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A. All permits issued pursuant to this chapter shall be nontransferable, applicable only to the original applicant and the original location.

B. No escort bureau shall be open for business or conduct any business activity between the hours of eight p.m. and seven a.m. of the following morning, nor shall any person act as an escort between the hours of eleven p.m. and six a.m. of the following morning.

C. No person licensed to do business as provided in this chapter shall operate under any name or conduct his or her business under any designation not specified in his permit.

D. No person shall sell or serve food or beverage or conduct any business other than that of an escort bureau on the premises of the escort bureau.

E. No escort or escort bureau shall employ, pay any salary or commission to, or allow any ownership interest or powers of control to exist on behalf of any person who does not have a valid permit pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

F. Each escort bureau shall have on its premises a current list of all owners, investors, officers, partners, escorts and employees.

G. Each escort bureau shall keep a complete record of all services rendered, including the date and hours the services were rendered, the name of all escorts and employees involved in providing the service, the name of the manager on duty and the name, address and telephone number of the patron.

H. All records kept pursuant to this chapter shall be open to inspection by the city manager or designee, the Bakersfield police department and other law enforcement agencies. The records shall be maintained for a period of no less than three years.

I. No escort bureau shall operate at any time unless there is displayed in a location clearly visible to the public a valid permit, issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, to so operate.

J. No person shall act as an escort or as an employee for any escort bureau unless that person has within his or her immediate possession a valid permit to act as an escort or employee of that particular escort bureau, issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 3823 § 1, 1998)