ARTICLE 3 SALES OF GOODS AND SERVICES

PART 1 MASSAGE BUSINESSES 1

SECTION:

2.3.101: Definitions

2.3.102: Massage Business License Required; Transferability

2.3.103: Application Requirements; Background Checks

2.3.104: Fees And Term

2.3.105: Exemptions

2.3.106: Denial, Suspension, Or Revocation Of License

2.3.107: Unlawful Acts; Violations

2.3.108: Records; Inspections

2.3.109: Notice Of Unlicensed Massage Business

 

Notes

1	1. Prior ordinance history: Ord. 11-32; Ord. 13-47; Ord. 16-32.

2.3.101: DEFINITIONS:

ADVERTISE: To publish, display, or disseminate information and includes, but is not limited to, the issuance of any card, sign, or direct mail, or causing or permitting any sign or marking on or in any building or structure or in any newspaper, magazine, or directory, or any announcement or display via any televised, computerized, electronic, or telephonic networks or media, including advertising through internet sites, online bulletin boards or internet forums.

EQUITY HOLDER: Any natural person who is a shareholder, partner, member, trustee, or other principal owner of the massage business, who owns ten percent (10%) or greater financial interest in the massage business, whether directly or through any number of holding entities, partnerships, or trusts.

MASSAGE: A system of structured touch, palpation, or movement of the soft tissue of another person's body in order to enhance or restore the general health and well-being of the recipient. Such system includes, but is not limited to, techniques such as effleurage, commonly called stroking or gliding; petrissage, commonly called kneading; tapotement or percussion; friction; vibration; compression; passive and active stretching within the normal anatomical range of movement; hydro massage; and thermal massage.

Such techniques may be applied with or without the aid of lubricants, salt, or herbal preparations, water, heat, or a massage device that mimics or enhances the actions possible by human hands.

MASSAGE BUSINESS: A business that offers massage in exchange for any form of consideration or advertises as offering massage except as provided in section 2.3.105.

MASSAGE THERAPIST: Any person who administers or offers to administer to another person, for any form of consideration or hire, a massage.

SPECIFIED ANATOMICAL AREAS: Has the definition provided for in section 2.4.102.

SPECIFIED SEXUAL ACTIVITIES: Has the definition provided for in section 2.4.102. (Ord. 22-30)