For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BATHHOUSE. Any building, room, place, or establishment other than a regularly-licensed hospital, dispensary, hotel, rooming house, or public lodging house where members of the public are provided with baths, regardless whether steam, vapor, water, or otherwise.
BOARD. The City Board of Public Works and Safety.
MASSAGE. Treating the superficial soft parts of the body for remedial or hygienic purposes, consisting of any one or all of the following procedures with the hands or instruments: Rubbing, stroking, kneading, or tapping.
MASSAGE PARLOR. Any building, room, place, or establishment, other than a legally licensed hospital or dispensary, where non-medical and non-surgical manipulative exercises are practiced on the human body, with or without the use of mechanical or bath devices, by anyone not a physician, surgeon, chiropractor, osteopath, or of a similar status, duly registered with and licensed by the state.
MASSAGE THERAPIST. A person, male or female, who practices, administers, or teaches all or any of the subjects or methods of treatment defined as massage therapy.
MASSAGE THERAPY. The act of body massage, either by mechanical or electrical apparatus, for the purpose of massaging, reducing, or contouring the body by the use of oil rub, salt, hot or cold packs, cold showers, and cabinet baths.
MASSAGE THERAPY CLINIC. Any shop, establishment, or any place of business therein where any or all of the methods of treatment defined herein are administered or used.
('67 Code, § 115.01) (Ord. 3-1964, passed 5-4-64)