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Oceanside is proposing to loosen regulations on tattoo parlors as the body art becomes more popular and new shops have asked to open.
“Currently, the Municipal Code limits tattoo businesses to one per 50,000 residents, but this has not been enforced by the city due to concerns with First Amendment protections,” City Planner Jeff Hunt said by email Tuesday.
As a result, the planning staff has recommended the City Council delete the population limit and amend its zoning provisions to better accommodate the businesses. The city has four licensed tattoo shops.
In addition to the population limits, the city allows tattoo establishments only in certain types of commercial and industrial zones. The locations also must meet separation requirements from similar businesses, residential areas, churches and other activities.
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Oceanside is tightening its regulation of the Brother Benno’s Foundation, a nonprofit that helps low-income families and the homeless at its center in a business park near the city airport, after neighbors complained about loitering, littering and vandalism.
The city Planning Commission approved new conditions Monday that include the creation of an improved ID card system so that the organization can better track its clients. Brother Benno’s also agreed to stop providing its mailing address for homeless people who repeatedly decline to use the services available to get them off the street.
The commission also initially considered a one-year limit on the mailing address for all clients. That condition was scaled back in response to widespread opposition.
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Oceanside city officials, facing criticism from residents, the League of Women Voters and the American Civil Liberties Union, have stepped back from a proposal to tighten regulations for the Brother Benno’s Foundation’s services to the homeless.
One of the changes is that the city will not pursue its request for Brother Benno’s to share information about its clients with the Oceanside Police Department, an idea some critics called “Orwellian.”
“Absent a court order or a warrant, we are not going to let anybody have access to our database,” said Marco Gonzalez, an attorney for Brother Benno’s.