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AN ORT�.NCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING CHAPTER 33 OF TITLE V, (BUSINESS REGULATIONS)
OF ORDINANCE N0. 1628 ENTITLED " CODE OF GENERAL
4RDINANCES QF THE CITY OF RENTON" RELATING TO
MASSAGE PARLORS, HEALTH SALONS , pU�;�� BATH H4USES,
� KEGULATING THEIR ACTIVITIES , REQUIRING LTCENSING,
AND PROHI.BITING CERTAIN ACTIVITIES , AND IMPOSING
PENALTIES
BE IT ORDAINEt�. BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL flF THE CI'TY
OF RENTOI�, WASHINGT4N, AS POLLQWS:
SECTION I: Exi.sting Section 5-33Q3 of Title V (Business
Regulaticrns) of Ordinance Na. 1628 is here�y amended �o read as fallows:
5-3303 , as amended -- �ICENSE �EQUIRED: �t shall be
unlawful to canduc�, ope�ate or rn.ain�ai.n a "i�assage Business"
'�Health Salc�n" , or "Pu�lic Bathhause" unles� such establishmen�
' or premises be licensed as hereinafter provided, The fee
for such license shall be and is hereby fixed i.n the sum
of Fifty Dollars t$50 .0Q) per annum .
SECTION II: Exi�ting Sec�ian 5-33Q5 of Tit�e � (Business
Regulations) o� Ordina�ce No. 1628 is hereby amended -to read as fallo�s:
5-3305 , as amended - INV�STIGA'�'IflN; REPORT; At such
time as an applicatio� is f��.ed for �he issuance or renewal
o� any 3.icense as hereinabove s�ated, �he C3erk shall forth-
with refer such application to the Chi.e�' of Police of the .City
with the reques� to investigate the s-tatements contai.ned i.n
said applicatian and �o furnish a writ�en report thereof
cantaining the results of his investigation and any other
matters which may aid the City in de�ermining whethe.r s��h
license should be issued. The Clerk snal.l a�.sa raf�� ��c�.
application to the City's Heal�h Inspector or to �he �3i�ec�or
I of the King Caunty Health Department with the reques-t .for
inspection af the premises or proposed premises to deterz�i.n�e
its suit�bili-�y ar+d adequacy as to sanitary and physical
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conditions and to submit a written report thereon unto
the Clerk. Upon receipt of the foregoing reports the Clerk
shall issue a license if theClerk deems such applicant to be
a fit and qualified party.
In ,the event the City' s Health Inspector or the Director
of the KingCounty Health Department, or his duly authorized
representative, determines, after inspection, that the premises
are not suitable , inadequate or do not meet the requireme��:s
as hereinafter set forth, or are in violation of any appli:�able
Code of the City of Renton, then the City Clerk shall de.fer
the issuance of any such license until such time as any antl
all defects or deficiencies have been cured by the appli.e�_�=:.
SECTION III: Existing Section 5-3308 of Title V (Busines�s
Regulations) of Ordinance No. 1628 is hereby amended to read as fo]:lo�s-:
5-3 3 0 8 , as amended: UNLAWFUL TO . EMPLOY PERSOIdS UN��.�t:
21 YEARS OF AGE: It shall be unlawful for the owner, pro�ri.etor�
manager or person in charge of any facility as herein defined-.
to employ in such establishment any person who is not twenty-
one (21) years of age and of good moral character.
SECTION IV: Existing Section 5-3310 of Title i� (Bus.iness
Regulations) of Ordinance No . 1628 is hereby amended to read as fol�]:�w's.:
5-3310 , as amended: UN.LAWFUL. TO ADMI2 OR £MP�O�` �.�'t��
PERSONS : It shall be unlawful for the owner, propr.ietor.,
manager or person in charge of any facility as herei.n defined,
or for any enploy�e or agent of such establishment to knowingly
harbor, admit, receive or permit to be or remain in or about
such premises any prostitute, lewd or �'ssolute person or any
drunk or boisterous persan or any person under the influence.
of any narcotic drugs , or any person including any employee
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or agent of such facility who by his or her conduct on such
premises tends in any c�ay to corrupt or debauch public morals .
