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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Ord 163 1931-11-19 I' I I 1 2 3 4 5 .-- , . ..1 CI~IGIN."L OI=FICIAL COpy -, NOT .0 ElE TAKEN F,~OM ~ .. --' THE C; rv CLERK'S OFFICE '-' ORDINANCE NO. Jl~. AN ORDIN~~CE REGULATING THE BUSINESS OF COlfDUCTING MASSAGE PARLORS AND OTHER BUSINESSES SIMILAR THERETO - IK TilE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, 'OOUNTY OF ORANGE", STATE OF CALIFORHIA' REPEALING ALL OTHER ORDINANCl!.S AND PARTS OF ORDIfrAIi'CES n: CONFLICT HE.ll.F,'!!TH '" AND PROVIDING PEliALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HErtEOF. 6 The City Council of the City of Seal Beach ordains as follows: 7 Section 1. DEFTIfITIONS - The following words, as used in this 8 ordinance, shall have the signification attached to them in this 9 section, unless otheruise clearly apparent from the context: 10 (a) PERSON - The word "person" shall mean and include both the 11 singular and plural, and shall also mean and include person, indivi- 12 dual, firm, corporation, co-partnership, association, club, society, 13. or any other organization, 14 (b) 1!ASS1I.GE - The word "rnassage" sho.ll mean and include a 15 method of treating the external parts of the body for remedial or 16 hygienic purposes, consisting in rubbing, stroking, kneading, adjust- ing or tapping with the hand and/or hands, or any instrument, _ (c) 1'ASSAGE PARLORS - The term "lnas rage parlors ". shall mean and include any turkish bath parlor, battle creeK system treatments, 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 magn~tic healing institute, massage parlor or any place or institution where treatment of the hwnan body is given by means of JilB.ssage or bath, (d) ~\t4.SSAGIST - The r.ord "massagistll shall mean und include both the singular' and plural! and shall aJ.so JJlean and include any person who practices l:lo.ssage. Sec. 2. RE1UIRK~NTS - It shall be unlawful for any pirson to 26'" practice, engabe in or carryon the business of a lllB.ssagist or conduc4 27 28 29 30 31 32 a massage parlor in the City of Seal Beach without first having ob- tained a license as hereinafter provided, frOll! said city, and comply- ing with any and all ~egulatio~s and_r~quirements as hereinafter con- tained and set forth in this ordinance. - Sec. 3. APPLICATION - (a) Each and every person desiring to carryon the business of a massagist or conduct a massage parlor in .._."A . - PAGE t,AW O....IC.. 01' 1 FRANK II. JAQUES 4111.417 SICUIUTY BUILDING LONG BlEACH. CALIF. ,:. .. ~.. PHONE 611'.11 I I I. ..... Ordinance Number '. 1 the City of Seal Beach, sh~ll make a written application to the City 2 Clerk for a license to conduct said business. Said ap~lication 3 shall be signed &nd sworn to by said applicant and shall state the 4 true or fictitious name or nmaes of said applicant, his or her age, 5 present street addre~s, and other address or addresses where applican ,6 may have lived at any tim.e during the six (6) months immediately pre- 7 ceding the d&te of said application;, the nallle under which, and place 8 where said applico.~t proposes to conduct said business, together with 9 the street, city, cQunty and state address where said applicant 10 practiced or conducted any similar business, if any, within twelve 11 ,(12) months immediately preceding the date of ~aid application, and 12 the name under which the S~lme r;as so conducted. (b) Said application shall also include a photograph in tripli- cate, of said applicant, of a size prescribed by the City Clerk, said photograph to be attached to the original ap~,lication, one to the duplicate, and one to the license, if 0. license to conduct or carry on said business is granted said applicant. All applications shall be made in duplicate, one of which shal~ , 19 be transmitted by the City Clerk to the Chief of Police of said city 20 for investi~ation, and the license Hpplied for shall not be issued to 21 said applicant until the ex~iration of sixty (60) days from date of 22 s~id application, unless. a satisfactory report is made by said Chief 23 of Police before the expiration of said period. If no adverse report 24 ~oncerning said applicant is made by the Chief of Police, then said 25 application shall be presumed complete, ~nd a license authorized and 2() issued u:pon the payment of the required license fee. 27 Sec. 4. LICENSE tEE ~ (a) Any person owning, maintaining or 28 . conducting a massage parlor as defined herein, shall pay to the City 29 of Seal Beach a license fee of Twenty-five and no/100 Dollars ($25.00 30" 31 .32 13 14 15 16 17 18 per year. (b) Every massagist operating, working or employed as a ma~seur in the City.of Seal Beach, excepting any person who owns, op~rates or , . " . PAGE LAW OFI'.CES 01' 2 FRANK H. JAQUES ~"11l.4'7 8ECUIiIT'l' BUILDING LONG BEACH. CALIP'. :..' ..1'_. :PJt.ql'lir: 8'8.11 L :t.~.._ -' '_ . -;-~. '. _ , , :. .. .. ..... \' .,~ ~ ~."'"~",, "n"" ...~.,_.. ,11'~ ~~ ~ I I I 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27. Ordinance Number ---.. 