File #: ORD 24-124    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/29/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/5/2024 Final action:
Title: Consideration of and action on an ordinance restricting massage business in the City of Deer Park, Texas.
Attachments: 1. Massage Business-10-2024 (AS)
Requester: Police

Title

Consideration of and action on an ordinance restricting massage business in the City of Deer Park, Texas.

Body

Summary: 

The ordinance will require detailed information about the owners and business partners of the proposed massage business during the application phase which will trigger a character investigation to help combat human trafficking and other illegal activities. 

 

The ordinance will set forth:

-                     Set forth procedures for denial of the application, and/or revocation should that be required;

-                     Prohibit working without a state license, in sexual contact with customers, or agreement to engage in sexual contact with customers or working in the nude; and

-                     Set forth operating hours, and regulate specific conduct within the business such as prohibiting using it as a dwelling, prohibiting alcohol on premises, and sanitation standards. 

 

Fiscal/Budgetary Impact: 

N/A.

Recommended action

Approve the ordinance restricting massage business in the City of Deer Park, Texas.