Title:
Title
(Pass for Publication) Ordinance Amending Chapter 5.04, Deleting and Adding Chapter 5.124, and amending Sections 17.228.210, 17.408.030, and 17.409.030 of the Sacramento City Code Relating to Massage Therapy (Somatic) Practitioners and Establishments (Two-Thirds Vote Required)
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FileID
File ID: 2021-00227
Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation:
Recommendation
1) Review an Ordinance amending chapter 5.04, deleting and adding chapter 5.124, and amending sections 17.228.210, 17.408.030, and 17.409.030 of the Sacramento City Code relating to massage therapy practitioners and establishments, formerly known as "somatic"; 2) pass a Motion by a two-thirds vote suspending City Council Rule 7.K.3.a, requiring that the text of the Ordinance be as approved by the Law and Legislation Committee in the published agenda; and 3) pass for publication the Ordinance title as required by Sacramento City Charter section 32(C) for consideration on April 20, 2021.
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Contact: Tessa St. John, Program Manager, (916) 808-4847; Susan Wren, Revenue Finance Manager, (916) 808-5844, Department of Finance
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1-Description/Analysis
2-Ordinance (Redline)
3-Ordinance (Clean)
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The practice and profession of massage therapy provides valuable health and therapeutic services to the public. Unless properly regulated, unlawful activity disguised as part of the profession can pose a threat to the community. The City of Sacramento ("City") has experienced a proliferation of massage (i.e., somatic) businesses veiling prostitution and human trafficking, threatening the public's welfare and harming legitimate providers by perpetuating stereotypes of the "massage parlor" as a source of illicit sexual activity.
Massage related activities are currently referenced in two separate sections of the Sacramento City Code ("SCC") title 5 for business licenses. Chapter 5.04 allows massage activities as part of an adul...
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