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It shall be unlawful for any person in the business of operating a massage facility, or any manager or employee thereof:

(1) To operate a massage facility without a valid massage facility license or with a license that has been suspended, revoked, or expired.

(2) To employ any person to act as a manager at a massage facility who is not licensed as a manager or a licensed owner as required by this division.

(3) To be open for business for the practice of massage therapy without a massage therapist on the premises that has been licensed in accordance with C.R.S. § 12-35.5-107.

(4) To operate or maintain a table shower or Vichy shower on the premises without a table shower permit issued by the licensing administrator.

(5) To permit a licensed massage facility to be used for housing, sheltering, or harboring any person(s), or as living or sleeping quarters for any person(s). The owner and family members of a massage facility operated as a home occupation, as defined by section 146-2001, are exempt from this prohibition.

(6) To massage any other person, or give or administer any bath or baths, including table showers or Vichy showers, in a manner intended to arouse, appeal to, or gratify the lust or passions, or sexual desires of such other person. In no case shall the employee intentionally touch either the male or female genitalia of the client.

(7) To allow any employee to provide massage therapy or other massage services without being fully clothed. For purposes of this subsection, clothing shall be of a fully opaque, nontransparent material that shall not expose the employee's genitalia or substantially expose the employee's undergarments.

(8) To require client nudity as part of any massage service without the client's prior consent.

(9) To place, publish or distribute, or cause to be placed, published or distributed, any misleading or false advertising that would reasonably suggest to prospective clients that any service is available other than those services described in this division, nor shall any massage facility employ language in the text of any advertising that would reasonably suggest to a prospective client that any service is available other than those services described in this division.

(10) Use or possession of adult-oriented merchandise, including sex toys, sexual aids, vaginal or anal lubricant, or any contraceptive item, in any part of a massage facility.

(11) To permit any individual, including a client, student, contractor, or employee, to engage in any sexual act in the massage facility.

(12) To fail to immediately report to the Aurora Police Department any disorderly conduct, sexual acts, or other criminal activity occurring on or within the licensed premises.

(13) Permitting any person to make an agreement with an employee to engage in sexual activity in any other place in violation of section 94-216.

(14) Concealing persons in the facility, or refusing to provide identification to inspectors or law enforcement, or eluding inspectors by exiting side or back doors or remaining behind locked doors in the facility during an inspection.

(15) To permit anyone to perform massage therapy without a valid massage therapists license issued under C.R.S. § 12-35.5-107.

(16) To operate between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.

(17) To operate an erotic parlor within the City as defined in this division. (Ord. No. 2018-13, § 1, 5-21-2018)