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Durant amends code to rely on state rules for tattoo studios, removes local conditional-use requirement

2985624 · April 14, 2025
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Summary

The Durant City Council approved an ordinance removing city-specific tattoo regulations and permitting tattoo studios in specified districts by deferring to state sanitation and safety regulations; an emergency clause was also adopted to make the change immediately effective.

The Durant City Council approved an ordinance to amend the city code so that tattoo studios must follow state regulations, removing overlapping local regulations and eliminating the need for a city conditional-use permit for those studios.

City staff explained the change as a "cleanup" to remove current city regulations that duplicate state standards and to avoid repeated local updates each time the state…

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