Glendale hearing takes up renewal for Top Line Spot massage business after police visit; neighbor raises parking-damage complaint

On Jan. 28, 2026, hearing officer Roger Keesel heard a request to renew a conditional use permit for Top Line Spot, a massage establishment at 3702 Foothill Blvd in Glendale. Case planner Columba Diaz told the hearing the application (PCUP001235-2023) seeks to continue the existing use without changes to the building or operations and that staff found the required findings for a renewal were met.

Diaz said the 1,070-square-foot massage tenant occupies a 3,369-square-foot one-story multi-tenant building and that 14 surface parking spaces serve the site. She noted a prior CUP was approved in 2017 and that the permit had expired on Feb. 1, 2022. Diaz also said the Neighborhood Services Division had no significant concerns but recommended standard draft conditions addressing noise and safety.

City staff read a Glendale Police Department entry in the staff report: officers made a prostitution arrest at the business in August 2024, but the Glendale district attorney declined to file charges, and subsequent undercover operations did not identify additional violations. Diaz said the draft conditions were intended to address the police information and to help ensure responsible operation.

Consultant Ariel Gutierrez, speaking for the applicant, said the business has operated legitimately and urged renewal. "We are requesting a continuance of said conditional use permit that was granted, since day 1 with this establishment," Gutierrez said, and indicated the operator and staff would comply with required certifications and the draft conditions.

During public comment, neighbor Michael Carr of 3707 1st Avenue called in to report repeated vehicle impacts to the side of his permitted auxiliary dwelling unit that abuts the parking area. Carr said some bollards are present but incomplete and that vehicles have ‘‘crashed into my wall’’ in at least two places. He asked the city to require horizontal concrete wheel stops fixed with rebar to prevent further damage and said he previously requested such measures without success.

Hearing officer Keesel closed the public hearing and took the application under submission. He said a written decision would be prepared and mailed to the applicant and to persons who responded to the public notice; decisions may be appealed to the Planning Commission under Glendale Municipal Code Title 30, Chapter 30.62.

No vote was taken at the hearing. The staff recommendation, the police-reported incident and the neighbor's property-damage concerns will be part of the administrative record for the pending written decision.