STRATFORD — Despite strict regulations limiting tattoo studios, Barnum Avenue may soon be home to a new place to get inked.
Stratfour Ventures LLC is seeking the Zoning Commission’s approval to open the studio in a 1,000-square-foot storefront at 1345 Barnum Ave., according to an application submitted to the town.
The approval of the tattoo studio will make it the second town official to support it since the greenlighting. plans last year to relocate Forest to Shore Gallery and Tattoo Studio The old Little Red School of Art and Music.
“We feel this location is an appropriate location,” Christopher Russo, Stratfour’s attorney, told the Zoning Board of Appeals in June. “It’s buffered, we believe, from the other tattoo establishment, which is on Main Street.”
Russo appeared before the appeals board to ask the body to waive what he called “outdated regulations” that prevent tattoo studios from operating within 1,000 feet of homes, churches, parks, playgrounds, libraries and schools.