Los Banos, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)

301, no person may own or operate a massage establishment inside city limits without first obtaining and continuously maintaining a massage establishment permit issued by the City; an owner already operating when the 2018 ordinance took effect had until May 1, 2018 to apply. 302 and must include a signed application naming the property owner or lessor, ten years of business and employment history, the name of any other massage business the applicant owns, a description of felony or misdemeanor convictions and pending cases, Police Department fingerprints and LiveScan, two current photographs, and a nonrefundable fee set by City Council resolution.

303, including a ban on the acts listed in Business and Professions Code § 4609 and a requirement that the permit be displayed where patrons can see it. 305). 306 lists denial grounds reaching beyond the massage trade itself: convictions under Penal Code §§ 266i, 315, 316, 318 or 647(b), sex-offender registration under § 290, controlled-substance felonies, or any owner's crime the Chief of Police concludes poses a risk to the public. 311 bars alcohol and marijuana on the premises, bars sleeping quarters, requires payment only at a posted reception area, and requires payroll and service records kept on-site for two years. ; clients and visitors must be excluded outside those hours. 312.