HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRPS-07-066 - Licensing Hearing - Caza Bacha Spa - 195 Victoria St. N.Report To: Councillor B. Vrbanovic, Chair and Members of the Finance
and Corporate Services Committee
Date of Meeting: May 28, 2007
Submitted By: R. Gosse, Director of Legislated Services/City Clerk
Prepared By: Patricia Harris, Manager of Licensing
Wards} Involved: 1
Date of Report: May 14, 2007
Report No.: CRPS-07-066
Subject: LICENSING HEARING -GAZA BACHA SPA -195
VICTORIA STREET NORTH
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Manager of Licensing's decision to refuse the application of Jamilah Sulema Musein to
operate an alternative massage centre at 195 Victoria Street North, Kitchener, Ontario be
confirmed.
BACKGROUND:
An application to operate an alternative massage centre has been received by the Manager of
Licensing for Jamilah Sulema Musein .The applicant wishes to operate her business at 195
Victoria Street North under the business name of Caza Bacha Spa. This applicant is currently
licenced as a Permanent Vendor by the City of Kitchener to offer cosmetic and electrolysis
services.
Alternative massage includes the kneading, manipulating, rubbing, massaging, touching or
stimulating by any means, of a person's body, but does not include services designed to appeal
to erotic or sexual appetites or inclinations and does not include medical or therapeutic
treatment performed or offered by persons qualified, licensed or registered under the laws of the
Province of Ontario.
REPORT:
Schedule `A' -Business Licence Procedure of Chapter 508 (Alternative Massage Centres) of
the Kitchener Municipal Code states in Section 3(d) "The Manager of Licensing shall not
process an application where that application is incomplete. An application will be deemed
incomplete where the Manager of Licensing has received an unsatisfactory report regarding an
investigation carried out pursuant to Chapter 500 of the City of Kitchener Municipal Code or any
other by-law of the City and the conditions causing the report to be unsatisfactory have not been
remedied.
It also states in Section 7(c) that the past or present conduct of any person, including the
officers, directors, employees or agents of a corporation, affords reasonable cause to believe
that the person will not carry on or engage in the business in accordance with the law or with
honesty and integrity and 7~f} the provisions of this Chapter provide grounds not to issue or
renew in the circumstances.
The Manager of Licensing has received information from an officer of the Waterloo Regional
Police that during a police investigation he was able to make arrangements for a massage
which included sexual services. Caza Bacha Spa is also listed on an adult services web site
offering massages.
Based on that information, the Manager of Licensing determined that the application for an
alternative massage centre should be refused.
COMMUNICATIONS:
The applicant has received a copy of this report and been informed of the date and time of the
Finance and Corporate Services Committee meeting.
(MRS) PATRICIA HARRIS
MANAGER OF LICENSING
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
COMMUNICATIONS:
(MRS) PATRICIA HARRIS
MANAGER OF LICENSING