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Residents ask Elmhurst to permit areola, scar restoration tattooing in C2; council took no action
Summary
Residents and local artists asked Elmhurst leaders on May 19 to allow areola restoration and scar-camouflage tattooing in C2 zoning under a small square-footage cap, but the council took no action at the meeting.
Several residents and local artists urged the Elmhurst City Council on May 19 to permit restorative cosmetic tattooing — specifically areola restoration and scar camouflage — in the city’s C2 commercial zoning, and to do so with a square-footage cap to limit businesses to small, single-chair studios.
Emily Quinn, who identified herself as a C2-zone business owner and operator of a cosmetic-tattoo studio, asked the council to allow areola restoration and scar-camouflage tattooing in C2 and to use a square-footage cap to prevent traditional tattoo parlors from locating in those areas. Quinn said zoning lawyers told her a square-footage cap could be imposed and suggested a cap “smaller…
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