MASSAGE PARLORS, MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS AND MASSAGISTS

Biloxi Code of Ordinances ch. 12, art. II

in effect

Biloxi Code of Ordinances § 12-2-1 Definitions.

Sec. 12-2-1. - Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Charge, either directly or indirectly means a salary, commission, gratuity or other remuneration as paid or made available to a massagist administering massages as a primary or incidental activity resulting from such payment, or a charge, fee, dues or other payment for the purpose of receiving any service or use of an establishment which provides for the payor the opportunity to obtain a massage. Genitals means the external sexual organs. Health certificate means a certificate from a regular practicing medical doctor showing that the person named therein has been examined and is free from any infectious or communicable disease. Massage means the act or art of treating the human body or any part thereof by rubbing, kneading, tapping, compression, vibration, application of friction or percussion or like ministrations to stimulate circulation or increase suppleness, for a charge, direct or indirect. Massage establishment means any building, room, place or establishment where massages are practiced upon the human body for a charge, either directly or indirectly, by a person, whether with or without the use of mechanical, therapeutic or bathing devices, whether as a primary or an incidental activity of the establishment in which the massage is performed. Massage establishment license means that document issued by the city tax collector to an establishment where massages are furnished. Massage parlor means any business establishment existing for the principal purpose of offering massages to the public. Massagist means a person who administers massages. Massagist license means that document issued by the city tax collector to a person who administers massages. (Code 1959, § 11A-21)

Biloxi Code of Ordinances § 12-2-2 Licenses generally; identification card; inspections; violations.

Sec. 12-2-2. - Licenses generally; identification card; inspections; violations. (a) Term of licenses; posting; assignment. Licenses issued pursuant to this article shall be valid, except as otherwise provided in this article, from the date of issuance through December 31 of the year in which the license is issued. Any license obtained as required by this article shall be posted and kept in a conspicuous place in the massage parlor or establishment. A license issued pursuant to this article shall not be assignable to any other person. (b) License fees. The fees or charges for the licenses required pursuant to this article shall be $500.00 per year per massage parlor or massage establishment and $25.00 per year per massagist, until the further resolution of the mayor and council of the city. The fee or charge is assessed and levied against each such massage parlor or massage establishment or massagist to create revenues sufficient to administer the provisions of this article, and such revenues shall be paid into the general fund of the city when collected. The tax collector of the city shall receive all applications for licenses upon such forms as prescribed and he shall collect all fees or charges connected therewith. (c) Inspections. The city shall be authorized to make or cause to be made inspections to determine compliance with the provisions of this article in any massage parlor or establishment in order to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of the public. The city shall also have authority to direct that the health department of the county shall be authorized to make or cause to be made inspections to determine the sanitary conditions of any massage establishment in order to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of the public. Such inspections may be made at any time during which a massage parlor or massage establishment is open for business pursuant to the provisions of this article. (d) Compliance with zoning regulations. The provisions of this article shall in no way affect or limit the provisions and requirements of any zoning ordinances of the city. (e) Violations; penalties. The operation of any business, administration of any massage or use of any license issued pursuant to this article contrary to any provision of this article, or the failure to comply with any provision of this article, shall: (1) Constitute a violation of this article which shall be punishable by a fine of $1.00 to $500.00 or imprisonment of one day to 90 days for each offense, or both. Each day the offense continues shall be a new and separate offense subject to the same penalty. (2) If continued, be deemed and considered a nuisance and be subject to abatement in the county court in the same manner as in a chancery court proceeding. (3) Subject the violator to any other provision for suspension, revocation or denial of the license as provided in this article and any other civil or criminal action or penalty or proceeding provided by law. (f) Exceptions. The provisions of this article shall not apply to gymnasia or other premises wherein persons engage in bona fide athletic or conditioning activities, or any duly licensed barbershop, beauty parlor, chiropractic clinic or other premises of a person practicing a vocation or profession regulated and licensed by the state. (g) Administration of massage without license prohibited. Other than as specifically excepted in subsection (f) of this section, no massage shall be administered by a person who does not have a current valid massagist license. (h) Identification card required; issuance. It shall be required that, upon the issuance of a massage establishment license or a massagist license under this article, every person issued such a license shall obtain and carry in his possession an identification card, to be obtained from the police department of the city upon application. At the time of application for such identification card, the applicant shall be fingerprinted and the applicant shall be required to list all previous convictions or charges against him in any jurisdiction within the United States, list the places of residence for the past five years of the person, and provide a birth certificate or a positive identification of the applicant, as well as the name, social security number, height, weight and color of hair and eyes of the person, and any other information deemed necessary by the police officials. An identification card shall be issued on the day the application is filed with the police officials. If it is later determined that true, complete and accurate information has not been furnished to the police officials, the identification card shall be withdrawn from the applicant. The identification card shall name each establishment wherein the person is the owner or employee, and shall state whether the person is the owner or employee at the establishment, and shall contain thereon the picture, fingerprints, name, date of birth, place of birth, social security number, height, weight and color of hair and eyes of the person, along with any other information deemed necessary by the police officials. (i) Persons ineligible for identification card. It is further provided that: (1) No identification card referred to in subsection (h) of this section shall be issued to any person convicted of prostitution or soliciting for prostitution within the past five years; (2) No identification card shall be issued to any person convicted of a felony or narcotics misdemeanor or of violation of state laws prohibiting gambling within the past ten years; and (3) No identification card shall be issued to any person who has two or more convictions for a felony or narcotics misdemeanor or for violation of the state laws prohibiting gambling within the past 20 years. (Code 1959, § 11A-22)

