CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Waive the first reading and pass the ordinance amending Chapter 7 (Tattooing and Body Piercing) of Title 4 (Health and Sanitation) of the Naperville Municipal Code to modify the definition of body piercing - PZC 24-1-144 (requires 6 positive votes)
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Sara Kopinski, AICP
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
??Rowan, an earring retailer and piercing studio that uses piercing guns and sterilized needles to pierce ears, is planning to lease a tenant space at 50 S. Main Street, Suite 136. This property is located in Main Street Promenade East and is zoned B4 (Downtown Core District).
Rowan approached the City to confirm the use was permitted downtown. Staff advised that it was not and would be classified as body piercing due to the use of sterilized needles (falling into the City's larger category of Body Art and regulated by Section 4-7-1 of the Naperville Municipal Code). Body art establishments in the B4 zoning district are accommodated only when they are accessory to a permitted beauty shop/salon, health spa without lodging accommodations/massage establishments, and/or medical office/clinic.
Staff recommended that if there was continued interest in a downtown location, Rowan request that City Council consider an amendment to the Naperville Municipal Code to exempt ear piercing with a piercing gun as well as a sterilized needle from the restrictions of Title 4, Health and Sanitation, Chapter 7, Body Art, Tattooing, and Body Piercing of the Naperville Municipal Code. In response, Rowan submitted a letter outlining this request (See attached).
DISCUSSION:
Body Art and Body Piercing History in Naperville
?In 1999, a requirement that tattoos and body piercing be performed by a physician or osteopath was added to the Naperville Municipal Code to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. The State of Illinois currently regul...
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