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• Subd. 2 Requiring License and Defining Businesses Operating within City. No person, partnership, corporation, or other organization shall operate a physical culture and health service or club, reducing club or salon, or massage parlor within the City, either exclusively or in connection with any other operation or enterprise, unless such business is,currently licensed under this Section. Subd. 3 Certain Businesses Exempt. A. The preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding,no business license .shall be required for a business establishment which offers massage as an accessory use if it meets all of the following criteria as evidenced by affidavits and other documents submitted to and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Clerk: 1. The principal activity of the business shall not be a massage parlor; 2. The annual gross revenue of the business from performing massage is less than 25%of the total annual gross revenue of the business as shown by financial statements or an affidavit signed by the authorized Officer of the business. In lieu of delivery of the aforementioned affidavit, at the direction of the City,the business shall be required to deliver, a certification from a certified public accountant, acceptable to the Manager, that the annual gross revenue from massage services, for the preceding • twelve months, is less than 25%of its total annual gross revenue for such period of time. 3. The room or rooms where massage is performed shall not have an exclusive entrance from or exit to the exterior of the building in which the principal business is located or to a public concourse or public lobby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, massage may be performed by an individual at the residence of the person receiving the massage. 4. All fees or other consideration derived from performing massage shall be received by and accounted for by the proprietor of the principal business. 5. All individuals performing massage in connection with the business shall be employees of the principal business or shall be independent contractors or agents who perform massage pursuant to a written agreement with the owner of the principal business. B. Any business that requests an exemption from the business license requirement shall submit the required affidavits and documents on an annual basis. The exemption request shall be due on or before the fifteenth day of March of each year. • 575.03 License Application and Procedures. Every application for a license under this Section shall be made on a form supplied by the Clerk and shall be filed with the Clerk. The provisions -2-