(A) The owner of the premises where a massage establishment is located shall have the responsibility to ensure that a valid massage establishment license has been issued for such premises and remains in full force and effect during the operation of such premises as a massage establishment. The owner shall also have the responsibility to ensure that each person employed in the establishment as a massage technician has a valid license under this chapter.
(B) Every holder of a license for a massage establishment shall have the responsibility to ensure that each person employed in the establishment as a massage technician has a valid license under this chapter.
(C) Every holder of a license for a massage establishment shall exercise close supervision over the acts of massage technicians, and other persons on the premises. The acts of massage technicians or other employees when in violation of any provision of this chapter may constitute grounds for revocation or suspension of the massage establishment license.
(D) Every owner who leases, rents, or otherwise allows his property to be utilized as a massage establishment shall require as a condition of such use that the premises be used in compliance with the provisions of this Chapter. A violation of this Chapter constitutes a public nuisance, and if a violation of this Chapter occurs and when notified by the City the owner shall be responsible for taking all available legal action to evict or otherwise prevent the continued operation of the massage establishment business on the owner’s property.
(E) An owner’s property may be found to be a public nuisance and subject to abatement, if a violation of this Chapter occurs thereon, regardless of the owner’s actual knowledge of or participation in such violation, under section 830.17.
(Ord. 090-05. Passed 5-9-05.)