§ 5-15.06. Additional requirements.

(a)

Before operating a massage establishment in the City, massage establishment owners must comply with all applicable codes adopted by the City, including, without limitation, the building, electrical, and plumbing codes.

(b)

Massage practitioner registration. All CAMTC-licensed massage practitioners, including owners, that intend to provide massage services as an owner, manager, employee or independent contractor within the City of Simi Valley shall register with the Chief of Police and will be provided with a City-issued photo identification badge. Registration is to verify CAMTC certification and may be completed by the employer or employee, but is ultimately the responsibility of the CAMTC-licensed massage practitioner to have this identification card. The massage practitioner registration contact information shall be kept current and shall be updated within ten (10) days with the Police Department upon any changes in employment (including change or termination of employment or personal contact information). All registrants must provide a place of residence to allow for correspondence via U.S. Mail. Registrations will not be issued to persons whose place of residence is a place of commercial business.

(c)

Massage establishments or off-premises massage businesses must be in compliance, to the extent applicable, with California Civil Code Section 52.6 that addresses the problem and crime of human trafficking requiring certain businesses to post a notice informing the public of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, the California Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST), and the Ventura County Coalition Against Human Trafficking or successor(s), at certain businesses throughout the state by providing flyers in a conspicuous place at their business that provide notice and the organizations contact information.

(§ 2 (Exh. A), Ord. No. 1287, eff. April 5, 2018)