1971-08Bi11 No. 1971-8
AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER V, PART II,
OF THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY
OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA
CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
The following section shall be added to Chapter V, Part II, of the
ordinance code of the City of Richfield, Minnesota, after Section 5.24 thereof:
"5.25. Regulation of Saunas.
Subdivision 1. Definitions.
(1) As used in this ordinance the terms defined in this subdivision
shall have the meanings ascribed to them.
(2) 'Sauna' means and includes a steam bath or heat bathing room
used for the purpose of bathing, relaxation or reducing, utilizing steam or hot
air as a cleaning, relaxing or reducing agent.
(3) The terms 'massage', masseur' and 'masseuse' are defined in the
same manner as in Minnesota Statutes, Section 148.33 through 148.35.
Subd. 2. License Required. No person shall engage in the business of
operating a sauna either exclusively or in connection with any other business
enterprise without being licensed as provided in this section.
Subd. 3. Contents of Application, The application shall contain a
description of the property to be used, the names and addresses of the owner,
lessee, if any, and the operator or manager; the names, residences and addresses
of two persons, residents of Hennepin County, who may be referred to as to the
applicant's, the manager's or operator's character; whether the applicant,
manager or operator has ever been convicted of a crime or offense other than
a traffic offense, and, if so, information as to the time, place and nature of
such crime or offense; and such other information as the city manager may re-
uq ire•
Subd. 4. License Fee and License Year. The annual license fee is $100.00
A separate license shall be obtained for each place of business. The licensee
shall display the license on a prominent place on the licensed premises at all
times. A license, unless revoked, is for the calendar year, or part thereof,
for which it has been issued,
Subd, 5. Granting or Denial of Licenses. License applications shall be
reviewed by the police department, planning department, health department and such
other departments as the city manager shall deem necessary. Thereafter, licenses
shall be granted or denied by the city manager subject to the provisions of this
section. The applicant may appeal to the city council from the manager's de-
cision.
Subd. 6. Restrictions and Regulations.
(1) Licenses may be granted only for locations in the general com-
mercial districts of the city which are found by the manager to be suitable loca-
tions,
(2) Licenses shall be granted only to establishments which can meet
the safety and sanitary requirements of this ordinance.
~3) It shall be grounds for denial of a license application that the
applicant or persons in his employ are not complying with or have a history of
non-compliance with the regulations of the city relating to health, safety or
morals.
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(4) A license shall not be granted if granting the license (a) would
be inconsistent with the comprehensive development plans of the city or (b) would
otherwise have a detrimental effect upon other property or properties in the
vicinity.
~5) A license shall not be granted to a person of bad repute or to a
partnership or corporation who has in its employ or is owned by any persons of bad
repute.
(6) If the a licant is a artnership or a corporation the applicant
shall designate a person to be manager and in responsible charge of the business.
Such person shall remain responsible for the proper conduct of the business until
another suitable person has been designated in writing by the applicant.
(7) Saunas shall not be open for business nor shall patrons be permitted
on the premises between the hours of 3:00 A.M, and 8:00 A.M. of the same day_.
Subd. 7 Construction and Maintenance Requirements.
(1) A11 sauna rooms and all restrooms and bathrooms used in connection
therewith. shall be constructed of materials which are impervious to moisture,
bacteria, mold or fungus growth. The floor to wall and wall to wall ~oznts shall
be constructed to provide a sanitary cove with a minimum radius of one inch.
(2) A11 restrooms used in connection with saunas shall be prov~.ded with
mechanical ventilation with 2 cfm per square foot of floor area, a minimum of 30
foot candles of illumination, a hand washing sink equipped with hot and cold running
water under pressure, sanitary towels and a soap dispenser.
(3) Each sauna establishment shall have a janitor's closet which shall
provide for the storage of cleaning supplies. Such closet shall have mechanical
ventilation with 2 cfm per square foot of floor area and a minimum of 30 foot
candles of illumination. Such closet shall include a mop sink.
