For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
HEALTH CLUB
Any establishment which offers service in the form of massage, baths,
exercises or similar services, in combination to club members or to the public
for a charge. The term "health club" does not include:
A.
Hospitals, nursing homes, medical clinics or the offices or quarters
of a physician, a surgeon or an osteopath.
B.
Exercise clubs exclusively for members or clientele of one sex alone
where the services, without massage in any form, are performed by persons
of the same sex as the members or clientele.
C.
Barbershops and beauty parlors.
MASSEUR AND MASSEUSE
A person who practices any one or more of the arts of body massage,
either by hand or mechanical apparatus, oil rubs, corrective gymnastics, mechanotherapy,
including color therapy, dietetics, hot packs, cabinet, tub, shower, sitz,
vapor, steam or any other special type of bath.
This chapter is enacted for the purposes of securing and promoting the
health, safety and general welfare of the people of the county.
It is hereby declared that the business of operating health clubs, as
defined in this chapter, is business affecting the public health, safety and
general welfare.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of a health
club without a permit or being in violation of any requirements or prohibitions
set forth in this chapter or any regulation issued pursuant thereto.
No part of any quarters of any health club shall be used for or connected
with any bedroom or sleeping quarters; nor shall any person sleep in such
health club, except if it shall be for limited periods incidental to and directly
related to a massage or bath. This provision shall not preclude the location
of a health club in separate quarters of a building housing a hotel or other
separate businesses or clubs.
It shall be unlawful for any establishment, regardless of whether it
is a public or private facility, to operate as a massage salon, bath parlor
or any similar type of business where any physical contact with the recipient
of such services is provided by a person of the opposite sex. Any person violating
the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided
in this Code; and, in addition to such penalty, it shall be the duty of the
County Administrator to revoke the license of the owner or manager of the
establishment wherein the provisions of this section shall have been violated.
This chapter shall be construed to be compatible with and not in conflict
with supplementary sections of this Code.