a. It is unlawful for any person to conduct, manage, operate, or maintain a sexually oriented escort bureau as defined by this Chapter.

b. It is unlawful for any person to conduct, manage, operate, or maintain a service-oriented escort bureau within the City unless licensed pursuant to this Chapter.

c. It is unlawful for any person to work or perform services as a service-oriented escort in the City unless employed by a licensed service-oriented escort bureau or licensed as a service-oriented escort bureau.

a. The escort bureau shall provide to each patron a written contract and receipt of payment for services. The contract shall clearly state the type of services to be performed; the length of time such services shall be performed; the total amount of money such services shall cost the patron; and any special terms or conditions relating to the services to be performed.

b. The escort bureau shall keep and maintain any and all records of gross sales, as defined in this Title, which are transacted pursuant to this Section, for a period not less than one year from the date of provision of services. All contracts entered into by the escort service and escort patrons shall be kept and maintained by the escort service for a period not less than 18 months from the date of provision of services. All contracts entered into by the escort service and escort patrons shall be numbered and entered into a register listing the contract number, date, names of all employees involved in the contract, and pecuniary compensation paid.

c. The escort bureau shall maintain an open office at the licensed location during all hours escorts are working. The address of that office shall be included in all patron contracts and published advertisements. Private rooms or booths where the patron may meet with the escort shall not be provided at the open office or at any other location by the escort service. Violation of this provision shall be grounds for license revocation.

d. The escort bureau, in terms of licensing consequences, is responsible and liable for the acts of all its employees and subcontractors including, but not limited to, telephone receptionists and escorts who are referred to that service while the escort is with the patron.

e. The escort bureau shall commence business in accordance with this Chapter within 30 days after issuance of the license. In the event an escort bureau licensee shall not commence business in an open office within 30 days after issuance of a license, or shall discontinue business or close the open office for a period of 30 days without specific approval of the City, such license shall terminate and be revoked automatically.

a. Any publication, dissemination or display by hire, contract, or otherwise; by any service-oriented escort, service-oriented escort bureau, or owner, manager, or employee of a service-oriented escort bureau; within the scope of this Chapter, directly or indirectly; in any newspaper, magazine or other publication; by any radio, television, telephonic or pictorial display; or by any other advertising media which contains any statement which is known or through the exercise of reasonable care would suggest to a reasonable, prudent person, that sexual stimulation or sexual gratification is offered, or provided, is prohibited.

b. Any word, phrase or combination of words used in any advertisement, which imply that the service-oriented escort or service-oriented escort bureau offers or provides sexual conduct or operates as a sexually oriented escort bureau, or which give the public a basis to believe that sexual stimulation or sexual gratification, or any form of sex, is provided is prohibited.

c. It is unlawful to advertise or hold out to the public the availability of a service-oriented escort or service-oriented escort bureau without obtaining a license, as provided in this Chapter, whether the actual business of a service-oriented escort or a service-oriented escort bureau is performed or not.

d. Any photograph, picture, drawing, sketch, pictorial representation, verbal or written description, used in any escort or escort service advertisement, in any of the advertising media showing or depicting an escort, or representation of an escort in any of the following manners is prohibited and shall be presumed to be advertising the availability of sexual conduct:

a. The Director, pursuant to objective standards as set forth in this Chapter, may issue an order requiring a licensee to cease and desist any violation of this Chapter if the Licensing Board or the Director, upon investigation, determines that a licensee has violated any provision of this Chapter. The licensee may appeal to the Licensing Board any cease and desist order issued by the Director.

b. Appeal of a cease and desist order may be made by filing a written notice of appeal with the City Recorder within 15 days of receipt of the notice of the order.

c. The notice of appeal shall be in writing and shall set forth with specificity the reasons for which the appeal is taken.

d. A hearing for the appeal shall be at a time, place, and day set by the Hearing Board. The hearing shall be scheduled no later than four working days after receipt of the notice of appeal and shall occur within 16 working days after receipt of the notice of appeal. The hearing shall be conducted as directed under this Title.