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Item No: 6A Meeting Date: August 8, 2007 Type of Business: Action City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: Jim Ericson, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Review Potential Zoning Districts Therapeutic Massage Use Background: In response to what was then viewed as a deficiency to the City Code, the Council adopted Ordinance 583 on September 23, 1996 putting into place regulations and requirements relating to the licensure and operation of therapeutic massage businesses. Six years later, staff reviewed the issue of appropriate zoning locations with the City Council on November 4, 2002, after realizing that the enabling ordinance did not identify zoning districts within which such a business could be operated, or if the use would be permitted or require a conditional use. Because this was discussed at a worksession, there are no minutes to refer back to. While it was clear the issue needed to be resolved, no action was taken at that time. Discussion: Over the years, the City has received inquiries from individuals interested in opening a massage therapy business and from residents asking about massage therapy as a home occupation. It is however only recently that someone has decided to pursue such an enterprise and submit an application to the administration department. The leasing agent for Silver View Plaza contacted staff about a new massage therapy business that would like to locate in the mall and asked whether such a use would be permitted. The ONLY stipulation governing the location of such a business appears in the Massage Therapy City Code Section 514.10, Subd 2, which states the following: Zoning Compliance: A therapeutic massage enterprise may not be licensed if the location of such enterprise is not in conformance with Title 1100 of the Mounds View Municipal Code. As discussed at the Commission’s July 25, 2007 meeting, the Zoning Code is silent on such uses. The Commission felt that given the detailed and extensive licensing requirements already in place in Chapter 514 of the City Code, a conditional use permit would probably not be necessary, and the Commission further suggested that such a use, being sufficiently similar to a Chiropractor office or other health and beauty clinic, would be appropriate in commercial districts beginning with the B-2, Limited Business District (Silverview Plaza is zoned B-2.)