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Council directs staff to draft zoning clarifications for tattooing, permanent makeup and micropigmentation
Summary
City staff recommended treating pigment-based services as low-impact uses and the council gave direction to prepare a zoning-text amendment after public comment from local practitioners.
The Oroville City Council on Sept. 2 directed staff to draft a zoning code amendment clarifying how tattooing, permanent makeup, micropigmentation and related pigment services should be classified for land‑use permitting.
Planning staff told the council that state law groups these activities under tattooing but local impacts vary by scale. "Staff recommends option 1 and supports classifying these services as low impact," the staff presentation said. Staff described three zoning options: (1) treat all pigment‑based services the same (staff recommended low impact), (2) leave the code unchanged,…
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