Police: Nude cleaning service in Mason City may not be illegal



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MASON CITY – There is a nude cleaning service operating in Mason City, and police say it may not be illegal.

NIT recently spoke to a person who claims she, along with several others, are involved in running a nude cleaning service here in Mason City. The woman – who spoke to NIT on the condition of anonymity – says that she was recently homeless. After scrambling to find a roof over her head, she devised the idea to offer cleaning services – something she had done in the past – but add the twist of nudity to the money-making equation.



She soon brought on at least two other females and began to offer the service via Craigslist. Offers came in from around the area – including Mason City, Sheffield, and elsewhere – mostly from “lonely” men. The trio even went to the Minneapolis area for a job, she claimed. As described to NIT, they always work together until a client can be “trusted”. Then they consider going to a job site alone.

And, they really do clean while they are there. She says some of the houses and apartments they have been in are “disgusting” and “totally gross” but they do the best they can to clean the places up. Cost to hire: About $50 per hour plus travel expense. A typical job takes 2-4 hours and can include dusting, vacuuming , sweeping, etc.

In case you were wondering, “there is no sexual contact,” the proprietor of the business said. “Usually the men just watch us clean and that’s about it,” she said. NIT didn’t ask what the men were doing while they watched the nude ladies prancing around with cleaning supplies, brooms and dustpans, stark naked.

As an added perk, NIT is told they now have men who are involved and will clean in the nude.

As this business is a little out of the ordinary and seems to offer adult services, NIT consulted the MCPD as to their take on the matter.

“Nudity usually would be reviewed under obscenity, indecent exposure, or city ordinances for liquor license holders or zoning for adult-oriented business,” an MCPD spokesman said. “If it does not violate these 4 areas it may not be illegal if it is done inside on private property.”

NIT relayed this message to nude cleaning proprietor for her take on it. She said she didn’t believe the enterprise to be illegal, either, and added “it’s not a bad job. We have fun doing it, mostly. It beats starving.”