SECTION V: Existing Section 5-3311 of Title V (Business
, Regulations ) of Ordinance No. 1628 is hereby amendyd to read as follows :
5-3311, as amended: LICENSE REQUIRED FOR FACILITY
OPERATOR OR ATTENDANT : It shall be unlawful for an erson
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to give a massage or other treatment to t e y y
rubbing, kneading, hitting or any other manipulation in any
massage business , health salon or public bathhouse without
an operator' s license. Th.e fee for such an operator` s license
I shall be and is hereby fixed in the sum of T�renty Five ($25 ._00 )
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� Dollars per annum.
i It shall be unlawful for any person to operate , to assist
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in the operation of, to start or to stop any mechanical device
used by another for health� physical well-�being, or weight
reducing purposes , or to position another using such a device
I in any such facility without a massage business attendant' s
! license or a massage operator` s license. The fee for a massage
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j business attendant` s license shall be and is hereby fixed in the
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sum of Ten Dollars ($10 . 00) per annum.
It shall be unlawful for any female attendant or operator
� other than a chiropractor, osteopath, chiropodist, drugless
� healer, doctor of inedicine, li�ensed practical or registered �
� iiurse, masseuse graduated or cer�tificated from a duly State licensed training �'°� `'
school or, in lieu thereof, having practical working experience of not less
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than two (2) years as such masseuse, wnen otherwise duly licensed by the State
i - of Washirigton, of an,y ma.ssage pa_rlor, health salon or public bathhouse as
hereinabove defined� to attend a male patron whil.e such ma.le patron is under-
going a massage, treatment or ta�n.g a bath; it shall be unla�rful for -the .
owner, manager or person in charge.�..of a massage parlor or public bathhouse to
permit or suffer such fem.ale attendant o�ther than hereinabove excepted to attend
a �naTe patron while such male patron is undergoing a massage or treatment or
taking a bath. The abo�ve educational requixements relating to graduated masseuse
or certificated from a duly State licensed training school, or in 1:ieu thereof,
having practical working experience of not less than 2 yeaxs as such masseuse,
, shall become�effective as of January 1, 1971. . .,
Eac1i such attendant or operator shall at all times, whi.le giving such
, massage, or other�ri.se attending such pa�tron, to be appropriately dressed, .
9xa.cluding undergarments, smock, or cus�toanar-,� nurse�s uniform,
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SECTION VI: Existing Section 5-3312 of Title V ( Business
Regulations) of Ordinance No. 1628 is hereby amended to read as follows :
5-3312 , as amended - APPLICATIQN FOR OR RENEWAL OF
LICENSE; EXAMINATION: All applications for issuance or renewals
of licensesrequired under Section 5-3311 shall be made to and
be filed with the Clerk on forms furnished by him for such
purpose and the same shall state the true name and address of
the applicant, his age and shall include proper references as
to th� good moral character of such applicant from at least
three (3) reputable citizens of King County, which latter
requirement need not be complied with in case of an application
for a license renewal. Upon filing of such application and
if the Clerk finds the application to be in proper form and
references to be authentic, he shall refer the same to the
Police Department of the City with the request to invest.igate
the statements contained in said application and � for
him to furnish a written report containirg the results of the
investigation. The Clerk shall also refer the application
to the City Health Inspector or the Director of the Seattle-
King County Health Department with the request to examine the
applicant physically to ascertain if said applicant is free
from contagious or infectious diseases and to make a written
report thereon. In addition to the foregoing any such applicant
shall submit to an examination by the King County Examining
Board as established by Resolution No . 31755 as amended by
Resolution No� . 32850 and 35143 and to comply with all the
requirements thereof.
Upon� receipt of the foregoing reports and the finding
that such applicant has been approved by the aforespecified
Examining Board, and if the Clerk deems. the applicant to be
a fit and proper person, then a license shall be issued by
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the Clerk to such ap,pli.cant, or sa�e shall be reneweci as �he
case may be. Any applicants for renewal licenses who have
previously been approved by the Examining Bo�ard and the City
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of Renton and found qualified need not resu�bmit to such
i Examining Board.
, Any application for a license required hereunder shall be
also accompanied by two 2" x 2" black and white photo.grapl� of
the applicant , taken within six months of the date of application,
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showing/the full face of such applicant. Tlie license, when issuedi
sh�ll have affixed to it such photograph of the applicant and
auch license shall be posted and displayed in a conspictious place
in the establishment where such licerisee is employed, at all times,
and such license shall not be tampered with in any manner.
