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~t~~~~'~°'~~~.~ _ ."Kw . _ , • . , , `~_Y, _ :-~F x " . 4 . • ` a . . . r. . .r.a..- . .q ~ k Vr v1 . ' - ~,e e• F .,3',., 5 0. 1 ir' , ;E k: _ • • ~ STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITX OF ARDEN giTLLS • ORDINANCE NO. ~D AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OPERATI011T OF NlAS$AGE, RP,P AND SAUIlTA PAgtLORS AND INDIVIDUALS PROVIDIIITG SERVICES AT THEM; ItEQIIIRING LICENSES TO OPERATE St1CH ESTABLISHMENTS A1TD TO FERFORM SERi1ICES TKERE ; PROV3DING STANDARDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION s OPERA- TI0111 AND MAIIVTENANCE OF SIICH ESTABLISA..MENTS•, AND ESTABLISHING PENALTIES FOR THE VTOLATION TIiEREOF . . The City Council of Arclen Hills ordainso Section l. Statement of Policy; I,imitation on Number o£ Licenses. The City Council of the City-of Arden Hills finds that sauna, rap and massage parlor enterprises are susceptible of operation in a manner which contravenes, subverts or endangers the moral.s of the comgnunity and thus requisee close inspection, regu.lation and Yicensing by the City. Such enterprises also have the potentaal of being p].aces where disease may be transrraitted. Accordingly, the City Council deems 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 o£ disease. Because regulation of such enfcerprises will require inten-- sive efforts by.the police clepartment and other departments of the City and, as a consequence, the concentrated use of CIty ser- vices will detract from and reduce trie level of service available to the rest of the comaaunity, thereby diminishing the ability of the City to promote the general health, safety and welfare of the comrauaaity as a whole, the City Council hereby cietermi.nes that only two (2) licenses for the operation of a sauna, rap or massage parlor, or any combination thereo£, shall be in force at any one time. . Section 2. Definitions. As used in thss Ordinance, the terms defined in thas Section shall have the meanings ascribed to them unless the context requires a different aneaning. (a) Massage. "Massage" means the rubbing, stroking, ]cneading, tapping or rolling of the body wiich the hands or other dlevices or impleinengs, for the-exclusive pur- pose of relaxation, physical fitness or beautification, and for no other purposes. (b) Massage Parlor. "Massage Parlor" shall mean any room or raoms where any person for a fee may receive from Another person a massage, or any raom or rooms from which a masseur or masseuse is dispatched by telephone or otherwise, for the purpose of giving a massage. .