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February 12, 2015, 6:03 PM Last updated: Thursday, February 12, 2015, 6:03 PM
NEW MILFORD – The borough is considering a new ordinance that would increase oversight of massage parlors following the arrest of a woman on charges of soliciting sex for money.
Officials closed the Sunny Acupressure Spa on Main Street after the December arrest of Ta Li Mi, 50, of Flushing, N.Y. They found employees were sleeping on the premises overnight, a code violation, Councilman Ulises Cabrera said.
But employees stopped staying there overnight, and the spa was able to reopen within days.
Police said Mi was found guilty of disorderly conduct in municipal court on Wednesday and was ordered to pay a fine of $1,039.
On Thursday afternoon, the spa’s front door was locked despite a neon sign announcing the business was open. Sunflower-patterned plastic sheeting hung in the window, blocking the view into the building. A woman who answered the door declined to give her name or comment on the incident.
A new ordinance would give the borough the authority to shut down a massage parlor permanently. It would require background checks for all employees, state massage therapy licenses and adherence to rules about the physical layout of the facility, Cabrera said.
It could also require massage parlors to purchase an operating license from the borough each year. The borough would have the authority to revoke the licenses.
“If you’re a legitimate business, you shouldn’t have any problems with these restrictions,” Cabrera said. But if a business cannot clear these hurdles, he said, “You’re not going to set up shop in New Milford.”
Cabrera said the only other massage parlor in the borough is on Madison Avenue.
The borough also has filed a complaint against Sunny Acupressure Spa in Superior Court in Hackensack seeking to revoke the business’s certificate of occupancy. The spa continues to advertise the business “in such a way as to insinuate more services are available besides massages,” the complaint said.
The spa’s previous location was in Bergenfield, “where they were closed down due to illegal activity, including prostitution,” according to the complaint.
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NEW MILFORD – The borough is considering a new ordinance that would increase oversight of massage parlors following the arrest of a woman on charges of soliciting sex for money.
Officials closed the Sunny Acupressure Spa on Main Street after the December arrest of Ta Li Mi, 50, of Flushing, N.Y. They found employees were sleeping on the premises overnight, a code violation, Councilman Ulises Cabrera said.
But employees stopped staying there overnight, and the spa was able to reopen within days.
Police said Mi was found guilty of disorderly conduct in municipal court on Wednesday and was ordered to pay a fine of $1,039.
On Thursday afternoon, the spa’s front door was locked despite a neon sign announcing the business was open. Sunflower-patterned plastic sheeting hung in the window, blocking the view into the building. A woman who answered the door declined to give her name or comment on the incident.
A new ordinance would give the borough the authority to shut down a massage parlor permanently. It would require background checks for all employees, state massage therapy licenses and adherence to rules about the physical layout of the facility, Cabrera said.
It could also require massage parlors to purchase an operating license from the borough each year. The borough would have the authority to revoke the licenses.
“If you’re a legitimate business, you shouldn’t have any problems with these restrictions,” Cabrera said. But if a business cannot clear these hurdles, he said, “You’re not going to set up shop in New Milford.”
Cabrera said the only other massage parlor in the borough is on Madison Avenue.
The borough also has filed a complaint against Sunny Acupressure Spa in Superior Court in Hackensack seeking to revoke the business’s certificate of occupancy. The spa continues to advertise the business “in such a way as to insinuate more services are available besides massages,” the complaint said.
The spa’s previous location was in Bergenfield, “where they were closed down due to illegal activity, including prostitution,” according to the complaint.
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