Port Orange, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)

Section 46-32 requires anyone establishing, maintaining, operating, or conducting a massage parlor within city limits to apply for an occupational license through the city's occupational license department, and to supply the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the applicant and every massage technician and employee, proof the applicant is at least 18, the ownership structure and every interested party, a three-year employment and business history affidavit, and a full criminal history affidavit for the applicant and every co-owner. The definition in Section 46-31 excludes licensed hospitals, nursing homes, medical clinics, physicians, physical therapists, chiropractors, and similar licensed professionals, as well as barbers and cosmetologists who massage only the scalp, face, neck, or shoulders.

Once licensed, Section 46-33 makes it unlawful for anyone in a massage parlor to touch, fondle, or massage another person's sexual or genital parts, or to request or permit that contact, and every patron's sexual and genital areas must stay covered by a towel, robe, undergarment, or other fully opaque material whenever another person is present. Section 46-34 requires the parlor to post a copy of the article where patrons can see it, Section 46-35 keeps the premises open to inspection by city or county health officials, the city manager's designee, or police at all times, and Section 46-36 requires a proper massage table, sanitary treatment rooms, and separate bathing, dressing, and toilet facilities if male and female patrons are served at the same time.