Chief of Police.
Means the chief of police of the City of DeSoto, Texas, or his duly authorized representative.
Director.
Means the director of the department designated by the city manager to enforce and administer this article or the director's authorized representative.
Massage.
Means any process consisting of kneading, rubbing, or otherwise manipulating the skin of the body of a human being, either with the hand or by means of electrical instruments or apparatus, or other special apparatus, but shall not include massage by any person not subject to the provisions of this article.
Massage Establishment.
Means any building, room, place or establishment, other than a regularly licensed hospital, where manipulative massage or manipulative exercises are practiced upon the human body by anyone subject to the provisions of this article, whether with or without the use of mechanical, therapeutic or bathing devices, and shall include Turkish bathhouses. This term shall not include, however, any premises required or permitted to be licensed or permitted under Art. 4512K, V.T.C.S., or any other applicable state law.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.600, Section 4.601)
The primary responsibility for enforcement of this article shall be the director of the department designated by the city manager to enforce and administer this article, or the director's authorized representative.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.600, Section 4.602)
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a massage establishment without first having obtained a license therefor from the director in accordance with the provisions of this article, or to operate a massage establishment after such license has been revoked, or during the period for which such license has been suspended. Such license shall be issued only upon the payment of the fees specified in Section 4.507 and upon the approval in writing of the director and the chief of police upon the issuance of a certificate of occupancy from the building official. Such license shall expire on the 31st day of December of each year.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.600, Section 4.603)
The license required by this article shall be posted and kept in some conspicuous place in the massage establishment.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.600, Section 4.604)
After an investigation has been made for issuance of an original license or a renewal of an existing license to operate a massage establishment as defined herein, the chief of police, as the principal enforcement officer of this article, shall determine whether the applicant has been finally convicted in any court of theft, fornication, sodomy, procuring, pandering, keeping a bawdy house, keeping an assignation house, engaging in prostitution or engaging in assignation, or whether such establishment employs any person who has been finally convicted in any court of theft, fornication, sodomy, procuring, pandering, keeping a bawdy house, keeping an assignation house, engaging in prostitution or engaging in assignation.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.600, Section 4.605)
At the time of making application for the license required by this article, the applicant shall furnish to the chief of police the following:
(1) 
Names, addresses, race, sex, date of birth, drivers license number, and telephone number of the applicant, his spouse, and of all employees of the massage establishment.
(2) 
Evidence that all employees have obtained a health certificate from a physician certifying that such person(s) employed or to be employed by such establishment are free from any kind of infectious or communicable diseases.
(3) 
Names, addresses, date of birth, telephone number, social security number and drivers license number of any person, organization, corporation, partnership, business, or other entity owning and/or having any interest or otherwise controlling the applicant, including but not limited to natural persons, partnerships, corporations, associations or other legal entities. If the applicant is a corporation, the applicant must state whether it is organized under the laws of the State of Texas or is a foreign corporation, and must show the mailing address, business location, telephone number, name of the main individual in charge of the local office of such corporation, if any, the names of all officers and directors and trustees of such corporation, and if a foreign corporation, the place of incorporation. If a partnership, the name of all partners and the principal business address and telephone number of each partner. If an association, then the association's principal business address and telephone number, if any, and the names of principal business or residence addresses and telephone numbers of all members of the association.
(4) 
Names, addresses, date of birth and telephone numbers of any person, officer, director or stockholder of a corporation, partners or any other entity which own or have an interest or otherwise control the applicant or the establishment which have a final conviction in any court of theft, fornication, sodomy, procuring, pandering, keeping a bawdy house, keeping an assignation house, engaging in prostitution or engaging in assignation, occurring within five (5) years of the date of the application.
(5) 
Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of any other establishment owned, operated or managed by applicant during the five (5) years immediately preceding the date of the application.
(6) 
A statement listing any final conviction in any court of theft, fornication, sodomy, procuring, pandering, keeping a bawdy house, keeping an assignation house, engaging in prostitution or engaging in assignation, of the applicant and any employees.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.600, Section 4.606)
The application for the license required by this article shall be accompanied by a non-refundable license fee established by resolution of the city council from time to time. The license fee shall be on an annual basis. If the license is obtained between January 1 and June 30 of any year, the full amount of such fee shall be paid. If such license is obtained between July 1 and December 31 of any year, the fee shall be one-half of such amount. No refund of license fee shall be made. The license fee shall be on an annual basis and each applicant shall be required to pay a renewal fee in an amount established by resolution of the city council from time to time.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.600, Section 4.607)
The director shall refuse to approve issuance or renewal of any license required by this article to any applicant who has been finally convicted in any court of theft, fornication, sodomy, procuring, pandering, keeping a bawdy house, keeping an assignation house, engaging in prostitution or engaging in assignation, or to any applicant who employs in such establishment any person who has been finally convicted in any court of theft, fornication, sodomy, procuring, pandering, keeping a bawdy house, keeping an assignation house, engaging in prostitution or engaging in assignation.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.600, Section 4.608)
(a) 
A license issued pursuant to this article shall be revoked upon final conviction in any court of the holder of such license for the offense of theft, fornication, sodomy, procuring, pandering, keeping a bawdy house, keeping an assignation house, engaging in prostitution or engaging in assignation.
