Council approves special use permit for massage therapy business at 3105 Ira E. Woods Ave

Grapevine city council approved Special Use Permit SU25-01 to allow massage-therapy services in an existing multi-tenant building at 3105 Ira E. Woods Avenue (Suite 134), a space staff described as approximately 2,000 square feet.

Planning staff, represented by Kim Maroney, said the building currently houses 10 tenants including personal-service establishments, medical offices, restaurants, a former jujitsu gym, a catering business and a preschool. The proposed suite would include a lobby, four “foot massage” chairs (as stated in the presentation), nine private massage rooms, two restrooms and a staff lounge. Staff reported the development has 150 on-site parking spaces; combined parking demand for the existing tenants plus this use was listed as 104 spaces. When the multi-tenant building was initially approved, the required parking was 145 spaces.

The applicant's representative, Ryan Kao, said the business — identified in the presentation as 4 Town Massage Spa — will offer traditional Chinese massage and related services and that all therapists hold licenses. Kao said the firm operates a location in Highland Park, Brooklyn, New York, and that the proposed Grapevine location will follow a similar internal design. He confirmed the massage-room walls in the Grapevine location will go to the ceiling; the applicant stated that a photo shown from the New York location had partial-height partitions for air circulation but that the Grapevine site will have walls that touch the ceiling.

The Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval (recorded as a 5–2 recommendation in the staff presentation), and the council voted to approve SU25-01 in open session. No exterior building changes or new parking were required as part of the permit approval.