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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980 Resolution No. 017• -. • • • RESOLUTION NO. 17 SERIES OF 1980~ A RESOLUTION DENYING THE APPLICATION OF MU CHA MULLINS FOR MASSAGB PARLOR LICENSE WITHIN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO. 1/ WHEREAS, Mu Cha Mullins has heretofore made application, purauant to the provisions of Colorado Massage Parlor Code 12-48.5, for a Health Therapy License to be located at 4370 South Broadway, Englewood, Colorado1 and WBBRBAS, notice of said application and notice of public hearing thereon having been given, and the hearing having been conducted on the 14th day of April, 1980 before the City Council, as the local licensing authority1 and WBBREAS, all procedural requirements of the statute having been complied with. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, as follows: That baaed upon the application of Mu Cha Mullins, D/B/A The Health Spa, and the statements, testimony and exhibits received at the public hearing, the City Council of the City of Englewood, as the local licensing authority, pursuant to Article 48.5, Title 12, CRS '73, as amended, does hereby make and adopt the following findings and conclusions: 1. That the applicant, Mu Cha Mullins, D/B/A The Health Spa, i• a tenant of Robert L. Schear, as landlord, for the premiaes at 4370 South Broadway, Englewood, Colorado, said lease having been entered into November 30, 1979 for a term of eight (8) years (see Exhibit~ , Business Lease). 2. That said applicant has not been convicted of a felony or a crime within any court of the United States or within any court of record within any state or territory of the United States. 3. That all legal notices, publications and postings with reference to public hearing were proper and consistent with the requirements of Colorado Massage Parlor Code 12-48.5. 4. That the City Council designated an area of one (1) mile in radius as the •neighborhood• to be considered in either granting or denying the applicant's request for said Massage Parlor License. • • • • • 5. Mr. Max Scott, President of Oedipus, Inc., 1200 Pearl Street, Boulder, COlorado, testified that he was employed by the City to conduct a survey to determine the needs and desires of the re•ident• of the neighborhood. Re submitted his report con- taining the .. thod of petitioning and the statistical results of the survey (City'• Exhibit B) and submitted seven (7) petitions (City'• Exhibit• Cl through C7). The results of the "Oedipus" survey revealed that out of the total contacts made, signatures of 85 (or 24.431) favored issuance and the siqnatures opposing issuance or refusal• a• per the statute totaled 258 (or 75.57t). 6. The applicant, Mu Cha Mullins, was represented at the hearing by Mr. David Carey, Attorney at Law, who offered testimony frcm the applicant'• husband, Mr. Kenneth Mullins. Be testified that he va• in the military service returning to his post in West Gezmany within the next several weeks. Mr. Robert L. Schear of Lakewood, Colorado, testified that he was the owner of the property in que•tion and had entered into a lease agreement with the applicant, that said lease agreement was not contingent upon the applicant receiving a license for a massage parlor. Re further testified, however, that should the applicant not receive a Massage Parlor License under the State Act, he would in fact relieve her of the obligations of the lease. A Ms. Jong Bo Kim appeared on behalf of the applicant and testified as to the need for the license in the neighborhood • 7. Mayor Otis requested those who opposed the license to come forward to offer testimony with reference to the issues, and Mr. William Porter, 4860 South Lincoln, appeared in opposition and a•k•d que•tions of Mrs. Mullins regarding her qualifications to operate a ma•aage parlor. 8. The council finds that there is currently licensed a health therapy establishment (a massage parlor) pursuant to Chapter 7, Article IX, of the Englewood City Code, known as the Korean Ma••a9e located at 4171 South Broadway, Englewood, Colorado, and within the neighborhood as designated by City Council. WllBRBPORB, the City Council finds, determines and concludes from the •tat ... nts of the witnesses, the exhibits and petitions presented at the hearing that the vast majority of the residents of the neighborhood neither need nor desire the services of the Massage Parlor propo•ed by the applicant. Further, the Council finds that th• Korean Maasage, at the above address, being approxi- mately twelve hundred (1200) feet north of the proposed application adequately aerve• the reasonable needs and requirements of the neighborhood. -2- • • • • • • • NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, based upon the record and evidence contained herein, that the application of Mu Cha Mullins, D/8/A The Health Spa, for the issuance of a Massage Parlor License at 4370 South Broadway, Englewood, Colorado, be and hereby is denied. ADOPTBD AND APPROVED this 5th day of May, 1980. ~-%:~ ---, Mayor Attest: - .~1o1tfy4i.~ I, Gary R. Higbee, ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer of the Ci ty of Bn9lewood, Colorado, do hereby certify that the above a nd foregoing ia a true, accurate and complete copy of Resolution No. 17 , Series of 1980, adopted and approved by City Council on the 5th day of May, 1980. le1G~~ ' ao&lqbr/?-c..-- -3-