(a)
All massage therapists, practitioners, or exempt therapists who perform outcall massage services within the City limits shall have a CAMTC certificate, or a City issued massage therapist permit. Outcall massage therapists shall maintain their certificates or permits upon their persons or within their immediate reach at all times while performing massage in the City and shall display these upon the request of any City official.
(b)
Outcall massage services shall not be provided at any location owned, leased, rented or under the control of the massage therapist, practitioner, exempt massage therapist including residential dwellings and business offices, unless that location is licensed as a massage establishment or is otherwise exempted as provided in this chapter.
(c)
No outcall massage shall be performed in a hotel or motel room or facility designed and operated primarily for transient occupancy or in the private residence of the massage therapist, practitioner, or exempt therapist. A massage therapist, practitioner, or exempt therapist is permitted to provide outcall massage services at a private residence only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
(d)
All massage therapists, practitioners, exempt therapists who perform outcall massage services within the City limits shall have a CAMTC certificate, or a City issued therapist permit. Outcall massage therapists, practitioners, or exempt therapists shall maintain their certificates or permits upon their persons or within their immediate reach at all times while performing massage in the City and shall display these upon the request of any City official.
(e)
No person shall establish or operate an outcall massage service which maintains or operates a facility at which massages are given or are made available to clients within City limits, or whose principal place of business is located within City limits, without obtaining and maintaining in effect a massage establishment permit.
(f)
The owner and/or operator of a business at which off-premises massage therapy is conducted is not required to obtain a massage establishment license pursuant to this chapter, as long as the primary purpose of the business is not massage therapy. The business shall not be required to remain closed during the particular hours provided in this chapter; however, massage therapy shall only occur during the regular business hours of that business.
(g)
The Director, with input from any other department of the City, or any other appropriate agency or entity, shall be vested with discretion in determining the primary purpose of the business. If the Director determines a business is operating as a massage establishment, notice of such determination and notice of the requirement to obtain a massage establishment license shall be sent to the business.
(h)
Massage therapists, practitioners, exempt therapists may volunteer their massage services at special events, charitable events, or non-profit events that have obtained required permits from the City.
(§ 1, Ord. 1162, eff. March 7, 2018)