The City Council of the City of Turlock hereby finds and declares that public necessity, health and safety, and for the general welfare, immediately requires that any person operating an introduction, dating or escort service business as an owner or operator or as an employee of an owner or operator obtain a permit from the City of Turlock and operate pursuant to the laws of the United States, State of California, the County of Stanislaus and the City of Turlock.
For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise stated in this chapter, the following words and phrases are defined as follows:. Any person desiring to obtain an introduction, dating, or escort service permit or desiring to obtain a permit for his or her employee or agent shall file a written application with the Police Department. Such application shall set forth the following information:. Additionally, if the applicant is a partnership, then it shall designate a managing partner and that person shall complete the application form;.
Any person desiring to obtain an introduction, dating or escort service permit shall pay to the City of Turlock, and submit along with the application referenced in TMC the fees established from time to time by resolution of the City Council of the City of Turlock for introduction, dating or escort services. A complete fingerprint background investigation through the California Department of Justice can take an estimated six 6 to sixteen 16 weeks to complete.
If the complete fingerprint background investigation is not completed by the California Department of Justice on the expiration date of the ninety 90 day temporary permit, the Chief of Police may extend the expiration date by not more than sixty 60 days.
If the Chief of Police denies the applicant a temporary permit, the applicant may appeal such denial to the City Manager pursuant to TMC The Chief of Police shall grant the permit if the Chief of Police makes all of the following findings:. The term of the permit shall be for no more than the term of a regular business license. A renewal application shall be filed no later than thirty 30 days prior to the expiration of the permit and shall be accompanied by a fee established by resolution of the Council.
