Unless the particular provision of the context otherwise requires, the definitions and provisions contained in this section shall govern the construction, meaning, and application of words and phrases used in this chapter:
means the individual applicant and/or the designated officer or managing partner acting on behalf of a corporation, partnership or business organization.
means the chief of police of the city of Upland, or designee.
means any, and all persons, other than a massage technician, who may render any service to the massage establishment permittee, and who receives compensation from the massage establishment permittee or agent, and who has no physical contact with the customers or clients as part of his or her job duties.
means the person appointed to act as the hearing officer pursuant to Section 5.60.240.
means any method of treating the external parts of the human body for remedial, health, relaxation, hygienic, or any other reason or purposes by means of pressure on or friction against; or stroking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, vibrating; or stimulating the external parts of the human body with the hands or other parts of the human body, with or without the aid of any mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances; or with or without supplementary aids, such as rubbing alcohol, liniments, antiseptics, oils, powders, creams, lotions, ointments, or other preparations.
means any establishment having a fixed place of business where any person, firm association, partnership, corporation engages in, conducts, or carries on, or permits to be engaged in, conducted or carried on, any business of giving massages, baths, administration of fomentation, electric or magnetic treatments, alcohol rubs, or any type of system for treatment or manipulation of the human body with or without any character of bath, including, but not limited to, the techniques commonly referenced as Turkish, Russian, Swedish, Japanese, vapor, shower, electric tub, sponge, mineral, fomentation, or any other type of bath.
means and includes a massage technician, massage trainee, masseur, masseuse or any other person who administers to another person, for any form of consideration, massage as defined, or bathes, manipulates the body, or uses electric massage procedure, or similar procedure. Effective September 1, 2009, a "licensed massage technician" means anyone licensed by the California Massage Therapy Organization (CAMTC) as a "massage therapist" or a "massage practitioner," or anyone with a valid massage technician permit from the city of Upland. Effective January 1, 2011, a "licensed massage technician" means anyone licensed by the California Massage Therapy Organization as a "massage therapist" or a "massage practitioner."
massage service means massage services provided by a permitted massage establishment at locations designated by a permittee, customer or client, in accordance with this chapter.
means any holder of a massage establishment and/or a massage technician permit, issued in accordance with this chapter.
means any credentialed and accredited school or institution of learning which teaches through state of California certified instructors the theory, ethics, practice, profession, and work of massage, which has been approved pursuant to the California Education Code including, but not limited to, Section 94900 or 94905. A school offering a correspondence course not requiring attendance shall not be deemed a recognized school for purposes of this chapter. The permittee shall render assistance to the city as necessary to demonstrate satisfaction of this requirement.
(Prior code § 6800.010; Ord. 1809 § 2, 2006; Ord. 1850 § 2, 2009)