Legal Documents of Gatlinburg

Every applicant for a license to maintain, operate or conduct a massage establishment shall file an application under oath with the City of Gatlinburg upon a form provided by the city and pay a nonrefundable annual license fee, which shall be $100.00 per year or any part thereof. Each applicant shall be given a copy of this chapter upon request, prior to submitting an application. Licensees who have already paid the license fee for the current six (6) month period shall not be required to pay an additional fee hereunder. The application, once accepted, shall be referred to the city manager for investigation. Copies of the application shall within five (5) days also be referred to the Department of Community Development. The department shall within thirty (30) days inspect the premises proposed to be operated as a massage establishment and shall make written verification to the city manager concerning compliance with the codes of the City of Gatlinburg that they administer. The application shall further be referred to the police department for investigation of the applicant's character and qualifications. Each application shall contain the following information:

1. A definition of service to be provided.
2. The location, mailing address and all telephone numbers where the business is to be conducted.
3. The name and residence address of each applicant (hereinafter all provisions which refer to applicant include any applicant which may be a corporation or partnership).
   
   1. If applicant is a corporation, the names and residence addresses of each of the officers and directors of said corporation and of each stockholder owning more than ten per cent (10%) of the stock of the corporation, and the address of the corporation itself, if different from the address of the massage establishment.
   2. If applicant is a partnership, the names and residence address of each of the partners, including limited partners, and the address of the partnership itself, if different from the address of the massage establishment.
4. The two (2) previous addresses immediately prior to the present address of the applicant.
5. Proof that the applicant is at least eighteen (18) years of age.
6. Individual or partnership applicant's height, weight, color of eyes and hair, sex and date of birth.
7. Copy of identification such as driver's license and social security card.
8. One portrait photograph of the applicant at least two (2) inches by two (2) inches and a complete set of applicant's fingerprints which shall be taken by the chief of police or his agent. If the applicant is a corporation, one portrait photograph at least two (2) inches by two (2) inches of all officers and managing agents of said corporation and a complete set of the same officers' and agents' fingerprints which shall be taken by the chief of police or his agent. If the applicant is a partnership, one front-face portrait photograph at least two (2) inches by two (2) inches in size of each partner, and a complete set of each partner or limited partner's fingerprints which shall be taken by the chief of police or his agents.
9. Business, occupation, or employment of the applicant for the three (3) years immediately preceding the date of application.
10. The massage or similar business or license history of the applicant; whether such person, in previously operating in this or another city or state, has had a business license revoked or suspended, the reason therefor, and the business activity or occupation subsequent to such action of suspension or revocation.
11. All criminal convictions other than misdemeanor traffic violations, including the dates of convictions, nature of the crimes and place convicted.
12. The name and address of each massagist who is or will be employed in said establishment, including social security number and/or date of birth.
13. Applicant must furnish a diploma or certificate of graduation from a recognized school or other institution of learning wherein the method, profession and work of massage is taught, provided, however, that if the applicant will not himself engage in the practice of massage as defined herein, he need not possess such diploma or certificate of graduation from a recognized school or other institution of learning wherein the method, profession and work of massage is taught.
14. The name and address of any massage business or other establishment owned or operated by any person whose name is required to be given in subsection (3) wherein the business or profession of massage is carried on.
15. A description of any other business to be operated on the same premises or on adjoining premises owned or controlled by the applicant.
16. Authorization from the city, its agents and employees to seek information and conduct an investigation into the truth of the statements set forth in the application and the qualifications of the applicant for the permit.
17. Such other identification and information necessary to discover the truth of the matters hereinbefore specified as required to be set forth in the application.

18. The names, current addresses and written statements of at least three (3) bonafide permanent residents of the United States that the applicant is of good moral character. If the applicant is able, the statement must first be furnished from residents of the city, then the county, then the State of Tennessee, and lastly from the rest of the United States. These references must be persons other than relatives and business associates.

    Upon the completion of the above provided form and the furnishing of all foregoing information the city manager shall accept the application for the necessary investigations. The holder of a massage establishment license shall notify the city manager of each change in any of the data required to be furnished by this section within ten (10) days after such change occurs. (1976 Code, § 5-904)