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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0613 - Business License for Massage Parlors and Public Bath Houses (Repealed by Ord 1059) 44 or 440.- City of Tukwil Washington. Cover page to Ordinance 613 The full text of the ordinance follows this cover page. AN ORDINANCE of the City of Tukwila, wash- ington, s licensing masage parlors l a 17=?! bath hou within the limits mits of the of Tukwila, and providing penalties for the violation thereof Ordinance 613 was amended or repealed by the following ordinances. AMENDED BY: REPEALED BY: 624, 641, 747, 1011 1059 ,enLA �1s /G CITY OF TUKW WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO— AN ORDINANCE of the City of Tukwila, Wash- ington, regulating and licensing massage parlors and public bath houses within the corporate limits of the City of Tukwila, and providing penalties for the violation thereof. WHEREAS: The City Council of the City of Tukwila deems it advisable for the public health, safety and welfare to regulate massage parlors and public bath houses, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This ordinance shall be in addition to any other gen- eral licensing ordinances of the City of Tukwila and shall not exempt licensee hereunder from compliance with any other such provisions. Section 2. Definitions. For the purpose of this Ordinance, the following terms, words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (a) "Massage Parlor” shall mean any place where massages or other treatment to the body of another by rubbing, kneading, hitting or any other manipulation are given or furnished. (b) "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, partnership association, corporation, company or organization of any kind. (c) "Public Bathhouse" shall mean any place where baths or facilities for baths of any kind whatever are given or furnished and the term shall include but not be limited to: Finnish baths; Russian baths; Sauna baths; Swedish baths; Turkish baths; baths by hot air; steam, vapor, water or electric cabinet: PROVIDED, that such term shall not include ordinary tub or shower baths where an attendant is not required. Section 3. Exemptions. This Ordinance shall not apply to massage treatments or baths given in a family home where only members of the family are treated, or to massage treatments or baths given in any hospital, or by physical therapists who treat patients only on written prescription of licensed physicians, or by any person licensed by the State of Washington to treat the sick, injured or infirm, or by any nurse under the direction of a person so licensed. Section 4. License Required Massage Parlor Public Bathhouse. It shall be unlawful to conduct, operate or maintain a massage parlor or public bathhouse unless such establishment or premises be licensed as hereinafter provided. The fee for a Massage Parlor License shall be and is hereby fixed in the sum of Twenty —Five ($25.00) Dollars per annum, and the fee for a Public Bathhouse License in the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) Dollars per annum. Section 5. Application for and Renewal of License Massage Parlor Public Bathhouse. No license or renewal of license to conduct a massage parlor or public bathhouse shall be issued or renewed except upon written application to the City Clerk's Office which shall be signed and sworn to by the person who intends to conduct, operate or maintain a massage parlor or public bathhouse. Such applica— tion shall contain the following information: (a) The true name, home address and telephone number of the applicant: (b) The business name, business address and telephone number of the establishment or proposed establishment. (c) Whether applicant is a sole proprietorship, partnership or corpora— tion; if partnership, giving the names of all persons sharing in the profits of said business; if corporation, giving the names of its officers, directors and shareholders, giving title, residence address and telephone number of each. (d) How long applicant (or if corporation, its officers) have resided in King County. (e) If sole proprietorship or partnership, stating whether applicant is of legal age. (f) Whether the applicant or anyone owning an interest in the business, or proposed business, has ever been convicted of any crime. If so, stating what crime, when and where. (g) Such other information as the City Clerk may require. Such application will be accompanied with a bond:_iin the amount of $1,000.00 issued by surety satisfactory to the City of Tukwila, or cash deposit of $1,000.00, which shall be forfeited to the City of Tukwila in the event that there is any conviction of any owner, employee or agent of the massage parlor or public bath— house of any acts tending to debauch the public morals. Section 6. Issuance and Renewal of License Massage Parlor --Public Bath— house. Upon the filing of an application for issuance or renewal of a Massage Parlor License or Public Bathhouse License, the City Clerk shall refer the same to the Police Department of the City of Tukwila with a request to investigate the statements contained in said application and to furnish a written report contain— ing the results of his investigation and any other matters which might aid the City Council in determining whether such license should be issued. The City Clerk shall also refer the application to the Health Officer of the City of Tukwila with a request to inspect the premises or proposed premises as to its sanitary and physical conditions and to submit a written report thereon. Upon receipt of the foregoing reports the City Clerk shall submit the application and said reports with his 2 recommendation to the City Council. If