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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 06f02/2003 <br />A <br />Department Approval: Manager Reviewed: Agenda Section: <br />COrdinances <br />I WIIIII <br />Item Description. Consider applicant request for change of City Code, Chapter 309 limiting the <br />number of massage therapy establishments, and limiting the number of licensed therapists. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Current ordinances restrict the number of massage therapy establishments to eight and the <br />number of therapists for each establishment to four. The city has been approached by several <br />businesses that would like to offer massage. We are currently at our capacitor and are unable to <br />grant there a license. In addition manor of the currently licensed massage therapists work only a <br />couple hours a day and businesses have requested that they be allowed to have more therapists so <br />they can meet their demand. <br />The following establishments in Roseville are licensed to provide massage; <br />Salon Cheveux Herbergers/Mc Rae's Inc. <br />Elizabeth Arden Salon Juut Salon <br />Rocco Altobelli Ladies Workout Express <br />J. C. Penney Salon Therapeutic Massage & Bodyworks <br />City staff' has surveyed several ether cities comparable to Roseville's retail demographics, <br />including; Maplewood, Minnetonka, Bloomington, Golden Valley, Richfield and Edina. Done of <br />these cities limit the number of establishments or the number of licensed massage therapists. <br />The revenue that is generated from the license fees collected is used to offset the cost of police <br />background investigations and license administration. The costs associated with regulating <br />additional establishments will be offset by additional fees. <br />LOV 19 K X $190 10 1 DICI I <br />. City Code, Chapter 309 <br />' <br />4 <br />Staff is seeking direction on the licensing of massage establishments and massage therapists ind, <br />if necessary, set a public hearing for June 16, 2003 to consider amending City Code, Chapter <br />3091. <br />