Buffalo Grove Takes Closer Look at Massage Parlor Regulations

Buffalo Grove trustees are asking village staff to go back to the drawing board to work on wording for a proposed ordinance meant to weed out massage parlors that participate in prostitution activities.

At a meeting on Monday, deputy village manager Jennifer Maltas presented an ordinance, which would allow village officials to revoke the license for a massage establishment and not allow another one in the same location for two years, according to the Daily Herald. Trustees criticizing the ordinance said it was too broad and tabled the matter for a future date.

Trustee Jeffrey Berman said the problem with the language of the proposed ordinance is that the moratorium could apply for a license revoked for reasons other than prostitution, according to the Daily Herald. Malta said the leasing blackout is meant only for massage parlors.

The proposed ordinance listed 10 reasons for revoking a license, which could apply for any license holder in town, according to the article.

“What you have done is you have wrapped into this ordinance such petty offenses as not paying a bill for a period of time that would empower the village president not only to revoke the license, but to impose a 24-month blackout on the property owner for reletting the premises for what is otherwise a lawful and legitimate business,” Berman said.

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