(a) Massage Establishments. The application fee for a Massage Establishment permit shall be $681. The annual license fee for a Massage Establishment shall be $1,214. The fee shall be due annually on March 31 of each year, pursuant to Section 76.1,
Article 2 of the Business and Tax Regulations Code.
(b) Sole Practitioner Massage Establishments. The application fee for a Sole Practitioner Massage Establishment permit shall be $497. The annual license fee for a Sole Practitioner Massage Establishment shall be $599. The fee shall be due annually on March 31 of each year, pursuant to Section 76.1,
Article 2 of the Business and Tax Regulations Code.
(c) Outcall Massage Services. The application fee for an Outcall Massage Service permit shall be $351. The annual license fee for an Outcall Massage Service shall be $306. The fee shall be due annually on March 31 of each year, pursuant to Section 76.1,
Article 2 of the Business and Tax Regulations Code.
(d) Exception. A Massage Practitioner or CAMTC Certified Practitioner holding a Sole Practitioner Massage Establishment permit shall not be required to pay any additional application or annual license fee for an Outcall Massage Service permit.
(e) Reinspection fees. If an inspection discloses a violation of any provision of this Code or of any State law for which the Department is responsible for enforcement, the Department shall determine a period of time that is reasonable to correct the violation and shall thereafter reinspect the property to verify such correction. The term “reinspection” shall refer to any inspection by the Department to verify whether an owner has corrected a violation. The Massage Business shall pay a fee in the amount of $191 for the first hour or any fraction thereof for each reinspection by an Inspector, to compensate the Department for its costs in performing the reinspection. Reinspections that require more than one hour to complete shall be subject to an additional fee at the rate of $96 for each half-hour or part thereof beyond the first 60 minutes. If more than one reinspection is necessary to secure correction of a violation, the Massage Business shall pay a fee in the amount set forth herein for each reinspection. In the event that the Massage Business fails to pay any reinspection fee due under this Section within 30 days of the due date, the Massage Business must pay a late payment penalty of $40 and the City may collect the reinspection fee through the placement of a lien in the amount of the fee and any late payment penalty owed or delinquent, plus interest of 1.5% per month, against the real property pursuant to the procedures set forth in Chapter 10, Article XX of the Administrative Code (beginning with Section 10.230).
(Added as Sec. 1927 by Ord. 269-03, File No. 030995, App. 12/5/2003; amended by Ord. 149-08, File No. 080744, App. 7/30/2008; Ord. 238-11, File No. 111101, App. 12/15/2011; Eff. 1/14/2012; redesignated as Sec. 29.26(a)-(d) and amended by Ord. 262-13, File No. 130400, App. 11/27/2013, Eff. 12/27/2013; redesignated and amended by Ord. 72-15
, File No. 141302, App. 5/28/2015, Eff. 6/27/2015; amended by Ord. 272-18, File No. 180757, App. 11/20/2018, Eff. 12/21/2018)