Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or the
terms of the license may be penalized in the following manner:
A. Temporary suspension. The Code Enforcement Officer or Police Department,
with prior approval of the City Manager or his/her designee, is authorized
to immediately and temporarily suspend any license. The City Manager
or his/her designee shall determine if the licensed premises has not
met the requirements of the license.
B. Revocation. The Code Enforcement Officer or Police Department, with
prior approval of the City Manager or his/her designee, is authorized
to immediately revoke any license. The City Manager or his/her designee
shall determine if the licensed premises has not met the requirements
of the license.
C. Unlicensed massage therapist or establishment. Any person operating
any massage business or massage establishment failing to apply for
a massage therapist license and pay the required fee shall be in violation
of this chapter, and such violation is a civil penalty enforced by
the Police Department and subject to a fine in the amount of $500
in addition to any other fines for violating this chapter and the
fee for licensing the massage therapist.
D. Civil penalties. In addition to any other fines or penalties for
violating any provisions of this chapter or the terms of the license,
violation of this chapter is a civil penalty enforced by the Police
Department. In any such proceeding, the City may order that the licensee
or unlicensed massage therapist abate any violations, pay a penalty
between $100 and $2,500 per violation, per day, and pay the court
costs, attorneys and expert witness fees incurred by the City.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article, or part
of this chapter or of any ordinance included in this Code or through
supplementation shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate
the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation to the
clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article, or part thereof directly
involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been
rendered.