3-10-7: LICENSE REQUIRED; EXEMPTIONS:

   A.   Application: Application for a license shall be made to the City Clerk's Office as set forth in section 3-1A-6 of this title. No owner or manager of a massage establishment shall permit or allow any person to engage in, or attempt to engage in, the practice of massage therapy within a massage establishment unless the massage establishment:

      1.   Possesses a valid City massage establishment license; or

      2.   Is exempted by this Code from the massage establishment license requirement.

   B.   Exemptions: The following are exempt from the massage establishment license requirement:

      1.   Hospitals, residential care facilities and assisted living facilities licensed by the State;

      2.   Public and private secondary schools or accredited colleges and universities eligible to disburse Federal financial aid, and the athletic programs of such schools, colleges and universities;

      3.   Sports venues at which massage may be conducted on the members of professional sports franchises by athletic trainers employed by professional sports franchises. Where a sports venue shares a structure with another business or businesses, such as a hotel or motel, this exemption shall not apply to any other existing business within the structure where massage or massage therapy may take place;

      4.   The business locations of persons currently certified or licensed in or by the State in medicine, surgery, osteopathy, physical therapy, chiropractic, podiatry, nursing or kinesiology;

      5.   The business locations in which barbers and cosmetologists, currently licensed by the State, practice massage limited to the neck, face, scalp, hair, hands or feet, when such massage is conducted in conjunction with a cosmetic service, such as a haircut or styling, shave, manicure or pedicure;

      6.   A massage establishment in which only one massage therapist is employed or practices massage or massage therapy. Any massage establishment having two (2) or more massage therapists employed or practicing massage or massage therapy shall not qualify for this exemption. (Ord. 17-13, 6-18-2013; amd. 2019 Code)