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Ordinance No. 1970 <br />Page 3 of 17 <br />1. Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.24.040 of this Chapter, it shall <br />be unlawful for any person within the City to operate a massage establishment without holding a <br />massage establishment permit issued by the Police Chief. <br />2. A separate permit shall be obtained for each separate massage <br />establishment. <br />3. For the purposes of this Chapter, it shall be unlawful for a school of <br />massage to hold or conduct a student clinic without holding a massage establishment permit. <br />B. Massage Technician Permit: Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.24.040 of <br />this Chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person within the City to act as or be a massage <br />technician without holding a massage technician permit issued by the Police Chief. <br />C. Offsite Massage Permit: Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.24.040 of <br />this Chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person within the City to engage in, conduct, or carry on <br />an offsite massage without holding an offsite massage permit issued by the Police Chief. <br />D. Special Event Permit: Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.24.040 of this <br />Chapter or unless the person holds an offsite massage permit, it shall be unlawful for any <br />person within the City to provide massage at a special event without holding a special event <br />permit issued by the Police Chief. <br />E. Additional Permits: Permits required under this Chapter shall be in addition to <br />any other license, permit, or requirement required under federal, state, or local law or regulation. <br />A permit issued under this Chapter does not authorize the permittee to practice massage until <br />the permittee has complied with all business license requirements, zoning/planning <br />requirements, fire requirements, building requirements, and all other applicable federal, state, <br />and local laws and regulations. <br />6.24.040 Permit Exemptions. <br />A. The permit requirements of this Chapter shall not apply to the following persons <br />while engaged in the performance of their duties: <br />1. Physicians, chiropractors, nurses, physical therapists, or acupuncturists <br />who are duly licensed to practice their respective professions in the State of California. <br />2. Barbers, beauticians, cosmetologists, and estheticians who are duly <br />licensed under the laws of the State of California while engaging in practices within the scope of <br />their licenses. <br />3. Hospitals, nursing homes, sanitariums, or any other health facility duly <br />licensed by the State of California. <br />4. Accredited high schools, junior colleges, colleges, or universities whose <br />coaches and trainers are acting within the scope of their employment. <br />5. Trainers of amateur, semiprofessional or professional athletes or athletic <br />teams while engaging in their training responsibilities for and with athletes; and trainers working <br />in conjunction with a specific athletic event such as road races, track meets, triathlons, <br />