Whenever, in this Ordinance, the following terms are used, they shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section unless it is apparent from the context thereof that some other meaning is intended.
(1) "Applicant(s)"
shall mean the individual applicant and/or the designated officer or managing partner acting on behalf of a corporation or partnership.
(2) "Code Enforcement Officer"
means the Code Enforcement Officer of the City of Norco or his or her designated representative.
(3) "Massage"
means any method of treating the external parts of the human body for remedial, health, or hygienic purposes by means of pressure on or friction against; or stroking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding; 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 similar preparations.
(4) "Massage business"
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 other type of system for treatment or manipulation of the human body with or without any character of bath, such as Turkish, Russian, Swedish, Japanese, vapor, shower, electric tub, sponge, mineral, fomentation, or any other type of bath.
(5) "Massage technician"
shall include a "Massage Technician", "Massage Trainee", "Masseur", Masseuse" and means any person who administers to another persons, for any form of consideration, "massage" as defined, or bathes, manipulates the body, or uses electric massage procedures, or similar procedures.
(6) "Out Call Massage Service"
means any business where the primary function of such business is to engage in or carry on massage, not always at a fixed location, but also at locations designated by the customers or clients.
(8) "Person"
means any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation, association, club or organization.
(9) "Practice of massage"
means the performance of massage for compensation, either as the owner of or as an employee of a massage business, either at or away from the place of business.
(10) "Recognized School of Massage"
means any school or institution of learning which teaches the theory, ethics, practice, profession, or work of massage.
(Ord. 723, 1997; Ord. 783, 2001)