For the purposes of this chapter, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to
them:
EMPLOYEE
Any and all persons other than massage therapists who render
any service for the licensee and who receive compensation directly
from the licensee but have no physical contact with customers or clients.
LICENSEE
The operator of a massage establishment.
MASSAGE
Any method of pressure on, friction against or stroking,
kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, bathing, touching, binding,
painting, irritating or stimulating of external parts of the body
with hands or with the aid of any manual, mechanical or electrical
apparatus or appliance, with or without such supplementary aids as
rubbing alcohol, liniments, antiseptic oils, powder, cremes, lotions,
soaps, ointments or other similar preparations commonly used in this
practice.
MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment having its place of business where any
person, firm, association or corporation engages in or carries on,
or permits to be engaged in or carried on, any of the activities mentioned
in the definition of "massage" hereof.
MASSAGE SERVICES
The providing of a massage or massages by any person, firm,
association or corporation.
MASSAGE THERAPIST
Any person who, for any consideration whatever, engages in
the practice of massage as above defined.
PERSON
Any individual, copartnership, firm, association, joint-stock
company, corporation or any combination of individuals of whatever
form or character.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage
in, conduct or carry on, or to permit to be engaged in, conducted
or carried on, upon any premises in the Village of Siren, the operation
of a massage establishment as herein defined without first having
obtained a license from the Village Clerk-Treasurer which shall be
issued upon written application and which shall be subject to cancellation
as hereinafter provided.
The application for a license to operate a massage
establishment shall set forth the services to be administered and
the proposed place and facilities thereof. In addition thereto, any
applicant for a license, which shall be the sole proprietor, if a
sole proprietor applicant, a partner, if a partnership applicant,
or the designated agent, if a corporate applicant, shall furnish the
following information:
A. Written proof that each individual is at least 18
years of age.
B. Current residential address.
C. Whether the individual has had any license denied,
revoked or suspended elsewhere for a massage establishment, the reason
therefor, and the business activity or occupation of the individual
subsequent to each suspension, revocation or denial.
D. Satisfactory proof that the applicant has been a resident
of the State of Wisconsin for at least one year and of the county
for at least 90 days.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
as a massage therapist in the Village of Siren without first having
been certified in accordance with Ch. 460, Wis. Stats.
No massage establishment in the Village shall
be permitted to remain open for any purpose between 1:00 a.m. and
8:00 a.m., except during that period of the year for which the standard
of time is advanced under the Wisconsin Statutes, when the premises
shall be closed between 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.