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Lake Forest planning commission continues Hypnotique Wellness Center use-permit hearing to June 5
Summary
The commission continued a public hearing on a conditional use permit request for Hypnotique Wellness Center, citing code definitions for "massage" and interest in negotiating applicant-proposed restrictions. The item was continued to a June 5, 2025, meeting with re-notice.
The Lake Forest Planning Commission on April 3 continued the public hearing on a conditional use permit request from Hypnotique Wellness Center to establish a massage-related business at a Bridger Road storefront, directing staff and the applicant to negotiate possible self-imposed conditions and returning the item to the commission on June 5, 2025.
Commissioners said they were constrained by the municipal code’s definition of massage, and staff told the commission the applicant’s proposed services fall within that definition. "Massage means any method of pressure on or friction against or stroking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, etcetera of the human body," Ron Santos, planning staff, told the commission while citing the municipal-code definition used to determine land-use category.
The applicant asked the commission to distinguish the business…
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