A. It is unlawful for any owner or operator of a massage establishment, except for owners and operators of massage establishments that qualify as certified massage establishments in accordance with Section 8.38.070, to provide or permit to be provided massage services within the city unless the massage establishment qualifies as a permitted massage establishment in accordance with this section.

B. For massage establishments providing massage services within the city to qualify as permitted massage establishments, each person the massage establishment will employ or contract with for purposes of performing massage, and the owner or operator, if applicable, that does not have a valid, unexpired, unrevoked CAMTC certificate must have a valid, unexpired, unrevoked massage permit issued in accordance with Section 8.38.100 when applying for a city business license. Owners and operators of massage establishments providing massage services within the city must verify that the establishment meets the requirements for a permitted massage establishment in accordance with this section by completing the city form provided by the permit administrator for that purpose.

C. For massage establishments that are providing massage services within the city to qualify as permitted massage establishments in accordance with this section, owners and operators of the massage establishment that do not have valid, unrevoked CAMTC certificates must provide the background information specified in Section 8.38.060(C).