For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADULT-ORIENTED BUSINESS. A business or commercial establishment engaging in one or more of the following enterprises (as such enterprises are defined in the adult-oriented businesses ordinance, Chapter 75 of this code):
(1) Adult cabaret;
(2) Adult merchandise store;
(3) Escort agency;
(4) Nude model studio; and
(5) Sexual encounter center.
MASSAGE. Any method of applying pressure on, friction against, stroking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, vibrating or stimulating the external parts of the body, for remedial or hygienic or other purposes, with the hands, with or without the aid of any mechanical, magnetic or electrical apparatus or appliances, with or without supplementary aids such as rubbing alcohol, liniments, antiseptics, oils, powder, creams, lotions, ointments or other similar preparations.
MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT. Any building, room, place or establishment where body massage is regularly practiced on the human body, to club members or to the general public for a charge. The term MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT shall not include:
(1) Hospitals, nursing homes or medical clinics;
(2) The office of a state-licensed physician, surgeon, osteopath or chiropractor;
(3) The establishment of a barber, manicurist, beautician or cosmetologist who is duly licensed under the laws of this state, or another state within the United States, or the federal government, and who practices within the established limits of his or her license, and who administers a massage in the normal course of his or her duties in which massages are administered only to the scalp, face, neck, hands, feet or shoulder; or
(4) The establishment of a myomassaologist who is a current member of the American Massage Therapy Association or other national massage therapy organization with comparable prerequisites for certification.
SPECIFIED ANATOMICAL AREA and SPECIFIED SEXUAL ACTIVITIES. Have the same meaning for the purposes of this chapter as those terms have in the adult-oriented businesses ordinance (Chapter 75 of this code).
(Prior Code, § 5.502) (Ord. effective 3-30-2001)