within the past twelve months immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application;

f. The applicant is at least eighteen years of age;

g. The applicant has not been convicted of or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a specified criminal activity, as defined in this ordinance in the past twenty-four months.

5. The administrative services/city clerk's office shall have thirty days to investigate the applicant and the applicant' background.

6. If the administrative services/city clerk's office does not find that all of the requirements set forth in subsection 4 of this section have been met, the office shall recommend denial of the application for the permit or renewal thereof. In the event the application for the permit, or renewal thereof, is denied by the city clerk, written notice of such denial shall be given to the applicant specifying the ground or grounds of such denial. Notice of denial of the application for the permit, or renewal thereof shall be deemed to have been served if it in fact is personally served on the applicant or when deposited in the United States mail with postage prepaid and addressed to the applicant at his or her address as set forth in the application for the permit or renewal thereof. Any applicant whose application for a body piercing artist, or renewal thereof, has been denied by the city clerk may appeal such denial to the city manager within twenty days of such denial. The decision of the city manager shall be final.

7. When any change occurs regarding the written information required by subsection 3. of this section, the applicant or permit holder, as the case may be, shall give written notification of such change to the city clerk within twenty-four hours after such change. (Ord. 2006-0831)