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Council debates UDO text amendment allowing microblading in beauty salons
Summary
The council reviewed a text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance to define and allow microblading/permanent makeup in beauty salons without classifying them as tattoo establishments; council members sought guardrails to keep microblading limited to specified services.
City staff recommended a text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance to clarify definitions for microblading and permanent makeup so those cosmetic services can be offered in beauty salons where tattoo establishments are not permitted.
The staff presentation explained that microblading is a semi‑permanent cosmetic procedure (for example, eyebrow drawing) commonly provided in cosmetic establishments and that the amendment would allow a beauty shop, as defined in the code, to offer microblading and permanent makeup services without becoming a tattoo establishment. The amendment also refines language used for tattoo establishments.
Councilmembers discussed guardrails to ensure beauty shops offering microblading remain within narrowly defined services and do not effectively operate as tattoo establishments. Staff said the amendment would not prohibit a tattoo establishment from providing microblading but would allow beauty shops to provide only microblading/permanent‑makeup services under the beauty‑shop definition.
