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.. . STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF ANOKA CITY OF CENTERVILLE ORDINANCE #70 AN ORDINANCE TO LICENSE AND REGULATE SAUNAS AND MASSAGE PARLORS IN THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE STATEMENT OF POLICY The City Council of the City of Centerville deems it necessary to provide for the special and express regulation of businesses or commercial enterprises which operate as massage parlors, saunas and similar adult orientated services operating under different names in order to protect the public health, safety and welfure and to guard against the inception and transmission of disease. The City Council further finds that commercial enterprises such as the type descnbed above, and all other similar establishments whose services include sessions offered to aduhs, conducted in private by members of the same or the opposite sex and employing personnel with no specialized training are susceptible to operation in a manner contravening, subverting or endangering the morals of the community be being the site of acts of prostitution, illicit sex and occasions of violent crimes, thus requiring close inspection, licensing and regulation. The City Council also finds that control and regulation of commercial establishments of these types, in view of the abuses often perpetrated, require intensive efforts by the Police Department and other departments of the City. As a consequence, the concentrated use of City services in such control detracts from and reduces the level of service available to the rest of the community and thereby diminishes the ability of the City to promote the general health, welfure, morals and safety of the community. DEFINITIONS As used in this ordinance the terms defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them. Business License - A license issued by the City authorizing the practice or administering of massage or the operation of a sauna on premises within the City of Centerville. Massa2e - The rubbing, stroking, kneading, tapping or rolling of the body of another with the hands for the exclusive purpose of physical fitness, relaxation, beautification and for no other purpose. Massaue Certificate - A certificate issued by the City to a masseur or masseuse authorizing the holder thereofto practice or administer massage in the City of Centerville. I I I I L Massa2e Parlor - Any premises at or in which massage is performed. Masseure - A male person who practices or administers massage. Masseuse - A female person who practices or administers massage. Page I of12