Menifee, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)
Key Facts
- Therapist license
- Valid CMTC certificate required
- Business prerequisite
- Active CUP at the site
- Liability insurance minimum
- $2,000,000 per business
- Hours of operation
- 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. only
- Out-call revenue cap
- 40% of annual proceeds
- CUP revocation lockout
- 5 years, same location
- Violation classification
- Misdemeanor, each day separate
Summary
Menifee requires every massage therapist to hold a valid CMTC certificate and every massage business to carry a city business license backed by an active conditional use permit. Chapter 5.45 layers on hour limits, health rules and record-keeping before a license issues or renews.
Except where a specific exemption is applicable pursuant to this chapter, it is a violation of this chapter for any person to engage in the practice of massage therapy and for any massage business to employ or retain a person, unless the person first obtains and continues to maintain in full force and effect a valid CMTC certificate.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-15: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ordinance 2026-432, passed 4-15-2026).
Full Breakdown
020 makes it a violation for anyone to practice massage therapy in the city, or for a massage business to employ or retain someone, without a valid California Massage Therapy Council (CMTC) certificate in full force. 070 requires a conditional use permit active at the business site before the Finance Department can issue the underlying business license, and a CUP revoked for chapter violations locks that address out of a new massage CUP for five years. 040 obligates every massage business to notify the Finance Department's Business Licensing Division in writing within ten calendar days whenever a therapist starts or stops working there, attaching the CMTC certificate, and to carry liability insurance of at least $2,000,000 for injury or death connected to the business.
Businesses must keep a current register of every therapist's name, birth date, address, phone number and CMTC certificate number available for inspection, and display the original license and certificates on the premises; photocopies are unlawful. , with customers excluded from the premises during those hours. 070 bans alcohol on the premises entirely. 140.
Violations & Fines
Any violation of Chapter 5.45 is a misdemeanor under Section 5.45.210, punishable by fine or imprisonment to the maximum extent state law allows, with each day of continued violation a separate offense under Section 5.45.190. Section 5.45.200 also declares a noncompliant massage establishment a public nuisance subject to abatement, and Section 5.45.230 allows administrative citation as an added remedy.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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