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Elyria, OH Code of Ordinances
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
CHAPTER 703 Alarm Systems
CHAPTER 704 Amusement Devices
CHAPTER 705 Billposters and Distributors
CHAPTER 709 Boxing and Wrestling
CHAPTER 711 Cable Service and Competitive Video Service
CHAPTER 713 Circuses and Carnivals
CHAPTER 715 Sweepstakes Terminal Café
CHAPTER 717 Dances
CHAPTER 721 Distress Merchandise Sales
CHAPTER 725 Fair Housing Practices
CHAPTER 729 Juke Boxes
CHAPTER 733 Junk Yards
CHAPTER 734 Medical Marijuana Entities
CHAPTER 735 Massage Parlor Establishments
CHAPTER 736 Motor Vehicle Salvage Dealers
CHAPTER 737 Peddlers, Canvassers and Solicitors
CHAPTER 741 Railroads
CHAPTER 745 Rummage Sales
CHAPTER 746 Sexually Oriented Businesses; Licensing and Operation
CHAPTER 747 Tattoo or Body Piercing Establishments
CHAPTER 749 Taxicabs
CHAPTER 750 Taxicabs
CHAPTER 753 Temporary Stores
CHAPTER 757 Weapons Sales
CHAPTER 761 Weights and Measures
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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735.19 NAME AND PLACE OF BUSINESS.
   No person granted a license pursuant to this chapter shall operate the massage establishment under a name not specified in his or her license, nor shall he or she conduct business under any designation or location not specified in his or her license.
(Ord. 88-50. Passed 2-16-88.)
735.20 TRANSFER OF LICENSES.
   No license shall be transferable except with the consent of the City and ratification by the Safety-Service Director. An application for such transfer shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in Section 735.04. The written application for such transfer shall contain the same information as requested in this chapter for the initial application for the license.
(Ord. 88-50. Passed 2-16-88.)
735.21 VIOLATIONS.
   No person, except those persons who are specifically exempted by this chapter, whether acting as an individual owner, employee of the owner, operator or employee of the operator, or whether acting as an agent or independent contractor for the owner, employee or operator, or as a participant or worker, shall, in any way, directly or indirectly, give a massage, operate a massage establishment or perform any of the services defined in this chapter without first obtaining a license from the City, for massage establishments, or violate any provision of this chapter.
(Ord. 90-204. Passed 7-16-90.)
735.22 MASSAGES BY THE OPPOSITE GENDER.
   It shall be unlawful for any massage establishment, or massage parlor, or any massagist, masseur or masseuse employed therein, or any massagist, masseur or masseuse, who engages in the administering of massages, to administer a massage to a person of the opposite gender.
(Ord. 91-22. Passed 1-22-91.)
735.99 PENALTY.
   (a)   Except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
   (b)   Whoever violates Section 735.18(e) is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree and shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both.
(Ord. 90-204. Passed 7-16-90.)