(a) The City Manager of the City of Mason is authorized and empowered, and it shall be part of his/her duties, to administer the provisions of this chapter, including the issuance, denial, suspension and revocation of all permits and licenses provided for in this chapter. The Safety Director may act as the Manager's designated agent for such purposes as set forth in the preceding sentence.
(b) No person shall engage in, conduct or carry on, or permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on in the City of Mason, the operation of a massage establishment without first having obtained an annual license therefor from the City of Mason as provided in Section 727.03.
(d) No person shall act as a masseur or masseuse for or at a massage establishment located in the City of Mason without first having obtained a license therefor from the City of Mason as provided in Section 727.06.
(f) No masseur or masseuse governed by this Chapter shall accept or continue employment or perform services at a massage establishment within the City of Mason that does not then have a current valid massage establishment permit issued by the City of Mason.
(g) No person, as owner or operator of a massage establishment, or any other person in management or control of such premises, governed by this Chapter shall knowingly do any of the following at, upon or within that massage establishment:
(1) Employ, hire or make use of a masseur or masseuse not licensed therefor in accordance with this chapter;
(2) Employ, hire or make use of a masseur, masseuse or other person who is being coerced or forced to act as a masseur, masseuse or worker against that individual's will and volition;
(3) Employ, hire or make use of any person less than twenty-one years of age.
(h) No person as a masseur or masseuse in a massage establishment governed by this Chapter and located in the City of Mason shall knowingly do any of the following at, upon or within that massage establishment:
(1) Place his or her hand upon, touch with any part of his or her body, fondle in any manner, or massage the sexual or genital area of any other person;
(2) Perform, offer, or agree to perform any act which would require the touching of the sexual or genital area of any other person;
(3) Touch, offer or agree to touch the sexual or genital area of any other person with any mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliance;
(4) Wear unclean clothing, no clothing, transparent clothing, or clothing that otherwise reveals the sexual or genital areas of the masseur or masseuse;
(5) Uncover or allow the sexual or genital area of any other person to be uncovered while providing a massage;
(6) Perform, offer or agree to perform a massage with or without compensation to any individual less than eighteen years of age.
(Ord. 2016-67, passed 6-13-2016)