(4) Floors, walls and equipment in sauna rooms and in restrooms and in
bathrooms used in connection therewith must be kept in a state of good repair and
clean at all times. Zinens and other materials shall be stored at least 1~ inches
off the floor. Clean towels and wash. cloths must be made available for each. customer.
(5) Individual lockers shall be made available for use by patrons. Such
lockers shall have separate keys for locking.
(6) Such establishments shall provide adequate refuse receptacles which
shall be emptied as required.
Subd. 8 Masseurs and Masseuses Employed in the Business.
1 No such business shall em to or use an erson as a masseur or
masseuse, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, Section 148.33, unless such person is
registered with the State Board of Medical Examiners as provided by Minnesota
Statutes, Section 148 33 through 148.511. Such statutory sections are hereby in-
corporated by reference as a part of this ordinance.
(2) Any person acting as a masseur or masseuse in any such business shall
have his registration certificate or a true copy thereof displayed in a prominent
place on the licensed premises.
`Subd 9 Restrictions Involving Minors. No person under the age of 21 years
of age shall be employed in a sauna requiring a license under the provisions of
this ordinance.
Subd 10 Identification of Employees. Upon demand by any police officer
any parenn A„gagP~i ;n prnvidn~ services in anv licensed premises shall ~.dentify
himself giving his true legal name and his correct address.
Subd 11' Before any person engages in providing services as a masseur or
masseuse in any licensed establishment, he shall register with the police department
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of the city. Such registration shall include (1) a photocopy of the person's
state registration certificate, and (2) recent, accurate photographs of the
registrant, either taken by the police department, or furnished by the appli-
cant, showing both the front and side view. When any such person ceases to be
employed by a licensee the police department shall be notified so that the
department has on file at all times a current list of the persons operating as
masseurs or masseuses on the licensed premises.
Subd. 12. No sauna for which a license has been granted by the city shall
be open for business unless and until any masseurs or masseuses employed in the
business-have first complied with the registration requirements of this ordin-
ance.
Subd. 13. Every person who commits or attempts to commit, conspires to commit,
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or aids or abets in the commission of, any act constituting a violation of this
ordinance, whether individually or in connection with one or more other persons or
as princi a1, agent, or accessory, shall be guilty of such offense, and every person
who falsely, fraudulently, forcibly or wi11fu11y.induces, causes, coerces, requires,
permits, or directs another to violate any of the provisions of this ordinance,
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is likewise guilty of such offense.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota, this 10th
day of May, 1971.
Stanley W. Olson Mayor
Attest:
Thomas J, i~1Q;ran City Clerk
SUN NEWSPAPERS
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
RICHFIELID sUN
6601 W. 78th St.
State of Minnesota
County of Hennepin j SS.
T. R. RITCHAY, being duly sworn, on oath says he i
has been the vice president and printer of the newspa
and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated
is printed in the English language in newspaper forma
equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches. l
is distributed at least once each week. (3) Said newspaper ha
to news of local interest to the community which it purl
duplicate any other publication and is not made up entir
advertisements. (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and nee
to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to pa
at least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or no
and has entry as second-class matter in its local post-off:
e the City of Richfield in the County of Hennepin
e in the City of Bloomington in said county, establish
s for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements
ed by the managing officer or persons in its employ
r during all such regular business hours and devote
business hours to the business of the newspaper and busi
paper files a copy of each issue immediately with the Sta
paper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for a
or dates of publication mentioned below. (8) Said newsps
State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966 acid each Jani
form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by
sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper
T
He further states on oath that the printed ~ _i ~ n'
hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the column:
and published therein in the English language, once each
Bloomington, Minn@~
(Official Pubticationl
Bi11No.1971-8
LEGAL NOTICE
AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER V, PART
II, OF THE ORDINANCE CODE OF
THE CfTY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESO-
TA
CTTY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
The following section shall be added to
Chapter V, Part II, d the ordinance code
of the City of Richfield, Mi nnesota, after
Section 5.24 thereof:
"5.25. Regulation of Saunas.
