[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Tinicum 9-19-1977 by Ord. No. 503. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 395.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following
definitions of terms shall apply:
The act or art of treating the body by rubbing, kneading
or the like, to stimulate the circulation and/or to increase suppleness
for any other purpose.
A man who provides massage.
A woman who provides massage.
No person shall operate any premises used in
the business unless he has obtained a premises license for each establishment
from the Township Secretary of the Township of Tinicum.
No person shall engage in the business of or
be employed as a masseur or masseuse, unless he or she has first obtained
an operator's license from the Township Secretary of the Township
of Tinicum.
Each applicant for a premises license or an
operator's license shall set forth on forms provided by the Township
Secretary of the Township of Tinicum the following information:
A.
The name and address of the applicant and former addresses
for a period of three years.
B.
A physical description of the premises used in the
massage business if the applicant desires a premises license.
C.
A statement of past employers for three years if the
applicant desires an operator's license.
D.
Such other information that the Health Officer of
the Township of Tinicum may require.
The applicant for a licensed establishment shall
pay an annual license fee of $25. The applicant for an operator's
license shall pay an annual license fee of $10.
No person employed or engaged in the business
of a masseur or masseuse shall treat a person of the opposite sex.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
to massage treatments given:
The penalty for violation of the provisions
of this chapter shall for each offense be a fine of not more than
$600, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such
fine and costs, to imprisonment in the county jail for a period not
exceeding 30 days. Each massage given by an unlicensed masseur or
masseuse shall constitute a separate offense, and each day that any
premises is used in the massage business without obtaining a license
as herein provided shall constitute a separate offense.
