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Public testimony urges council to amend licensing to allow infrared sauna studios; ordinance laid over

5875611 · March 19, 2025
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Summary

Business owners and neighborhood advocates told the council a proposed code amendment to permit infrared-heated sauna fitness studios would expand local small-business options; the council closed the hearing and laid the ordinance over for final adoption next week.

The St. Paul City Council heard public testimony supporting a proposed amendment to the legislative code that would update licensing and definitions to allow infrared-heated sauna fitness studios and make other licensing clarifications.

The item, Ordinance 25-24, would amend chapter 427 of the Legislative Code to incorporate uniform license procedures and update license categories, including adding infrared-heated saunas to the appropriate fitness-studio definition.…

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