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K. "Massage" or "Massage Therapy," means any method of treating the external parts of the
<br />body for remedial, health, or hygienic purposes by means of pressure on or friction against, or
<br />stroking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, stretching, pounding, vibrating, stimulating, or manipulating
<br />the body, with or without the aid of any mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances; or with
<br />or without supplementary aids, such as rubbing alcohol, liniments, antiseptics, oils, powders,
<br />creams, lotions, ointments, organic aids or other similar preparations; or by baths. As used in this
<br />Chapter, massage includes bodywork, somatic therapies, and acupressure.
<br />L. "Massage Business" or "Massage Establishment" means any business that offers
<br />massage in exchange for compensation. Any business that offers any combination of massage
<br />therapy and bath facilities, including, but not limited to, showers, baths, wet and dry heat rooms,
<br />pools and hot tubs, shall be deemed a massage business under this Chapter. The term massage
<br />business includes a certified massage practitioner or massage technician who is the sole owner
<br />or employee of a massage business operating as a sole proprietorship, as well as a massage
<br />business which employs massage practitioners or massage technicians or hires massage
<br />practitioners or massage technicians as independent contractors.
<br />M. "Massage Practitioner" means a Certified Massage Practitioner or Massage Technician.
<br />N. "Massage Technician" means any person who is not a certified massage practitioner but
<br />who, as of the effective date of this Ordinance, has a current and valid massage technician permit.
<br />O. "Massage Technician Permit" means the permit issued to any person by the City under
<br />Ordinance 1970 (now repealed) by which the person is permitted to offer massage in exchange
<br />for compensation.
<br />P. "Offsite Massage" means the engaging in or carrying on of massage in exchange for
<br />compensation in a location other than the business's address set forth in the massage business's
<br />City Registration Permit, or the engaging in or carrying on of massage when the massage
<br />business owner does not have a fixed place of business.
<br />Q. "Owner" or "Massage Business Owner" means any of the following persons:
<br />1. Any person who owns or operates a massage business, including a sole
<br />proprietorship.
<br />2. Any person who is a general partner of a general or limited partnership that owns
<br />a massage business.
<br />3. Any person who has a five (5) percent or greater ownership interest in a
<br />corporation that owns a massage business.
<br />4. Any person who is a member of a limited liability company that owns a massage
<br />business.
<br />5. Any person who has a five (5) percent or greater ownership interest in any other
<br />type of business association that owns a massage business.
<br />R. "Person" means any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, joint venture,
<br />entity; limited liability company, or combination of individuals, of whatever form or character.
<br />S. "Permit" means a City Registration Permit or Massage Technician Permit issued pursuant
<br />to this Chapter.
<br />T. "Police Chief" means the Police Chief or the Police Chief's designee.
<br />U. "Reception and Waiting Area" means the area inside the front door of the massage
<br />business dedicated to the reception and waiting of clients of the massage business and visitors,
<br />and which is not a massage room or room otherwise used for providing massage.
<br />V. "Sole Proprietorship" means any legal form of business organization where the business
<br />owner is the only person to operate or be employed by the massage business.
<br />W. "Solicit" means to verbally or non -verbally request, seek, ask, demand, or otherwise
<br />arrange for services.
<br />X. "Special Event" means any seminar, presentation, symposium, health fair, fair, street fair,
<br />demonstration or similar event, venue, or gathering.
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