Biloxi Code of Ordinances § 12-2-3 Application for massage parlor or massage establishment license.

Sec. 12-2-3. - Application for massage parlor or massage establishment license. Licenses for a massage parlor or massage establishment, whether an initial license or a renewal of an existing license, shall be applied for and issued pursuant to the following provisions: (1) License required. No license to engage in the business of operating a massage parlor or massage establishment shall be issued until an application therefor has been completed and filed with the city tax collector, and no massage establishment shall engage in the business of providing massages within the limits of the city until such license has been issued. (2) Contents of application. The city tax collector shall provide to an applicant for a massage establishment license a form requesting the information specified in this subsection, which shall be completed and filed with the city tax collector by each applicant for such license, accompanied with payment of the applicable license fee. The application shall be executed under oath attesting to the truth and accuracy of the information contained therein. The application shall request of the applicant the following information: a. The kind of business to be operated. b. The name of the business. c. The location where the business is proposed to be carried on and the telephone number at the location. d. The legal name of the applicant for the license. If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall include the date upon which such corporation was registered pursuant to the laws of the state, the name of its registered agent and the address of its registered office if the address is different from the address of the location of the business. If the business is not a corporation, the application shall include the name, home addresses and home telephone numbers of all persons having an ownership interest in such business. e. The addresses of any residences of the applicant within the 90 days preceding the date of the application. f. The home address of the applicant and his telephone number, and the length of time that the applicant has been a resident of such address. g. The social security and federal employer's identification number of the applicant. h. The names and addresses of all massagists to be employed or presently employed by the applicant, with a health certificate issued not less than 15 days prior to submitting such application to be attached to the application for each listed massagist. i. The names and addresses of all persons owning or controlling the applicant, including but not limited to all partners, principals or managers, and also, if the applicant is a corporation, the names and addresses of all officers, directors and shareholders holding at least ten percent of the stock of the corporation. j. Disclosure as to all employees of the applicant and any and all partners, managers or principals of the applicant, and also, if the applicant is a corporation, all officers, directors or stockholders holding ten percent or more of the capital stock of the applicant, specifying all final convictions occurring within five years of the date of such application of any federal or state offense which is a felony, or any misdemeanor offense of sodomy or unnatural intercourse, lewdness, soliciting, procuring or keeping an assignation house and engaging in prostitution, possessing, purchasing or selling dangerous drugs, simple or aggravated assault, or any crime embraced within the generic terms of obscenity or pornography. If such conviction is disclosed, the disclosure shall specify the nature of the crime, the name of the person so convicted, the date of conviction and the jurisdiction in which the conviction was entered. k. A statement that the applicant acknowledges that pursuant to this article the city shall have the power and authority to conduct an independent inquiry or investigation as to the information provided pursuant to subsection (2)j. of this section and that, if such inquiry or investigation reveals any dispute as to the accuracy or completeness of such information, the city, through its tax collector, has the authority to require the applicant to provide a recently made photograph and fingerprinting of the person about whom such information is disputed, and that the applicant shall be required to provide such photograph and fingerprinting to the city tax collector upon the request of that official prior to that official making a final decision as to approving or denying such license. l. The names and residential telephone numbers and addresses for the last year of all proposed or present employees of the massage establishment for which such application is being made. m. The name, address and telephone number of the owner of the real property on which the massage establishment will be located, so that the party may be located if necessary by any city employee or official during day or evening hours. (3) Change in information on application. The holder of any license issued pursuant to this section shall, within seven days from the occurrence of any event which causes a change in the information provided pursuant to subsection (2)h., i. or j. of this section, transmit the information in writing to the city tax collector. Such transmittal shall specify such changed information in accordance with the provisions of such subsections in the manner as if such information were specified in a license application. (4) Change of location of business. The license issued pursuant to this section shall be valid only at the location specified in the license as issued. Any change in the location of the massage parlor or massage establishment other than by ceasing business at a location shall require the filing of an application for a license pursuant to the requirements of this section. If such application is filed for the purpose of changing the location of the massage parlor or massage establishment without adding thereto any total number of locations in excess of those for which the applicant presently holds a license, no additional license fee for the calendar year in which the massage parlor or massage establishment holds a valid license pursuant to this section shall be charged, except that the city tax collector may impose a processing charge of $25.00 per application in such event. (Code 1959, § 11A-23)

