Hamilton : Règlement no 07-170, art. 17 — Licensing By-law (Short-Term Rentals)

17. No premises or part thereof used as a body-rub parlour shall be used as a dwelling or for sleeping purposes. 18.(1) Every body-rub or other service performed in a body-rub parlour shall be given in an individual room or cubicle, but no owner or operator shall permit the door to any room or cubicle where body-rubs are or may be provided, to be equipped or constructed with a locking device of any kind, or with any other device or structure which could delay or hinder anyone from entering or obtaining access to such a room or cubicle or which is obstructed in any way whatsoever. (2) No person in a body-rub parlour shall perform a body-rub or provide any other service in a room, cubicle or other enclosure with a door or other means of access which is equipped or constructed with a locking device of any kind or which is equipped or constructed in such a way as to permit the obstruction, hindrance or delay of any person attempting to gain entry thereto or which is obstructed in any way whatsoever. 19.(1) Every owner who operates a body-rub parlour business and every operator shall keep proper records and books of account of all business transacted in, by or in respect of the body-rub parlour, which books shall give the amount of gross receipts for all services performed or provided in the said body-rub parlour, the name and address of the person upon whom the body-rub or other service is performed, the name and licence number of every body-rubber or other person performing services in the said body-rub parlour, including the date of commencement and the date of termination of such services, the amount of salary or commission paid to each body-rubber and all amounts paid by the owner to the operator, if any, or by the operator to the owner, in respect of such body-rub parlour or body-rub parlour business. Revised:

• November 2023 C:\Users\apepper\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\38JEUW0B\Business Licensing 07-170 Consolidated (November 2023).docx (2) Every owner to whom subsection (1) relates and every operator shall keep such books and records as are required by that subsection for at least one year after the information required by that subsection is entered therein, and the Director of Licensing or any person duly authorized by him or her shall at all times have access to such records. (3) Immediately before any services are provided in a body-rub parlour the body-rubber or person who is to provide the services shall give to the customer an itemized bill for such services, listing the services to be provided and the price to be paid for each. (4) Upon payment of the bill referred to in subsection (3), the customer shall be given a written serially numbered receipt for the full amount paid and containing the full name and address of the customer and the licence number of the body-rubber. (5) Every owner operating a body-rub parlour and every operator of a body-rub parlour shall ensure that the bill and receipt required by subsections (3) and (4) are provided to every customer of the body-rub parlour and shall retain and keep a copy of each such bill and receipt for at least one year after the services referred to therein are performed, and the Director of Licensing or any person authorized by him or her shall at all times have access to such copies.