10210-12 Amending Chapter 2 Addressing Massage Establishments and Massage Therapy

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Ordinance Amending Section 4-35 SBMC Addressing Massage Establishments&Therapy Page 16 (11) Massage establishments are prohibited from installing or maintaining any lock or similar device on any door to an area where massage services are provided, (12) The entrance to the massage establishment shall remain unlocked during business hours. (13) No massage establishment shall place, publish, or distribute or cause to be placed, published or distributed, any advertisement, picture or statement which is known or through the exercise of reasonable care, should be known to be false, deceptive or misleading in order to induce any person to purchase or utilize any massage services or which is sexually suggestive. (14) No bathing or cleaning of a customer or patron shall be performed by any person other than the customer or patron. (15) No stuffed or upholstered furniture or beds and mattresses shall be permitted in rooms in which massage is to be practiced or administered. The rooms shall be equipped with massage tables having a hard surface impervious to liquids with a width of no more than three feet (3') and a length of no more than eight feet (8'). The surface of the tables shall be positioned at least two feet (2') from the surface of the floor so as to allow for free access to the floor beneath. The tables may be equipped with either non-disposable pads or covering or disposable covering no more than two and one-half inches thick. Non-disposable pads or coverings shall be removable, impervious and cleanable. (g) Inspections. Building inspectors, firemen firefighter inspectors and health officers shall at least twice each year make an inspection of each massage establishment in the City for the purpose of determining that the provisions of this Chapter are met. Such inspections shall be conducted after reasonable notice is given to the owner or operator of a massage establishment; they shall take place during the hours such establishment is open for business; and only upon the showing of proper credentials of such persons. All other investigatory power such officers may have from State laws shall be incorporated herein. (1) In the event a person, who has common ownership over a building or structure or their authorized representative or the massage establishment permittee or their authorized representative does not permit an inspection by an authorized representative of the Health Department, it shall be grounds for the immediate suspension of the license to perform massage therapy at the establishment and the suspension shall remain in effect unless rescinded by the Health Officer. Failure of