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<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 SAUNAS AND MASSAGE PARLORS IN <br />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 parlors or saunas. <br />Similar adult orientated services operating un&r 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 /> <br />Business License - A license issued by the City authorizing the practice or administering of massage <br />or the operation of a sauna 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 />Massa!!e - 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 />Massa!!e Certificate - A certificate issued by the City to a masseur or masseuse authorizing the holder <br />thereofto practice or administer massage in the City of Centerville. <br /> <br />Massa!!e Parlor - Any premises at or in which massage is performed. <br /> <br />Masseur - A male person who practices or administers massage. <br /> <br />Masseuse - A female person who practices or administers massage. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Sauna - A steam bath or heat bathing room used for the purpose of bathing, relaxing or reducing agent <br />utilizing steam or hot air as a cleaning, relaxing or reducing agent. <br /> <br />Page I of 12 <br />