723.02 PERMIT AND LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.
   (a)    No person shall engage in, conduct or carry on, or permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on, in or upon any premises in the City, the operation of a massage establishment without first having obtained a permit from the City of Mentor.
   (b)    The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following:
      (1)    Hospitals, nursing homes, medical offices and public health centers;
      (2)    Establishments owned and operated by a person licensed or registered by the State of Ohio while performing his/her licensed or registered profession;
      (3)    Establishments that provide the services of a licensed cosmetologist, registered barber, registered barber apprentice, licensed chiropractor or licensed massage therapist;
      (4)    As used in this section "licensed" means licensed, certified, or registered to practice by the State of Ohio.
   (c)    No individual shall act as a masseur or masseuse for a massage establishment located in the City of Mentor without first having obtained a registration from the City of Mentor as provided in Section 723.07.
   (d)    No licensed or registered masseur or masseuse shall accept or continue employment at a massage establishment that does not have a current valid permit issued by the City of Mentor. (Ord. 13-O-40. Passed 5-7-13.)