All massage establishment owners, operators, and employees, and all practitioners and therapists working within the city pursuant to this chapter, must comply with all of the following health and safety requirements:
A. All persons shall be clothed at all times in clean and professional attire in accordance with California Business and Professions Code Section 4609(a)(10).
B. Sanitation:
1. The premises of the massage therapy establishment shall have adequate equipment for disinfecting and/or sanitizing non-disposable instruments and materials used in administering massages.
2. All non-disposable instruments and materials shall be disinfected and/or sanitized after each use on each client.
3. All walls, ceilings, floors, showers, bathtubs, water basins, toilets, and all other facilities must be maintained in good repair and in a clean and sanitary condition.
4. All showers, bathtubs, water basins, and toilets shall be thoroughly cleaned during the massage therapy establishment's operation.
5. Water basins with hot and cold running water from a potable source and soap dispensers shall be available to clients.
6. A trash receptacle shall be provided in each massage therapy room and any room containing a shower, bathtub, water basin and/or toilet.
7. Bathtubs shall be thoroughly cleaned after each use.
8. All clients shall be provided clean and sanitary towels, sheets, and linens. Towels, sheets, and linens shall be provided in sufficient quantity and shall not be used by more than one person unless such towels, sheets and linens have been relaundered.
9. Separate closed cabinets or containers shall be provided for the storage of clean and soiled towels, sheets and linens, and such cabinets or containers shall be plainly marked "clean linen" and "soiled linen."
10. Massage table cover pads that come into contact with the body of a client shall be clean.
C. Lighting:
1. All off-street parking locations entrances and exits provided for or belonging to the massage therapy establishment shall be illuminated from dusk to closing hours with a lighting system that provides an average maintained horizontal illumination of one foot candle of light on the parking surface and walkways.
2. At least one artificial light providing a lighting intensity of not less than thirty (30) foot candle power at floor level shall be installed in the reception area.
D. A recognizable and readable sign that complies with all sign regulations of the city shall be posted at the main entrance of the massage therapy establishment identifying the name and hours of operation of the massage therapy establishment.
E. Exterior Views: All building openings, entries, windows, dressing rooms, massage therapy rooms, and restrooms of a massage establishment shall be located, covered, or screened in such a manner that will not interfere with a client's reasonable expectation of privacy.
F. Massage Therapy Rooms:
1. At least one artificial light providing a lighting intensity of not less than twenty (20) foot candle power at floor level shall be installed in each massage therapy room.
2. There shall be no locks on any massage therapy room or any other device which impedes or obstructs access or inspections to the massage therapy room, unless there is no person on staff available to assure the security for clients and massage staff that are behind closed doors. A staff member is available to assure the security of clients and massage staff when the massage establishment employs a receptionist or other person who is stationed in a public location outside of the massage treatment rooms.
3. There shall be walls installed between each massage therapy room and such walls shall contain no openings other than doors between adjacent rooms.
G. Client Registration:
1. All massage therapy establishment permittees shall maintain a client registration file that shall include the following information:
a. First, middle, and last name of client;
b. Signature of client;
c. Complete address of client;
d. Date and time of visit; and
e. First, middle and last name of personal massage therapist who administered massage services.
2. Every client shall provide the information set forth above and sign his or her name on the client registration form provided by the permittee before any massage services may be provided.
3. All client registration files shall be made available for inspection by the police department or other law enforcement agency upon written request of the police chief within three working days of receiving such request.
4. The information contained in client registration files shall be maintained by permittee for a period of three (3) calendar years of the last date the respective information was entered into the file.
H. Professional Attire and Identification:
1. All employees shall wear nontransparent outer garments covering their specified anatomical areas.
2. All employees shall wear badges that identify their first and/or last names and their employment position with the massage establishment.
3. All massage establishment employees shall possess while on the premises of a massage establishment a valid identification with a photograph of him or herself at all times while present on the premises of the massage establishment during the hours of operation of the establishment.
I. Showers, Baths, and Toilets:
1. Only one client shall be permitted in a room containing a shower stall, bath stall or toilet facility at any one time unless otherwise permitted by any applicable local, state, or federal law or regulation or accompanied by a massage therapist for massage therapy purposes.
2. Each room containing a shower, bath and/or toilet shall have a door that is self-closing and locking.
3. An artificial light providing a lighting intensity of not less than thirty (30) foot candle power at floor level shall be installed in any room containing a shower, bath, and/or toilet.
(Ord. 423 § 1, 2023)