Ahead of a public hearing and vote on proposed changes to regulations for Fairfax County massage therapy businesses, some business owners in the Northern Virginia suburb are worried about a provision that would dictate when they can and can’t lock their doors.

For the first time in decades, the county is rewriting its oversight rules for massage therapy businesses, a step that some have been warning for months could come with consequences.

There are three different versions of the regulations the Fairfax County Supervisors will consider. They’re all largely the same, except for details about controlled entry.

Tuesday’s scheduled public hearing and vote comes years after a March 2020 Board of Supervisors discussion about ways to crack down on illicit massage businesses operating in the c

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