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.