Friday, December 08, 2006

OK'd for mall

A martial arts studio in Warren will be allowed to remain in business, three weeks after city officials criticized the owners for selling weapons.

Macomb Martial Arts Academy had opened inside Universal Mall in May, apparently after slipping through government cracks. When the owners sought a certificate of occupancy, a city officials told them a special land-use permit to operate in a mall was needed first.

Warren's Planning Commission recommended the permit be issued but only if the owners stop selling martial arts weapons. When the matter went before the City Council, dismayed council members delayed action on permit request after learning the owners waited until a public hearing on their permit before pulling the items.

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