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<br />1 <br /> <br />, <br />j <br /> <br />l <br /> <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />COUNTY OF ANOKA <br /> <br />CITY OF CENTERVILLE <br /> <br />ORDINANCE #70 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE TO LICENSE AND REGULATE SAUNA(S) AND MASSAGE PARLOR(S) <br />IN THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE <br /> <br />STATEMENT OF POLICY <br /> <br />The City Council of the City of Centerville deems it necessary to provide for the special and express <br />regulation of businesses or commercial enterprises which operate as massage parlor(s) or sauna(s). <br />Similar adult orientated services operating under different names in order to protect the public health, <br />safety and welfare and to guard against the inception and transmission of disease. The City Council <br />further finds that commercial enterprises such as the type described above, and all other similar <br />establishments whose services include sessions offered to adults, conducted in private by members of <br />the same or the opposite sex and employing personnel with no specialized training are susceptible to <br />operation in a manner contravening, subverting or endangering the morals of the community by being <br />the site of acts of prostitution, illicit sex and occasions of violent crimes, thus requiring close <br />inspection, licensing and regulation. < <br /> <br />DEFINITIONS <br /> <br />As used in this ordinance the terms defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them. <br />o 2.a:,'i S("~ <br />Sauna(s) and Massage Parlor(s) License - A license issued by the City authorizing the practice or <br />administering of massage(s) or the operation of a sauna(s) on premises within the City of Centerville. <br /> <br />Good Repair - Free of corrosion, breaks, cracks, chips, pitting, excessive wear and tear, leaks <br />obstructions and similar defect so as to constitute a good and sound condition. <br /> <br />Massage - The rubbing, stroking, kneading, tapping or rolling of the body of another with the hands <br />for the exclusive purpose of physical fitness, relaxation, beautification and for no other purpose. <br /> <br />Massage Certificate - A certificate issued by the City to a masseur or masseuse authorizing the holder <br />thereof to practice or administer massage in the City of CentervilIe. <br /> <br />Massage Parlor(s) - Any premises at or in which massage(s) is/are performed. <br /> <br />Masseur - A male person who practices or administers massage(s). <br /> <br />Masseuse - A female person who practices or administers massage(s). <br /> <br />Sauna(s) - A steam bath or heat bathing room used for the purpose of bathing, relaxing or reducing <br />agent utilizing steam or hot air as a cleaning, relaxing or reducing agent. <br /> <br />Page 1 of 13 <br />