§ 605.01. Regulation of various commercial adult-oriented services.

Subdivision 1. Policy statement. In order to protect the public health, safety and welfare and to guard against the inception and transmission of disease, the City Council deems it necessary to provide for the special and express regulation of businesses or commercial enterprises which operate as massage parlors, saunas, rap parlors, conversation parlors, adult sensitivity groups, adult encounter groups, personal escort services, dancing services, hostess services and similar adult-oriented services operating under different names. The City Council further finds that commercial enterprises such as the type described above, and all other similar establishments whose services include sessions offered to adults, conducted in private by members of the same or the opposite sex, and employing personnel with no specialized training, are susceptible to operation in a manner contravening, subverting or endangering the morals of the community by being the sites of acts of prostitution, illicit sex and occasions of violent crimes, thus requiring close inspection, licensing and regulation.

Subd. 2. Current licenses. In the case of commercial enterprises such as those described above which are currently licensed, such establishments may be allowed to retain their licenses but not beyond March 1, 1986, provided that the establishments do not violate the provisions of this section and that the City Council determines that it is in the City's best interest to renew the licenses annually pursuant to the procedures set forth in this section.