from said reports and other information, the City Council deems the applicant and premises to be fit and proper the City Council shall issue or renew the license applied for. Section 7. Inspection of Premises. Any massage parlor or public bathhouse as licenses herein shall be at all times open to inspection as to sanitary and moral conditions by the Health Officer of the City of Tukwila, City Clerk's Office and the Police Department of the :City of Tukwila. Section 8. Unlawful to Employ Person Under Twenty —One Years. It shall be unlawful for the owner, proprietor, manager or person in charge of any massage parlor or public bathhouse to employ in such establishment any person who. is not twenty —one years of age and of good moral character. Section 9. Unlawful to Without License. It shall be unlawful to advertise the giving of massage treatments or public baths by a person or in an establishment not licensed or otherwise qualified pursuant to this Ordinance. Section 10. Unlawful to Admit Certain. Persons. It shall be unlawful for the proprietor, manager or person in charge of any massage parlor or public bath— house, or for any employee of said establishment, to knowingly harbor, admit, re— ceive or permit to be or remain in or about such premises, any prostitute, lewd or dissolute persons, any drunken or boisterous person, or any person under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drugs, or any person whose conduct tends in any way to corrupt the public morals. Section 11. Business Hours. No massage parlor or public bathhouse shall be allowed to conduct business after the hour of 9:00 o'clock P. M. or prior to the hour of 8:00 o'clock A. M. Section 12. License Required Massage Operator. It shall be unlawful for any person to give a massage or other treatment to the body of another by rubbing, kneading, hitting or any other manipulation in any massage parlor or public bath— house without a Massage Operator's License. The fee for a Massage Operator's License shall be and is hereby fixed in the sum of Twenty ($20.00) Dollars per annum. Section 13. License Required Massage Parlor Attendant. It shall be unlaw— ful for any person to operate, to assist in the operation of, to start or stop any mechanical device used by another for health, physical well being, or weight reduc— ing purposes, or to position another using such a device in any massage parlor or public bathhouse without a Massage Parlor Attendant's License or a Massage Operator's License. The fee for a Massage Parlor Attendant's License shall be and is hereby fixed in the sum of Ten ($10.00) Dollars per annum. Section 1L. Application for and Renewal of License. All applications for issuance or renewals of a Massage Operator's License or Massage Parlor Attendant's License shall be made to and be filed with the City Clerk's Office on forms 3 furnished by him for such purpose and the same shall state the true name of the applicant who shall not be less than twenty —one (21) years of age and shall in— clude references as to moral character of the applicant from three reputable citizens of King County. Upon the filing of such application and if the City Clerk finds the application to be in proper form and references to be authentic, he shall refer the same to the Police Department of the City of Tukwila with a request to investigate the statements contained in said application and for him to furnish a written report containing the results of his investigation, together with such other information as may aid the City Council in determining whether such license should be issued. The City Clerk shall also refer the application to the Health Officer of the City of Tukwila with a request to examine the applicant physically to ascertain if said applicant is free from contagious or infectious disease and to make a written report thereon. Upon receipt of the foregoing reports the City Clerk shall submit the application and said reports with his recommendation to the City Council. If from said reports and other information available the Council deems the applicant to be a fit and proper person, the City Council, shall issue or renew the license applied for. Section 15. Requisites for Acceptance of Application. Any application for issuance or renewal of a license pursuant to this Ordinance shall not be accepted by the City Clerk unless accompanied by the appropriate license fee. In the event an application for a license is refused, the amount tendered as the license fee shall be returned to the applicant. Section 16. Suspension or Revocation of License. In addition to other penalties provided herein or by law, the City Council, after due notice of hearing is given to the licensee and a hearing is conducted, shall have the right to suspend or revoke any license issued pursuant to this Ordinance. Section 17. Expiration of Licenses. All licenses issued or renewed pursuant to this Ordinance shall expire on the 31st of December of each calendar year. Section 1$. Violation Penalties. Every person as principal, agent or other— wise, failing, neglecting or refusing to comply with any provision of this Ordinance, or violating the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not to exceed Five. Hundred ($500.00) Dollars or by imprison— ment fora period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day of such failure, neglect or refusal to comply with the provisions of this Ordinance or the violation of same shall constitute a separate offense hereunder. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Tukwila, Washington. and APPROVED by the Mayor at a regular meeting thereof this 6a day ofA.,r'4 1970. M J Mayer ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Clerk City Attorney %a/ e) 4-