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Council flags security, staffing concerns for proposed 24/7 health club at 1101 Main Street
Summary
Council discussed a zoning-text amendment and special permit for a proposed 24/7 health club at 1101 Main Street; members raised safety and staffing issues with the proposed largely unstaffed overnight model and asked the police chief to provide a security report before the public hearing.
Carol (speaker 3) presented the zoning-text amendment and special-permit request for a 24/7 health club at 1101 Main Street. The planning commission recommended assigning approving authority to the planning commission for this use, but several council members favored keeping final approval with the council because of facility size and public-safety questions.
The mayor (speaker 1) voiced concern about long unstaffed periods, saying, "I have great concern about a business that is going to be open 24 hours and staffed only 0.5 of the time." Council members asked for the police chief's written security assessment (on monitoring, panic buttons, video monitoring, tailgater prevention and response protocols) before the public hearing. Staff said the applicant uses an app/fob entry model common to 24/7 chains and that the applicant provided security details; the council asked staff to arrange a chief-site visit to a comparable facility and to request more detailed operational hours and staffing plans from the applicant prior to decision-making.
