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Requiring only CAMTC certification is recommended because CAMTC provides consistent statewide standards for education, competency testing, background investigations, massage therapist enforcement and administrative oversight. The proposed ordinance not only requires all massage practitioners in Pleasanton to be certified by CAMTC, it also requires them to register with the Police Department in order to ensure that massage practitioners in Pleasanton are CAMTC certified and follow the City's zoning, operational, and health and safety regulations. The majority of current practitioners known to the Police Department are CAMTC Certified; few (approximately 20) are only permitted by the Police Department and will need to apply for CAMTC certification if they wish to continue practicing in Pleasanton. Massage Establishments: City Registration Permits Pleasanton currently regulates massage establishments through a permitting process administered by the Police Department. The proposed ordinance provides for a similar permitting process, but the permit will be called a city registration permit. Massage Establishments: City Registration Permit Denial The proposed ordinance is intended to curtail illegal activities by illicit massage establishments. The proposed ordinance provides that a massage business's city registration permit application will be denied if another massage business was operating at the proposed location and the permit for that business is currently revoked, and one year has not lapsed since the revocation. A massage business's city registration permit will also be denied if another massage business is or was operating at the proposed location and that massage business has any outstanding fines as a result of violations under the Massage Ordinance. These two proposed restrictions are intended to stop the ongoing cycle of straw purchases and ownership flips used by illicit massage establishments to maintain illegal activity at a specific location. Massage Establishments: Suspension or Revocation Hearings The current Massage Ordinance requires that a hearing be held prior to a massage establishment city registration permit's suspension or revocation. The proposed ordinance provides for written notice of the proposed suspension or revocation and the right to a hearing, but only if requested by the permittee within 10 days of service of the notice. If a hearing is requested, the hearing must be conducted within 10 calendar days of the date that the City Clerk receives the notice and the City Manager, who decides the matter, must render a written decision within five days of the hearing's conclusion. The timeframe for a massage establishment to be suspended (i.e., generally 15 days from the date of the permittee's hearing request to the City Manager's decision) is reasonable considering the potential significant health and safety risks and criminal activity that could exist in a massage establishment. Proposed Operating Requirements Responsible Person: The proposed ordinance provides that each massage business owner must designate or employ an individual to be in charge of the massage business during all times the owner is not on site. Either the owner or administrator must be on site at the massage business during business hours when any employee or Page 4 of 6