§ 210-35. Definitions.  


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  • The following words, phrases, or terms when used in this ordinance [article] shall, unless the content otherwise indicates, have the meanings provided below:

    Adult entertainment establishment means adult bookstores and theaters, special cabarets and unlicensed massage establishments regulated pursuant to F.S. ch. 847, and defined in F.S. § 847.001, as may be amended, and strip clubs.

    Bodywork services means services involving therapeutic touching or manipulation of the body using specialized techniques consistent with F.S. § 787.29, as may be amended.

    Business or establishment means any place of business or any club, organization, person, firm, corporation or partnership, wherein massage or bodywork services are provided and such establishment is not owned by a health care profession regulated pursuant to F.S. ch. 456, and defined in F.S. § 456.001, as may be amended.

    Human trafficking means transporting, soliciting, recruiting, harboring, providing, enticing, maintaining, or obtaining another person for the purpose of exploitation of that person regulated pursuant to F.S. ch. 787, and defined in F.S. § 787.06, as may be amended.

    Massage services means the manipulation of the soft tissues of the human body with the hand, foot, arm, or elbow, whether or not such manipulation is aided by hydrotherapy, including colonic irrigation, or thermal therapy; any electrical or mechanical device; or the application to the human body of a chemical or herbal preparation as provided for and consistent with the terms as defined in F.S. § 787.29, as may be amended.

(Ord. No. 16-34, § 2, 10-25-16)