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ORDINANCE NS-985 OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />AMENDING THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE BY <br />ADDING CHAPTER 6 TO ARTICLE VI THEREOF, <br />REGULATING BATHS, SAUNA BATHS, MASSAGE <br />ESTABLISHMENTS AND SIMILAR BUSINESSES <br /> <br /> THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br /> <br /> SECTION 1: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby <br />amended by adding Chapter 6 to Article VI thereof to read in <br />words and figures, as follows: <br /> <br />CHAPTER 6. MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS <br /> <br />Part 1 - Regulations and Procedures <br /> <br />Section 5610. Definitions. <br /> For the purpose of the provisions regulating baths, sauna <br />baths, massage establishments and similar businesses hereinafter <br />set forth, the following words and phrases shall be construed to <br />have the meanings herein set forth, unless it is apparent from <br />the context that a different meaning is intended: <br /> <br />(a) MASSAGE <br /> <br />A method of procedures upon the <br />external parts of the body, consisting <br />of rubbing, stroking, kneading, or <br />tapping with the hand or any instru- <br />ment. <br /> <br />(b) MASSAGE <br /> ESTABLISHMENT <br /> <br />An establishment having a fixed <br />place of business where any person, <br />association, firm, or corporation <br />engages in, conducts, or carries on, <br />or permits to be engaged in, conducted, <br />or carried on, any business of giving <br />Turkish, Russian, Swedish, vapor, <br />sweat, electric, salt, or any other <br />kind or character of baths, where <br />alcohol rub, fomentation, baths, <br />manipulation of the body or similar <br />procedures is given. <br /> <br />MASSAGE <br />TECHNICIANS or <br />TECHNICIANS <br /> <br />Any person, male or female, who <br />administers to another person, for <br />any form of consideration, a massage <br />alcohol rub, fomentation, bath or <br />electric massage procedure, manipula- <br />tion of the body, or other similar <br />procedure. <br /> <br />Section 67_11. Permit Required. <br /> <br /> It shall be unlawful for any person, association, firm, or <br />corporation to engage in, conduct, or carry on, or to permit to <br />be engaged in, conducted, or carried on, in or upon any premises <br />within the city of Santa Ana, the business of a massage establish- <br />ment or to render, or permit to be rendered, massage services at <br />a location removed from a massage establishment within the city <br />of Santa Ana in the absence of a permit issued pursuant to the <br />provisions hereinafter in this Part set fo£th. Practical nurses or <br />other persons without qualifications as massage technicians <br /> <br />-1- <br /> <br /> <br />