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1 When Chair Wagner pointed out that the hours of operation for Rehab 2 Dynamics had been restricted to only Medicare approved times which 3 probably wouldn't extend into the evening hours, Ms. Cooney indicated •4 it would be very important for her to be able to hold classes in the 5 evenings to accommodate students who worked during the day. She said 6 she saw no reason for conducting massage treatments after 10:00 P.M. and 7 agreed not to hold seminars on Sunday before noon. The school director 8 said she had no problem with the other conditions the City had imposed 9 on Rehab Dynamics and reiterated that she also was a member of the 10 American Massage Therapy Association, as indicated in the copy of 11 the certificate in the agenda packet, and would be complying with the 12 standards of conduct they had established. 13 There being no one else present to speak for or against the permit the 14 hearing was closed at 8: 31 P.M. for Commission discussion. 15 The Chair told Commissioner Franzese he perceived the City would want 16 to continue to impose conditions on this type of activity in the City 17 and would therefore not want to make therapeutic treatment centers 18 permitted uses over which the City had no control. Mr. Childs pointed 19 out that if the application had only been for a massage school, no 20 permit would have been necessary because a school would have already 21 been a permitted use in that zoning district, but the City Attorney had 22 recommended that a more restrictive approach be taken regarding 23 therapeutic massage treatment centers. It was noted that one of the 24 other tenants in that same building, Domino's Pizza, stayed open late 25 most nights for pick up and phone delivery service. 406 Commissioner Madden indicated he could see no reason for treating this 7 business any differently than any other business which operates in the 8 City on Sundays. The consensus was that the hours of operation for 29 Rehab Dynamics had been restricted to the hours it had only because 30 those were the hours the applicant had asked for. Commissioner 31 Werenicz' concerns about allowing massage treatments much past 10:00 32 P.M. were accepted in view of the fact that the applicant had indicated 33 her classes would be out by then and the fact that Ms. Cooney had 34 indicated she didn't intend to take appointments for massage treatments 35 past 6:00 P.M. and at the latest they would be finished shortly after 36 7:00 P.M. The Commissioners concurred that the second condition 37 imposed on the Apache Medical Building massage treatment facility 38 should provide the necessary safeguards against any illegal activities. 39 The maker of the following motion said the documents in the agenda 40 packet attesting to the applicant's reputation and professional training 41 as well as her stated intent to comply with the code of ethics of the 42 massage association had convinced him that concerns which might be 43 valid for other treatment centers of the same nature should be no 44 problem with this particular facility. Commissioner Hansen also pointed 45 out that he was recommending the permit be issued only to Ms. Cooney, 46 Director of the school which would assure that the permit couldn't be 47 transferred to another owner. There were no Commission objections to 8 •