5.32.090 Prohibited conduct.
A. No owner, manager, operator, responsible managing employee or permit holder shall allow, offer or perform any service other than those permitted under this chapter.
B. No owner, manager, operator or employee of a massage establishment, while on the premises of a massage establishment and/or during the course of performing massage, shall:
1. Expose the sexual or genital part of the permit holder or employee; or
2. Expose the sexual or genital part of any other person; or
3. Intentionally touch or make physical contact with the genitals, anus and/or perineum of another person. Sexual and genital part shall include the genitals, anus and/or perineum of any person and the breasts of any female.
C. No owner, manager, operator or employee of a massage establishment shall place, publish or distribute or cause to be placed, published or distributed any advertising matter that depicts any portion of the human body that would reasonably suggest to prospective customers that any service is available which is prohibited under this chapter, nor shall any 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.
D. A massage professional shall not violate the provisions of California Penal Code Sections 647(a) and (b), or any other state law involving a crime of moral turpitude, and such practices shall not be allowed or permitted by the massage establishment permit holder.
E. A massage professional shall not massage a client of one sex within the view of a client of the opposite sex, and such practices shall not be allowed or permitted by the massage establishment permit holder. Parents, spouse, guardians, translators or caregivers are excluded from this requirement.
F. No owner, manager, operator, responsible managing employee, or permit holder shall permit violation of, and no massage professional shall violate, any of the regulations contained in this chapter.
G. Notwithstanding Section 5.32.130, no manager or owner of a massage establishment shall allow or permit a person to administer massage for such establishment unless the professional possesses a valid CAMTC permit issued under the provisions of this chapter. It shall be the responsibility of the massage establishment permit holder to ensure that each person operating as a massage professional shall first have obtained a valid license under this chapter.
H. Proof of knowledge of any violation of this section shall not be required to be shown where a massage establishment permit is suspended or revoked. (Ord. 4963 § 1, 2019; Ord. 4931 § 1, 2018)