2.             Licensing by-law 2002-189 – schedule 20 – removal of 1916 merivale road from the list of permitted body-rub parlour locations

 

RÈGLEMENT SUR LES PERMIS 2002-189 – ANNEXE 20 – RETRAIT DU 1916, CHEMIN MERIVALE DE LA LISTE DES SALONS DE MASSAGE APPROUVÉS

 

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

That Council:

1.         approve amending Licensing By-law 2002-189, Schedule 20 relating to Body-rub Parlours, to remove 1916 Merivale Road from the list of approved Body-rub Parlour locations;

2.         suspend the requirement for a public consultation process due to the administrative nature of the report.

 

 

Recommandations du comi

Que le Conseil :

 

1.         d’approuver la modification de l’annexe 20 du Règlement no 2002-189 sur les permis concernant les salons de massage, afin de retirer de la liste des salons de massage approuvés le salon situé au 1916, chemin Merivale.

2.         de suspendre l’exigence d’un processus de consultation publique compte tenu de la nature administrative du rapport.

 

 

 

DOCUMENTATION

 

1.                  Deputy City Manager, Community and Protective Services report dated 23 October 2007 (ACS2007-CPS-BYL-0047).

 

 

 


 

Report to/Rapport au :

 

Community and Protective Services Committee

Comité des services communautaires et de protection

 

and Council / et au Conseil

 

23 October 2007/le 23 octobre 2007

 

Submitted by/Soumis par : Steve Kanellakos, Deputy City Manager/Directeur municipal adjoint,

Community and Protective Services/Services communautaires et de protection 

 

Contact Person/Personne ressource : Susan Jones, Director, By-law Services

By-Law Services/Services des règlements municipaux

(613) 580-2424 x 25536 , susan.jones@ottawa.ca

 

Ward 9, Knoxdale-Merivale

Ref N°: ACS2007-CPS-BYL-0047

 

 

SUBJECT:

Licensing by-law 2002-189 – schedule 20 – removal of 1916 merivale road from the list of permitted body-rub parlour locations

 

 

OBJET :

RÈGLEMENT SUR LES PERMIS 2002-189 – ANNEXE 20 – RETRAIT DU 1916, CHEMIN MERIVALE DE LA LISTE DES SALONS DE MASSAGE APPROUVÉS

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

 

That the Community and Protective Services Committee recommend that Council:

1.         approve amending Licensing By-law 2002-189, Schedule 20 relating to Body-rub Parlours, to remove 1916 Merivale Road from the list of approved Body-rub Parlour locations;

2.         suspend the requirement for a public consultation process due to the administrative nature of the report.

 

 

RECOMMANDATIONS DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Comité des services communautaires et de protection recommande au Conseil :

 

1.         d’approuver la modification de l’annexe 20 du Règlement no 2002-189 sur les permis concernant les salons de massage, afin de retirer de la liste des salons de massage approuvés le salon situé au 1916, chemin Merivale.

2.         de suspendre l’exigence d’un processus de consultation publique compte tenu de la nature administrative du rapport.

 

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

The report recommends that Licensing By-law 2002-189, Schedule 20 relating to Body-rub Parlours be amended to remove 1916 Merivale Road from the list of locations from which the operation of body-rub parlours is permitted.  On September 17, 2007, the License Committee rendered a decision to refuse a pending application for a body-rub parlour at 1916 Merivale Road.  This decision prompted the request for removal of this address as a potential location for a Body-rub Parlour.

 

RÉSUMÉ

 

Selon le rapport, il est recommandé de modifier l’annexe 20 du Règlement no 2002-189 sur les permis concernant les salons de massage, afin de retirer de la liste des établissements où il est autorisé de pratiquer des massages le salon situé au 1916, chemin Merivale.

Le 17 septembre 2007, le Comité des permis a rendu sa décision de refuser la demande en attente d’un permis de salon de massage au 1916, chemin Merivale. Cette décision est à l’origine de la demande de retrait de cette adresse de ladite liste.

 

BACKGROUND

 

The Ontario Municipal Act, 2006, PART IV, entitled LICENCES authorizes a municipality to license, regulate and govern businesses carried on within the municipality.  Section 151 (1)(a) of the Act further expands this authority to allow the municipality to define the area of the municipality in which adult entertainment establishments may or may not operate and to limit the number of licenses granted in any defined area in which these are permitted.  Section 151(1)(b) of the Act defines body-rub parlours as adult entertainment establishments.

 

DISCUSSION

 

On April 19, 2007, Committee approved amendments to limit the number of body-rub parlours under Schedule 20 of Licensing By-law 2002-189.  Council also approved a Motion stating that any new owner who applies for a body-rub parlour license must comply with a new location restriction of being 1,000 metres from a school, place of worship, daycare, public library, community centre, public park or a property zoned residential.  Approval of that Motion meant that some of the existing body-rub parlours would not be permitted under this new requirement.  Therefore an address list was created whereby these existing parlours would be permitted to stay open until they decided to close, at which time a new owner would have to comply with the new location restriction.

Thirty (30) body-rub parlours that currently have an active license were placed on the list of approved locations and two (2) pending applications that were received prior to the writing of the amendment were also placed on this list.  One of these pending applications was for 1916 Merivale Road. 

 

The license application for 1916 Merivale Road prompted an investigation that revealed there were reasonable grounds to believe that the carrying on of the business may be adverse to the public interest.  In accordance with the by-law, the application was rejected.  The applicant appealed the decision and a Hearing at the License Committee was scheduled for September 17, 2007.  The Committee heard the appeal and based on evidence, unanimously upheld the recommendation of the Chief License Inspector to refuse the issuance of a body-rub parlour license for 1916 Merivale Road.  If a new owner were to apply at this location, it would not be permitted under the new location restrictions.  Therefore staff recommends that 1916 Merivale Road be removed from the list of approved locations in the Body-rub Parlour schedule of the licensing by-law. 

 

A public consultation is required for all licensing by-laws.  In this case however, the requirement was suspended as the address being removed was only originally put in the by-law in consideration of the pending application for that address.  As the application was not approved and as there was not a previous Body rub Parlour at this address, there is no impact to the public on its removal from the by-law.

 

 

RURAL IMPLICATIONS

 

There are no rural implications associated with the recommendation.

 

 

CONSULTATION

 

Due to the administrative nature of the recommendations, no public consultation was undertaken.

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

There are no financial implications associated with this report

 

 

STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS:

 

This report does not have a direct impact on the strategic directions.

 

 

DISPOSITION

 

Legal Services Branch, in consultation with the By-law and Regulatory Services Branch to process the by-law to Council for enactment.