Facilities and individuals offering therapeutic massage or unlicensed massage services shall be subject to the following conditions.
(A) Hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes, medical clinics or the offices of physicians, surgeons, chiropractors, osteopaths, psychologists, clinical social workers or family counselors who are licensed to practice in the state shall be permitted to provide massage therapy services as an accessory use within the principal building.
(B) Therapeutic massage facilities and physical therapy facilities shall be deemed to be personal service establishments and may operate in any district in which personal service establishments are permitted as a principal permitted use or special use.
(C) Therapeutic massage facilities shall only offer massage therapies that are licensed pursuant to Public Act 471 of 2008, as amended. Unlicensed massage services and massage therapy practices for which a license is not required as identified in § 17957 of Public Act 471 of 2008, as amended, are prohibited.
(D) A licensed massage therapist may operate a home occupation, subject to the provisions of § 154.164.
(E) Massages administered only to the scalp, face, neck or shoulders shall be permitted within beauty salons or barber shops.
(F) Any unlicensed or unregistered individual not operating under a physician’s direction providing massage services to any area of the body other than the scalp, face, neck or shoulders shall only provide those services within an unlicensed massage parlor or establishment.
(G) Unlicensed massage parlors or massage establishments are deemed regulated uses and shall be subject to the provisions of § 154.163.
(H) All massage therapists shall be licensed in accordance with the requirements of Public Act 471 of 2008, as amended. Proof of such licenses shall be provided to the city and shall be posted in a location visible to customers. The licensee’s home address does not need to be visible.
(Ord. 12-010, passed 11-19-12; Am. Ord. 22-001, passed 1-24-22)