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in their code include Bloomington, Columbia Heights, Mounds View, New Brighton, New Hope, and Oakdale. The general findings for each city are as follows: City Zoning District License Required Bloomington CR -1, Regional Commercial CX -2, Mixed Use (cond. use) Yes Columbia Heights 1 -1, Light Industrial I -2, General Industrial No Mounds View B -2, Limited Business Yes New Brighton Not specified Yes New Hope RB, Residential Business LB, Limited Business CB, Community Business R -5, Senior /Disabled Housing (cond. use) Yes Yes Oakdale C -2, Community Development To further regulate the location of tattoo and body piercing establishments, the cities of Bloomington, New Hope and Oakdale also include a section on "locations ineligible for a license." Restrictions on location in these three cities are identical to those in Maplewood's code, listed above. The City of Mounds View takes another approach on restricting location. Mounds View permits tattoo, body piercing, body branding, body painting, and body scarring establishments in the B -2, Limited Business District, subject to a three conditions: 1. Any such establishment shall be separated by no less than 1,000 feet from any other such establishment located in the City, as measured from the property lines of the property upon which the uses are located. 2, The minimum floor space for such use shall be 250 square feet 3. The establishment and operators shall be licensed and be in compliance with Chapter 515 of the Code, relating to business licensing. The City of New Hope classifies tattooing as a personal service, putting it in the same category as barber shops, beauty salons, electrolysis, manicurists, tanning parlors, physical therapists, therapeutic massage, and body piercing establishments. However, since the issue of tattoo establishments has recently been a rather sensitive topic, the City may want to treat them more conservatively. CONDITIONS Zoning District. One method of regulating tattoo and body piercing establishments would be to only allow them in one specific zoning district. While performing a code search, it was found that most cities permit tattoo and body piercing establishments in zoning districts that are served well by collector and /or arterial streets. In the City, the primary commercial area runs along Rice Street, classified in the Comprehensive Plan as a minor arterial. Most of this area is zoned Planned Unit Development (PUD), rather than one specific business district. A possible zoning scheme would be to allow tattoo parlors in the PUD District only.