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Council asks staff to draft mobile‑sauna ordinance, suggests separate licensing from massage‑parlors

East Grand Forks City Council · September 23, 2025

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Summary

A proprietor operating mobile sauna services in Grand Forks asked to offer services in East Grand Forks; councilors and staff recommended separating sauna rules from massage‑parlor ordinances, licensing mobile units, limiting hours and addressing fire/safety for wood‑burning units, and asked staff to return with draft language.

Staff presented a request from an operator currently running mobile sauna services in Grand Forks who wants to provide the service in East Grand Forks. The city’s existing ordinance treats saunas under massage‑parlor rules and does not allow mobile massage services; staff asked whether…

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