Centerville council hears hours of public comment on proposed 'body art facility' zoning; council denies immediate Main Street change

Centerville City Council on Feb. 18 heard more than two hours of public comment and staff presentations on a proposed zoning text amendment that would add a “body art facility” category and a narrow “fine line tattoos and cosmetics” definition to the municipal code.

Mike Eggert, the city’s community development director, told the council the November planning‑commission hearing had recommended denial by a 4–0 vote and that staff had worked with the applicant and city staff to craft several narrower definitions and text edits after the earlier meeting.

Why it matters: staff said the changes were intended to align Centerville’s definitions with Davis County and state terminology, to clarify that permanent cosmetics (eyebrows, eyeliner, lips) are regulated separately, and to give the council choices about where different categories would be permitted — for example, limiting larger body‑art uses to higher‑intensity commercial and industrial zones while allowing narrowly defined fine‑line work in personal‑care settings.

Applicant and public comments

Nicole Hutchins, the applicant and a Centerville resident who said she works at New Trends salon, told the council she currently performs permanent cosmetics (eyebrows, eyeliner and lips) with the same equipment she would use for small “fine line” designs and asked that the code allow those small designs to be performed in a salon setting. She said such work requires the same training, hygiene and certification that the county and state…