(b) 
A license issued pursuant to this article shall be suspended for a period of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days upon final conviction in any court of the holder of such license for the operation of the massage establishment in violation of any statute of this state, or any provision of this code or other ordinance of the City of DeSoto.
(c) 
Any license issued pursuant to this article shall be suspended for a period of ninety (90) days upon the final conviction in any court of any employee of such massage establishment for the offense of theft, fornication, sodomy, procuring, pandering, keeping a bawdy house, keeping an assignation house, engaging in prostitution or engaging in assignation, or violation of any provision of this article.
(d) 
Written notice of such revocation or suspension shall be given by the director to the holder of such license at the holder's last known business address.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.600, Section 4.609)
In the event the director shall refuse to approve the issuance of an original license or the renewal of a license to any applicant, or revokes or suspends the license issued to any license holder under this article, this action shall be final unless the license holder files an appeal to the city manager or his designated representative by submitting a letter to the director within ten (10) days of the aggrieved action. A hearing shall be held within fifteen (15) days of the appeal. The city manager or his representative shall render a decision on the appeal within one (1 ) day of the date of the hearing. The decision of the city manager or his designated representative shall be final.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.600, Section 4.610)
No massage establishment shall be kept open for any purpose between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. and no such establishment shall be operated or conducted in connection with, either directly or indirectly, any place used for living or sleeping quarters.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.600, Section 4.611)
(a) 
The director shall be authorized to make or cause to be made inspections to determine the condition of any massage establishment in order to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of the public and to make examinations through licensed physicians as are necessary to determine whether employees of the massage establishments are infected with any infectious or communicable disease.
(b) 
If in the opinion of the director, there is probable cause to enter a massage establishment for the purpose of making inspections and examinations pursuant to this article, he shall request the owner or occupant thereof to grant permission for such entry, and if refused, he shall make application to a magistrate for a search warrant, showing said magistrate why such search warrant should be issued for the purpose herein.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.600, Section 4.612)
The manager or person in charge of the massage establishment shall keep a list of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all employees, both on-duty and off-duty, and such list shall be shown to all proper authorities of the police, health and other departments of the city upon request.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.600, Section 4.613)
It shall be unlawful for any massage establishment to operate in any section of the city which is zoned for residential purposes.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.600, Section 4.614)
(a) 
It shall be the duty of every person conducting or operating a massage establishment to keep the same at all times in a clean and sanitary condition. All instruments and mechanical therapeutic, and bathing devices or parts thereof, that come into contact with the human body, shall be sterilized by a modern and approved method of sterilization before initial use, any such instruments and devices, or parts thereof, after having been used upon one patron shall be sterilized before being used upon another. All towels and linens furnished for the use of one patron shall not be furnished for use of another until thoroughly laundered.
(b) 
All masseurs and operators shall wash their hands thoroughly before administering massage manipulation to each patron accommodated.
(c) 
No person suffering from any communicable or infectious disease shall work or be employed in a massage establishment.
(d) 
No person shall be accommodated as a patron with a massage establishment when to the knowledge of the owner, person in control, or any employee, such person is suffering from a communicable or infectious disease.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.600, Section 4.615)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to administer a massage to any person of the opposite sex; provided, however, this section shall not apply to any person licensed or registered by the State of Texas as a physician, chiropractor, physical therapist, nurse, massage therapist, cosmetologist, or athletic trainer, or as a member of a similar profession, subject to state licensing and registration, while performing duties authorized by the state license or registration.
(b) 
No patron shall receive a massage unless said patron is covered by opaque material such as a towel or shorts covering the private areas, hips, genitals, anal areas, and if the patron is a female, the private areas shall include the breasts.
(c) 
No employee of the establishment shall touch the private areas, genitals or anal area of any patron or the breasts, if the patron is a female, nor shall a patron touch the private areas, genitals or anal area of an employee of the establishment, and if the employee is a female, the private areas shall include the breasts.
(d) 
No alcoholic beverages shall be sold, distributed, stored, or dispensed on the premises of any establishment.
(e) 
All rooms in an establishment shall be illuminated permitting clear visibility of the entire room. Each room in an establishment in which massages are administered shall be open and not secured by a door.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.600, Section 4.616)