RESOLUTION NO. PC- 2024-18
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AMEND TITLE 15 ZONING OF THE FULLERTON MUNICIPAL CODE
INCLUDING SECTIONS 15.04.040 DEFINITIONS AND 15.55.020 SPECIAL
USES PERMITTED WITH PROVISIONS, SUBSECTION E TATTOO PARLORS LRP-2024-0006
APPLICANT: CITY OF FULLERTON
WHEREAS, an application was filed by the City of Fullerton to consider revisions to Title 15 Zoning of the Fullerton Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, on July 20, 2010, the City Council approved Ordinance 3144 (LRP09-00002) amending Title 15 Zoning of the Fullerton Municipal Code pertaining to personal service facilities and tattoo parlors which established tattoo parlor regulations; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Fullerton, in compliance with the noticing requirements of FMC Section 15.76.050, has held a duly noticed public hearing for LRP- 2024-0006; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines the recommended action is exempt from further review pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) as the action is covered by the common sense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.
RESOLUTION
THEREFORE, the Planning Commission of the City of Fullerton does hereby recommend APPROVAL of said amendments to the Fullerton Municipal Code Chapter 15.04 and Chapter
15.55 as follows:
SECTION 15.04.040. Definitions, will include the following definitions:
BODY PIERCING means the creation of an opening in a human body for the purpose of inserting jewelry or other decoration. "Body piercing" includes, but is not limited to, the piercing of an ear, including the tragus, lip, tongue, nose, or eyebrow. However, "body piercing" does not include the piercing of an ear, except for the tragus, with a disposable, single-use, pre-sterilized stud and clasp or solid needle that is applied using a mechanical device to force the needle or stud through the ear.
PERMANENT COSMETICS means the application of pigments in human skin tissue for the purpose of permanently changing the color or other appearance of the skin. This includes, but is not limited to, permanent eyeliner, eyebrow, or lip color (see Personal Service Facility).
PRACTITIONER means a person who performs body art on a client.
SCARIFICATION means and includes any method used to alter skin texture by cutting the skin and controlling the body's healing process in order to produce wounds which result in permanently Resolution No. PC-2024-18
raised welts or bumps, or any other technique that changes the contour, or level plane of the skin and/or results in a scar on the skin.
TATTOOING means and includes to insert pigment under the surface of the skin of a human being, by pricking with a needle or otherwise, to produce an indelible mark or figure visible through the skin.
SECTION 15.55.020. Special uses permitted with provisions, Subsection E Tattoo Parlors will be amended in its entirety to read as follows:
E. Tattoo Parlors:
1. A tattoo parlor shall be located as follows:
a. A minimum of 250 feet from any public or private K-12 grade school. b. Measurement of distance shall be made in a straight line without regard to the intervening structures or objects, from the closest exterior wall of the structure or a portion of the structure in which the establishment is located, to the property line of the parcel on which the structure or portion of the structure is located.
2. A tattoo parlor shall not exceed a size of 3,000 gross square feet.
3. All tattoo parlors shall be designed to ensure that the tattooing, piercing or similar services performed on a patron's specified anatomical body parts as defined by FMC § 7.95.010, are not visible to persons outside the tenant space. Signage, advertising or images depicting specified anatomical body parts shall not be visible to persons outside the tenant space.
4. All tattoo practitioners shall comply with all applicable state and county laws and licensing requirements at all times.
ADOPTED BY THE FULLERTON PLANNING COMMISSION ON AUGUST 14, 2024 Peter Gambino, Chairman
City of Fullerton
RESOLUTION CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF FULLERTON
RESOLUTION NO. PC-2024-18
1, Janet Ragland, Recording Clerk of the Planning Commission of the City of Fullerton, California, hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the Planning Commission of the City of -ullerton is five; and that the above and foregoing Resolution No. PC-2024-18 was adopted at egular meeting of the Planning Commission held on the 14th day of August 2024, by the following vote:
PLANNING COMMISSIONER AYES: Dino, Tutor, Cox, Gambino
PLANNING COMMISSIONER NOES: None
PLANNING COMMISSIONER ABSTAINED: None
PLANNING COMMISSIONER ABSENT: Mansuri
Carat Robra
Janet Ragland, Recording Clerk