Members of the city’s Planning Commission have recommended the City Council approve changes to city zoning code that would make it easier to establish a tattoo parlor in the city, Development Services Department spokeswoman Jacqueline Medina said.

A date for a council vote has not yet been set, she said.

The proposals would eliminate the need for new businesses to go through the potentially costly and time-consuming process of obtaining a conditional use permit to open a tattoo shop. They would also shrink the required buffer zone between tattoo shops from 1,000 feet to 500 feet—while also mandating a 500-foot buffer between tattoo parlors and schools—and allow tattoo parlors to exist in any commercial zone other than those reserved for storage uses.

The proposal includes other restrictions, such as requiring tattoo shops to close for business at 10 p.m. and prohibiting alcohol- or cannabis-related services at parlors.

The move to change the law follows tattoo artist James Real’s 2013 lawsuit to sue City Hall over its current restrictions. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed his standing to challenge existing law in court.