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-3- liquor operation. The May liquor sales and the Fire Department reports were then accepted as informational as was the April Police Department report following a discussion of the number and type of police calls reported and a progress report on the new Crime Watch program .by the Manager. The June 3rd memorandum from the Public Works Director in which he recommended the branch pickup program be . discontinued in 1983 because of the cost and time involved, was discussed at great length but action deferred until after the public hearings scheduled for that. time had been held. At 8 : 10 P.M. , the Mayor opened the public hearing on the proposed ordinance amendment to allow body tanning salons as conditionally permitted uses in the City which had been deferred until after .the notice of the hearing had been published as required. Consideration was given to both the .ordinance amendment and the application by Keith Grewe for a Conditional Use Permit under the ordinance amendment for the body tanning salon he- had proposed at several previous hearings to be opened in the lower level of .the Apache Plaza Shopping Center as soon as he gets the go-ahead from the City. Ordinance 1982-005 was given its second reading and Councilman Ranallo indicated he would vote against the ordinance amendment because he perceives including this type of operation as an approved use for the City might, in his opinion, "open the door to undesirable businesses such as saunas and massage parlors" . He indicated to Mr. Grewe that- even a visit to the St. Louis Park Tan Me salon had not changed his • mind. The applicant responded that he could not see how there could be anything in the manner in which other Tan Me salons are operated which could be a basis for the misconceptions he perceives had held up hisrequest approval since April. Mr. Grewe assured the Council- man he intends to operate only a legitimate business in St's Anthony and .insisted, the very fact that numerous Tan Me salons are being established with no problems related to approval , throughout the metropolitan area, should be an indication that only legitimate services- are being offered by these franchise owners . Further sub- stantiation of this fact, Mr. Grewe believes , is the fact that the Highland Park salon is run by a district judge ' s wife. Councilman Marks believes , since there has been absolutely no testi- mony offered during any previous hearings on this proposal that this is anything but a legitimate business , "there could be no way the Council could keep a legitimate business from operating in the. City" . . Councilman Enrooth agreed the lack of negative testimony lef", the City with "no -recourse other than to accept the tanning salon as a legiti- mate use under the City Ordinance" . The Mayor indicated he would propose the permit approval be made subject to "no violation of any law or ordinance taking place in the salon" , which he believes would give the City the latitude of enforc- ing any future laws which might be passed by any government agency , such as the FDA, which perceives a possible hazard .to health or safety of the clients of such an operation. No one other than Mr. Grewe appeared to speak for or against the amend- ment and the Mayor closed the hearing at 8 : 29 P .M.