Agenda Item Wording:
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Massage Establishment Ordinance Discussion - Consideration of and direction on initiating potential Municipal Code updates to Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 5.68 Massage Establishments.
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Deadline for Action: 5/19/2025
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Tracy Robertshaw, Neighborhood Preservation Manager, (559)713-4187, tracy.robertshaw@visalia.city
Paul Bernal, Planning and Community Preservation Director, (559)713-4025, paul.bernal@visalia.city
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that City Council conduct a review of Chapter 5.68 that governs how massage establishments operate and conduct business. Based on the information provided, the City Council may direct staff to formulate changes related to massage establishments and begin processing a Municipal Code Text Amendment to implement these changes.
Executive Summary:
In March of 2024, based on an increase in requests for Conditional Use Permits (CUP) for massage establishments Council approved an Urgency Ordinance to regulate the location and operational requirements for massage establishments. In doing so, staff also informed the City Council that staff would also seek to update the current massage business requirements/regulations as defined in Chapter 5.68 Massage Establishments of the Visalia Municipal Code.
This Work Session staff report is an overview of staff's recommendations to the City Council on changes the Council could direct staff to implement, including additional input from the Council on items they would like to have addressed in the massage ordinance update which will be brought back to the City Council for consideration to adopt at a future public hearing. Please note direction received from the City Council regarding potential changes to Chapter 5.68 will also be shared with the appropriate stakeholders for their input prior to bringing back a formal ordinance adoption through the public hearing process....
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