5.47.120 Certificate from Police Chief – Escort Service Permit.
The Police Chief shall recommend the issuance of an escort service permit if all requirements for an escort service described in this chapter are met unless they find:
A. That the premises where the escort service business will be conducted does not comply with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to, the Building, Planning, Housing and Fire Codes of the City of Larkspur, and the rules and regulations adopted by the Police Chief pursuant to this chapter.
B. That the applicant or an officer, director or partner thereof and any other person who will be directly engaged in the management and operation of an escort service has been convicted of an offense within or without the State of California that would have constituted any of the following offenses if committed within the State of California:
1. An offense involving conduct which requires registration pursuant to Penal Code Section 290;
2. An offense involving the use of force and violence upon the person of another;
3. An offense involving sexual misconduct with children; or
4. An offense as defined in Penal Code Sections 311, 647(a), 647a, 647(b), 315, 316, 318, or 266 through 267 inclusive; or
C. That the applicant, an officer, director or partner thereof or any other person who will be directly engaged in the management and operation of the escort service has had a permit or license to engage in a business or occupation granted by the State of California or the City of Larkspur or a license or permit issued by the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission revoked by the granting authority.
D. That in the judgment of the Police Chief, the representations made in the statement, or their investigation of the applicant, disclose that the granting of the license applied would be detrimental to the public peace, morals, health, safety or general welfare, they shall so report to the Tax Collector and the license shall not be issued.
The Police Chief shall not withhold recommending issuance of a permit under this chapter to any person convicted of any of the crimes described in subsections (B)(1) through (B)(4) of this section or subjected to a license or permit revocation as described in subsection (C) of this section if they find that the termination of any disability resulting from such conviction or revocation occurred at least three (3) years prior to the date of the application and the applicant, its officers, directors and partners have had no subsequent felony convictions of any nature, no subsequent misdemeanor convictions for crimes mentioned in this section and no permit or license revocations as mentioned in subsection (C) of this section. (Ord. 1062 § 14, 2022; Ord. 1030 § 2(4), 2018; Ord. 756 § 1, 1987)