[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the City of
Hoboken 5-6-1998 by Ord. No. R-311. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The City of Hoboken's purpose in enacting this chapter
is to exercise its power to protect the health, safety and welfare
of its citizens from the dangers inherent in body-piercing. Body-piercing
involves the exposure of blood and bodily fluid. The medical risks
involved in body-piercing include the contraction of diseases such
as hepatitis, AIDS, cutaneous TB, and tetanus. In addition, body-piercing
can cause infections that result in illness, deformity, or scarring.
As used in this chapter:
Any place, premises, building, part of building, cellar,
basement, room or establishment in which the skin, flesh, cartilage
of a human being is pierced or punctured for the purpose of inserting
jewelry or other decorative items or adornments.
Except as provided in § 185-4 of this chapter, it shall be illegal to own or operate a body-piercing parlor within the City of Hoboken.
Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the operation of an establishment in which only piercings of the lobes of the ears and/or the sides of the nose are performed, the piercings of which areas are least prone to infection and medical complications. Such establishments, however, shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 115 of the Code of the City of Hoboken.
Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit piercings performed by
a physician licensed by the State of New Jersey.
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Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine
not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90
days, or both, but no fine imposed on any person for the violation
of any provision of this chapter shall be less than $50.
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Each day that a violation of the provisions of this chapter is permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate violation and shall be punishable
as such.
In the event that any section, subsection, or any part of this
chapter shall be declared invalid, such decision shall not be deemed
to affect the validity of any other section, subsection, or other
part of this code.
All ordinances or parts of same inconsistent with any provisions
of this chapter are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
