(a) Except as otherwise indicated, all massage establishments, includingthose certified by CAMTC, shall comply with the following facilities and operations requirements:
(1) Massage establishments shall comply with all code requirements.
(2) A minimum of one toilet and wash basin shall be provided in every massage establishment.
(3) Cabinets or other covered space shall be provided for the storage of clean linen. Approved receptacles shall be provided for the storage of all soiled linen and paper towels.
(4) Minimum ventilation shall be provided in accordance with the building code of the city. To allow for adequate ventilation in cubicles, rooms and areas provided for patrons' use, which are not serviced directly by required window or mechanical systems of ventilation, partitions shall be constructed so that the height of partition does not exceed seventy-five percent of the floor-to-ceiling height of the area in which they are located.
(5) All plumbing and electrical installations shall be installed under permit and inspection of the building inspection department, and such installations shall be installed in accordance with the Uniform Building Code and the Uniform Plumbing Code.
(6) The walls in all rooms where water or steam baths are given shall have a washable, mold-resistant surface.
(7) All lavatories or wash basins shall be provided with hot and cold running water, soap and single-service towels and/or hot-air hand dryers.
(8) Every portion of a massage establishment, including appliances, apparatus and personnel, shall be kept clean and operated in a sanitary condition.
(9) All massage establishments shall provide clean and sanitary towels, sheets and linens in sufficient quantity. Towels, sheets and linens shall not be used by more than one person. Reuse of such linen is prohibited unless the same has first been laundered. Heavy white paper may be substituted for sheets; provided, that such paper is used once for each person and then discarded into a sanitary receptacle.
(10) All walls, ceilings, floors, pools, showers, bathtubs, steam rooms and all other physical facilities for the establishment must be in good repair and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. Wet and dry heat rooms, steam or vapor rooms, or steam or vapor cabinets, shower compartments and toilet rooms shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected each day the business is in operation. Bathtubs shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected after each use.
(11) Disinfecting agents and sterilizing equipment shall be provided for any instruments used in performing acts of massage and said instruments shall be disinfected and sterilized after each use.
(12) Pads used on massage tables shall be covered with durable, washable plastic or other acceptable waterproof material.
(13) (A) To protect patrons from potential health and sanitary hazards, all employees, massage technicians and massage technician trainees shall be clean and shall perform all services on the premises in full, clean outer garments.
(B) Exception. A massage technician may perform services wearing no clothing or wearing less than full outer garments when teaching a class gathered to learn the theory, practice, or work of massage, and when said class consists in part of massage by the technician or members of the gathered class. The following items, (14) through (17), shall not apply to CAMTC certified establishments:
(14) Each service offered, the price thereof, and the minimum length of time such service shall be performed shall be posted or shall be available in a conspicuous public location in each massage establishment. All letters and numbers shall be capitals, and not smaller than 14 point font.
(15) (A) Massage establishments shall close and remain closed from eleven p.m.(11p.m.) to nine a.m. (9:00 a.m.)
(B) After one year of operation a massage establishment may be exempted from the hours restrictions of this section by the chief of police upon a written request which details the factual reasons supporting good cause for the exemption. The chief of police, in determining what constitutes good cause for this exemption from the hours restrictions, shall consider and weight the following factors:
(i) The criteria outlined in Section 4.04.140 of Chapter 4.04;
(ii) The criteria outlined in Section 4.54.030 of this chapter;
(iii) The impact which the massage establishment has had on the health, safety, and welfare of the local community, including, but not limited to, parking and traffic congestion;
(iv) The massage establishment's compliance or noncompliance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, this municipal code. If, upon review of those factors, the chief of police determines that good cause does exist for the requested exemption, the chief may then exempt the particular massage establishment from the hours restrictions of this section. However, in no event shall any massage establishment close later than two a.m. nor open earlier than six a.m.
(C) The exemption from the hours restrictions of this section shall be subject to review and renewal annually at the same time as the renewal of the underlying permit and the same factual showing shall be made as that required for the initial exemption. The chief shall not grant an hours exemption unless said establishment has maintained the criteria specified in Section 4.54.110(a)(16)(B).
(16) (Client record keeping by establishments deleted)
(17) Off-premises Massage Prohibited. Except as otherwise provided, no person, shall engage in any of the services permitted under this chapter at any place other than an establishment permitted pursuant to Chapter 4.54.
(Ord. 5161 § 12, 2012: Ord. 4642 § 3, 2000: Ord. 3592 § 1, 1985: Ord. 3113 § 6, 1979: Ord. 3095 § 1, 1978: Ord. 2946 § 3, 1976: Ord. 2921 § 6, 1976: Ord. 2833 § 1 (part), 1974)