While Mesa has many well known massage facilities such as Elements Day Spa and three Massage Envy locations, Mesa also has many lesser known facilities including: Asian Cherry Massage, Asian Gals Massage Therapy, Angel Massage and Spa and many others (see pagesĀ 7 andĀ 8 of this document from Mesa.gov for a complete list). The new massage ordinance places restrictions on massage business that police say will make it easier for them to determine which businesses offer legitimate therapeutic massage therapy and which do not.
The city of Scottsdale has had a similar ordinance in effect for several years, however, its effectiveness in combating illicit businesses is questionable. Even if massage ordinances are tighten up sufficiently in Mesa to stop illicit activities in massage parlor fronts, prostitutes can, and often do, simply move to other business fronts to continue there activities.

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