Biloxi Code of Ordinances § 12-2-4 Operation of parlors and establishments.

Sec. 12-2-4. - Operation of parlors and establishments. Any massage parlor or massage establishment in operation pursuant to a license issued as required by this article shall comply with the following provisions and regulations in the conduct and operation of its business: (1) Hours. No massage parlor or massage establishment shall be open for the business of providing massages during any day prior to 8:30 a.m. and subsequent to 12:00 midnight Central Standard Time, or such other daylight or standard time as may be applicable to the geographical territory of the city. (2) View into massage rooms. The door to each room in which massages are administered shall be removed or not closed, or a clear glass panel not less than ten inches by 12 inches in size or one observation device having an angle of view of at least 60 degrees into the room shall be placed in the upper portion of the door to each room in which massages are administered if the door is closed. The view through the clear glass shall not be obscured by any means. (3) Sanitation. It shall be the duty of every person conducting or operating a massage parlor or a massage establishment to keep the massage parlor or massage establishment at all times in a clean and sanitary condition. All instruments and mechanical, therapeutic or bathing devices, or parts thereof, that come into contact with the human body shall be sterilized by a modern and approved method of sterilization before initial use, and any such instruments and devices or parts thereof, after having been used upon one patron, shall be sterilized before using the instrument or device upon another. No towels and linens shall be furnished for use of another person until thoroughly laundered. All massagists shall wash their hands thoroughly before administering a massage to each patron accommodated. No person suffering from an infectious or communicable disease shall work or be employed in a massage establishment. No person shall be accommodated as a patron within a massage establishment when, to the knowledge of the owner, person in control or any employee, such person is suffering from an infectious or communicable disease. (4) Covering of body areas; prohibited conduct. No person shall receive a massage unless the patron is covered by opaque material such as a towel or shorts covering the hips, genitals and anal area. No massagist shall touch the genitals or anal area of any patron, or the breast if the patron is a female, nor shall a patron touch the genitals or anal area of a massagist, and if the massagist is a female the prohibited area shall include the breast. (5) Administering massage to minors. No massage shall be administered to any person who is a minor as defined by state law. (6) Exceptions. In the administration of any massage, the provisions of subsections (4) and (5) of this section shall not be applicable to any person for whom a massage is ordered upon the written certificate of a licensed physician, osteopath or chiropractor, provided that such certificate shall be signed by such physician, osteopath or chiropractor, shall be dated, and shall specifically state the number of treatments, not to exceed ten, and the specific type of treatment recommended therein. The date and hours of each treatment given pursuant to such certificate, the name of the massagist giving such treatment and the name of the patron receiving such treatment shall be maintained in a record to be preserved by the owner or operator of the massage parlor or massage establishment for a period of two years. The record shall be available for inspection by the city or its designated representative, including the chief of police or any duly commissioned law official or deputy. (7) Administration of massage off of licensed premises. No massage parlor or massage establishment or any massagist shall either arrange for or conduct the administration of a massage under the license applicable to such party except upon the premises of the massage establishment and at the location specified in the application for such license, unless, within the application, information is specifically set forth that it is the intention of the holder of the license to administer massages or arrange for massages at unspecified locations within the city. In such event, the holder of the license shall maintain records subject to the same provisions as set out in subsection (6) of this section, which shall specify, as to each massage so arranged or conducted, the name, residential address and telephone number of the person receiving the massage, and the date, hour and place at which such massage was administered. (8) Posting of prices. Every massage parlor or massage establishment shall post in a conspicuous place available for observation by all patrons a printed list of all services performed or available as provided by the massage parlor or massage establishment, and the price therefor, in bold printing with lettering not less than one inch high for each character. The notice shall specify whether or not the payment of any gratuity to any massagist or other employee of the massage parlor or massage establishment is permitted. (Code 1959, § 11A-24)

