Wow! Reminds me of Sam's Place. Wilma
On 7/8/04 6:43 PM, "Mayer, Ann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I live 2 doors from Everlasting Tattoo and have found it an unsavory nuisance. > We used to have a lovely African crafts store there; THAT business was a > good neighbor and the customers were no problem at all for us. I wish it > would > come back and replace the tattoo parlor. > > Let me list just a few illustrative examples of what ET has > brought to my corner of Pine. > > 1. Tattooing is apparently a kind of business that accumulates a HUGE amount > of trash each week. > The owner fills multiple trash cans every week and ALWAYS chooses to block > our alley with > his assembled trash cans. We need to use the > back alley for many projects, but he packs it so tightly with his trash cans > that we cannot > get through. Thus, we have to haul out his trash cans to the sidewalk eacg > time when we want > to access the alley. > > 2. The store has an inadequate area for customers to wait in. Thus, they hang > out on the sidewalk in front of the store. It appears that people who get > tattoos also > smoke. (Don't ask me to explain the correlation.) Thus, one often has a > crowd of > smokers milling about, and these fling their lighted cigarettes everywhere > with > abandon, causing a fire hazard. > > 3. The hanging around aspect means that some customers tend to pull up their > cars and > sit in them with their windows open while > waiting to go inside. To entertain themselves, they socialize with others > waiting. While > doing so, they like to entertain > themselves and their chums with their car radios playing at top volume. The > racket is often annoying and disruptive -- not to mention the hassle of having > parking > spaces taken from residents by a business whose customers largely drive over > for their visits to ET. > > 4. In a similar vein, since children are not allowed inside, many customers > leave theirs > unattended on the sidewalk or in their cars, and the kids get rambunctuous and > rowdy as they wait for the adults to reemerge. > > So, there are aspects of trying to squeeze a tattoo parlor in a residential > area > in a small building with inadequate space for trash collection and no > designated > parking that make it an undesirable neighbor. > > This particular owner acts unconcerned about the inconveniences he causes > neighbors. For example, he used to have motorcycle meetings on the sidewalk > at night after closing the business until > repeated pressures > to make him decease finally stopped the practice. I don't know if the stopping > will > be permanent. He considers it normal to have a small > rally of cyclists on the sidewalk in front of his store, which includes > drinking, yelling, > revving engines, etc. late into the night. > > Based on my experience, I would feel sorry for people who had a tattoo parlor > established near their homes. > > Ann Mayer > 4312 Pine > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thu 7/8/2004 10:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [UC] Zoning Variance for Tattoo Parlor > > > Funny thing, I never saw the original post regarding this. Well, that does > sometimes happen. > > Yes, there is a certain stigma/stereotype attached to tattoo parlors and the > people who work there, as well as the kind of people who get tattooed. > Personally, I think it's long past time for that to change. People of so many > different ages/backgrounds/professions, etc. get tattooed and/or pierced that > it's just wrong to out of hand say basically "not in my neighborhood" if a new > one wants to open near you. > > The example of Everlasting is, in my opinion, a very good one as to being a > good business with caring and responsible owner/staff. No, I do not live on > the street. Yes, I do go there a few times a year and yes I do have a decent > amount of ink. If you saw me on the street, there's a good chance you'd never > know it. I'm well into my 40's if that means anything. > > The owner of Everlasting (married with children - this is his bread and > butter) runs a respectful, careful and responsible business. Like any good > business should be run. I've never seen people just hanging out outside, > never see any trash on the sidewalk (a convenient trash container is kept > right by the door). I don't see drunks, people doing drugs, the place is kept > very clean inside and out. And consider all that any licensed tattoo > artist/business are regularly visited by the department of Health, have to > know and have current CPR/first aid, sanitary practices, etc. certification - > which they pay for out of pocket; follow the law and don't allow younger > people to have any work done unless their parent or guardian is there (if > that's an issue - you think all the under 18's are going to be hanging out > getting who knows what done to themselves) Plus, many police officers go > there, which has been a huge plus a few times when there's been any sort of > problem on the stre! > et, even to someone locking themselves out of their car. I feel so safe when > I go to Everlasting! So they do contribute to the area. > > It would be much better to have a business on a street than an empty building > any day. An empty storefront doesn't make a good impression, can make you > feel unsafe especially at night walking past a dark building, and perhaps > where the tattoo parlor will actually contribute to the area. You'll never > know until you talk to the proposed owner and staff. Anyone willing to invest > the time, work, energy and money into renting what sounds like a space that's > been vacant for awhile should be encouraged and supported. Or at least > approached and talked to about how they intend to run the business before just > opposing the variance. > > If this was about yet another bar, I would and could definitely see the point > in opposing a variance and that there's a good chance it would not be a > positive addition to your area. I know, we have a bar on the corner, 2 doors > down from us and it has been a major problem in the past. With the help of > keeping it on the Police blotter, the UCD and our wonderful Town Watch people > (yea Ms. Jackie), the worst we have now is beer bottles in our front yard. > But we've dealt with the 2 a.m. everybody in the street with their car radios > blasting and carrying on, prostitutes using our side alley as a place to do > their "business", etc. > > Wendy > >> We feel strongly that a Tattoo Parlor will not be a positive addition to >> Cedar Park. > > it's funny, but the tattoo parlor at 43rd and pine has never been a > problem to anybody. > > i lived across the street from it for two years (1998-2000) and a block > away from it for another year (2002-2003). it seems to be a good > neighbor. the exterior is well-lit and cleanly maintained, and trash is > properly disposed of. most importantly, it fills in a retail space that i > think would be difficult to fill with any other business. > > (perhaps other people who live on the block would disagree. i think > there's a participant on this list that lives on the same block of pine, > and i'd be curious to hear her opinion.) > >> I sincerely appreciate your help in opposing this variance. > > would you prefer this storefront on 47th street remain vacant for yet > another year? from my observations over 6 years, it seems like this > retail spot has been a difficult space to rent. certainly, tattoo > businesses hold a certain stigma, but i feel an empty storefront is more > detrimental to any neighborhood. > > mark > > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." 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