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5 <br /> Attachment 1 PART I -GENERAL ORDINANCES ORD-2015-034 <br /> Chapter 8-BUSINESSES <br /> ARTICLE II.-MASSAGES AND MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS <br /> The applicant or any person having a legal or beneficial interest in the applicant has not, for the <br /> three-year period preceding the application, had a previously issued license for engaging in the <br /> business or profession of massage revoked. <br /> (e) <br /> Upon approval of the application by the Sheriff, and upon receipt of a license fee set from time to time,the <br /> collector of revenue shall issue a pFivilege license to the applicant. Permit approval shall lapse if the <br /> license fee prescribed by this section is not received by the collector of revenue within 60 days of the date <br /> the application is approved. <br /> A license issued pursuant to this section shall be revoked by action of the Sheriff Of"° ^'°+°""' °°°upon <br /> the Sheriffs determination that: <br /> (1) <br /> The licensee has violated any provisions of this article; <br /> (2) <br /> The licensee, or any agent of the licensee, employs or permits to be on the premises of the <br /> applicant's massage business any person practicing the business or profession of massage who <br /> has not been issued a pFivilege license required by Section 8-33 or whose license under Section <br /> 8-33 has been revoked; <br /> (3) <br /> The licensee, or the legal or beneficial owner of any interest in the licensee, is, after the license <br /> under this section is issued, convicted of any crime listed in subsection 8-33(b)(3); <br /> (4) <br /> Any employee of the licensee is, after the license under this section is issued, convicted of any <br /> crime listed in subsection 8-33(b)(3); <br /> (5) <br /> The licensee violates any zoning, building or fire prevention ordinance; or <br /> (6) <br /> The licensee is guilty of fraudulent, false, misleading or deceptive advertising, including the use of <br /> the term "massage" to describe, promote or advertise any type of business activity or service <br /> prohibited by this article or is not massage as defined in this article. <br /> (g) <br /> A license issued pursuant to this section shall be revoked by the Sheriff if the licensee ceases for 30 <br /> consecutive days operating a massage business at the location required to be stated in the application <br /> for license pursuant to subsection 8-33(b)(2). <br /> (h) <br /> Any person whose application for a license is denied by the Sheriff pursuant to subsection 8-33(b)(d) of <br /> this section or revoked pursuant to subsection 8-33(f) or subsection 8-33(g) of this section may appeal <br /> such decision to the Board of County Commissioners. An appeal is taken by filing written notice of such <br /> Orange County, North Carolina, Code of Ordinances <br /> Page 4 of 7 <br />