Biloxi Code of Ordinances § 12-2-5 Application for massagist license; administration of massages.

Sec. 12-2-5. - Application for massagist license; administration of massages. A license for a massagist, whether an initial license or a renewal of an existing license, shall be applied for from the city tax collector, and issued and held pursuant to the following provisions: (1) License required. No license to engage in the business of administering massages shall be issued until an application therefor has been completed and filed with the city tax collector, and no massagist shall engage in the business of providing massages within the limits of the city until such license has been issued. (2) Contents of application. The city tax collector shall provide to an applicant for a massagist license a form requesting the information specified in this section, which shall be completed and filed with the city tax collector by each applicant for such license, accompanied with payment of the applicable license fee. The application shall be executed under oath attesting to the truth and accuracy of the information contained therein. The application shall request of the applicant the following information: a. The kind of license requested. b. The name of the applicant. c. The location where the applicant proposes to administer massages and solicit patrons, and the telephone number at such location. If the applicant intends to engage in business or administer massages at more than one location, the addresses of such additional locations shall be specified if the applicant intends to or has previously administered massages at such locations on more than two occasions during a calendar year. If the applicant intends to administer a massage at locations to be identified by patrons which are presently unknown to the applicant, a specific statement to that effect shall be set forth. d. The legal name of the applicant for the license. e. The addresses of any residences of the applicant within the 90 days preceding the date of the application, including the current home address of the applicant and his telephone number and the length of time that the applicant has been a resident of such address. f. A health certificate issued not less than 15 days prior to submitting such application, to be attached to the application. g. The social security number of the applicant. h. The names and addresses of all massage parlors or massage establishments in which the applicant has been employed for the preceding two years. i. Disclosure as to the applicant of all final convictions occurring within five years of the date of such application of any federal or state offense which is a felony, or any misdemeanor offense of sodomy or unnatural intercourse, lewdness, soliciting, procuring or keeping an assignation house and engaging in prostitution, possessing, purchasing or selling dangerous drugs, simple or aggravated assault, or any crime embraced within the generic terms of obscenity or pornography. If such conviction is disclosed, the disclosure shall specify the nature of the crime, the name of the person so convicted, the date of conviction and the jurisdiction in which the conviction was entered. j. A statement that the applicant acknowledges that pursuant to this article the city shall have the power and authority to conduct an independent inquiry or investigation as to the information provided pursuant to subsection (2)i. of this section, and that, if such inquiry or investigation reveals any dispute as to the accuracy or completeness of such information, the city has the authority to require the applicant to provide a recently made photograph and fingerprinting of the applicant, and that the applicant shall be required to provide such photograph and fingerprinting to the city upon the request of the city tax collector prior to a final decision being made as to approving or denying such license. k. The name, address and telephone number of the owner of the real property on which the massages will be administered, if the information provided pursuant to subsection (2)c. of this section is not for a massage parlor or massage establishment, so that the party may be located if necessary by any city employee or official during day or evening hours. l. A photostatic copy of a diploma of graduation from a school, as an exhibit attached to the application. Such diploma must be representative of the fact that the applicant attended a course of study of not less than six months, wherein such course of study consisted of a curriculum of physical culture, massage, hydrotherapy, electrotherapy and hygiene. If such applicant does not have such diploma, the applicant must attach a transcript from an accredited educational institution demonstrating the completion, with passing grades, of courses of instruction of physical culture, massage, hydrotherapy, electrotherapy and hygiene, or must have had an apprenticeship and practical experience for a period of not less than two years in a regularly licensed massage or physical culture establishment in which the applicant has received training and experience in physical culture, massage, hydrotherapy, electrotherapy and hygiene, the application to specify the name and address of such establishments from which the applicant has obtained such training and experience, with the periods during which such training was received, and the nature of such training. (3) Administration of massages. Any massagist administering a massage pursuant to a license issued as required by this article shall comply with the substantive provisions and regulations of the following subsections of section 12-2-4: (1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8). Any reference in such subsections to a massage parlor or massage establishment shall apply to the massagist in the manner of conduct or performance in the administration of any massage. (4) Change in information on application. The holder of any license issued pursuant to this section shall, within seven days from the occurrence of any event which causes a change in the information provided pursuant to subsection (2)c. or h. of this section, transmit such information in writing to the city. Such transmittal shall specify such changed information in accordance with the provisions of such subsections in the same manner as if such information were specified in a license application. (5) Nature of license. A license as provided for in this section shall be issued only to an individual. (Code 1959, § 11A-25)

