PLNP2024-00123 Streamlined Review For Massage Establishments and Providers
Summary
SCH Number
2024120493
Public Agency
Sacramento County
Document Title
PLNP2024-00123 Streamlined Review For Massage Establishments and Providers
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/12/2024
Document Description
The project consists of a County initiated Zoning Ordinance Amendment to amend Chapter 1, Chapter 3 and Chapter 6 of the Sacramento County Zoning Code to streamline the review for massage establishments and providers. This Zoning Ordinance Amendment is being processed as part of a County Code Update to Chapter 4.36 (Title 4 Business Regulations – Massage Enterprises and Providers). The Zoning Code amendment will include rescinding the Minor Use Permit and distance separation requirements for massage establishments, and instead shift distancing and other regulatory requirements to County Code Chapter 4.36 as Sacramento County Finance Department and Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department have enforcement authority. The Zoning Code amendment will also include provisions for certain businesses that have been deemed discontinued (loss of nonconforming status) to be reinstated by the Planning Commission through a Certificate of Nonconforming Use.
Contact Information
Name
Julie Newton
Agency Name
Sacramento County Planning
Job Title
ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Sacramento
Counties
Sacramento
Regions
Countywide
Parcel #
Countywide
Other Location Info
All portions of Unincorporated Sacramento County
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
General Rule – 15061(b)(3) The activity will not result in direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in
Reasons for Exemption
The current requirement for massage establishments or massage providers to obtain a Minor Use Permit from County Planning and Environmental Review (PER) does not solve the ongoing nuisance or illegal activity associated with massage establishments. Because a Minor Use Permit, as a land use entitlement, runs with the land – and not with either the applicant, massage enterprise or massage provider – the entitlement approval does not give PER the authority for operational enforcement. Furthermore, PER does not have the authority for the licensing, regulation of operations, and/or enforcement of massage enterprises and massage providers, as those responsibilities lie with the County Finance Department and County Sheriff’s Department, through enforcement of Sacramento County Code Chapter 4.36 (Title 4 Business Regulations – Massage Enterprises and Providers).
The proposed project will remove the Minor Use Permit requirement and instead limit PER’s authority to only land use consistency and compatibility, allowing for massage establishments solely based on location within the appropriate commercial zoning districts (which will be within existing development) and allow the Finance Department and Sheriff’s Department to have greater authority over their regulation of massage operations as it relates to issuance of licenses, revocation of licenses, or enforcement. As such, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the proposed project may have a significant impact on the environment and is therefore exempt from the provisions of CEQA.
County Clerk
Sacramento
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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