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016 of 1988 - Amending Chapter 12 of Title 20 Dealing With Licensing of Massage Parlors 0 88-1 0 88-4 SALT LAKE C I_T-Y—ORD I NANCE No. 16— of 1988 (Amending Chapter 12 of Title 20 dealing with licensing of massage parlors by adding a new Section 10 dealing with clothing and operating standards. ) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF TITLE 20, REVISED ORDINANCES OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, RELATING TO MASSAGE PARLOR LICENSING BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 10 CONCERNING CLOTHING AND OPERATING STANDARDS. WHEREAS, the City Council finds, after public hearing, that requiring certain clothing and operating standards for massage parlor attendants would aid in insuring that the massage business does not become a front for prostitution. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, hereby adopts the following amendment to Chapter 12 of Title 20 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City. Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah: SECTION 1. That Chapter 12 of Title 20 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965, as amended, relating to licensing of massage parlors, be, and the same hereby is amended by adding Section 10 as follows: Sec. 20-12-10. Clothing standards and prohibited acts. All licensees under this chapter shall be responsible to require, and it shall be unlawful to permit the following: ( 1 ) Noalcoholic beverages shall-be-served,—stored-or consumed on the licensed premises. ( 2) No masseur shall intentionally touch or massage, or offer to touch or massage, or agree to touch the customer' s pubic region, genitals, perineum, anal regions or female breasts. (3 ) No owner, operator, responsible manager employee, manager, or licensee in charge of or in control of a massage establishment shall permit nor shall any employee or masseur administer a massage unless the patron is covered by a covering provided by the establishment which shall be clean, sanitary and opaque and capable of covering the patron' s anatomical areas specified in subsection ( 2 ) above and no common use of such covering shall be permitted nor any reuse permitted unless the covering has been adequately cleaned. (4) With the exception of bathrooms, dressing rooms, or any room used for dressing purposes, no owner, operator, responsible managing employee, manager or licensee in charge of or in control of any massage establishment shall permit any person in any area within the massage establishment which is used in common by the patrons or which can be viewed by patrons from such an area, unless the person' s anatomical areas specified in subsection ( 2) are fully covered. Further, no owner, operator, responsible managing employee, manager or licensee in charge of or in control of a massage establishment shall permit any person to be in any -2- room_with_another—per-son—un-l-ess—a-l-l—the_pe-r-son=s—anatomiea-1 area specified in subsection (3) are fully covered. (5) No owner, operator, responsible managing employee, manager or licensee in charge of or in control of a massage establishment shall permit any masseur or employee to be on the premises of a massage establishment during its hours of operation while performing, or available to perform, any task or service associated with the operation of a massage business, unless the masseur or employee is fully covered from a point not to exceed four (4) inches above the center of the kneecap to the base of the neck, excepting the arms and hands. Such covering must be of an opaque material and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. SECTION 2. This Ordinances shall take effect upon its first publication. Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 9th day of February 19881. J CHAIRPERSON ATTEST. By CITY RE D R -3- e Transmitted_ to the Mayor—on February 9 1988 Mayor' s Action: XX Approved Vetoed MAYOR ATTEST: CI,Ty RUIR,15ER BRB:cc SEAL Bill 16 of 1988 Published 2/19/88 -4-