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ORDINANCE Page 6 of 9 <br /> <br />8.72.090: Prohibited Acts <br />A. It shall be unlawful for any operator or employee of a massage business or reflexology <br />business to commit, aid, abet, attempt, solicit, or conspire to commit prostitution, <br />promoting prostitution, permitting prostitution, trafficking, or any other criminal act on <br />the premises. <br />B. It shall be unlawful for any operator or employee of a massage business or reflexology <br />business to engage in sexual misconduct as described in WAC 246-16-100. <br />C. Violation of this section by any operator or employee of a massage business or reflexology <br />business is grounds for suspension or revocation of the massage business’s or reflexology <br />business’s city business license pursuant to EMC 3.19.240, or other civil enforcement to <br />the extent permitted by law. <br />D. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor, except that a person who falsely, fraudulently, <br />forcibly, or willfully induces, causes, coerces, or directs another to violate a provision of <br />this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. <br /> <br />8.72.100 Facilitating prostitution. <br />A. It is unlawful for any owner or landlord of a residential or commercial property to <br />knowingly lease, rent, or continue to lease or rent a premises to the operator of a massage <br />business or reflexology business when the owner or landlord knows, or reasonably should <br />know, that violations of this chapter are repeatedly occurring on the pr emises, and <br />thereafter fails to take reasonable steps within the owner’s or landlord’s legal authority <br />to abate the unlawful activity. <br />B. Reasonable steps may include, but are not limited to: <br />1. Initiating eviction proceedings consistent with the rental agreemen t and <br />applicable law; <br />2. Providing notice to the tenant or operator of the alleged violations along with an <br />advisement that continued violations will result in termination of the rental <br />agreement; <br />3. Engaging with city officials or relevant regulatory officials to abate the unlawful <br />activity; <br />4. Taking any other lawful action reasonably calculated to abate the unlawful <br />activity. <br />C. An owner or landlord shall not be liable under this section solely because unlawful activity <br />occurred on the premises, absent proof of actual knowledge or facts sufficient to establish <br />that the owner or landlord reasonably should have known of the repeated violations. <br />D. If a premise subject to this section is owned, managed, or leased by more than one person <br />or entity, each owner, landlord, or property manager with authority to exercise control <br />over the premises shall be jointly and severally liable for violations of this section. <br />E. Any violations of this section will be enforced through the assessment of civil penalty in <br />the amount of one thousand dollars per violation against violators. <br />F. Any violation of this section shall be subject to the enforcement procedures established <br />in Chapter 1.20 EMC.