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Canyon Lake council debates 45-day moratorium on new Town Center beauty shops; motion fails
Summary
Council debated a narrowly tailored 45-day moratorium on new brick-and-mortar beauty establishments in the Town Center to address perceived oversaturation and encourage diversity; after intense public testimony from salon-suite owners and merchants the mayor’s motion to adopt a limited moratorium failed for lack of four affirmative votes.
A proposal for a 45-day urgency moratorium on the establishment or expansion of “beauty establishments” in Canyon Lake’s Town Center dominated council discussion, with business owners, salon-suite managers and residents offering sharply different perspectives on whether the city should act.
City Attorney summarized the proposed ordinance (adopted under California Government Code §65858 if passed) as a short-term tool to halt new storefronts while staff studied longer-term zoning fixes such as numerical caps, use buffers or spacing rules. The proposed definition covered hair salons, barbershops, eyelash and makeup studios and similar personal-care uses.
Supporters — including several residents and…
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