The Board of Supervisors Tuesday authorized the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department to initiate a review of potential amendments to fee schedules for processing applications to establish massage parlors, strip clubs, short-stay motels, sexually oriented bookstores and related businesses throughout unincorporated communities.

In a 5-0 vote without comment, the board signed off on the agency’s plans to study current fees and, based on that effort, return with proposed adjustments.

Sheriff’s officials noted in documents posted to the board’s agenda Tuesday that the fee schedules arranged in Ordinance No. 743 have not been modified since the summer of 2010.

“There is no impact on residents and businesses at this time,” according to an agency statement.

The current fee to apply for the es

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