It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to provide for the orderly regulation of offices and establishments providing massage and/or bodywork services and home visit and/or outcall massage/bodywork services in the interests of the public health, safety and welfare by providing certain minimum building, sanitation, and operation standards for businesses, and by providing certain minimum qualifications for the owners and operators of the businesses and for massage and/or bodywork practitioners. It is the further intent of this chapter to facilitate the ethical practice of massage and/or bodywork.
(Ord. 728, 2004).