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O'Fallon council hears and advances several rezoning and conditional‑use proposals, including a tattoo shop
Summary
Council opened public hearings and took first/second readings on multiple rezoning and conditional-use matters — Machine Ink (tattoo/piercing at 207 O'Fallon Plaza), a convenience store/fuel site (Phillips 66) and a Milan Busch Auto expansion — and supported a senior housing funding resolution.
At the Sept. 11 meeting, the O'Fallon City Council considered multiple land-use items in a unified public-hearing format and moved several forward.
Machine Ink (applicant 'Mike') sought a conditional use permit to operate a tattoo and body-piercing business at 207 O'Fallon Plaza in the downtown overlay. The applicant described state licensing, sharps-disposal (Sharps Assure) procedures, periodic bloodborne‑pathogen testing and that piercing and tattooing would be separated and conducted behind partitions when appropriate. City staff confirmed the downtown overlay allows tattoo businesses as a conditional use. Arnie C., city public advocate, spoke in favor but urged enforcement on underage-tattoo consent and sobriety rules under Missouri law (citing chapter 324, sections 324.52–324.526 of the Revised Statutes). Councilmembers asked procedure questions and generally welcomed the business; the bill was advanced for readings (bill 7782).
Council also advanced first readings and conditional-use items for commercial developments at TR Hughes Boulevard and East Tara Lane: a convenience-store with fuel sales (applicant later clarified operator will be Phillips 66, not Circle K) and a rezoning and conditional use for Milan Busch Auto (to allow vehicle sales and associated repair). Architect and developer presentations described building footprints, hours (e.g., 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. for the convenience store), stormwater and Missouri DNR requirements, and consolidation of lots where applicable.
Separately, council voted to adopt a resolution encouraging funding support for Phoenix Real Estate Services LLC's 56‑unit senior housing project (the Village at Hillman Farm), a developer told council he will apply to the Missouri Housing Development Commission for tax credits and asked for the city's support.
Council moved the land‑use measures through the required readings or advanced them to subsequent steps in the approval process; no final denials were recorded on Sept. 11.
