Following complaints about criminal sexual conduct at a Canton massage parlor in 2018, members of the township board of trustees have updated the ordinance language applicable to these facilities, along with several others in the township.
In 2018, a young woman was living at the massage establishment, noted Responding to a query at the recent meeting, Canton Public Safety Director Joshua Meier said that massage parlor checks, “will be random by design so we can enforce the ordinance as written.”
Canton Clerk Michael Siegrist explained that the ordinance is clear about the facilities. “Two massage establishments cannot be within 1,000 feet of each other,” Siegrist said. Siegrist added criminal convictions such as sexually-oriented soliciting will, under the new law in Canton, have a seven-year “cooling off” period rather than five years. Williams thanked Siegrist and others for “a lot of good high-quality meetings (that) got us to this point.”
Canton Board of Trustees members
In other business, Trustee Anne Marie Hudak asked Meier if there had been increased medical rescue calls to senior health care facilities in light of the current
“It has not been an easy time. From my perspective the township seems to be operating on an even keel,” with the average
“We're in a unique position financially” compared to other municipalities, Williams said. “We'll make the best decisions we can as a team,” he added.
