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Item # 6.5.
MEMORANDUM
Mayor & City Council
Michele McPherso(~irector of Planning
January 6, 2000
Case Number: CU 99-35
Request by AC Total Body Care for
Therapeutic Massage
Request
Annette Miller, AC Total Body Care requests that a conditional use permit be approved
to allow therapeutic massage at a new salon at 18857 Freeport Avenue.
Location
18857 Freeport Avenue
Zoninq/Land Use
C3 (Highway Commercial)/HB (Highway Business)
Attachments
· Location Map
· Floor Plan
History
AC Total Body Care was located in the Martin Plaza located on Highway 10. A
conditional use permit and therapeutic massage license was issued for that premise
first in 1994 to the applicant's sister. They have now relocated to the Freeport Avenue
location in a four tenant multi-tenant building.
Analysis
AC Total Body Care is a full-service salon with hair, nail, and massage services.
Therapeutic massage will be a small part of the overall business, with an approximate
10' x 10' room devoted to massage therapy. The applicant's sister will again be the
13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425
Memo to the Mayor & City Council/CU 99-35
January 6, 2000
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masseuse. She is proposing to offer services approximately 20 hours per week to start
until her clientele expands. Traffic should not be severely impacted by this service; the
parking for the building is more than adequate.
A separate massage therapist license will need to be obtained from the City prior to
commencement of the services.
Planning Commission Action
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of the request to
the City Council.
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the request to allow therapeutic
massage with the following condition:
1. A massage therapist license be obtained prior to commencement of services.
City of
13065 Orono Park'way · P.O. Box 490
Elk River, MN 55330
LOCATION
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