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Blue Springs lets body‑art shops locate downtown, raises cap and requires state license; approves microblading shop permit
Summary
The Blue Springs City Council on May 19 approved amendments to the Unified Development Code to allow body‑art services in downtown mixed‑use and commercial buildings with conditional use permits, raised the city’s ratio of permitted body‑art establishments, and separately granted a conditional use permit for B Lash Inc. to offer microblading at 103 Southwest 7 Highway Unit E.
The Blue Springs City Council on May 19 approved changes to the city’s Unified Development Code to allow body‑art services in downtown mixed‑use and commercial building types with a conditional use permit and to loosen the city’s cap on the number of body‑art establishments. The council also granted a conditional use permit to B Lash Inc., a downtown microblading studio at 103 Southwest 7 Highway Unit E.
City planning staff told the council the amendments revise two code sections: 404.240(e)(2) in the downtown development code, which would permit body‑art services in mixed‑use or commercial building types with conditional use approval, and 405.050(a)(33), which adjusts the city’s limit on the number of establishments and adds a requirement to provide evidence of state of Missouri licensure. Mike Mallon, speaking for the city, said the code currently does not allow body‑art services as a downtown land use and that the proposed ratio change would reduce the…
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