Massage Firm Notes La Grange Concerns, Seeks Delay: Official

LA GRANGE, IL – Facing possible rejection, the person seeking permission to set up a massage shop in downtown La Grange is asking for a delay.

On Tuesday, the La Grange Plan Commission was set to hear a request for a massage business at 15 S. La Grange Road.

At the beginning of the meeting, though, the village's planner, Kelsey Fawell, said the applicant, Pete Haleas, was seeking a delay until the commission's Sept. 12 meeting. She said the business wanted to address concerns in the village's staff report, which found the business out of character for the area.

Fawell said she believed the applicant would provide more information.

Commission member Dave Schwartz described the business' application as "sparse."

In a story Monday, Patch detailed the plan for the massage business and the village's response to it. The staff's report indicated concerns from the police department.