20070212 No Tattoo Parlors In Downtown Westminster wjz

Feb 12, 2007 11:16 pm US/Eastern

No Tattoo Parlors In Downtown Westminster

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Kathryn Brown Reporting

(WJZ) The Westminster City Council approved an ordinance banning new tattoo parlors from opening in the downtown area.

The proposed zoning amendment would ban tattoo parlors from downtown, but allow them in about 70 percent of the town's commercial land.

Supporters of the ban say the parlors don't fit the city's plan for its historic Main Street, but students at McDaniel College argue that banning the shops might drive away other businesses that cater to students. And some downtown business leaders say a restrictive ordinance doesn't make sense when there are vacant store fronts on Main Street.

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