San Marcos, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)

04, with a nonrefundable application fee and annual renewal fee set by City Council resolution (Sec. 060). The application must list the business's legal name and structure, the establishment's address and lease, every massage technician's name and current California Massage Therapy Council (CAMTC) certificate, all owners, operators and managers with their addresses, driver's license or photo ID, and physical descriptors, plus a signed authorization for a law-enforcement background check for anyone without a CAMTC certificate (Sec. 060(b)). The Issuing Officer must deny an application if any owner, operator or manager is required to register as a sex offender under Penal Code Section 290 or has been convicted of specified offenses including pandering, indecent exposure, keeping a disorderly house, prostitution-related offenses, felony drug crimes, or offenses involving theft, dishonesty or moral turpitude, or has had a license revoked or suspended anywhere in the last ten years (Sec.

060(e)). Separately, Sec. 050 makes it unlawful for any individual to perform massage anywhere in the City, and for any massage business to operate, without every technician holding a current CAMTC certificate. m. (Sec. 080(d)); a licensed Massage Establishment License is not transferable without prior written City approval and cannot be transferred within five years of a revocation or suspension (Sec. 060(f)); and Massage Accessory Use businesses, where massage occupies less than 20 percent of a primary permitted use's floor area, are exempt from the establishment license itself but must still meet CAMTC certification and background-check disclosure rules (Sec. 070).