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Other City Codes for Tattoo/Body Art: • Vadnais Heights – body art establishments are an allowed use in the C-2A zoning district with no additional restrictions. No city license required. • Maplewood – Body art is a permitted use in business commercial zoning districts, but not on premises with a liquor license. No additional restrictions. Requires a city license. • North St. Paul – tattoo shops are an allowed use in certain zoning districts with no additional restrictions. No city license required. • Roseville – tattoo shops are allowed in commercial zoned districts, same as other personal services (beauty or nail salons). No city license required. • White Bear Lake – They have a very specific zoning code that lists things like “ice cream store”, “shoe store”, “drug store”, etc. and tattoo parlors are currently not specifically allowed in any zoning district. Given this ‘oversight’, they are administratively allowing them in B-2 thru B-4 until they can revise the Code to accommodate them. Of note is that they are specifically prohibited in LVMU (the Lake Village commercial bay area) and in B-5 (downtown). They have also allowed cosmetic tattooing as ancillary to a salon if less than 20% of both the floor area and gross sales. No specific locational requirements. No city license is currently required. • Arden Hills – tattoo shops are specifically not allowed in the B-2 zoning district and there is no other language referring to them in their City Code. • Shoreview – no language in their City Code for tattoo shops STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the Council adopt Ordinance 853, Option 1 or Option 2, but proposes the City Council consider one of the following amendments to Chapter 822: Option 1: Exclude microblading/permanent makeup/cosmetic tattoo businesses from the 300-foot distance from residential uses requirement AND remove the limit on the number of tattoo licenses issued at any one time for microblading/permanent makeup/cosmetic tattoo businesses only. Option 2: Entirely remove the 300-foot distance from residential uses requirement for any type of tattoo/body art business AND remove the limit on the number of tattoo licenses issued at any one time for microblading/permanent makeup/cosmetic tattoo businesses only. Option 3: Exclude microblading/permanent makeup/cosmetic tattoo businesses from the 300-foot distance from residential uses requirement AND allow two tattoo licenses for microblading/ permanent makeup/cosmetic tattoo businesses only.