Long Beach Municipal Code Ch. 21.52 Conditional Uses

The City recognizes that certain types of land use, due to the nature of the use, require individual review by the Planning Commission to determine whether the type of use proposed, or the location of that use, is compatible with, or through the imposition of reasonable conditions, can be made compatible with surrounding uses. This Chapter establishes specific conditions which shall apply to uses permitted by a permit.

(Ord. C-6533 § 1 (part), 1988)

The following conditions shall apply to massage establishments indicated in Table 32-1 where massage is the primary use:

A. For new massage establishments, the proposed location for the massage establishment must not be fewer than seven hundred fifty (750) feet from another massage establishment as measured from the property lines. For existing massage establishments that are located within seven hundred fifty (750) feet of another massage establishment at the time this Section is enacted, those massage establishments are not required to relocate but are subject to the provisions of Chapter 5.58 and Title 21 of the Long Beach Municipal Code, and any other applicable federal, state and local law.

B. No massage establishment located in a building or structure with exterior windows fronting a public street, highway, walkway, or parking area shall block visibility into the interior reception and waiting area through the use of curtains, closed blinds, tints, or any other material that obstructs or substantially darkens the view into the premises at any time. The interior of the business shall be plainly visible from the exterior of the business by passing vehicles and pedestrians.

C. A massage establishment shall post, near the public entrance of the establishment or in another conspicuous place in clear view of the public and employees where similar notices are customarily posted, a notice sized at least 8.5 inches by 11 inches with a minimum of 16-point font stating as follows:

If you or someone you know is being forced to engage in any activity and cannot leave —whether it is commercial sex, housework, farm work, construction, factory, retail, or restaurant work, or any other activity — call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at 1-888-373-7888 or the California Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) at 1-888-KEY-2-FRE(EDOM) or 1-888-539-2373 to access help and services.

(ORD-18-0018 § 8, 2018)