Farmersville, TX Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)

Section 77-29 of the Code of Ordinances defines 'licensed massage therapy' as a health care service performed by a massage therapist licensed under state law, covering effleurage, petrissage, Swedish gymnastics and similar manipulation of soft tissue, whether done by hand or with mechanical or electrical apparatus, and including the use of oil, salt glows, heat lamps, and hot, cold, tub, shower or cabinet baths. The definition specifically excludes diagnosis or treatment of illness or disease, or any service requiring a license to practice medicine, chiropractic, physical therapy or podiatry.

The schedule of permitted uses at section 77-46(k) applies that definition to the zoning map: licensed massage therapy requires a specific use permit (S) in the Neighborhood Service district, is permitted by right (P) in General Retail, Commercial, Light Industrial, Heavy Industrial-1 and the Central Area District, and is prohibited outright in Highway Commercial, Heavy Industrial-2, and every residential district from Agricultural through MF-2. Because the use table draws a hard line at the residential districts, a licensed massage therapist cannot legally set up a stand-alone massage establishment inside a home under this zoning classification, separate from whatever home occupation rules might otherwise apply to an in-home service business under section 77-29's home occupation definition.