[Ord. No. 857, § 3.]
FOR PAY
Shall mean for a fee, reward, donation, loan or receipt of
anything of value.
FORTUNE-TELLING
Shall mean telling of fortunes, forecasting of futures, or
furnishing of any information not otherwise obtainable by the ordinary
process of knowledge, by means of any occult, psychic power, faculty,
force, clairvoyance, clairaudience, cartomancy, psychology, psychometry,
phrenology spirits, tea leaves or other such reading, mediumship,
seership, prophecy, augury, astrology, palmistry, necromancy, mind-reading,
telepathy, or other craft art, science, cards, talisman, charm, potion,
magnetism, magnetized article or substance, gypsy cunning or foresight,
crystal gazing, oriental mysteries or magic, of any kind or nature.
[Ord. No. 857, § 3.]
Every natural person who, for pay, actively conducts, engages
in, carries on, or practices fortune-telling shall file a separate
verified application for a permit with the city administrator. The
application shall contain:
(a) The name, home and business address, and home and business phone
number of the applicant.
(b) The record of conviction for violations of the law, excluding minor
traffic violations.
(c) The fingerprints of the applicant on a form provided by the Oakdale
City Police Department.
(d) The address, city and state, and the approximate dates where and
when the applicant practices a similar business, either alone or in
conjunction with others.
(e) An application fee of one hundred dollars.
[Ord. No. 857, § 3.]
Upon the filing of the application, it shall be referred by
the city administrator to the police department for investigation,
report and recommendation. The investigation shall be conducted to
verify the facts contained in the application and any supporting data.
The investigation shall be completed and a report and recommendation
made in writing to the city administrator within fourteen days after
the filing of the application, unless the applicant requests or consents
to an extension of the time period. If the report recommends denial
of the permit to the applicant, the grounds for the recommended denial
shall be set forth. At the time of filing of the report and recommendation
with the city administrator a copy thereof shall be served personally
or by certified mail by the city administrator on the applicant, accompanied
by a notice to the applicant may request to be heard when the city
administrator considers the application and report.
[Ord. No. 857, § 3.]
Upon the discovery of any false or misleading statement in the
application or any misrepresentation by the applicant in procuring
the permit or upon the termination of the bond required hereunder
or upon the applicant's violation of any provision of this chapter,
the city administrator may conduct a hearing upon five days written
notice to the applicant to determine whether the permit should be
revoked.