The Minneapolis City Council will consider legalizing and regulating venues, such as adult bathhouses, where consenting adults can engage in sexual activity.
The city has banned such venues for nearly 40 years.
“In 1988, Minneapolis passed an ordinance to ban bathhouses. There were three bathhouses that existed in the city: Hennepin Baths, Locker Room Baths and Big Daddy’s Bath House,” MPR News stated.
“All of them closed prior to the ban. Locker Room Baths was known as the 315 Health Club at the time of closure,” it added.
The city council referred a package of four proposed ordinances to staff.
“The ordinances would create a licensing framework, update zoning regulations, revise health standards and add exceptions to existing indecency laws,” CBS News reports.
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CBS News explained further:
The proposed changes come as the city council also considers a
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