The following health and safety requirements shall be applicable to all massage businesses or establishments, including in-home massage businesses, unless otherwise stated:
(A) The massage business or establishment shall at all times be equipped with an adequate supply of clean sanitary towels, coverings, and linens, all massage tables shall be covered with a clean sheet or other clean covering for each patron. After a towel, covering or linen has once been used it shall be deposited in a closed receptacle and not used until properly laundered and sanitized. Towels, coverings and linens shall be laundered either by regular commercial laundering or by a non-commercial laundering process which includes immersion in water at least 140°F for not less than 15 minutes during the washing or rinsing operation. Clean towels, coverings and linens shall be stored in closed, clean cabinets when not in use.
(B) All massage therapy cubicles, rooms, booths, and areas, wet and dry heat rooms, toilet rooms, shower compartments, and hot tubs and pools shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected as needed, and at least once each business day the premises are open, and the facilities are in use. All bathtubs shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected after each use.
(C) Open flames of any kind (including but not limited to candles) are prohibited in any massage establishment, pursuant to Cal. Fire Code § 308.1, as that section may be amended from time to time.
(D) All liquids, creams, or other preparations used on or made available to patrons shall be kept in clean and closed containers. Powders may be kept in clean shakers. All bottles and containers shall be distinctly and correctly labeled to disclose their contents. When only a portion of a liquid, cream, or other preparation is to be used or made available to a patron, it shall be removed from the container in a way as not to contaminate the remaining portion.
(E) All bathrobes, bathing suits, and other garments that are provided for the use of patrons shall be either fully disposable and shall not be used by more than one patron, or shall be laundered after each use pursuant to this section.
(F) All combs, brushes, and or other items of grooming or hygiene that are provided for the use of patrons shall be either fully disposable and shall not be used by more than one patron, or shall be fully disinfected after each use.
(G) No patrons shall be allowed to use any shower facilities of the massage business unless the patrons are offered slip-resistant sandals or slippers while in the shower compartment. All footwear such as sandals or slippers that are provided for the use of patrons shall be either fully disposable and shall not be used by more than one patron, or shall be fully disinfected after each use.
(H) No person(s) other than the person(s) receiving a massage and the massage technician shall be within a room in a massage establishment wherein a massage is being given.
(I) 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 while any employee of the massage business is in the massage therapy cubicle, room, booth, or area with the patron. No massage therapy shall be provided to a patron that results in intentional contact, or occasional and repetitive contact with the genitals, anus, gluteal fold, or areola of a patron at any time before, during, or after a massage.
(J) No owner, massage technician, or other employee of a massage establishment, or any other person shall engage in any form of sexual activity on the property.
(K) Massages may not be carried on within any separate cubicle, room, booth, or area within a massage establishment or in connection with a massage business, which is fitted with a door capable of being locked unless the only door is an exterior door, and the massage business is a business entity owned by one individual with one or no employees or independent contractors. A temporary lock may be used to secure a massage cubicle, room, booth, or area within a massage business if no staff is present outside of the massage cubicle, room, booth, or area to secure the safety of the massage therapist and client, provided that no lock may be permanently affixed and the locking device must be entirely removed after each massage session and every person in the cubicle, room, booth, or area shall be able to freely exit at all times.
(L) Except when there is no staff available to assure security for massage therapy patrons and staff who are behind closed doors, all reception and hallway doors must remain unlocked during business hours. Back or exterior doors other than front doors used solely for employee ingress and egress may be secured as permitted by applicable law, which allow for safety doors which may be opened from the inside when locked, but shall otherwise remain unlocked during business hours. This division (L) shall not apply if the massage business is a business entity owned by one individual with one or no employees or independent contractors.
(M) A list of services available and the price of such services shall be posted in an open and conspicuous public place on the premises. The services shall be described in readily understandable language. No massage business owner, operator, manager, or person in charge of, or in control of, the massage business shall permit, and no massage therapist shall offer to perform, any services other than those posted.
(N) For each massage service provided, each massage business shall keep a complete and legible written record of:
(1) The date and hour that service was provided;
(2) The service received;
(3) The name or initials of the employee entering the information; and
(4) The name of the massage therapist administering the service.
(O) All such records referenced in division (N) above shall be open to inspection and copying by city personnel. Such records shall not be used by any massage therapist or operator of a massage business for any purpose other than as records of service provided, and may not be provided to other parties unless otherwise required by law. Such records shall be retained on the premises of the massage business for a period of one year, and shall be immediately available for inspection during business hours.
(P) No massage business shall be used for residential purposes. No operator of a massage business shall permit any person to live on the premises of the massage business located in a commercial zone. This prohibition shall not apply in cases in which an out-call massage takes place at a residence or to in-home massages businesses.
(Ord. 2009-64, passed 11-17-2009; Am. Ord. 2024-388, passed 3-20-2024)