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(a) Criminal Violations. Any Massage Business permit holder that violates the requirements of Section 29.10, 29.15, 29.25, or subsections (d), (e), (j), (k), or (l) of Section 29.31, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or by imprisonment in the County Jail not to exceed six months, or by both. A person convicted of violating any listed Section shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day such violation shall continue.
(b) No Bar to Prosecution. Nothing in this Section 29.47 shall preclude the prosecution of anyone under the laws of the State of California or of the United States of America.
(Added as Sec. 1928.2 by Ord. 140-09, File No. 090403, App. 7/2/2009; redesignated as Sec. 29.29 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; section title added by Ord. 6-17, File No. 161081, App. 1/20/2017, Eff. 2/19/2017)
The Director shall work with the Chief of Police on issues of common concern affecting the massage industry, such as protections against violence in massage establishments, crimes against massage practitioners, forced labor, or trafficking.
In regulating massage businesses and massage services as provided in this Article, the City is assuming an undertaking only to promote the general welfare. It is not assuming, nor is it imposing on its officers and employees, an obligation for breach of which it is liable in money damages to any person who claims that such breach proximately caused injury.
If any of the provisions of this Article 29 or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Article, including the application of such part or provisions to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full force and effect. To this end, the provisions of this Article are severable.
Nothing in this Article 29 shall be interpreted or applied so as to create any requirement, power, or duty in conflict with any federal or State law.
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