Subdivision 1. De[idtfons.
111 As used in this ordinance the
terms defined in this subdivision shall
have the meanings ascribed to them.
121 'Sauna' means and includes a
steam bath or heat bathing room used for
the purpose of bathing, relaxation or re-
ducing, utilizing steam or hot air as a
deadng, relaxing or reducing agent.
(31 The terms `massage', `masseur'
and 'masseuse' are defined in the same
manner as in Minnesota Statutes, Section
148.33 through 198.35.
Subd. 2. License Required. No per-
son shall engage in the business d operat-
ing asauna either exclusively or in
connection with any other business enter-
prise without being'8censed as provided
in this seMion.
Subd. 3. Contents of Application. The
applicatan shall contain a description of
the property to be used, the names and
addresses of the owre r, lessee, if any, and
the operator or manager; the names, res-
idences and addresses of two persons,
residents of Hennepin Canty, who may
be referred to as to the applicant's, the
manager's oc operator's character;
whether the applicant, manager or opera-
tor has ever been convicted of a crime or
offense other than a traffic offense, and,
if so, idormation as to the time, place
aid nature of such crime or offense; and
such other idormation as the city manag-
ermay require.
Subd. 4. License Fee and License
Year. The annual license fee is $100.00.
A separate license shall be obtained for
each place of business. TM licensee shall
display the license on a promirent place
on the licensed premises at alt times. A
Bcenae, udess revoked, is for the caleo-
tier year, m part thereof, im which it ties
been issued.
Sobd. 5. Granting or Denial of Liceo-
sea. License applkatioas shalt be re-
viewed by the police department, plao-
dog department, health department and
such other departments as the city man-
ager shag deem necessary. Thereafter,
licenses shell be granted or dededby the
city manager sobject to the provisions of
this section. The applicant may appeal to
the city councl Trom the manager',s ded-
sion.
Subd.6. RestrictpnsandRegnlations.
(11 Licenses shell be granted oily fm
locations in the general commercial dis-
tricts of the city which are found by the
manager to be suitable locations.
121 Licenses sbaB be granted only to
establishments which rnn meet the safety
and sanhary requirements of this ordi-
nance.
(31 It shalt be grounds for dedal d a
license application that the app8cant or
persons in his emplgy are not complying
with or have a history of noo-compliance
with the regulations of the sty relating to
hen Ith, safety or morals.
(91 A license shall sot be granted if
granting the license fal would be incoo-
sistent with the comprehensive develop
went plans of the city or Ib 1 would other-
wise hate a detrimenml effect upon other
property or properties in the vicinity.
151 A license shall not be granted to
a person of bad repute or to a partnership
or corporation who has in h s emalov or is
owned by any persons d bed repute.
(91 H the applicaof is a paROership
or a corporation theapplicant shill desig-
nate a person to be manager and in re-
sponsible charge of thebusiness. Such
person shall remain reponsible for the
proper conduct of the business until an-
other suitable person has Dcen desigmted
in writing bytheapphcant.
(71 Saunas shall not be open for busi-
ness nor shall patrons be permitted on the
premises between the hours of 3:00 a.m.
a~ 8:00 a.m. d the same day.
Subd. 2 Construction and Mainte-
nance Requirements.
(11 All sauna rooms and all rest-
rooms and bathrooms used in connection
therewith shall be constructed d materi-
als which are impervious to mdsture,
bacteria, mold or fungus growth. The
floor to wall and wall to wall joints shall
be construced to provides sadtary cove
with a minimum radius of Doe inch.
121 All restrooms used in connec-
tion with saunas shall be provided with
mechanical vEOtilation with 2 cfd per
square foot of floor area, a midmum of 30
foot candles of illumination, a hand wash-
ing sink equipped with hot and cold rua-
dng water miler pressure, sadtary tow-
elsand asoap dispenser.
