The practice of an individual who uses touch to affect the energy
systems, acupoints, Qi meridians or channels of energy of the human
body while engaged within the scope of practice of a profession with
established standards and ethics. Such practices include acupressure,
Asian bodywork therapy, polarity therapy bodywork, qigong, reiki,
shiatsu and tui na;
The practice of an individual who uses touch, words and directed
movement to deepen awareness of existing patterns of movement in the
body and to suggest new possibilities of movement, while engaged within
the scope of practice of a profession with established standards and
ethics; and/or
All persons providing therapy services shall have obtained all necessary
licenses required by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the Township.
If unlicensed individuals are determined to be providing services,
any special exception approval previously granted shall become void.
The premises must comply with applicable ordinances of the Township,
including, but not limited to, the building, fire prevention and zoning
ordinances of the Township.
Treatment rooms shall be at least 50 square feet of floor area and
shall maintain a light level of no less than 20 footcandles as metered
at three feet above the surface of the floor (for illustrative purposes
only, such light level is equivalent to light from a single forty-watt
fluorescent light bulb in the fifty-square-foot room). Such rooms
shall contain a door incapable of being locked from either the exterior
or the interior.
An alternative therapy center shall prominently and publicly display
its license on the premises, and each therapists' license shall
be available for inspection. Price rates charged for any and all services
shall be prominently posted in the reception area in a location available
for view, and no charges may be made other than in accordance with
such posted rates.
The owner or licensee or duly authorized manager shall be on duty
at all times during the hours such establishment is open for business,
such owner, licensee or manager shall be identifiable by prominently
wearing an identification badge to that affect.
Eating or drinking shall not be permitted on the premises, including,
but not limited to, the serving, either for sale or otherwise, or
the possession of any alcoholic beverages.
All persons providing therapy services shall have obtained all necessary
licenses required by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the Township.
If unlicensed individuals are determined to be providing services,
any special exception approval previously granted shall become void.
The premises must comply with applicable ordinances of the Township,
including, but not limited to, the building, fire prevention and zoning
ordinances of the Township.
Treatment rooms shall be at least 50 square feet of floor area and
shall maintain a light level of no less than 20 footcandles as metered
at three feet above the surface of the floor (for illustrative purposes
only, such light level is equivalent to light from a single forty-watt
fluorescent light bulb in the fifty-square-foot room). Such rooms
shall contain a door incapable of being locked from either the exterior
or the interior.
A massage therapy center shall prominently and publicly display its
license on the premises, and each massage therapists' license
shall be available for inspection. Price rates charged for any and
all services shall be prominently posted in the reception area in
a location available for view, and no charges may be made other than
in accordance with such posted rates.
The owner or licensee or duly authorized manager shall be on duty
at all times during the hours such establishment is open for business,
such owner, licensee or manager shall be identifiable by prominently
wearing an identification badge to that affect.
Eating or drinking shall not be permitted on the premises, including,
but not limited to, the serving, either for sale or otherwise, or
the possession of any alcoholic beverages.
Methadone treatment facility: a facility licensed by the Department
of Health to use the drug methadone in the treatment, maintenance
or detoxification of persons.
A methadone treatment facility shall not be operated or maintained
on a parcel within 500 feet, measured by a straight line in all directions,
without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest
point on the property line of a parcel containing an existing school,
public playground, public park, residential housing area, child-care
facility, church, meetinghouse or other actual place of regularly
stated religious worship established prior to the proposed methadone
treatment facility.
A methadone facility shall provide proof of registration with
the Department of Health or proof that registration has been sought
and is pending approval, and shall at all times maintain a valid,
accurate, and up-to-date registration with the Department of Health.
Should registration be denied or revoked at any time, any special
exception shall immediately become void.