PL MINUTES 12182001 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Planning Commission Meeting Minutes December 18, 2001 • Page 10 1 Commissioner Thomas handed a copy of a nuisance form from California to Smith to 2 examine. He felt that the standard of the nuisance form still was subjective. 3 4 Vice Chair Stille suggested that they contemplate Commissioner Steeves' suggestion, 5 and go with Chair Melsha's suggestion at this time. 6 7 Smith indicated that Chair Melsha's suggestion was reasonable. 8 9 Motion by Chair Melsha, second by Commissioner Steeves, to recommend granting the 10 conditional use permit for Village North, LLP, 280137",Avenue Northeast with the 11 following conditions: 12 • Candle manufacturing can only occur between the hours of 6:00 a.m. through 13 4:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. 14 • The operation can operate as is for 120 days after which the Planning 15 Commission would hold a public hearing to determine whether, or not there exist 16 problems associated with the smell. 17 • Conditional use permit may be revoked if findings at the end of the 120-day 18 period indicate that the odor is injurious to the public health, welfare including 19 property values of the surrounding neighbors. 20 • At the end of the 120-day period,the City reserved the right to place any 21 additional, reasonable conditions on the use. ` • 22 23 Motion carried unanimously. 24 25 Chair Melsha clarified that nothing was approved this evening, and stated that the 26 conditional use permit request would go before the City Council on January 8, 2002. 27 28 8.2 City of St. Anthony: Require business license for therapeutic massage parlors and amend 29 Zoning Ordinance Section 3.635.02. 30 Henry stated that, a couple of months ago, arrests were made at one massage operation 31 for prostitution. She added that, under the present City Ordinance, therapeutic massage 32 is not a defined term and the City does not require a license, making it very difficult to 33 stop the operation of a massage operation where prostitution may be occurring. 34 35 Henry stated that by requiring massage operations to obtain a business license and 36 providing certain clearly delineated standards for operation,the City may more 37 effectively regulate these activities and ensure that only massage parlors are located in 38 the City. 39 40 Henry stated that the ordinance provides for a detailed application to be filed for the 41 license by the applicant,an investigation of the applicant by the Police Department, and 42 the standards for the manager to deny the issuance of a license. Henry added that, in 43 addition,the ordinance speaks to investigation and approval/denial of application, 44 including the suspension or revocation of the license and specifically provides that any 45 conviction for prostitution or any other crime or violation involving moral turpitude 46 results in a revocation of the license. 47