Good evening again.

My name is Dr.

Ignacio Nunez.

Uh I still serve as chair of the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Arlington.

I here brought call this regularly noticed meeting of the City of Arlington's Planning and Zoning Commission regular session to order for January the 21st, 2026.

At this time, I'll ask our administrator to read our speaker guidelines and general decorum for tonight's meeting.

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Thank you very much.

I'm gonna uh skip ahead just a little bit.

If there is anyone here that was going to speak on our second case tonight, CA25-5 addressed at 2415 South Cooper.

That particular uh case has been uh withdrawn.

The only vote we're gonna have tonight on that is to continue it indefinitely.

So if you're here, you can go home.

Just for the record, the case hasn't been withdrawn, but they have requested an indefinite continuance and tonight's agenda.

We're asking for a vote to indefinitely continue the case.

Thank you very much for that uh correction.

Uh so first item of business is to uh approve the minutes and uh no again.

We're not going to approve the minutes of January the 14th tonight.

We will approve the minutes of the 14th and tonight's meeting, the 21st.

Uh, and we'll vote on those on February the 4th at the 2026 regular session meeting.

Next on the agenda, we have one zoning case, SUP 25-11 addressed at 536 West Randall Mill Road.

An application for a specific use permit for a tattoo parlor or piercing studio on a property zoned community commercial on approximately 0.22 acres.

This time I'll call on our staff to present its report on this case.

Good evening, commissioners for the record.

Cecilia Nelson, senior planner, planning and development services, here to present zoning case SUP 25-11.

The subject site is approximately 0.22 acres and addressed as 536 West Reynolds Mill Road.

It is located south of West Reynoldmill Road and east of South Cooper Street.

The property is currently zoned community commercial.

The proposed use is a tattoo parlor or piercing studio limited to two spaces within the existing salon.

The tattoo parlor or piercing studio is permitted within the community commercial zoning district via approval of the specific use permit.

The UDC defines a tattoo parlor or piercing studio as an establishment whose principal business activity, either in terms of operation or as held out to the public, is the practice of one or more of the following.

Placing of designs, letters, figures, symbols, or other marks upon or under the skin of any person using ink or other substances that result in the permanent coloration of the skin by means of the use of needles or other instruments designed to contact or puncture the skin.

Creation of an opening in the body of a person other than the airlobe for the purpose of inserting jewelry and plants or other decoration.

A tattoo parlor does not include establishments whose principal business activity is permanent cosmetics, microblading, micro pigmentation, and other similar personal care services.

Outlined in yellow is the subject property.

Here are photos of the site.

The existing commercial property consists of various lease spaces.

The uses in the center include a grocery store, restaurants, personal services, pharmacy, office, and retail store.

The salon suite currently occupies 9,551 square feet of the 9.4 acre lot.

There are 55 individual lease spaces used for hair, nail, barber, and aesthetic services.

The request is to add two of the lease spaces for tattoo or piercing studios.

This shows the existing floor plan of the salon.

This is a saturation map of tattoo parlor piercing studios around the proposed property.

This area falls into the con established residential future development category of the comprehensive plan.

This area covers the largest portion of the city and contains a variety of housing types as well as retail services.

Per the comprehensive plan, people living in these areas would enjoy the benefits of neighborhood parks, schools, and community recreation centers.

The proposed development may be seen to advance the following strategies identified within the develop our land section of the comprehensive plan.

Promote land use patterns that reflect a mix of integrated community uses, evaluate development proposals in context with existing infrastructure connectivity and surrounding uses.

Ensure a balanced relationship between land use development and the transportation system by requiring that developments be appropriate for the proposed location, encourage appropriate redevelopments and reinvestment that creates lasting value.