The words, terms and phrases used in this chapter shall have the meaning assigned to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
(a) “Client” means a person (or customer) who receives a therapeutic massage treatment for a fee or any consideration whatsoever.
(b) “Director” means the Director of Public Safety or designee. The Director, and any designee appointed by either the Director or the Mayor, shall be responsible for code enforcement.
(c) “Employee” means any person who is employed by, or renders any service at, a massage establishment for compensation. “Employee” includes a contract employee, freelance employee, temporary employee, or an independent contractor.
(d) “Licensed” means a person who holds a current and valid license issued by the State Medical Board of Ohio to practice “massage therapy” pursuant to and in accordance with Ohio R.C. § 4731.15.
(e) “Massage therapy” and/or “therapeutic massage treatment” means the treatment of disorders of the human body by the manipulation of soft tissue through the systematic external application of massage techniques as defined by Ohio R.C. 4731.04(c). “Massage techniques” and/or “massage treatment” and/or “therapeutic massage treatment” means and include touch, stroking, friction, vibration, percussion, kneading, stretching, compression, and joint movements within the normal physiologic range of motion; and the supplemental use of the external application of water, heat, cold, topical preparations, and mechanical devices. Techniques also include modalities that maybe commonly known by another name such as reflexology, reiki, or polarity, etc.
(f) “Massage establishment” means any establishment having a fixed place of business where any person, firm, association, or corporation engages in, or carries on, permits to, advertises the availability of any activity related to or including the provision of a therapeutic massage treatment.
(g) “Registration Certificate” means a certificate of registration issued by the City of North Olmsted to a massage establishment.
(h) “Specified anatomical area,” “state of nudity,” and “state of semi-nudity” shall have the meaning ascribed to them in Chapter 761 of the Codified Ordinances.
(i) “Therapist” means a person who is licensed to provide a massage therapy.
(Ord. 2022-98. Passed 11-29-22.)