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PART I-GENERAL ORDINANCES 10 <br /> Chapter 8-BUSINESSES <br /> ARTICLE II.-MASSAGES AND MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS <br /> be$15.00. The annual privilege license fee for the second and subsequent years of continuous practice <br /> of a massage practitioner shall be $10.00. A massage practitioner who is a sole practitioner and who is <br /> not employed as a massage practitioner by a massage business operates a massage business and <br /> shall be required to be licensed as both a massage business and a massage practitioner. However, <br /> such a sole practitioner shall only be required to pay the privilege license fee prescribed herein for a <br /> massage business. <br /> (b) Fees for the licenses shall be due and payable in the same manner as prescribed for other <br /> privilege license fees of Orange County pursuant to the license and privilege tax ordinance of the <br /> County. <br /> (Ord. of 11-4-1985, § 1-11, eff. 11-4-1985) <br /> Sec. 842. - Remedies. <br /> (a) Violation of this Ordinance is a misdemeanor punishable as prescribed in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4. <br /> (b) Injunctive Relief* <br /> (1) Whenever the Sheriff has reasonable cause to believe that any person is violating or <br /> threatening to violate this Ordinance or any rule or order adopted or issued pursuant to this <br /> Ordinance, or any term, condition, or provision of a license issued pursuant to this Ordinance, it <br /> may, either before or after the institution of any other action or proceeding authorized by this <br /> Ordinance, institute a civil action in the name of Orange County for injunctive relief to restrain the <br /> violation or threatened violation. <br /> (2) Upon determination by a court that an alleged violation is occurring or is threatened, it shall <br /> enter such orders or judgments as are necessary to abate the violation or to prevent the <br /> threatened violation. The institution of an action for injunctive relief under this section shall not <br /> relieve any party to such proceedings from any civil or criminal penalty prescribed for violation of <br /> this Ordinance. <br /> (Ord. of 11-4-1*985, § 2-1, eff. 11-4-1985) <br /> Sec. 8-43. -Severability. <br /> If any provision of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of <br /> competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be deemed a separate, independent provision and such <br /> holding shall not affect the validity of any other provision hereof, and to that end, the provisions of this <br /> Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable. <br /> (Ord. of 11-4-1985, § 3-1, eff. 11-4-1985) <br /> Sec. 8-44. - Effective date. <br /> This Ordinance shall be effective on November 4, 1985. Applicants for license under this Ordinance <br /> shall have 60 days from its effective date to apply for a license. No massage business or massage <br /> practitioner shall be deemed in violation of the licensing requirements of this Ordinance during the 60- <br /> day period following the effective date of this Ordinance. No massage business or massage practitioner <br /> that has made application for a license within 60 days of the effective date of this Ordinance shall be <br /> deemed in violation of this Ordinance during that license application process through the point in time of <br /> the County Managers decision on the application. <br /> Orange County,North Carolina, Code of Ordinances <br /> Page 8 of 9 <br />