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HomeMy WebLinkAbout9.a. Amendment to City Code 3-2-B Saunas and Massage ParlorsCITY OF ROSEMOUNT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: June 3, 2003 AGENDA ITEM: Amendment to City Code 3 -2B, Saunas and Massage Parlors AGENDA SECTION: New Business PREPARED BY: Gary D. Kalstabakken, Chief of Police AGENM, # Kf1 7 A ATTACHMENTS: Ordinance APPROVED BY: The Council is asked to consider amending the ordinance related to saunas and massage parlors. This ordinance was first adopted with a focus on massage and saunas as an adult use. Amendments to the ordinance have been made as massage therapy has become more prevalent. This proposed amendment addresses massage therapy offered as a service of a bona fide health and fitness club. The amendment removes the requirement to license the health club, but the massage therapist would still be required to obtain a personal license. Specific fees for the business and personal licenses have been removed from the ordinance language. Instead, fees would be set by resolution of the Council annually. This is consistent with the setting of other fees that are done by resolution. RECOMMENDED ACTION: This is the first reading of the ordinance resolution. If the changes are desired, the ordinance will be brought back at a future Council meeting for adoption. COUNCIL ACTION: CITY OF ROSEMOUNT ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SAUNAS AND MASSAGE PARLORS; AMENDING ROSEMOUNT CODE 3 -2B THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT, MINNESOTA ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. City Code 3 -2B Paragraph A.l is amended to read as follows: 1. Business Licenses: No person shall engage in a business, a principal part of which is a sauna or massage parlor, without being licensed as provided in this article. A license shall be required for each place of business within the city. This section does not apply to bona fide health and fitness clubs which meet the following criteria: (1) the primary purpose of the establishment is health and fitness; massage service is subsidiary: (2) no more than 10% of the establishment's revenue is derived from massage; (3) the financial records of the establishment are at all times available to the City for inspection; (4) the establishment has an ongoing membership list which is available to the City for inspection at any time; (5) the establishment has at least a $20,000 capital investment in exercise equipment. Section 2. City Code 3 -2B -3 Paragraph D is amended to read as follows: D. Fees: The annual license fee and an investigation fee for the purposes of issuing a license shall be as set forth by City Council resolution. The license fee and fee for the investigation of the license shall be paid when the application is filed. In the event that the application is denied or in the event that the investigation for the issuance of a license, once issued, is revoked, canceled or surrendered, no part of the annual license fee or fee for the issuance of a license shall be returned to the applicant unless by express action of the City Council. Section 3. City Code 3- 2B -4(B) is amended by adding new paragraph 18 as follows: 18. No massages may be given between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. of the following day. Section 4. This Ordinance shall be effective following its passage and publication. ADOPTED this day of 2003 by the City Council of the City of Rosemount. William Droste, Mayor ATTEST: Linda Jentink, City Clerk PETITION To the City Council of Rosemount: We live or own property in the parcel of land between Bacardi and Akron Avenues in Rosemount. We are overrun with wildlife since the hunting ordinance was changed two years ago. Please reinstate the hunting rights for this area. Thank you. NAME ADDRESS _ ��