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Board approves variance to allow tattoo/piercing shop; staff to correct zoning omission
Summary
The board approved a variance allowing a tattoo and piercing shop in the cited downtown suite, with staff noting the use had been omitted from the updated ordinance and promising to correct the omission in the next ordinance draft; the shop will be subject to local board of health oversight.
The Kokomo Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance to allow a tattoo and piercing shop in a downtown suite and heard staff say the zoning ordinance omitted the use in the recent update.
Staff (Mister Scheelein) told the board the approval "will not be injurious to public health, safety, morals, or general welfare of the community" and that the shop would be governed and inspected by the local board of health "to maintain safety and health standards." Scheelein said tattoo and piercing services had historically been permitted in the C2 zone and that the use became a special-exception-type use in the C1 zone because of an omission during the last ordinance update; staff intends "to address this omission in the next draft of ordinance updates."
A board member asked the applicant about hours of operation and how many suites in the downtown condo were occupied. The applicant said services would be by appointment, typically about 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. but sometimes later, potentially seven days a week, and that about six of the ten downtown suites were occupied, leaving two or three available.
With no public questions, the board voted to approve the motion; the transcript records the Chair announcing the motion approved but does not include a roll-call tally. The approval was presented in the record as relying on the staff findings and the petitioner's representations; the transcript does not show special operating conditions beyond health oversight and the applicant's described hours.
