Article: Golden Valley easing massage license rules; As of Friday, new policy will allow 6 licenses in city.(NEWS)

1/3 Golden Valley officials are relaxing restrictions on licensing massage businesses in the city.

The City Council last week approved revisions to a 20-year-old ordinance that had been intended to prevent use of massage businesses as fronts for prostitution. The revised policy becomes legal Friday, after it is published in the Sun-Post today.

There are more than 130 massage businesses in the Twin Cities area, but none in Golden Valley. The city has not granted a massage license since the restrictions were established, said Dean Mooney, director of public safety. The only massage therapists in the city must operate under chiropractic licenses.

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