Aug 22, 2007 06:41 PM
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The opening of a tattoo studio in North Carolina is stirring up some controversy. The county's Board of Adjustment voted against the studios opening along the main roadway.
That's where the "Dreamcatchers Soundside Tattoo Studio" is in Currituck and "Ace In The Hole Tattoo Studio" in Moyock wants to open there too.
Instead of going through the appeals process, one man opened his studio anyway. Steven Canady is facing $100 a day in fines for not having a conditional use permit.
Tattoos have been Steven Canady's life for the past 20 years. Even his daughters have joined the family business. He's opened shops in other cities across North Carolina with few problems.
"I was the first ever, legally licensed tattoo artist and studio in the whole Albermarle area," says Canady.
This time he's run into a problem with his tattoo and piercing shop in Currituck, North Carolina. He can't get a conditional use permit for this zoning area.
Canady and the owner of another tattoo studio were told they couldn't open their doors because the business is considered a sexually oriented business. Canady decided to go against the ruling and opened anyway.
"I can't throw my daughters out on the street because of this man's opinion of me. Trying to block my use permit. I am legally licensed with the Health Department of North Carolina state," explains Canady.
Janet Taylor sits on the county Board of Commissioners, which actually changed the ordinance to allow studios.
Janet says, "We took tattoo and piercing out of the sexually oriented ordinance and changed some of the things on that to allow them to set up their studios."
But even she can't reverse the ruling of the county's Board of Adjustment. She says they'll have to got to the Superior Court and appeal the decision of the Board of Adjustments.
Until then, Canady says he doesn't agree and feels justified by staying open.
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