Massillon therapeutic massage remedy enterprise Metropolis Council listening to

Massillon therapeutic massage remedy enterprise Metropolis Council listening to
Massillon therapeutic massage remedy enterprise Metropolis Council listening to
  • A request for a variance by Jennifer McConnell to function her therapeutic massage remedy enterprise from residence on Taggart Avenue NE was denied by Massillon Metropolis Council on Tuesday evening.
  • Metropolis Council voted 6-2 to disclaim the variance request.
  • A number of Taggart Avenue NE residents spoke out for and towards McConnell’s request throughout a public listening to Tuesday evening.

MASSILLON – Doorways have been shut Tuesday evening on a metropolis lady who wished to run her therapeutic massage remedy enterprise from residence full time.

Metropolis Council voted 6-2 to disclaim a conditional use allow for Jennifer McConnell to function her enterprise, McConnell Remedy & Therapeutic massage, at her Taggart Avenue NE residence. The vote upheld the Massillon Board of Zoning Appeals’ resolution a number of weeks in the past.

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“Our zoning legal guidelines are in place for a purpose, and that is to guard our neighborhoods,” mentioned Councilman Mark Lombardi, R-Ward 1, who voted towards the variance. “We have to again these legal guidelines and causes.”

Massillon City Councilman Mark Lombardi, R-Ward 1

Metropolis regulation states that allows for residence companies are granted solely for instructional, tutorial or music instruction. McConnell was briefly working therapeutic massage enterprise from residence whereas her attraction course of was ongoing.

Previous to council’s vote, McConnell made her pitch to council members to grant the variance.

“I really feel to disclaim my request would create hardship for my household,” McConnell mentioned throughout a public listening to Tuesday on the problem. “It might create far more stress in our life (as a result of private household points).”