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ARTICLE XVIII. MASSAGE Sec. 41-1750. Specific purposes. (a) In addition to the general purposes listed in section 41-1, the specific purposes of this article are to (1) Establish a procedure which places strict limits on processing time and creates an orderly process for reviewing applications to conduct massages. (2) Ensure orderly and thorough city review of applications for conducting massages, including, but not limited to, massage establishment(s), massage technician(s), and ancillary massage use(s). (3) Establish reasonable and uniform regulations that will reduce possible adverse secondary effects that businesses conducting massages as a primary or ancillary use may have upon the residents of the city and preserve the integrity of existing commercial areas of the city and of residential areas which are in close proximity to such commercial areas. (4) To protect the rights conferred by the United States Constitution to businesses conducting massages as a primary or ancillary use in a manner that ensures the continued and orderly development of property within the city and diminishes those undesirable negative secondary effects that recognized studies have shown to potentially be associated with the development and operation of businesses conducting massages. (5) To allow a process whereby the unusual site development features or operating characteristics of uses which must comply with this article maybe conditioned through an individual review, in order to be compatible with the surrounding uses of property, while preserving the applicant's rights to objective standards and prompt administrative and judicial review. (b) This article shall not apply to massage establishments or businesses that are sole proprietorships, where the sole proprietor is certified pursuant to Chapter 10.5, commencing with Section 4600, of Division 2 of the California Business and Professions Code, or to massage establishments or businesses that employ or use only persons certified pursuant to Chapter 10.5, commencing with Section 4600, of Division 2 of the California Business and Professions Code, to provide massage services. Sec. 41-1751. Definitions. The words and phrases, whenever used in this article, shall be construed as defined in sections 41- 1751.1--41-1751.6, unless from the context a different meaning is intended or unless a different meaning is specifically defined and more particularly directed to the use of such words or phrases. The words used in the present tense include the future tense, and words in the singular number include the plural number. E17~'1~