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• 1 The maker of the motions then commented for the benefit- of the 2 neighbors who were present that he perceived the Commission had been 3 very sympathetic to their concerns which had resulted in TCF' s 4 proposal being tabled for a month so a traffic study could be done to 5 address those issues. He told them the Commission was not 6 disregarding the concerns they raised that evening, but perceived 7 those questions had been satisfactorily answered in the study which he 8 perceived had resulted in a very .good plan. 9 Commission Establishes Massage Therapy Standards with Approval 10 Recommendation for Rehab Dynamics 11 At 8 : 45 P.M. , the Chair Pro Tem opened the public hearing to consider 12 a request from Rehab Dynamics, Inc. in the Apache Medical Center for a 13 conditional use permit to allow office and therapy treatment space, 14 including occupational, physical, and speech therapy, therapeutic 15 massage, etc. in a "C" Commercial zone. He read the notice of the 16 hearing which had been published in the March 2nd Bulletin and sent to 17 all property owners of record within 350 feet of the subject property. 18 No one present reported failure to receive the notice or objected to 19 its content. 20 Mr. Childs had advised -in his March 9th memorandum to the Commission 21 that a conditional use permit would be necessary because the zoning 22 ordinance requires conditional approval for all "physical, culture, or 23 health gyms, spas, or clubs" and massage treatments in the past had • 24 been interpreted to fall within that classification. He had also 25 suggested the Commission recommend conditions which would limit the 26 applicants to exactly what they propose so future applicants for such 27 services would have to overcome a medically related precedent. 28 The Manager said he perceived this to be a straight forward request 29 but in view of past Council concerns about allowing questionable 30 services into the City had consulted the City Attorney. Mr. Soth had 31 suggested that by running the application through the usual 32 conditional use permit process, the City would be able to find out 33 from the applicants just how those treatments would be provided and 34 would then be able to apply relevance in applicable conditions to the 35 approval. 36 Mr. Childs reiterated that staff had received no calls either for or 37 against the proposal since the notice of the hearing had gone out. 38 Beth Kessler and David Nechas , co-owners of Rehab Dynamics, Inc. , were 39 present and Ms. Kessler indicated hers was a Medicare certified agency 40 which had assumed the office space in the Apache Medical Center, which 41 had previously been occupied by another rehab agency who had been 42 bought out by a national firm. 43 The agency owners, one of whom is a registered occupational therapist 44 and the other a registered physical therapist, explained to the • 45 Commissioners that: 10