1 ORDINANCE NO. ____________
AN ORDINANCE OF CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 5.34.150
OF THE LANCASTER MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING
DEEMED APPROVED STATUS OF MASSAGE
ESTABLISHMENTS
WHEREAS, Section 5.34.150 of the Lancaster Municipal Code currently provides, in pertinent part, that “[…] massage establishments legally in business prior to the effective date of the ordinance first enacting [the City’s Massage Establishments Regulations] for which a business license has been issued shall have to comply with the regulations for massage establishments and massage therapists set forth herein upon expiration of the existing business license ”; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Section 5.34.150 of the Lancaster Municipal Code to eliminate reference to “deemed approved” status under the City’s Massage Establishments Regulations because the time to claim such status has expired and every massage establishment is now subject to the City’s Massage Establishments Regulations , regardless of when such massage establishment commenced its business.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER DOES HEREBY ORDAIN, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Lancaster hereby finds and determines that the above recitals are true and correct.
Section 2. Section 5.34.150 of the Lancaster Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
5.34.150 – Application to existing businesses.
The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to all persons and businesses described herein whether the herein described activities were established before or after the effective date of this chapter.
Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is held for any reason to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsectio ns, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance , and shall cause the same to be published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law in that regard and this Ordinance shall take effect 30 days after adoption.
I, Andrea Alexander, of the City of Lancaster, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading on the __________ day of ________________, 2026, and placed upon its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of the City Council on the ____ day of ________________, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
ATTEST: APPROVED:
____________________________ ______________________________ ANDREA ALEXANDER R. REX PARRIS
City Clerk Mayor
City of Lancaster City of Lancaster
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES }ss
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CERTIFICATION OF ORDINANCE
CITY COUNCIL
I, ________________________________, ___________________________________ City of Lancaster, California, do hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of the original Ordinance No. , for which the original is on file in my office.
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, on this _________ day of ________________, ________.
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