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Ordinance No. 1970 Page 14 of 17 6.24.190 Prohibited Conduct. A. Massage shall be provided only between the hours of seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. No massage establishment shall be open and no client shall be in the establishment between ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. B. No massage establishment shall sell, serve, furnish, keep, consume, or possess alcoholic beverages in the massage establishment unless the massage establishment has a valid license to do so issued by the State of California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. No alcoholic beverages shall be sold, served, furnished, kept, consumed, or possessed in any room where massage is provided. C. No permittee, employee of a massage establishment, or any other person shall: 1. Expose the sexual or genital part of the permittee, employee, or any other person before, during, or after a massage; 2. Touch or expose or cause to be touched, or exposed the sexual or genital part of any person before, during, or after a massage; or 3. Permit a client to touch, expose, or view the sexual or genital part of any person before, during, or after a massage. Sexual and genital parts shall include the genitals, pubic area, anus, and perineum of any person. As used in this Chapter, touching shall mean contact skin-to-skin or through a drape, cloth or other material. D. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in, conduct, or carry on an offsite massage at a massage establishment, school of massage, or permittee's residence. E. No massage establishment shall be used for residential or sleeping purposes. 6.24.200 Inspection. The Police Department may, from time to time, make an inspection of each massage establishment for the purpose of determining compliance with this Chapter. 6.24.210 Suspension and Revocation of Permits. A. The Police Chief may revoke or suspend any permit granted under this Chapter if any of the following are found: 1. The permittee does not possess the qualifications for the permit as required by this Chapter; 2. The permittee has been convicted of any violation of any provision of this Chapter; 3. The permittee has engaged in, conducted, or operated a massage establishment or has engaged in, conducted, or operated as a massage therapist in a manner which violates this Chapter, any conditions of the permit, or any of the laws which would have been grounds for denial of the permit;