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Lake Forest Council extends temporary moratorium on new massage establishments for 10 months, 15 days
Summary
The Lake Forest City Council voted 4-0 on Sept. 16 to extend an urgency ordinance temporarily banning new massage establishments while staff studies zoning and regulatory changes following reports of unlicensed operations and alleged illicit activity.
The Lake Forest City Council on Sept. 16 voted 4-0, with Councilman Doug Serbo absent, to extend an urgency ordinance imposing a temporary moratorium on new massage establishments for 10 months and 15 days.
City staff said the pause is intended to give time for research and stakeholder outreach after staff reported a rise in massage businesses operating without valid licenses and “reports of illicit activities such as prostitution.” Amy Stoneage, assistant director of community development, told the council the city adopted a 45-day moratorium on Aug. 19 and that state law allows two possible extensions that together can last up to two years.
Stoneage said, “Since adoption of the moratorium, city staff began conducting a comprehensive review of existing massage-related regulations…
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