The Mount Pleasant Planning Commission will discuss the proposed relocation of Sinister Productions Tattoo Studio at its Thursday meeting.

Jeff Gray, Mount Pleasant director of Planning and Community Development, said the two agenda items are the requested special use permit for Sinister Productions and a site plan review for Sears.

The Mount Pleasant Planning Commission meeting is at 7 p.m. Thursday at City Hall, 320 W. Broadway St.

Norman Dow, the owner of Sinister Productions, 2056 S. Isabella Road, is requesting to move his tattoo parlor to 1807 S. Mission St., near Jimmy John’s.

Dow’s 15-year-old business was originally located on North Mission Street prior to relocating to its current location on Isabella Road.

“My studio was at 710 N. Mission St. for approximately nine years,” Dow said in his request for a special use permit. “(It) had no adverse impact on the neighborhood or any of the businesses around me.”

Dow believes the move to South Mission Street will give his studio more customers and increase traffic flow.

After an overview of the case, the applicant will have the option to discuss their request, and then the forum will be open to the public. After the request has been discussed, the committee will decide whether to approve, deny or postpone the request.

“It’s really the planning commission’s decision to make,” Gray said.

In addition to Dow’s request for a special use permit, the Tancor Corporation is requesting a site plan review prior to removing an outdoor enclosure at the loading dock of Sears, located at 1400 S. Mission Street.

The site plan calls for the demolition of the vacant former Taco Boy building.

The Tancor Corporation will present its request to replace the loading dock enclosure at Sears with a building addition to match the existing structure.

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