Fill and Sign the Chapter 12 Massage Parlorscode of Ordinances Form

ORDINANCE REGULATING THE BUSINESS OFMASSAGE AND MASSAGE PARLORS 1. Definitions a. "Massagist" (either male or female): one who offers to massage another for a salary or fee. b. "Massage parlor:" any place of business where massagists are employed to offer massage for a salary or fee. 2. Licensed Health Professionals Excluded Licensed health professionals acting in the ordinary course of their profession are neither "massagists" as defined in Paragraph 1 (a) nor owners of "massage parlors" as defined in Paragraph 1 (b). 3. Limitation on Hours of Operation Massage parlors may operate only between the hours of 11 a.m. and 10 p.m. 4. Minimum Age a. No person in the business of massage may massage a person under eighteen years of age except under the direction or by order of a licensed health professional. b. No person may employ one under eighteen years of age to work as a massagist. 5. Limitation on Scope of Massage No massagist may in the course of business massage the penis, scrotum, mons veneris, vulva, or vaginal area of another. 6. Enforcement The Sheriff or any member of his department shall be responsible for enforcement of this Ordinance, such responsibility to include reasonable periodic inspections of massage parlor premises. 7. Compliance with Health Department Regulations A11 persons employed, as massagists must comply with applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the County Health Department. 8. Violation a Misdemeanor Violation of this Ordinance is punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days. 9. Injunctive Relief Available This Ordinance may be enforced by any appropriate equitable remedy as authorized by General Statutes . 10. Jurisdiction This Ordinance shall be effective in all unincorporated areas of County and within the corporate limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction of any municipality within County, which shall so agree by appropriate resolution. 11. Effective Date This Ordinance shall take effect on , 20 . 12. Severability If any part of this Ordinance shall be held void, such part shall be deemed severable, and the invalidating thereof shall not affect the remaining parts of this Ordinance.