131 Each sauna estatlishment shalt
have a jadtor's closet which shall provide
for the storage of cleating supplies. Such
closet shall have mechanical tentibtion
with 2 cfm per square foot of [loon area
and a midmum of 30 foot candles of illu-
mination. Such closet shall include a mop
sink.
141 Floors, walls and equipment in
sauna rooms and in restrooms and in
bathrooms used in connection therewith
must be kept m a state of good repair and
clean at all times. Linens and other mate-
rials shall be stored at least 12 inches off
the floor Clean towels and wash cloths
must be made available for each custom-
er.
IS) Individual lockers shall be made
available for use by patrons. Such lockers
m •,
that it was first so ` `i `~'~`' ~ ~'-~ r ` l?AZT ~ ~-
published on the day of 19~
and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including
the day of 19 and that the following is a printed copy
he lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being
size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to-wit:
abcdefghi j klmnopgrstuvwxyz
abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this ~ ~ ~•~~ day of ~~~ ~ 19~~.
°ial Seal) ~
Notary Publ;i:, Hennepin County, Minn.
-pines December 26, 1973
shall have sepemte keys for locking.
161 Sucti establishments shall pro-
vide adequate refuse receptacleA which
shall be emptied as required.
Subd. 8. Masseurs and Masseuses
Employed in the Business. :
111 No such baafcesa shall empby
ar use any persoa,ae%aamasaearot mss--
sear m maaeeaae;~as deAped 1a84iaoedo-
to Smtutes,'.Seetioo-T48,33, onksa such
person is ttigistered with the: State 1[eard
of Medical Exaeaiaera as,.provMed by
Minoesote StatoteaM1 S4etloa 148.33
through 148:511:'Socb~a totorp seCtlgas~
are hereby, introrpnnatedby reference al{.%t ,
~artdthisordinaaco,`'., - ~ ...": ',;',.''.
121 Any'pel' n antftg -as a messear
m massense:hi., " :;sorb busicess shell
have his ragas cate'or a true
eepy there,,- ~tk,pr~irent
place oa the
Subd. 9. Ice lag Mi-
oars. No peroon-uadep, ~Sgp of 21
yea rs d age shau he employed,; a sauna
requiridg a ticeusp ender theprovisions of
this ottlinance.- ' ,>. ::
Subd. 10. Ideotifie~•t~' ~potEmploy-
ees. Upon demand by'ait~'pggae officer
any person engaged )n provi services
in any IiCensed.premises;' .identify
himself givingbis,traeleg "'and his
cor rest address. .•
Subd. 11. Befgrrl'any. per " ~•' ngages
in providiag.sefNices as•a' ur or
masseuse in auy:Hceased ee hment,
he shall registen'with tlue'i: _, apart-
ment tithe eky. Such. {', shall
indude:hU1 a pfq"-tuaopy~ , , son's
state registration:certif/®te 21 re-
cent, accurate Plwtuto~Aph'a•` .. egts-
When atry"such "em-
ployed by a S "rt-
ment shag tile, rt-
ment hsa'oa fHe' ~ 'list
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of the pEraom ~ ~
' or
masseusesoagtg'
Snbd.l$.~,rlq'
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has beeagriiitted " n
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for bashtess ~e
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sears or mesaeu "
ues have fdrst ' 44..
tration re9eg'em
Subd. 13, rEvei' j'
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or attempts to '''.to
commit, or sidle oc s-
sion of, any acY
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~ " ' f
this OrdlnBaet:, Whp
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n' In
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connectio
with o ?
sons or as, fpq ~- r-
y,
shall be d~" ry
person who 1' _, ly
or willfully i ' ' " "'re-
quires, perm saT• rvio-
late any oftko-provi ~yt~di-
nance is likewise gd~' d •
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Passed by
the Ctt~., ity
,
of Richfield, Mi 4 ,~i1th.~Y of
Ma Y. 1971. :.:,,~4,;jiv , ':.
(s/ STe~7L),'1' W: OLSON
Mayor
Attest:
/s/ THOMAS J. MOR AN
City Clerk
lMay 13,19711-RN