A. Every person, except those persons who are specifically exempted by particular provisions in this chapter, whether acting as an individual, owner, employee of the owner, operator, or employee of the operator, or whether acting as an attendant for the owner, employee, or operator, or whether acting as a participant or worker in any way, who does or practices any of the other things or acts mentioned in this chapter for which a permit is required without first obtaining a valid permit from the city is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished in accordance with Section 1.16.010.
B. Any owner, operator, manager, or permittee in charge of or in control of a massage establishment who knowingly employs a person who performs or offers to perform a massage as defined in this chapter who is not in possession of a permit under Chapter 5.17 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished in accordance with Section 1.16.010; and the massage establishment permit issued under this chapter shall be revoked.
C. Any massage establishment operated, conducted, or maintained contrary to the provisions of this chapter shall be and the same is declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance, and the city attorney may, in addition to or in lieu of prosecuting a criminal action hereunder, commence an action or proceeding for the abatement, removal and enjoinment thereof, in the manner provided by law; and he shall take such other steps and shall apply to such court as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate or remove such massage establishment and restrain and enjoin any person from operating, conducting, or maintaining a massage establishment contrary to the provisions of this chapter.
D. Any failure or refusal of the owner, operator, manager, or permittee under this chapter to allow premises inspections or to make immediately available for inspection the records and documents specified by this chapter upon demand by the chief of police or his designated representative during the operating hours of an establishment shall be a violation of the provisions of this chapter and shall be grounds for revocation or suspension of the massage establishment permit pursuant to which the establishment is operated.
(Ord. 81-6-872 § 1 (part))