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Council leans toward local massage‑licensing ordinance rather than county IGA
Summary
Staff recommended a local ordinance to implement House Bill 24‑1371 background‑check requirements for massage establishment employees; council members favored retaining local decision‑making rather than an intergovernmental agreement that would escalate approvals to the Board of County Commissioners.
Toby presented staff analysis of House Bill 24‑1371, described in the meeting as a law to deter illicit massage businesses by requiring periodic background checks and fingerprinting for full‑time employees and certain contractors at massage facilities. "We can either create the city's own process for massage licensing or adopt the county's process and do an IGA with Douglas County," Toby said; staff recommended an ordinance so the city council would retain the licensing decision rather than deferring to the county process, which staff said would route decisions to the Board of County Commissioners.
Council members expressed varying views: Roger initially preferred the county handle the process but reversed when told a county IGA would bring licensing decisions before the BOCC. "If the county's process moves things up to the BOCC, then we've lost local control," Roger said after staff explained the county structure. Several council members (Corey, Cole, Jeff) said a local process could be faster and keep the city's business‑friendly permitting approach intact. Staff noted the city already performs background checks for liquor licensing and that only four massage business licenses currently exist in Castle Pines at two addresses, suggesting staff capacity to add the new licensing step.
No final ordinance was adopted at the meeting; staff will return with draft language and additional details about the county process and the city's proposed administrative approach.
