[R.O. 2013 §14-181; Ord. No. 6.20 (Bill No. 1555) §1, 10-10-1996]
A. No person shall operate a tattoo, branding or body piercing business
within the corporate limits of the City without first obtaining a
license to do so from the office of the City Clerk. Further, no person
shall operate a tattoo shop within the corporate limits of the City
without first paying all taxes, if any, due to the City and complying
with the Arnold Code of Ordinances and all rules and regulations of
the City.
B. No practitioner of tattooing, body piercing or branding shall practice
and no establishment in which tattoos, body piercing or brandings
are applied shall be operated without a license issued by the City.
[R.O. 2013 §14-189; Ord. No. 6.20 (Bill No. 1555) §9, 10-10-1996]
If, at any time, the City advises the operator of a tattooing
shop that said operator is in violation of the health and sanitary
provisions provided for herein, the City shall immediately suspend
said operator's license until such time as the operator is offered
an opportunity to respond to the City's finding. Such opportunity
to respond must be granted within five (5) days of the date of suspension.
Said opportunity to respond may be before the City Council. Said operator
may be represented at said opportunity to respond by a representative,
in person, or both.
[R.O. 2013 §14-192; Ord. No. 6.20 (Bill No. 1555) §12, 10-10-1996]
No license for operating the business of tattooing shall be
issued when the issuance thereof would increase the number of such
licenses outstanding and in force at that time to more than one (1)
per each twenty-five thousand (25,000) inhabitants residing within
the City according to the last decennial census of the United States.