The spa would replace CHS Health Care Inc. at the 1600 block of East Colorado Street, where an employee allegedly solicited an undercover Glendale police officer on Feb. 19 for sex.
The current owners were operating the health care business at the time of the arrest and were ordered to cease all massage operations in March after they failed to obtain the proper permits.
Police have arrested several employees on suspicion of soliciting prostitution at the site since 2001.
Charleston told principal city planner Wolfgang Krause the current owners plan to hire an all-new staff, conduct employee background checks and ensure they have proper state and local certificates to perform massage and aesthetician services.
“Management will not tolerate in any activities contrary to the health and well-being of the community,” he said.
The new spa would allow walk-ins and provide membership for massages, facials, pedicures and manicures.
But resident Bill Wong opposed plans to open another spa offering massage services at the site known for its illegal activities.
“If it walks like a duck [and] sounds like a duck, it is a duck,” he said.
Resident Ria Issacs, who lives behind the Mix, told Krause she was also fed up with the Foothill Boulevard bar’s constant intrusions on the neighborhood.
She said the bar has allowed smoking and noise to bellow out into the neighborhood. Issacs has also found condoms on her street and has seen patrons urinating in public.
“My quality of life is diminished by having to put up with this until 2 a.m. in the morning seven days a week,” she said.
