§ 5-2.105. Health and Safety Requirements for all Massages.

All massage establishment owners, operators, employees, sole proprietors, independent contractors and any person performing massage within the City shall comply with all of the following health and safety requirements.

A.

Massage establishments and massage therapists shall at all times have an adequate supply of clean sanitary towels, coverings and linens. Clean towels, coverings, and linens shall be stored in enclosed cabinets. Towels, nondisposable coverings, and linens shall not be used on more than one (1) client, unless they have first been laundered and disinfected. Disposable towels and disposable coverings shall not be used on more than one (1) client. Soiled linens and paper towels shall deposited in separate receptacles.

B.

In the massage establishment, wet and dry heat rooms, steam or vapor rooms or cabinets, toilet rooms, showers and bathrooms, whirlpool baths, and pools shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected as needed, and at least once each day when the premises are open, with a hospital-grade disinfectant. Bath tubs shall be thoroughly cleaned with a hospital-grade disinfectant after each use. All walls, ceilings, floors and other physical facilities for the establishment shall be in good repair and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.

C.

All equipment used in the massage establishment shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. Instruments utilized in performing massage techniques shall not be used on more than one (1) client unless they have been sterilized, using standard sterilization methods.

D.

No massage establishment shall have any alcohol for consumption or illegal controlled substance on the premises at any time except for those massage establishments who obtain authorization from the Chief of Police and any licenses from the State of California Department of Alcohol Beverage Control that may be necessary to provide alcohol to a client as a part of the establishment's services.

E.

No massage shall be given by any massage therapist who is consuming, or under the influence of, any alcoholic beverage or illegal controlled substance.

F.

No massage shall be given unless the client's genitalia and female breasts are, at all times, fully covered. Genitalia shall include the genitals, anus, and perineum of any person. No massage shall be provided to a client for sexual gratification by intentional contact, or occasional and repetitive contact with the client's genitalia or female breasts either covered or uncovered.

G.

No massage therapist or massage establishment shall place, publish or distribute or cause to be placed, published or distributed any advertising material that depicts any portion of the human body that would reasonably suggest to prospective customers that services prohibited by this chapter are available nor shall any massage therapist or massage establishment employ language in any advertising text or business name that would reasonably suggest to a prospective client that any service is available that is prohibited under this chapter.

H.

A massage therapist shall not violate the provisions of Sections 647(a) (soliciting to engage in lewd or dissolute conduct in a public place) and 647 (b) (soliciting to engage in or engaging in any act of prostitution) of the California Penal Code, or any other state law involving a crime of moral turpitude, and such practices shall not be allowed or permitted by the massage business.

(Added by Ord. 3642-C.S., § 1, effective 3-24-16)