Biloxi Code of Ordinances § 12-2-6 Issuance or denial of license.

Sec. 12-2-6. - Issuance or denial of license. Following the submission of an application for a license as provided in this article, either for an initial or a renewal license, the following procedure or requirements shall apply thereto in addition to those elsewhere specified in this article: (1) Investigation. Such investigation or inquiry pertaining to the information provided on the license application as may be considered reasonable and necessary shall be made by the city chief of police upon request of the city tax collector. Such investigation and inquiry shall be concluded within 15 days of the filing of the application for a license, except that, if for any reason the investigation and inquiry is not concluded, the city shall specify a reasonable period within which the city expects to conclude the investigation and inquiry, such reasonable period not to exceed an additional 30 days. (2) Notice to provide additional information. Upon the expiration of the period specified in subsection (1) of this section or as extended, if the city is unable to conclude the investigation and inquiry by reason of inability to obtain information, the applicant shall be so notified in writing by the city and given a period not to exceed 15 days during which the applicant may provide such information to the city as the city may consider accurate and complete. Upon failure to obtain such information or to confirm the accuracy or completeness of the information, the city shall refuse to issue a license to the applicant. (3) Grounds for denial. If, upon concluding the review, investigation and inquiry of the application and the applicant, the city determines that any information provided in the application is false, or if the city finds that any one of the following facts exists, then the city shall not issue a license to the applicant: a. That a health certificate as required to be attached to the application for any massagist is absent. b. That any massagist employed or to be employed in any massage establishment does not have a license as required by this article and has not submitted an application for such license prior to the filing of an application for a massage parlor or massage establishment license by the applicant therefor. c. That a massagist does not hold the qualifications specified in this article, as shown by evidence of a diploma or training and experience, as provided for as a requirement for the issuance of a massagist license. d. That any of the following conditions exist: 1. If the applicant is an individual and has been convicted of any violation of this article within 12 months preceding the date of the filing of such application. 2. If the applicant is a partnership, a joint venture or any other form of legal entity other than a sole proprietorship or a corporation and any partner, manager or principal thereof has been convicted of any violation of this article within 12 months preceding the date of the filing of such application. 3. If the applicant is a corporation and any officer or shareholder holding at least ten percent of the stock of the corporation, or any manager or operator hired by the corporation, has been convicted of any violation of this article within 12 months preceding the date of the filing of such application. e. That the applicant has previously had a license required by this article revoked or is at the time of filing an application for a license presently holding a license which is under suspension pursuant to the terms of this article. (4) Notice of denial. Upon refusal to issue a license as provided in this section, the city shall give notice to the applicant pursuant to due process requirements prescribed by state law relative to administrative proceedings, which shall contain the reason for failure to issue the license. (5) Hearing on denial. The applicant may, within 30 days of the date of the notice, petition the mayor and council for a hearing for the purpose of determining whether or not a license shall be granted, to be conducted at any regular or special meeting of the mayor and council to be held within 30 days of the date such petition is filed and with written notice to the applicant of the time, date and place of such hearing, unless postponed with the consent of the applicant or by motion adopted at a meeting of the mayor and council specifying a subsequent date for a hearing. (Code 1959, § 11A-26)

Biloxi Code of Ordinances § 12-2-7 Suspension or revocation of license.

