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Title 9 : Business, Peddlers, Solicitors, etc.
Chapter 3 : Massage Parlors Massage Technicians And Other Massage Parlor Employees

9-302 : License required.

  1. Except as provided in subsection (5) below, from and after the effective date of this chapter, no massage parlor shall be operated or maintained in the City of Rockford without first obtaining a license to operate issued by the City of Rockford.
  2. A license may be issued only for one (1) massage parlor located at a fixed and certain place. Any person, partnership, or corporation which desires to operate more than one (1) massage parlor must have a separate license for each massage parlor.
  3. No license or interest in a license may be transferred to any person, partnership, or corporation.
  4. It shall be unlawful for any technician, employee, owner and/or operator to knowingly work in or about, or to knowingly perform any service directly related to the operation of any unlicensed massage parlor or any adult-oriented type of establishment.
  5. All existing massage parlor(s) at the time of the passage of this article must submit an application for a license within sixty (60) days of the passage of this chapter on the second and final reading. If a license is not issued within said sixty day period, then such existing massage parlor shall immediately cease operations.
  6. No license may be issued for any location unless the premises are lawfully zoned for massage parlor and unless all requirements of the zoning ordinance, building codes, electrical and plumbing codes, fire codes, and health codes are complied with. (as added by Ord. #120904-2, Jan. 2005)