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Council committee calls public hearing to add "massage parlor" to certificate-of-use rules amid trafficking concerns
Summary
After legal staff reviewed code provisions and enforcement tools, the council’s development committee voted to call a public hearing (Oct. 27) to add massage-parlor businesses to the city’s certificate-of-use framework and seek documentation verifying ownership, operator identity and licensing.
The Board of City Development and Planning voted to call a public hearing on Oct. 27 to consider amendments that would include massage parlors (and analogous health-and-wellness businesses where massage is provided) in the city’s certificate-of-use requirements, a step staff described as a regulatory measure to confirm legitimacy and guard against illicit activity.
City legal staff told the committee that the city already defines massage activities in its code and that adding massage parlors to the certificate-of-use regime would require applicants to provide…
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