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City planners refine body‑art rules; send draft back for attorney review
Summary
A planning panel discussed limits on tattoo and piercing businesses — including a two‑facility cap, a two‑practitioner-per-facility limit, parking requirements and separation of permanent cosmetics from tattooing — and voted to hold the draft until the city attorney reviews revisions.
City planning commissioners debated a proposed body‑art ordinance that would strictly limit tattoo and body‑piercing businesses and then voted to table the draft until city legal review is complete.
The commission discussed limiting the city to two licensed body‑art facilities, capping each facility at two practitioners, and directing that the business license be issued to the facility rather than an individual. Commissioners and staff hashed out details about whether permanent cosmetics, microneedling and microblading belong under the same definition as tattooing and body piercing and whether some services should be moved into a separate “personal services” or aesthetician category.
Planning staff member Jill said staff had circulated a draft and repeatedly sought legal review: “I sent it to him a couple of times … he said he would get to it, but he has not.” Commissioners repeatedly…
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