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No person shall engage in, carry on, perform massage services, or permit to be engaged in, conducted, carried on massage services at a massage business located in a fixed premises in the City’s jurisdiction, unless all of the following minimum requirements are met:

A. Signage. A recognizable and legible sign complying with the City’s sign regulations shall be posted at the main entrance.

B. Lighting. A minimum lighting consisting of at least one artificial light of 40 watts or lumens, or higher, shall be provided and shall be operating in each room or enclosure where massage services are being provided and in all areas accessible by clients.

C. Dressing Room, Locker, Secured Area to Deposit Valuables. Dressing rooms, lockers and a secured place for the protection of valuable shall be provided for patrons.

D. Lavatories. Lavatories with hot and cold running water, soap, and single service towels in a wall-mounted dispense shall be provided for patrons.

E. Washbasin for Employee and/or Patron Use. A minimum of one washbasin shall be provided for employee and/or patron use with hot and cold running water, soap, and single service towels in a wall-mounted dispenser.

F. Ventilation. Minimum ventilation shall be provided in accordance with the City’s building codes.

G. Linens. Towels, sheets, and linens of all types shall be clean and freshly laundered. Towels, clothes and sheets shall not be used by more than one person unless the same has first been laundered. Heavy paper may be substituted for sheets; provided, that such paper shall not be used by more than one person and shall be discarded in a sanitary receptacle after each use.

H. Storage Cabinets. Towels, sheets and linens of all types shall be stored in cabinets.

I. Massage Table Pads. Pads used on massage tables shall be covered with durable washable plastic or other acceptable waterproof material.

J. Sterilized Instruments. Disinfecting agents and sterilizing equipment measures approved by the Health Department shall be provided and used for any instruments used to perform massage. (Ord. 3541 § 1, 2023).