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• Item # 5 <br /> City of <br /> Elk4....., <br /> River <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Planning Commission <br /> FROM: Michele McPherso' 'Director of Planning <br /> DATE: April 9, 2002 <br /> SUBJECT: Case No. OA 02-01 <br /> Request by the City of Elk River for an Amendment to the <br /> Zoning Code to allow therapeutic massage as a permitted <br /> accessory use in certain districts and to amend the definition of <br /> "personal service establishment". <br /> 411 Request <br /> Consider a request by the City of Elk River to amend the zoning ordinance to allow <br /> therapeutic massage as an accessory use and to amend the definition of personal service <br /> establishment to specifically include therapeutic massage.This request would include adding <br /> therapeutic massage as an accessory use in the Business Park district as professional offices, <br /> including medical offices, are a permitted use in the Business Park district. <br /> Attachments <br /> • Changes to the Zoning Ordinance <br /> • Chapter 704 Regulating Massage and Sauna Establishments <br /> Overview <br /> Existing Ordinance <br /> Therapeutic massage is currently allowed as a conditional use in the following districts: Cl <br /> (Central Business), C2 (Office District), C3 (Highway Commercial) and as a conditional <br /> home occupation in all residential districts. A yearly license is also required(Chapter 704). <br /> Analysis <br /> IIIBecause medical clinics, chiropractic clinics and personal service establishments often <br /> include therapeutic massage as a form of treatment or as an accessory service, these <br />