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Article 8-1 - BUSINESS LICENSE[1]
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State Law reference— Statutory authority for the adoption of this article, A.R.S. §§ 9-240(B)(18), (B)(19).
Section 8-1-1 - License Required
It is unlawful for any person to carry on any business within the city without having procured a
license from the city or without complying with any and all regulations of such trade, calling, profession,
occupation or business specified in this code. For purposes of this article, the term "business" shall mean
all activities or acts, personal or corporate, engaged in, and caused to be engaged in, with the object of
gain, benefit, or advantage, either direct or indirect including, without limitation, any trade, business,
game, amusement, calling, profession or occupation. For purpose of this article, the term "business" shall
not include special events, sexually oriented businesses, massage parlors ESTABLISHMENTS or tattoo
and/or body piercing establishments.
(Ord. No. 18-09, § 1, 9-15-2009)
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Article 8-6 - MASSAGE PARLORS ESTABLISHMENTS
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Section 8-6-1 - 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:
A. "Circumduction" means the circular movement of a limb.
B. "Massage Establishment" means any place of business or establishment wherein any massage
techniques, as defined in the section are administered, practiced or used.
C. "Massage Techniques" means the therapeutic manipulation of the human body through the skillful
application of carried movements of the hands and fingers of the therapist upon the muscles and
other soft tissues of the external parts of the body.
1. Manual massage includes effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, friction, vibration, rolling, oil
rubs, salt glows, alcohol rubs, also rotation, circumduction, flexion and extension of the
extremities.
2. Hydrotherapy includes tub, shower or cabinet baths, hot and cold packs.
3. Adjunctive therapies include electrical devices such as heat lamps and vibrators, colon
irrigation and methodical pressure.
All of the above techniques are to be applied to the external parts of the body only, with the
exception of the colon irrigation massage. The following techniques and procedures are beyond
the scope of this article: diagnosis, prescription of medicine or drugs, administering of injections,
performing minor surgery, administering cranial, costal or spinal adjustments as taught in
medical, osteopathic or chiropractic college.
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D. "Massage Therapist" means a person who has studied the underlying principals of anatomy and
physiology and who practices and administers any or all massage techniques described in this
article for a fee of any kind.
E. "Mobile Massage Therapist" means a massage therapist providing services at a location other
than a licensed massage establishment.
F. "Persons Financially Interested" means, for a corporation, any person who is the beneficial owner
of at least 50 percent of the shares of such corporation; for a limited liability, all members; for a
non-corporate business, any person who shares in, directly or indirectly at least 50 percent of any
financial gain attributable to such business as an owner, proprietor or otherwise.
G. "Petrissage" means massage movements with applied pressure which are deep and compress
the underlying muscles.
H. "Site Manager" means a person who directs the daily operations of the massage establishment,
whether or not the site manager has any ownership or interest in the massage establishment.
I. "Tapotement" means a specific stroke and movement and technique and motion used in Swedish
massage technique; it is a rhythmic percussion, most frequently administered with the edge of
the palm or the tips of the fingers.
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