[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Littlestown, 3-22-1983 by Ord. No. 340 (Ch. 36 of the 1994 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purpose of this chapter, the words and phrases set forth
below shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:
The failure to conceal with a fully opaque coverings the
sexual or genital parts of the body of any person.
Any method of pressure on or friction against or stroking,
kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, vibrating or stimulating of
the external parts of the human body with the hands or with the aid
of such mechanical electrical apparatus or appliances, with or without
such supplementary aids as rubbing alcohol, liniments, antiseptics,
oils, powder, creams, lotions, ointment or other such similar preparations
commonly used in the practice of massage, under such circumstances
that it is reasonably expected that the person to whom the treatment
is provided or some third person on his or her behalf will pay money
or give any other consideration or any gratuity therefor.
Any establishment having a source of income or compensation
derived from the practice of massage and which has a fixed place of
business where any person, firm, association or corporation engages
in or carries on the practice of massage.
Includes the genitals, public area, buttocks, anus or perineum
of any person or the vulva or breasts of a female.
The operation of a massage parlor in which any of the following
activities are carried on is hereby prohibited:
A.
The treatment of any person of the opposite sex, except upon the
signed order of a licensed physician, osteopath, chiropractor or registered
physical therapist, which order shall be dated and shall specifically
state the number of treatments. The date and hour of each treatment
given and the name of the person or persons giving the treatment shall
be entered on such order by the establishment where such treatments
are given and shall be available for inspection by the police. The
requirements of this provision shall not apply to treatments given
in the residence of a patient, the office of a licensed physician,
osteopath or registered physical therapist, chiropractor or in a regularly
established and licensed hospital or sanitarium.
B.
The massage of or physical contact with the sexual or genital parts
of one person by any other person.
C.
The exposure of the sexual or genital parts of the body of any person.
A.
Fines. Any person who shall violate this chapter shall be liable,
upon summary conviction for a first offense and upon summary conviction
of each subsequent offense, to a fine of not less than $100 nor more
than $300, together with costs of prosecution, in each case. Each
day that a violation shall continue shall be deemed to be a separate
offense and shall be punishable as such. Fines and costs imposed under
the provisions of this chapter shall be enforceable and recoverable
in the manner and at the time provided by applicable law. Upon refusal
of any persons convicted of a violation of this chapter to pay such
fine and costs, such person shall be imprisoned in the jail of Adams
County for a period not exceeding 30 days.
B.
Injunction. Council may institute proceedings in equity in the Court
of Common Pleas of Adams County, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of
enjoining the sale, resale, lending, distribution, exhibit, gift or
show of such pornographic literature, book, magazine, pamphlet, newspaper,
storypaper, paper, comic book, writing, drawing, photograph, figure
or image or any written or printed matter of an obscene nature or
any article or instrument of a pornographic nature contrary to the
provisions of this section, and for such purposes, jurisdiction is
hereby conferred upon said Court. A preliminary injunction may issue
and a hearing thereafter be held thereon in conformity with the Rules
of Civil Procedure upon the averment of the Council that the sale,
resale, lending, distribution, exhibit, gift or show of such publication
constitutes a danger to the welfare or peace of the community.
