City Council has held tattoo needles
It has been 22 years since the City of Peekskill has seen anyone get legally inked within its borders. But that could soon change now that the City Council has held its third public hearing on repealing the citys tattoo ban, placed in 1990, and heard little opposition to the tattoo needles on Monday.
At the July 16 city council meeting, city planner Jeremy Doxsee provided a summary of the citys proposal to repeal the tattoo needles ban and to amend a law to allow tattoo studios, under a special permit, in the downtown, commercial and industrial districts of the city. The city began these considerations two years ago after local tattoo artist Patrick Conlon went to the planning board with an idea to open a tattoo needles studio.Among the requirements which would be included in the new regulations that Doxsee listed are:
Tattoo studios would need license renewals every two years
All tattooing must be done in designated, enclosed areas out of public view
No tattoo needles studio could be closer than 500 feet to any other studio
No closer than 500 feet to any k-12 school Studios would not be permitted on Main Street between Nelson Avenue and N. Division Street and on South Street between Washington and Union Avenues
Studios must operate between the hours of 9 a.m. and 10 p.m.
No convicted felons could apply to open tattoo shop
Tattooing must be principal use
Must have appropriate disposal of biohazard waste
Read the full proposed changes to the local law in the PDF attached to this tattoo needles.Mondays meeting was held in the Seniors Center, something the council does each summer to bring the meeting to the seniors. A few senior citizens spoke on the issue, but none voiced strong opposition to the proposal.
The speakers mainly asked questions -if there would be a limit to how many tattoo studios would be allowed in the downtown and if they could vote on the New law cleans up tattoo reputation, and one woman asked that the city ensure the owner would properly dispose of needles.
