[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Hackensack 7-20-2015 by Ord. No. 30-2015.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.
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Editor's Note: The title of this chapter, formerly Body Piercing, Ear Piercing, and Permanent Cosmetics, was amended 8-16-2021 by Ord. No. 37-2021.
[Amended 8-16-2021 by Ord. No. 37-2021]
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of or operate an establishment where body piercing, ear piercing, tattooing or the application of permanent cosmetics is performed, as those terms are defined in, and governed by, Chapter VIII of the New Jersey State Sanitation Code, N.J.A.C. 8:27-1, et seq., without first obtaining a license from the Health Officer to engage in such business in accordance with the provisions herein and without complying with all of the provisions concerning operation and maintenance of the same as contained in N.J.A.C. 8:27-1, et seq.
[Amended 8-16-2021 by Ord. No. 37-2021]
An application for a license to conduct an establishment where body piercing, ear piercing, tattooing or the application of permanent cosmetics is performed shall be accompanied by a fee of $200. All applications and licensing procedures shall be in accordance with Chapter 107 of the Code of the City of Hackensack, except that application shall be made to the City Health Officer as defined in Chapter 23 of the Code of the City of Hackensack, and not to the City Clerk.
This chapter shall be administered and enforced by the City of Hackensack Health Department in accordance with Chapter 23 of the Code of the City of Hackensack.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:27-9.1, establishments and individuals that pierce the ear lobe only shall be exempt from the requirements of this chapter.