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~ . Chapter 13.5 iVIASSAGE,1tAP AND SAUNA PAItLORS* Sec. 13.5-1. Statement of policy; limitation on num- ber of licenses. (a) The city council finds that sauna, rap and massage parlor enterprises are susceptible of operation in a manner which contravenes, subverts or endangers the morals of the community and thus require close inspection, regulation and licensing by the city. Such enterprises also have the potential of being places where disease may be transmitted. Accordingly, the city council deema it necessary to provide for the special regulation of such enterprises in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare and to guard against the inception and transmission of disease. (b) Because regulation of such enterprises will require intensive efforts by the police department and other departments of the city and, as a conaequence, the concentrated use of city servicea will detract from and reduce the Tevel of service available to the rest of the community, thereby diminishing the ability of the city to promote the general health, safety and welfare of the - community as a whole, the city council hereby determines that only two (2) licenses for the operation of a sauna, rap or ~ massage parlor, or any combination thereof, shall be in ' force at any one time. (Ord. No. 210, § 1, 10-29-79) ~ Sec. 13.5-2. Definitions. i As used in this chapter, the terms defined in this section shall have the meaninga ascribed to them unless the contegt requires a different meaning. , ~ •Editor's note-Section 14 of Ord. No. 210, adopted Oct. 29, 1979, provided for the codification of the subatantive proviaiona Lhereof, but did ~ not apecify the manner; hence, inclusion of 1-11 of said ordinence as ' Ch. 13.5, 13.5-1-13.5-11 ie at the diacretion of the editor. Cross reference-Buildinga, Ch. 6; licenaes, Ch. 13. Supp. No. 2 771 ~ ~ . „