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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
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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.
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CHAIRPERSON
ATTEST.
By
CITY RE D R
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Transmitted_ to the Mayor—on February 9 1988
Mayor' s Action: XX Approved Vetoed
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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SEAL
Bill 16 of 1988
Published 2/19/88
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