[Amended 5-15-2018 by Order No. 18-116-01]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or the terms of the license may be penalized in the following manner:
A. 
Temporary suspension. The Code Enforcement Officer or Police Department, with prior approval of the City Manager or his/her designee, is authorized to immediately and temporarily suspend any license. The City Manager or his/her designee shall determine if the licensed premises has not met the requirements of the license.
B. 
Revocation. The Code Enforcement Officer or Police Department, with prior approval of the City Manager or his/her designee, is authorized to immediately revoke any license. The City Manager or his/her designee shall determine if the licensed premises has not met the requirements of the license.
C. 
Unlicensed massage therapist or establishment. Any person operating any massage business or massage establishment failing to apply for a massage therapist license and pay the required fee shall be in violation of this chapter, and such violation is a civil penalty enforced by the Police Department and subject to a fine in the amount of $500 in addition to any other fines for violating this chapter and the fee for licensing the massage therapist.
D. 
Civil penalties. In addition to any other fines or penalties for violating any provisions of this chapter or the terms of the license, violation of this chapter is a civil penalty enforced by the Police Department. In any such proceeding, the City may order that the licensee or unlicensed massage therapist abate any violations, pay a penalty between $100 and $2,500 per violation, per day, and pay the court costs, attorneys and expert witness fees incurred by the City.
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Editor's Note: Former § 164-24, Appeals, was repealed 5-7-2019 by Order No. 19-258-01. For current provisions on appeals, see Ch. 10, Appeals, Board of.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article, or part of this chapter or of any ordinance included in this Code or through supplementation shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.