§ 20-25. Restriction of business to premises.

(a)

All massage therapy (not to include in-office massage therapy) provided for under this chapter shall be conducted on the premises of a licensed massage therapy establishment, provided massage therapy may be conducted in a private residence by a Massage Therapist II, under the following condition: if done at the direction of a licensed healing arts practitioner.

(b)

All licensed massage therapy establishments shall be operated from commercial business premises. All establishments licensed under this chapter, as opposed to a massage parlor licensed under chapter 19, article XII, is permitted in zoning designations C-O and less restrictive designations. Provided further that a massage therapy establishment, as opposed to a massage parlor, does not require the issuance of a special use permit as set out in section 27-579. Operation of such an establishment in a private home, residence or noncommercial business establishment is prohibited. Sole practitioners (therapists who work alone), are required to have both a massage therapist license and massage therapy establishment license and to work from a commercial business premises.

(c)

Massage therapy is not permitted in the guestrooms of hotels unless the hotel is licensed as a massage therapy establishment and the massage therapy is conducted by a licensed massage therapist employed by the hotel.

(Code 1988, § 20-25; Ord. No. O-92-98, § 1, 10-22-1998)