Palm Beach Gardens, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)

Massage businesses fall under Article III, Division 1 of the city's business code as a special regulated use. Section 10-51 defines a massage shop or parlor as an establishment or business which provides the services of massage and body manipulation, and all forms and methods of physiotherapy, unless operated by a medical practitioner or professional physical therapist licensed by the state, and § 10-53(7) puts massage shops or parlors on the same regulated list as adult bookstores, bathhouses, and pawnshops because, per § 10-52, the article exists to lessen the concentration of those establishments and their proximity to each other and prevent neighborhood blight.

Section 10-71 requires an annual regulatory license for each special regulated use, issued by the city council, in addition to any ordinary occupational license. The application under § 10-73 must be sworn, list the owners', partners', or corporate officers' names, addresses, and ages, disclose employees, and state whether any interested party has a specified-crime conviction within the past ten years; it must carry a $250 investigation and administration fee. Section 10-74 requires a council-ordered investigation before any license issues, and § 10-75 sets the license term from October 1 to September 30, renewable for a $100 fee.

Under § 10-78, the council can revoke a license, by a vote of three council members after a hearing, for a criminal conviction of an interested party, maintaining a nuisance under F.S. § 823.05, disorderly or indecent conduct on the premises, or noncompliance with the article.