Sec. 12-2-7. - Suspension or revocation of license. Any license issued pursuant to this article shall be subject to suspension or revocation subject to the following violations and procedures: (1) Grounds for suspension. The city may suspend a license issued to and held by a massage parlor or a massage establishment or a massagist upon any of the following grounds: a. That a massagist who has an infectious or communicable disease has administered a massage. b. That any massagist or massagist employed by a massage parlor or a massage establishment or any party specified in subsection 12-2-3(2)i. has been convicted of any violation of this article pursuant to subsection 12-2-2(e)(1) or crime specified in subsection 12-2-3(2)j. or subsection 12-2-5(2)i. c. That any massagist has violated or permitted to be violated subsection 12-2-2(g) or subsection 12-2-5(3) or (4). d. That any massage parlor or massage establishment has violated or permitted to be violated any provision of subsection 12-2-2(g) or any provision of section 12-2-4. (2) Duration of suspension. The city shall have authority to suspend a license for a period of from one day to 90 days for each occasion upon which one of the grounds for suspension as set forth in subsection (1) of this section has occurred. Such suspension shall be effective from the time specified and during the period specified pursuant to a hearing as provided for in this section. (3) Suspension without hearing. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary specified in subsection (2) of this section, the city shall have authority to suspend a license instanter without hearing, to be effective until a hearing is held as provided for in this section, whenever: a. Any holder of a license issued pursuant to this article has violated any provision for suspension as specified in subsection (1) of this section on more than one occasion or there is more than one occurrence of a violation prior to a hearing as provided for in this section; or b. A hearing as provided for in this section is not held as scheduled by reason of postponement of the hearing by the holder of the license. (4) Grounds for revocation. The city may revoke a license issued pursuant to this article for any of the following reasons: a. Whenever in the judgment of the mayor and council any holder of a license has violated a provision for suspension as specified in subsection (1) of this section, and such violation is of sufficient excess, neglect or aggravation as to require revocation rather than suspension, or upon a judgment that such violation of this article is continuous. b. That the holder of a license issued pursuant to this article has had such license suspended on more than one occasion during any calendar year. In such case, revocation of such license shall be automatic. (5) Administrative procedures. Any proceeding for suspension or revocation of a license issued pursuant to this article shall be conducted pursuant to the following procedures: a. Notice of the proceeding to be recommended or pursued by the city shall be given to the holder of the license pursuant to the due process requirements prescribed by state law relative to administrative proceedings, specifying the proceeding recommended or to be pursued and the reason therefor pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. Such notice shall specify the date, time and place of hearing on the matter at a regular or special meeting of the mayor and council. If the provisions of subsection (3) of this section are being followed, the notice shall contain a statement that such license is suspended from the time of service of such notice until such hearing. b. The hearing provided for in this section shall be held within 30 days of the date of such notice being served upon the holder of the license or on a date specified by motion adopted at a meeting of the mayor and council specifying a subsequent date for a hearing. c. At such hearing, the holder of the license shall be required to present the license to the city prior to being heard at such hearing. At the conclusion of such hearing, the license shall either be marked as revoked or suspended, with the period of suspension specified thereon, or returned to the holder if no action of suspension or revocation is effected. d. Subsequent to any action of suspension or revocation as provided for in this section, the city shall have authority to place one or more notices upon any massage parlor or massage establishment in a conspicuous place that the license issued to that parlor or establishment has been suspended or revoked and that the parlor or establishment is not open for the business of providing massages without such parlor or establishment holding a valid license issued pursuant to this article. If the holder of a license fails to deliver the license to the city as required in this section, or upon the license being suspended pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, the city shall have the authority to take possession of such license from the holder. (Code 1959, § 11A-27)

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