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Nothing is finalized, he said, explaining he didn t want to burden the industry but was asking for input on if the ordinance was needed and would perhaps fill a gap as the state board doesn t regularly do any inspections.
Massage therapist and business owner Stephanie Ramsey said the state board had never inspected her operation in her 23 years in business.
Questions raised at the hearing were on a wide variety of issues, including possible fees, the ordinance s language, effects on in-home operations, therapists working at multiple locations and sanitation of facilities.
The elephant in the room, though, was the question of whether the city and police were trying to get at prostitution or illegal sexual activity, known for decades to be an issue in some operations nationwide.