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Ordinance 971
Amending Chapter 14, Article XIII Regulating Personal Services
ARTICLE XIII. - PERSONAL SERVICES
DIVISION 1. – GENERALLY
Sec. 14-861. - Purpose and applicability.
(1) The purpose of this article is to regulate, within the city limits, providers of
personal services, which include escort services, saunas and bathhouses; and
similar social, recreational, and therapeutic activities.
(2) This article shall not apply to the incidental provision of such services by athletic,
lodging, recreational, religious, or social organizations upon their registered
premises. For the purpose of this article, the term "incidental provision" shall
mean that the cost of providing such facilities and any income generated from
their use shall represent less than 15 percent of the gross revenues generated by
such organization at such premises.
(Code 1982, § 24-1)
Sec. 14-862. - Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a
different meaning:
Bathhouse means premises providing members of the public or a private club with
bathing and personal cleansing facilities for hygienic, therapeutic, restorative, or social
purposes on a commercial basis.
Escort means a person employed to provide companionship, attendance, or
accompaniment to another for social or recreational purposes; such employment is not
directly related to the health or safety of the client.
Escort service means premises at or through which escort is advertised, offered, or
provided for members of the public or a private club. For the purpose of this article, a rap
parlor is classified as an on-premises escort service.
Operate means to own, manage or conduct or to significantly participate in the
ownership, management or conduct of a business, enterprise or service regulated under
this article.
Practitioner means a natural person licensed by the city to engage in the business of
escort service, or sauna or bathhouse attendance either at a licensed premises of such
service or on an outcall basis.
Rap parlor means a commercial enterprise hosting wide-ranging, on-premises verbal
conversation between its employees and members of the public or a private club.
Sauna means premises providing members of the public or a private club with
communal or individual dry or moist heating facilities for therapeutic, restorative,
rehabilitative, religious or social purposes on a commercial basis.
Sauna or bathhouse attendant means practitioners, licensed pursuant to division 3 of
this article, employed at a licensed sauna or bathhouse premises to assist customers in
the use of the facilities. Attendant duties involve direct customer contact and include but
are not limited to valet and grooming service; issue of locks, lockers, towels, and clothing
containers; and operation of sauna and bath equipment.
(Code 1982, § 24-2)
Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.
Sec. 14-863. - Violations; penalties.
Failure to establish and maintain the premises and records required pursuant to this
article constitutes a violation of this article. Such violations shall be cause for
suspension, revocation or nonrenewal of the premises or practitioner's license and/or
other penalties including the penalty in section 1-15.
(Code 1982, § 24-3)
Secs. 14-864—14-885. – Reserved
DIVISION4. - LICENSED PREMISES
Sec. 14-1051. - Construction requirements.
All premises licensed under this article shall meet the following construction
requirements:
(1) Mechanical ventilation, lighting, and sanitary fixtures for closets, restrooms,
offices, treatment areas and public areas shall conform to the codes established
by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
and by the building code adopted in section 12-39.
(2) Individual lockers shall be provided for the use of patrons with separate keys for
locking.
(3) The doors to saunas shall not be equipped with any locking device and shall not
be blocked or obstructed from either side.
(Code 1982, § 24-130)
Sec. 14-1052. - Maintenance requirements.
All premises licensed under this article shall meet the following maintenance
requirements: