(A) A barber shop is a place where hair is cut, cleansed, treated or dressed, or the face shaved or beard trimmed for hire, and where also manicure, chiropody or massage treatments are sometimes furnished for hire. This definition shall also include hair-dressing establishments and beauty shops commonly patronized by women.
(B) Every barber shop, hair-dressing establishment and beauty shop now operating or hereafter operating in the city shall be open at all reasonable times for inspection by the City Health Officer and the owner or owners, or manager and all employees therein shall conform strictly with all the provisions and regulations of this section.
(C) No person shall be employed in a barber shop, hair-dressing establishment or beauty shop in the city as a barber, hair-dresser, manicurist, masseur or masseuse, chiropodist or attendant who is suffering from any communicable disease.
(D) All places used as barber shops, hair-dressing establishments, or beauty shops, together with the furniture fixtures, tools, implements, linen and other appliances, shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition at all times.
(E) Every barber shop, hair-dressing establishment and beauty shop shall be equipped with and use running hot and cold water.
(F) At least one clean towel, one clean face cloth or sanitary paper shall be used for each customer.
(G) The common use of powder puffs or sponges is hereby prohibited.
(H) No alum or other astringent shall be used in stick form. Such astringent, if used at all, must be used in powder form.
(I) No owner or employee of any barber shop or hair-dressing establishment shall permit any person to use the head-rest of any barber's chair or hair-dressing chair under his or her control unless said head-rest shall be covered with a fresh towel or sanitary paper for each customer. Shaving mugs, including shaving soap and brushes, must be thoroughly scalded before being used for each customer.
(J) No person affected with any disease of the face or head shall have the same barbered or treated in any manner in a barber shop or hair-dressing establishment in the city, nor shall any person with hand or hands diseased be manicured therein.
(K) Every person in every barber shop or hair-dressing establishment in the city, while serving customers shall wear a clean, washable apron or coat, which shall be kept clean.
(L) No person, firm or corporation shall establish, maintain or operate any barber shop, hair-dressing establishment or beauty shop, as defined in division (A), without first having obtained a license as hereinafter provided.
(M) (1) Any person, firm or corporation desiring a license to establish, maintain or operate a barber shop, hair-dressing establishment or beauty shop, as defined in division (A) of this section, shall make written application for a license so to do, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 110, upon which application shall be stated the training and experience of the applicant, the time or place where the said applicant obtained his or her required diploma or state license, and the place or places at which, it is intended or desired to conduct said barber shop or hair-dressing establishment.
(2) The City Health Officer shall then make an investigation of the premises, named in such application, for the purpose of determining the fitness and suitability of said premises for the conduct of such business from a sanitary standpoint. He or she shall also cause an investigation to be made of the applicant and the qualifications, mentioned in the application to determine whether the applicant is of good character and reputation and to determine if all the ordinances of the city and the laws of the state relative to the operation and maintenance of barber shops and hair-dressing establishments have been complied with, and also if all the necessary precautions are and will be taken in said establishment to prevent the spread of contagious or communicable diseases.
(3) The City Health Officer upon completion of such investigation, shall transmit such application to the Mayor together with a recommendation for or against the issuance of such a license. If the applicant or applicants or its chief officer (if the applicant be a corporation) is or are of good moral character and repute, and the person or persons employed hold the proper state license in every case where the same is required, the Mayor shall, upon payment of such applicant of the license fee herein fixed, authorize the issuance of a license to conduct a barber shop, hair-dressing establishment or beauty shop.
(N) The annual license fee for a barber shop, hairdressing establishment or beauty shop shall be $10 for each establishment employing not more than three persons, and in addition thereto $3 for each additional person employed in such an establishment.
(O) The City Health Officer, may at any time, recommend the revocation of any license issued under the terms of the foregoing sections, and the Mayor shall revoke such license whenever it shall appear to his or her satisfaction from the recommendations of the City Health Officer, or otherwise, that the licensee has violated the provisions of any ordinance of the city, or of any law of the state relating to the carrying on the business named in such license.
(Ord. 1612, passed 5-6-2003) Penalty, see § 128.99