For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(a) APPLICANT means a person who applies for a massage practitioner license or a massage establishment license. If the applicant for a massage establishment is other than an individual, each individual who has a 20% or greater interest in the business and the person who will manage the business conducted in the City shall be deemed to be an applicant and upon issuance of a massage establishment permit, a permit holder.
(b) MASSAGE or TOUCHING TECHNIQUES shall mean any of, but not limited to, the following named subjects and methods of treatment: oil rubs; alcohol rubs; salt glows; hot or cold packs; tub, shower, or cabinet baths; colon irrigation; and touching procedures upon the external parts of the body by hand or by any electrical, mechanical or vibratory apparatus including stroking, rubbing, friction, kneading, rolling, vibrating, cupping, petrissage, rubbing, effleurage or tapotement.
(c) MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT means any fixed or mobile place of business or establishment wherein any of the subjects or methods of treatment listed in division (b) above are administered, practiced or used, or from which a person is dispatched for the purpose of administering, performing, practicing or using any of the subjects or methods of treatment listed therein.
(d) MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT PERMIT means a permit, issued and required by the City of Middletown, to own or operate a massage establishment.
(e) MASSAGE PRACTITIONER means a person who practices or administers any massage or touching techniques listed in division (b) above for a fee, income or compensation of any kind within the City.
(f) MASSAGE PRACTITIONER LICENSE means a license, issued and required by the City of Middletown, to administer, perform, or use any of the subject or methods of treatment listed in division (b) above.
(g) MORAL TURPITUDE means an act of baseness, vileness, or depravity in the private and social duties which a man owes to their fellow man, or to society in general.
(Ord. O2021-36, passed 5-4-2021)