The City of Mississauga has pressed charges against a sex doll rental business operating near Eglinton Avenue East and Dixie Road.

Aura Dolls offers customers visiting its website rental silicone dolls for sexual gratification. The location of the business is disclosed when an appointment is booked online.

The city says it has been investigating Aura Dolls since at least November. As of Dec. 13, the Aura Dolls website was still taking reservations with listed hours of operation between 8 a.m. and 2 a.m., Monday to Saturday.

According to an email from Mississauga’s senior media advisor Catherine Monast, the city has filed two charges against Aura Dolls, including operating an unlicensed adult entertainment business.

City bylaws permit only nine adult entertainment businesses to operate in the city at any given time. In the bylaws, an adult entertainment business means a location that provides “services appealing to or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or inclinations.”

According to Monast, the city is at “full capacity” for adult entertainment businesses and Aura Dolls is not eligible to operate in Mississauga.

The second charge is for having no certificate of occupancy, meaning the business allegedly changed the use of a building without obtaining proper certification from Mississauga’s zoning administrator.

A business offering similar services with the same name previously tried to open in Toronto in September 2018. According to Toronto councillor John Fillion, the business was not authorized to operate at its proposed location, and had its lease cancelled before opening.

According to its website, the establishment is “North America’s first known brothel that offers services with the world's most beautiful silicone ladies.”

Rates posted on the webpage range from $90 for 30 minutes to $480 for four hours with one doll.