Legal Documents of Rockford

1. The owner and/or operator shall maintain a register of all technicians and/or employees showing the names, and aliases used by the technician and/or employee, home address, age, birth date, sex, height, weight, color of hair and eyes, phone numbers, social security number, date of employment and determination, and duties of each technician and/or employee and such other information as may be required by the City of Rockford. The above information on each technician and/or employee shall be maintained in the register on the premises for a period of five (5) years following termination.
2. The operator shall make the register of the technicians and/or employees available immediately for inspection by the City of Rockford and/or an officer of the Blount County Sheriff's Office upon demand at all reasonable times including all hours of operation.
3. Every act or omission by a technician and/or employee constituting a violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed the act or omission of the owner and/or operator if such act or omission occurs either with the authorization, knowledge, or approval of the owner and/or operator, or as a result of the owner and/or operator's negligent failure to supervise the technician and/or employee's conduct, and the owner and/or operator shall be punishable for such act or omission in the same manner as if the owner and/or operator committed the act or caused the omission.
4. An owner and/or operator shall be responsible for the conduct of all technicians and/or employees while on the licensed premises and any act or omission of any technicians and/or employees constituting a violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed the act or omission of the owner and/or operator for purposes of determining whether the owner and/or operator's license shall be revoked, suspended or renewed.
5. There shall be posted and conspicuously displayed in the common areas of each massage parlor a list of all services, procedures and/or products provided on the premises. Such list shall further indicate the specific fee or charge in dollar amounts for each service, procedure and/or product listed. The owner and/or operator shall make the list available immediately upon demand of the City of Rockford and/or an officer of the Blount County Sheriff's Office at all reasonable times including hours of operation.
6. No owner and/or operator, technician, and/or employee of a massage parlor shall allow any minor to loiter around or to frequent a massage parlor or to allow any minor to view any services, procedures and/or products as defined herein.
7. No owner and/or operator, technician, and/or employee of a massage parlor shall demand or collect all or any portion of a fee for massage services and or procedures before its completion.

8. A sign shall be conspicuously displayed in the common area of the premises, and shall read as follows:

   This Massage Parlor and its Technicians are regulated by the City of Rockford Municipal Ordinance. Technicians and/or employees are:

   1. Not permitted to engage in any type of sexual conduct or contact;
   2. Not permitted to expose their sex organs;
   3. Not permitted to demand or collect all or any portion of a fee for massage services and/or procedures before its completion.

(as added by Ord. #120904-2, Jan. 2005)