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Elk River City Council Meeting October 4, 1993 Page 3 e COUNCILMEMBER FARBER MOVED TO CONTINUE DISCUSSION ON THE SCHOOL PARKING IN LION'S PARK UNTIL STREET SUPERINTENDENT PHIL HALS CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING SIGNAGE. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN MOVED TO AUTHORIZE THE MEASURES OUTLINED IN THE STREET SUPERINTENDENT'S THE TWO WAY STOP ON NORFOLK AT FOURTH STREET. SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. EIGHT TRAFFIC CONTROL 9/28/93 MEMO INCLUDING COUNCILMEMBER FARBER 4.3. Consider Ordinance Amendment to Section 704 Relating to Massage Establishments City Clerk Sandra Thackeray noted that there were two issues unresolved regarding the massage ordinance from the Council's last meeting on september 27. The issues pertained to communicable disease and on-site therapeutic chair massage. Councilmember Scheel noted that she had several concerns regarding the proposed ordinance. Some of her concerns related to the definition of massage, and language in the ordinance under Section 704.08 pertaining to restrictions and regulations, specifically relating to crimes of a sexual nature. e The Council discussed the issue of whether or not a massage therapist should be required to show proof that they are not carrying a communicable disease. The City Clerk indicated that after researching the subject, she found that the State Department of Health does not license massage therapists, and, therefore, the City can regulate in any way it chooses regarding this issue. She indicated that after researching several other cities, she noted that seven of ten cities required that the massage therapists be free of communicable disease. The City Clerk suggested that the language in the ordinance be amended as follows: "No person, while afflicted with any disease in a communicable form, or while a carrier of such disease, or while afflicted with boils, infected wounds, sores, or any acute respiratory infection, may work as, or use the services of, a massage therapist. No persons known or suspected of being afflicted with any such disease or condition shall be employed or permitted in a therapeutic massage establishment". The City Clerk noted that this language would require that both the massage therapist and the patient be free of such diseases and would not require the massage therapist to have a physical examination to prove that they are free of such diseases. It was the consensus of the Council that this language replace the previous language which required the massage therapist to prove that they are free of communicable diseases. e The City Clerk discussed the issue of on-site chair massage. She noted that the city's ordinance requires a minimum of 48 hours of education and supervised training. She further noted that on-site chair massage is new and that there are not many cities that list this type of activity in their ordinance. She noted that the Council must consider whether on-site chair massage is considered a therapy type of massage