The following physical facility requirements shall be applicable to all massage businesses.
(A) All doors to dressing rooms, toilet rooms and massage therapy cubicles, rooms, booths or areas shall open inward and shall be self-closing. Draw drapes, curtain enclosures, or accordion-pleated closures in lieu of doors are acceptable on all inner dressing rooms and massage therapy cubicles, rooms, booths, or areas.
(B) Minimum lighting equivalent to at least one 40-watt light shall be provided in each massage therapy cubicle, room, booth, or area.
(C) A massage table shall be used for all massage therapy, with the exception of “Thai”, “Shiatsu” and similar forms of massage therapy, which may be provided on a padded mat on the floor, provided the patron’s genitalia and female patron’s breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areola must be fully draped at all times. The tables should have a minimum height of 28 inches. Beds, floor mattresses, and waterbeds are not permitted on the premises of the massage business. Massage tables or padded pats used for outcall massage services must be inspected and approved by the city Police Department before use.
(D) Massages may be provided to no more than two persons at the same time in the same cubicle, room, booth, or area.
(E) Couple's massages are subject to the following requirements:
(1) Couple's massages may only be performed in cubicles, rooms, booths, or areas at least 100 square feet in size;
(2) Two massage therapists must be present at all times in the cubicle, room, booth, or area where couple's massages are being provided, at all times when such massage is provided; and
(3) Two massage tables shall be used for all couple's massage therapy with one patron permitted on each table at one time, with the exception of "Thai," "Shiatsu," and similar forms of massage therapy, which may be provided on two separate padded mats on the floor with one patron permitted on each mat at a time. Each patron's genitalia and any female patron's breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areola must be fully draped while any employee of the massage business is in the massage therapy cubicle, room, booth, or area with the patron(s). The tables should have a minimum height of 28 inches. Beds, floor mattresses and waterbeds are not permitted on the premises of the massage business.
(F) All locker facilities, if any, that are provided for the use of patrons shall be fully secured for the protection of the patron's valuables, and the patron shall be given control of the key or other means of access.
(G) In any massage business which employs two or more massage therapists performing on-site massage simultaneously, separate restroom facilities shall be provided for each gender in convenient locations. This division shall not be construed to prohibit a person of one sex from engaging in the massage of a person of the other sex. Upon a showing of good cause, the Community Development Director may exempt a massage establishment from the requirement to maintain separate facilities.
(H) The massage business shall comply with all local and state building standards applicable to other professional and personal services businesses, including, but not limited to, the following provisions in the current California Building Standards Code:
(1) Have a system of adequate ventilation;
(2) Have a supply of hot and cold running water;
(3) Have all plumbing and electrical installations installed under permit and inspection by the Building and Safety Department;
(4) Have a supply of potable drinking water;
(5) Provide hand washing facilities; and
(6) Provide public toilet rooms.
(Ord. 2009-64, passed 11-17-2009; Am. Ord. 2024-388, passed 3-20-2024)