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Planning Commission recommends zoning text changes for EV chargers and artisanal production; council raises concerns about removing CUP for tattoo parlors
Summary
Bobby Tahan, a city planning staff member, updated the City Council on three proposed zoning text amendments that the Planning Commission recommended by a 5-1 vote: allowing tattoo parlors, electric vehicle charging stations and artisanal production as permitted uses in specific commercial and overlay districts.
Bobby Tahan, a city planning staff member, updated the City Council on three proposed zoning text amendments that the Planning Commission recommended by a 5-1 vote: allowing tattoo parlors, electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and artisanal production as permitted uses in specific commercial and overlay districts. He said the proposals grew out of a Planning Commission retreat to streamline certain uses.
The matter matters because the proposed changes would remove conditional-use-review requirements for some categories of businesses or make them permitted uses in more zoning districts, changing when council or neighbors get a formal review opportunity.
Tahan described the tattoo-parlor proposal as intended to allow tattooing "by right" in community commercial, regional commercial, light industrial and certain pedestrian…
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