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| Change would allow massage therapists to strike out on their own By JOHN MUNFORD An ordinance modification to open the door for professional massage therapists to operate in Fayetteville will be considered by the City Council at its regular meeting Thursday night. The current ordinance requires that professional massage therapists work in conjunction with a doctor, chiropractor or in association with athletic training. Otherwise, the massage therapist would fall under the definition of massage parlor under the city’s sexually-oriented businesses statute. The new ordinance, if approved, would no longer require massage therapists to work with a doctor or chiropractor or in association with athletic training. The massage therapist would be allowed to hold an individual business license and practice out of their own office. In other business, the council will also consider a new ordinance to regulate displays of public art. The ordinance would require displays of public art to be reviewed by the city’s architectural advisory committee, which reviews design plans and sign proposals for the city’s Main Street district. Under the ordinance, the committee would review public art proposals for the entire city. The committee would also be renamed Art and Architectural Advisory Committee and the number of members would be increased from five to seven. The public art ordinance already has been approved by the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission. The ordinance was developed in reaction to the moose statue at Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse. The statue, under current ordinances, would technically be considered a sign. Instead of ordering the moose down, the city council decided to wait until it could consider the public art ordinance.
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