As used in this chapter:
(a) “Applicant” means a person who applies for a massage practitioner license or a massage establishment license. If the applicant for a massage establishment is other than an individual, each individual who has a twenty percent (20%) or greater interest in the business and the person who will manage the business conducted in the City shall be deemed to be an applicant and upon issuance of a massage establishment license, a licensee.
(b) “Massage Establishment” means any place of business or establishment wherein any of the subjects or methods of treatment listed in subsection (d) hereof are administered, practiced or used, or from which is dispatched a person for the purpose of administering, practicing or using any of the subjects or methods of treatment listed therein.
(c) “Massage Practitioner” means a person who practices or administers any massage or touching techniques listed in subsection (d) hereof for a fee, income or compensation of any kind within the City.
(d) “Massage” or “Touching Techniques” means any of the following named subjects and methods of treatment: oil rubs; alcohol rubs; salt glows; hot or cold packs; tub, shower, or cabinet baths; colon irrigation; and touching procedures upon the external parts of the body by hand or by any electrical, mechanical or vibratory apparatus including stroking, rubbing, friction, kneading, rolling, vibrating, cupping, petrissage, rubbing, effleurage or tapotement.
(e) “Moral Turpitude” means an act of baseness, vileness, or depravity in the private and social duties which a man owes to his fellow man, or to society in general.
(Ord. 97-2. Passed 1-9-97.)