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Report To:
Date of Meeting:
Submitted By:
Prepared By:
Ward(s) Involved:
Mayor C. Zehr and Members of Council
June 25, 2007
R. Gosse, Director of Legislated Services/City Clerk
Patricia Harris, Manager of Licensing
Date of Report:
June 18, 2007
Report No.:
Subject:
CRPS-07 -089
Licensing Hearing - 1685304 Ontario Inc. o/a Aromatherapy
Holistic Centre - 591 Lancaster St. W., Unit 7
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Manager of Licensing's decision to refuse the application of 1685304 Ontario Inc. to
operate an alternative massage centre at 591 Lancaster Street West, Unit 7, Kitchener, Ontario
be confirmed.
BACKGROUND:
An application to operate an alternative massage centre has been received by the Manager of
Licensing for 1685304 Ontario Inc. The applicant wishes to operate their business at 591
Lancaster Street West, Unit 7 under the business name Aromatherapy Holistic Centre. The
applicant corporation is currently licensed as an Alternative Massage Centre at 591 Lancaster
Street West, Unit 2 and is moving to Unit 7.
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 carryon or engage in the business in accordance with the law or with
honesty and integrity and 7(f) the provisions of this Chapter provides grounds not to issue or
renew in the circumstances.
The Manager of Licensing has received information from the Waterloo Regional Police Services
that during a recent investigation they spoke with patrons leaving the alternative massage
centre at 591 Lancaster Street West who had received sexual services. They are also listed on
an adult services website offering massages.
Based on that information, the Manager of Licensing determined that the application for an
alternative massage centre should be refused.
The applicant has the right to appeal this decision to Councilor a Committee of Council.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
COMMUNICATIONS:
The applicant has received a copy of this report and been informed of the date and time of the
Council meeting.
(MRS) PATRICIA HARRIS
MANAGER OF LICENSING
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
COMMUNICATIONS:
(MRS) PATRICIA HARRIS
MANAGER OF LICENSING