From
Monica Espinoza
Title
SU200901 - Specific Use Permit - Beautiful Ink Tattoos (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for a Tattoo and Body Piercing Studio. Lot 8, Block 1, Original Town Grand Prairie, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned CA, within Central Business District No. 2, and addressed as 117 E Main St. (On September 14, 2020, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this request by a vote of 7-2).
Presenter
Savannah Ware, AICP, Chief City Planner
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
SUMMARY:
SU200901 - Specific Use Permit - Beautiful Ink Tattoos (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for a Tattoo and Body Piercing Studio. Lot 8, Block 1, Original Town Grand Prairie, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned CA, within Central Business District No. 2, and addressed as 117 E Main St.
PURPOSE OF REQUEST:
The applicant intends to open a Tattoo and Body Piercing Studio at 117 E Main St. A Tattoo and Body Piercing Studio requires a Specific Use Permit. The purpose of the Specific Use Permit process is to identify those uses which might be appropriate within a zoning district, but due to either their location, functional or operational nature, could have potentially negative impact upon surrounding properties; and to provide for a procedure whereby such uses might be permitted by further restricting or conditioning them so as to eliminate such probable negative impacts.
ADJACENT LAND USES:
The following table summarizes the zoning designation and existing use for the surrounding properties.
Table 1: Zoning and Land Use
Direction Zoning Existing Use
North CA Office, Entertainment (Uptown Theater)
East CA Restaurant, Retail, Services
South CA Railroad
West CA Restaurant, Retail, Services
PROPOSED USE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTION:
The applicant intends to open a Tattoo and Body Piercing Studio in an existing building. The studio will include a front reception area, in which the...
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