Sec. 44-232. - Prohibited conduct.

(a)

No massage shall be allowed in any areas of a massage establishment other than in designated massage rooms. If male and female patrons are to be served simultaneously at the establishment, separate massage rooms shall be provided for each gender. In any establishment in which massage services are rendered only to members of the same sex at any one time, such persons of the same sex may be placed in a single room, or the operators of the massage establishment may elect to place such persons in separate massage rooms.

(b)

No massage services shall be rendered to a patron unless the patron's genitals are fully covered. In the case of a female patron, the patron's breasts must also be fully covered. In addition, no patron's genitals or the breasts of any female patron shall intentionally be touched while the patron is on the premises of the massage establishment.

(c)

No alcoholic beverage or drug, other than a prescription medication in the possession of the person for whom the prescription was written, and no condoms, shall be stored or allowed on a massage establishment's premises. Service of alcoholic beverages shall not be permitted.

(d)

No person shall enter or remain on any part of the premises of a massage establishment, and no person shall conduct, operate, be employed by or provide massage, while in the possession of, while consuming, or while under the influence of any alcoholic beverage or drug, except for medication provided pursuant to a valid prescription issued by a physician duly licensed to practice in the State of California.

(e)

No sexually oriented material or sexually oriented merchandise may be allowed, displayed or stored anywhere on a massage establishment's premises. For purposes of this subsection, the terms "sexually oriented material" and "sexually oriented merchandise" shall have the same meanings as set forth in Section 44-195.

(f)

No person may record, or cause or allow to be recorded, any audio and/or video of the performance of a massage or of the conversation or other sounds in any massage room, dressing area, toilet area or other portion of the premises where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy, without the knowledge and express written consent of the patron.

(g)

No massage establishment shall have installed or utilize any signaling devices of any type to alert employees and/or patrons to the presence of law enforcement or other persons charged with enforcement

of the provisions of this Code and/or other applicable laws and regulations.

(h)

No person shall reside, dwell, occupy or live inside, or be allowed to reside, dwell, occupy or live inside, a massage establishment at any time.

(Ord. No. 2015-01, § 3, 5-5-2015)