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Commission backs updating code to license massage establishments; therapists seek edits
Summary
The commission recommended changes to zoning definitions and supported a plan to license massage-therapy establishments after staff linked the proposal to state law aimed at curbing illicit businesses. Local licensed therapists urged the city to refine clinical language and meet with practitioners before Council action.
The Norman Planning Commission moved to recommend amendments that would add licensing and definitions for massage therapy establishments and delete outdated, suggestive terms from the adult-entertainment zoning definition.
City legal staff said the ordinance was drafted at the police department—s request after local data showed advertisements for locations appearing on known prostitution websites. "This ordinance came about at the request of the police department after noticing an uptick in certain establishments opening in Norman that purported to offer massage therapy, but were instead really a cover for…
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