The City C1erk may issue a temporary permit to any applicant
in case of initial application , to be effective for not more than
30 days for good cause shown or if such applicant has -a valid,
effective license issued by King Count.y. for ariy of the �aforestated
position or positions . In any such case, however, an investigation
shall be made by the Police and Health Departments prior to
the issuance of such temporary permit .
SE'CTI;ON VII : Existing Section 5-3314 of Ti:tle V (.Business
Regulati.ons) of Ordinance No.. 1628 is hereby amended to read as follows :
�5;3 31�4 , as: amended: SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF I;YCENSE; PUBLIC
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Cit. Council or any of its duly constituted committees, after due notice
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of hearing is given to the licensee of not less than 10 days , shall have
the� right to suspend or revoke any licerise issued pursuant to the terms
of thi:s Chapter, after a hearing thereon.
�� - Such suspension or revocation of any license granted in this
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Chapt,er may be undertaken by the City Council or its duly authorized
committee upon a showing that any establishment or premises licensed here-
under has operated in violation of any of the provisions herein, or that.
said establishment or facility has allowed, harbored , admitted or received
or permitted in or about such premises any prostitute, lewd or di.ssolute
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person, drunken or boisterous .person, any person under the
influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs , or any other
person including any employee or agent of the facility whose
conduct tends in any way to corrupt public morals .
SECTION vIII : Existing Section 5-3316 of Title V (Business
(Regulations ) of Ordinance No. 1628 is hereby amended to read as
follows :
TIES : Ever
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person, whether as principal , agent or otherwise , who fails ,
� neglects or refuses to comply with any provisions or terms
of this Chapter or violates the same , or allows an unlicensed
' person to be employed or work within any facility sh�,ll be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined in any sum not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500 . 00 )
or be confined to the City Jail for not more than ninety C90 )
-days , or be punished by both such fine and jail sentence.
Each day of such failure , neglect or refusal to comply with the
provisions of this Chapter or the violation of same shall
constitute a separate offense hereunder.
SECTION IX: There is hereby added the following Section to
be known as Section 5-3317 of Title V (Business Regulations) of
Ordinance No. 1628 to read as follows :
5-3317 : SEPARABILITY If any Section, Subsection,
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sentence , clause , phrase or portion of this Ordinance/for any
reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any Court of
competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate ,
di5tinct and inde endent provision and such holding shall not
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affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.
' SE�TION X: There is hereby added the following Section -:
to be known as Section 5-3318 of Title V (Business Regulations) of
Ordinance No. 1628 to read as follows :
5-3318 : INSPECTION The Chief of Police or his duly
authorized representative is hereby authorized and directed
to inspect any premises licensed under the terms of this
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Ordinance at all reasanable times �o determine compliance
wi-th the standards and requirements aet forth ir� this Or�dinance
which �.nspection shall be in addi.tion ta the provi.sians o�
Section 5-3315 hereinabove. Such in�pecti.on, however, �hall
only take place during the regular business hours of �uch
licensed establishment.
SECTION XI : Subsec-tion M a� Sectian 5-3315 of Title V {Business
Reg�.�.tions ) o� Ordinance Na, 1628 is hereby amended ta read as
follows :
5-3315 - CM) A safety bar or hand rail shall be installed
in the pool easa.ly accessible �o u�ers in every area of the paa1.
Each roam ar sect3on of �he premises housing a swirl pool ,
sauna, or where a massage or similar treatment is given by
the opera�Gor, sha11 have an adequately sized window far
observing users of said �acilities , and said windcaws shall not
be less than eighteen {l8} inches by eighteen Cl8? inches
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unless otherwise specified in Section �-3311 hereinabove
SECTION XII : This Ordinance/sha11 be in full farce and effect
from and aft�r its passage , approval and 1ega1 publica�ion. Each
licensee , as de�ined herein, �hall receive a credit .�or payment c�f
�he license �ees herei.n required based, prorata, on the license fee
paid by such licensee for the calendar year 1970 , and the City Clerk
is hereby au�h�?�.zed and direc�ed to a1low such appropriate credit
on account of the li.eense fees required herein.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 20t�rlay o� duly . , 1970 .
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Gwe Marshall, Deputy Ca.ty Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 0•th day o� �Ju�:y� , 1970 .
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Henry E. chell.e�t, Mayar Pro Tem.
Appro as to form:
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I . Gera�d M. SheTlan, Gi�y A�torney
Da-�e o� Publication: �.-;�n,.��^,�p- �jUt 3 2 197(� I
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