5.18.060 Existing residential massage establishments.
   An existing massage business operating as a residential massage establishment in the city as of October 2, 2021, shall be considered a legal, non-conforming use, and may continue to operate so long as there is no lapse in the timely renewal of a city business license and/or residential massage establishment permit. A residential massage establishments must comply with all of the following requirements:
   A.   Maintain a home occupation permit issued by the city and comply with the home occupation permit requirements under Chapter 16.60;
   B.   The massage operations shall be purely incidental and secondary to the location’s primary use as a residential dwelling unit;
   C.   The operator of the residential massage establishment must reside at the residence and may not employ any persons other than immediate family members;
   D.   All materials or mechanical equipment utilized by the residential massage establishment must be of a type normally associated with household or hobby use;
   E.   No products shall be for sale or sold at a residential massage business, unless the residential massage business obtains an appropriate vending or sales permit from the County of Riverside;
   F.   Pedestrian and vehicular traffic generated by the residential massage establishment must be consistent with the location of the residential dwelling unit;
   G.   All general sign regulations applicable in the residential land use district in which a residential massage establishment is located shall apply at a residential massage establishment; and
   H.   Massage must be provided in a facility separate from any living quarters. Business access to a residential massage establishment shall be separate from residential access and must comply with the requirements applicable to massage establishments, generally.
   I.   A residential massage establishment and all massage therapists who perform massage at the residential massage establishment must comply with the massage operating requirements under Section 5.18.090, unless expressly exempted.
(Ord. 565-21, Exhibit A (part), 2021)