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HomeMy Public PortalAbout008-1978 - Amemding Ordinance No. 3267-1977 - Message Parlor Ordinance - StrickenORDINANCE NO. 8-1978 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND MENDED ORDINANCE NO. 3267-1977 OF 'm- CITY OF RICHMOND, WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA, KNOWN AS MASSAGE PARLOR ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA. SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 3267-1977 of the City of Richmond, Indiana, be amended as follows: A. That Section 13 (c) thereof shall be deleted and there shall be substituted a Section 13 (c) which shall read as follows: All employees, including masseurs and masseuses, shall be clean and wear clean non -transparent outer garments covering the sexual and genital areas, whose use is restricted to the public bath, steam bath, health club, reducing salon or massage establishment. A separate dressing room for each sex must be available on the premises with individual lockers for each employee. B. That to Section 1. (Definitions) there shall be added an additional subsection as follows: (k) "Sexual and Genital Areas" means the sexual or genital area of any person shall include the genitals, pubic area, anus, or perineum of any person, or the vulva or breast of a female. C. That there shall be added to said Ordinance No. 3267-1977 a Section 22 to read as follows: Section 22 (a). No person holding a license under this Ordinance shall admin- ister to a person of the opposite sex, any massage, alcohol rub, or similar treatment, fomentation, bath or electric or magnetic treat- ment, except on the order of a licensed physician, osteopath, chiropractor, podiatrist, or re- gistered physical therapist. A person shall neither cause nor permit in or about his place of business, or in connection with his business any agent, employee, servant, or other individual to administer any such treatment to any individual of the opposite sex. (b). The sexual or genital areas of patrons of establishments re- quired to be licensed under this ordinance must be covered with towels, clothes or under garments when in presence of an employee, masseur, masseuse, or therapist. (c). No person in any establishment licensed under this ordinance shall place his or her hand upon or touch with any part of his or her body or fondle in any manner whatsoever or massage a sexual or genital area of any other person. D. That there shall be added to said Ordinance No. 3267- 1977 a Section 23 to read as follows: Section 23. Every business licensed under this Ordinance No. 3267-1977 shall be open for inspection during all business hours and to other reasonable times by police officers, health and fire inspectors, and duly authorized representatives of the Board of Public Works and Safety upon the showing of proper credentials by such persons. E. That Section No. 20 shall be deleted and substituted therefore Section No. 20 which shall read as follows: (a). That violation of any provision of this ordinance shall cause immediate revocation of any license issued under this ordi- nance by the Board of Public Works and Safety. (b). That no business requiring a license under this ordinance shall operate in the City of Richmond, Indiana without first obtaining the required license. (c). That the City may obtain an injunction in the Circuit or Superior Courts of Wayne County to enjoin the continued violation of the Ordinance. SECTION 2. This Ordinance, being Number 8-1978, shall be in full force and e eft a ter passage, approval by the Mayor and publication according to law. PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHNDND, WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA, this day of , 1978. President of Common Council ATTEST: City Clerk PRESENTED BY ME TO THE MAYOR of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this day of , 1978. City Clerk APPROVED BY ME, CLIFFORD J. DICKMAN, Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this day of , 1978. Mayor Clifford J. Dickman ATTEST: City Clerk The foregoing Ordinance was published, according to law, the day of 1978, in the Palladium -Item newspaper, polished and circulated in the City of Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana.