Orlando Massage Parlors: Adult businesses back on agenda

A separate zoning ordinance change would limit such businesses to industrially zoned areas of the city. New Haven provides a number of areas zoned industrial, which should give any would-be business owners some flexibility, Van Gilder said.
The ordinance would also prevent such locales from opening within 1,000 feet of a school, church, park or residential property.
The proposal also calls for amending an existing city law that regulates massage parlors.
The new version reflects a state law that took effect this year outlining how massage therapists can receive a state certification.
Any state-certified therapist would be exempt from the new city licensing process, which requires a background check. Businesses must also provide certain restroom facilities and meet sanitation requirements.
The idea is to not penalize legitimate massage therapists, officials said. The citys current ordinance was drafted more than 10 years ago; the city had previously experienced a wave of massage parlors that acted as fronts for prostitution and other criminal enterprises.

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