It is found and determined that:
(A) Persons who have recognized and standardized training in therapeutic massage, health and hygiene provide a legitimate and necessary service to the general public;
(B) Health and sanitation regulations governing therapeutic massage enterprises and massage therapists will minimize the risk of the spread of communicable diseases and promote health and sanitation;
(C) License qualifications for therapeutic massage enterprises and massage therapists will minimize the risk that the businesses and persons may facilitate prostitution and other criminal activity in the city; and
(D) Massage services provided by persons without recognized and standardized training in massage can endanger citizens by facilitating the spread of communicable diseases, by exposing citizens to unhealthy and unsanitary conditions and by increasing the risk of personal injury.
(Prior Code, § 514.01)