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<br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />MAY 21, 2007 <br />TITLE <br />EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ADOPTING A <br />45 DAY MORATORIUM FOR THE <br />ESTABLISHMENT OF MASSAGE PARLORS <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />o As Recommended <br />o As Amended <br />o Ordinance on 1 sl Reading <br />o Ordinance on 20d Reading <br />o Implementing Resolution <br />o Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />~12 <br /> <br />CIT MANAGER <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Approve an emergency ordinance of the City of Santa Ana adopting a 45 day <br />temporary moratorium on the establishment of any new or expansion of any <br />existing massage parlor, or issuance of new (non-replacement) massage <br />technician permits. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />In 2006 the City received only seven applications for massage related <br />permits. But in April of 2007 alone, the City received over twenty <br />applications. This upswing followed the March 2007 raid by the Orange <br />County District Attorney and the police departments of Orange and Anaheim <br />of ten facilities (massage parlors or acupuncture clinics) in Anaheim, <br />Orange, Tustin and Dana Point as being alleged fronts for prostitution. <br /> <br />A "massage parlor," is a facility whose business involves massage or <br />manipulation of the human body by any means that involves physical <br />contact with a masseur/masseuse or similar person. It does not include a <br />medical practitioner, chiropractor, acupuncturist, physical therapist or <br />similar professional person, if licensed by the State of California. Nor <br />does it include an athletic club, health club, school, gymnasium, state <br />licensed cosmetology or barber establishment, spa or similar <br />establishment <br /> <br />While some massage parlors are beneficial to the community and offer <br />needed services, others have been associated with a number of detrimental <br />impacts such as prostitution, late hours of operation, reduced property <br />values and noise. Provisions of Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal <br />Code do not specifically identify massage parlors as a land use or <br />designate zoning districts throughout the City where massage parlors may <br />be permitted. As such, these provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />need review, study and possible revision in order to respond to recent <br />concerns relating to the impacts of massage parlors and the potential <br />establishment of new massage parlors in the City. <br /> <br />50A-1 <br />