CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Waive the first reading and pass the ordinance amending 4:7, 6:1 and 6:7 pertaining to body art facilities as an accessory use operated in conjunction with a permitted salon or spa. - PZC 19-1-071 (requires six positive votes)
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Allison Laff, AICP, Deputy Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The PZC conducted the public hearing regarding PZC 19-1-071 on July 17, 2019. One member of the public spoke in favor of the request. Following public input, the PZC closed the public hearing and made a motion to approve PZC 19-1-071 (passed, 9-0). During their meeting on August 8, 2019, the Downtown Advisory Commission (DAC) discussed the pending ordinance amendment as it relates to the downtown. At the conclusion of their discussion, DAC made a motion to support the text amendment as written, specifically noting support for body art facilities as an accessory use operated in conjunction with a permitted B4 salon or spa (vote 9-1). Commissioner Nagle cast the dissenting vote based on concerns regarding the applicability of the accessory use requirement to salon suite facilities.
BACKGROUND:
During public forum at the May 7, 2019 City Council meeting, a member of the public requested that the City Council consider an amendment to the Naperville Municipal Code in order to permit microblading to be performed by a person other than a physician or osteopath, as is required by the current code. Microblading is a new form of cosmetic application that uses the principles of tattooing to place permanent ink under the skin to create the likeness of hair, often eyebrows. Based on Municipal Code regulations, microblading was defined as a tattoo and therefore subject to Naperville code requirements that it be performed only be a physician or osteopath in a facility operated by a physician or osteopath.
Following discussion of the existing ordinance, the ...
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