No massage parlor for the old Parkway Mario Furloni on September 11, During a hearing on Thursday afternoon at City Hall, officials announced that the woman applying for a permit to open a massage business on the second floor of the old Parkway Theater had withdrawn her request, which had drawn many objections from neighbors. The Special Activity permit regulates different types of businesses, including massage establishments, bingo halls, cabarets and movie theaters. Sanchez said that before she withdrew her application, his office received 21 emails over the past few weeks from local residents and business owners opposing the installation of the massage business.
Another was that a background check had revealed that the applicant had once been arrested for prostitution in South Carolina. However, the charges against Seo were later dropped, as was the case with two of the other three women arrested, Woodward said.
In practical terms, this meant that the burden was on Seo to prove the massage business would not negatively affect the neighborhood. Local business owners seemed for the most part glad to receive the news of the permit application withdrawal. One local merchant said that he was relieved Sun Spa will not be setting shop in the neighborhood.
Business Development Economy Politics. AC Transit to cut serviceβwhat do riders think? An East Bay businessman with extensive movie theater experience says he is currently talking to the Chengs, owners of the Parkway building. An encouraging sign, but hopes were similarly raised some months ago when an out-of-state group called Motion Picture Heritage Corporation was reported to be in negotiations to take over theater operations before talks subsequently broke down.
A recent proposal to open a massage parlor drew the ire of many neighbors and appears to have been deep-sixed after the applicant withdrew her petition. Oakland North welcomes comments from our readers, but we ask users to keep all discussion civil and on-topic. Comments post automatically without review from our staff, but we reserve the right to delete material that is libelous, a personal attack, or spam. We request that commenters consistently use the same login name.
