Pima County, AZ Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)

Pima County's zoning code doesn't run its own massage-parlor licensing program the way some cities do; it regulates massage establishment purely as a land use. 030(B)(31), it's listed as one of the additional permitted uses in the CB-2 general business zone, alongside businesses like bars, nightclubs, pawn shops and mortuaries. 020(M)(4), defines a massage establishment broadly as any establishment where a person, firm, association or corporation engages in or permits massage activities, meaning pressure, friction, stroking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding or vibrating of the body's external soft parts by hand or with mechanical or electrical apparatus.

S. Title 32 whose work is limited to the head, face or neck. 020(B)(5) expressly excludes massage establishments, along with reducing salons and gymnasiums, from the list of CB-2 businesses otherwise allowed as conditional uses in the Multiple Use zone. That leaves CB-2-zoned commercial land as the practical location for a county massage business; the code is silent on operating hours, employee licensing or sanitation standards specific to massage, which are instead governed by state professional licensing law and general county health and business regulations.