Thursday, December 23, 2010
After helping to overturn a city ban on tattoo studios, Johnny Anderson is doing thriving business at his new Hermosa Tattoo Co. on Pier Plaza.
An Iraq veteran winces as he receives a tattoo in memory of a fallen soldier. Minutes later, the phone rings and a customer asks whether a certain tattoo artist is available. Business is steady at the Hermosa Tattoo Co., Johnny Anderson's new studio on Pier Plaza. That's a relief because the route getting there made history. Anderson, 34, tried moving his tattoo business to Hermosa Beach in May, but was met with resistance. City officials cited aesthetics, health and depreciating real estate as reasons for prohibiting tattoo parlors in the area. Anderson filed a lawsuit against the city that eventually reached the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The city's tattoo ban was unconstitutional, the court ruled, arguing that permanent body …
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Pier Ave & the Strand, Hermosa Beach, CA
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
The council adopts a municipal code amendment Tuesday allowing tattoo parlors to operate in the PCH-Aviation corridor and downtown area, despite some residents' concerns.
Tattoo parlors now have a place to operate within Hermosa Beach, thanks to a City Council vote Tuesday night. The decision stems from America's highest court ruling to date that addresses tattoos and First Amendment protection. Council members voted to change the municipal code to permit tattoo and body piercing studios within two zoning areas: the Aviation Boulevard and PCH corridor (known as the C-3 zone) and the Pier Plaza and Hermosa Avenue area (known as the C-2 zone). Johnny Anderson, who sued the city three years ago for rejecting his request to open a tattoo studio in town, watched as the council deliberated on the matter. His lawsuit against Hermosa reached the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in September, resulting in a three-…
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
The City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to adopt a 45-day ban on tattoo studios until new policy is crafted.
Tattoo studios wanting to open shop in Hermosa Beach have to wait 45 days until the city adopts new policy regulating such businesses. In a swift unanimous vote Tuesday night, City Council adopted the interim ordinance prohibiting tattoo parlors from opening on city property. The temporary ban will "allow the city time to study and adopt new time, place and manner regulations for tattoo studios," said Ken Robertson, the city's Community Development Department director. "It's a result of the decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals," he said at the council meeting. Tattoo artist Johnny Anderson, 33, sued the city after he was denied a permit to open a tattoo studio near PCH and Aviation Boulevard in 2007. For years tattooing has been …
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
A federal appeals court finds that tattooing is protected speech and strikes down the city's ban on tattoo parlors.
A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that Hermosa Beach's ban on tattoo parlors violates the First Amendment, paving the way for such businesses to set up shop in town. The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco requires the city to overturn its ban and permit tattooing in areas zoned for business. "The tattoo itself, the process of tattooing, and the business of tattooing are forms of pure expression fully protected by the First Amendment," wrote Judge Jay S. Bybee for the three-judge panel. The panel decision is the highest court ruling to date that addresses tattooing and First Amendment protection. In a statement released shortly after the ruling was announced, City Attorney Michael Jenkins said city …
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1315 Valley Dr, Hermosa Beach, CA
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Johnny Anderson, who wants to move his business from Gardena, argues that getting inked is a form of self expression and should be protected by the First Amendment.
Johnny Anderson wants to work closer to home. But when the 33-year-old tattoo artist, who grew up in and around Hermosa Beach, tried to move his shop from Gardena to his hometown he was refused. A federal court ruled against him, but Anderson isn't giving up. The appeal he's filed with the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is attracting attention across the country, as a rising number of upscale communities disallow tattoo parlors. To Anderson, who lives with his wife and three children in Redondo Beach, getting a tattoo is one of the highest forms of art and expression because it's permanent and can't be taken down like a painting or taken off like a T-shirt. Hermosa Beach officials say that Anderson does not perform artwork. Instead, he…
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Pacific Coast Hwy & Aviation Blvd, Hermosa Beach, CA
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10:35 am on Friday, November 5, 2010
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