755.01 DEFINITIONS.

   (a)   "Applicant" means a person who has applied for a permit to operate a massage services establishment in the City of Sharonville.

   (b)   "Licensed massage therapist" means a person who is licensed under Chapter 4731 of the Ohio Revised Code to practice massage therapy in the State of Ohio.

   (c)   "Massage service" means any method of exerting pressure on, stroking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, vibrating, or stimulating the external soft tissue of the body with the hands, or with the aid of any mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliance in exchange for anything of value.

   (d)   "Massage services establishment" means a place of business or establishment permitted under this section where massage therapy services are provided.

   (e)   "Massage therapy" means the treatment of disorders of the human body by the manipulation of soft tissue through the systematic external application of massage techniques including touch, stroking, friction, vibration, percussion, kneading, stretching, compression, and joint movements within the normal physiologic range of motion; and adjunctive thereto, the external application of water, heat, cold, topical preparations, and mechanical devices.

   (f)   "Sexual Activity" means sexual conduct or sexual contact, or both.

   (g)   "Sexual Conduct" means vaginal intercourse between a male and female; anal intercourse, fallatio, and cunnilingus between persons regardless of sex; and, without privilege to do so, the insertion, however slight, of any part of the body or any instrument, apparatus, or other object into the vaginal or anal opening of the other. Penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete vaginal or anal intercourse.

   (h)   "Sexual Contact" means any touching of an erogenous zone of another, including without limitation the thigh, genitals, buttock, pubic region, or, if the person is a female, a breast, for the purpose of sexually arousing or gratifying either person.

(Ord. 2018-22-E. Passed 7-17-18.)