1 conducts a massage parlor in said city, and having complied with the 2 requirements of this or~inance, shall pay a license fee of One and , 3 No/IOO ($1.00) per year. 4 (c) No license issued under the provisions of this ordinance 5 shall be transferrable. 6 Sec. 5. MASSAGING ?:lEMBEB.S or' OPPOSI'l.'E SEX PROHIBITED - It shall 7 be unlawful for any female massagist to ~ssage any person of the male 8 sex, or any male massagist to massage any person of the female sex. 9 Sec. 6. RECORD TO BE KEPT - Every person maintaining, conducting 10 or operating a massage parlor in the City of Seal Beach, shall at all 11 times, in connection th~rewith, keep a registration bDok in which each _ ~ . r . . 12 an~ every client or patient shall personally sign in his or her own 13 handwr~ting, his or her true name in full, place of residence, and 14 date of treatment, and provided further that such registration book 15 shall be open at all times to the inspection of any police officer of 16 the City of Seal Beach. 17 Sec. 7. EXCEPTIONS - None of the provisions of t~is ordinance 18 ,shall apply to any physician, surgeon, chiropractor, osteopath, or 19 any graduate nurse working under the supervision o~ a duly' licensed physician, surgeon, chiropra~tor or osteopath, duly licensed to prac- tice their respective professions in the State of California. Sec. 8. REVOCATION - The City Council of the City of Seal Beach shall forthwith revoke the license of any person upon receiving satis factory evidence of the 'violation of any of the 'provisions of this ordinance, or any other law or ordinance of the City of Seal Beach or State of California relatin~ to such business, or UDon the recommenda tion of the Chief of Police. 28 Whenever a license shall have been revoked under the terms of .29 this ordinance_, no othe~ ap~lication by such person shall be considerEd 30 for a period of one (1) year fro;,l date of such revocation. 31 Sec. 9. EXPIRATION OF LICEI~SE - Upon the expiration of any licelse 32, issued under the provisions of this ordinance, the holder thereof sha_.l ." .,t'.' .' .PAGE 3 FRANK H. JAQUES , 4111.417 SECURITY BUILDING LONG BEACH. CALIF. .:".M_J.:I PHONE .'.-11 -'. . ~",::, LAW or",c&:. 0,. I I I . Ordinance Numb~r 1 be entitled to a neu license for the ensuing year ~ithout m~kine a ne~ 2 ap~lication therefor, upon the ~ayment of the required license fee, 3 and upon filing with the City Clerk an affidavit by s~id licensee 4 setting forth that he or sh~ has conducted s~id business as designa~ed 5 in said license, at the street and number set forth therein, and in 6 a proper, rezular and laHful .wanner during the life of said lfucense. 7 Sec. 10. VALIDITY - If any section, subseotion, sentence, clause 8 phrase or uord of this ordinence is for any reason held to be invalid 9 or unconstitutional, such deoision shall not affect the validity of 10 the remaining p.ortions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby de- 11 clares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each section, 12 subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word thereof, irrespective of 13 the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clausel, 14 phrases, or uords be declared invalid or unconstitutional. 15 Sec. 11. PEl~LTY - Every person, as prinoipal, agent or otherwise 16 violating or f" iling or neglecting or refusing to comllly VIi th any of 17 the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 18 meanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be ~unished by a fine not 19 exceeding Five Hundrgd and no/100 Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment 20 in the city jail, or in the county jail, as may be designated by the 21 Judge upon conviction, for not more than six (6) m~onths, or by both 22 such fine and imprisonment; and each such person, as principal, agent r ~ - otherwise, shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day 24 dur ing any portion of ',hich ~he violation of, or fdlure, neglect or 25 . refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance is 26 cOnllnitted, continued or permitted by suqh person. 27 Sec. 12. REPEAL CLAUSE - All Ocher ordinances and ~arts of or- 28 dinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. 29 Sec. 13. 'fhe City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this 30 ordinance by the City Council of the City of Seal Beach, and cause 31 the srume to be published once in the Seal Beach Post and TIave, mld to 32 be posted in three (3) conspicuous places in the City of Seal Beach, PAGE I.AW OI'I"ICII:. 01' 4 FRANK H. JAQUES .18.417 8IECUIIITY BUILDING LONG BEACH. CALIF. PHONE ~1l.'1I . . . . { '"0 ~ oi .' I. I I I o Ordinance Nu~er . .0 . , . , . .... . . '. .. 1 and H shn.ll ta.ke effect immediately thereafter. 2 I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was adopted by the 3 City Council of ~he City of Seal Beach, at its l:J.eeting of November 4 19, IG3l, by the following vote: 5 AYES: Councilmen 6 NOES: Councilulen 7 8 ABSENT: Councilmen ~3f,~ .I 9 ATi'EST: 10 11 12 13 14 15. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 ~~~'~~~A~~ Cl Y ler- ~'" -~~.~, 9"tr ~ liaJor. PAGE I.AW Ol"PlCE8 0.. 5 FRANK H. JAQUES .115."17 SECURITY BUIL.DING LONG BEACH. CALIF. "HONE 8t8.1I "