This chapter shall hereafter be known and cited as the "Tattoo, Body
Piercing, Branding, and Scarification Local Law."
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
BODY PIERCING
The piercing of any part of the body, except the ear.
BRANDING
The use of heat, cold or any chemical compound to imprint permanent
markings on human skin by any means other than tattooing.
MINOR
Any person under the age of 18 years of age.
SCARIFICATION
The cutting or tearing of human skin for the purpose of creating
a permanent mark or design on the skin.
TATTOO
A mark on the body of a person made with indelible ink or pigments
injected beneath the outer layer of the skin.
TATTOO STUDIO
Any premises in which the tattooist conducts such practice.
TATTOOIST
Any person who applies a tattoo to the body of any other person.
No person shall be a body piercing specialist or tattooist and no person,
firm, corporation, partnership, or other association shall operate a body
piercing studio or tattoo studio within the Village of Lake George without
first obtaining a license from the Village Clerk as provided herein on an
annual basis premised on the calendar year.
[Amended 7-15-2003 by L.L. No. 8-2003]
A. No tattoo studio or body piercing studio shall be permitted
within 500 feet of any school.
B. No tattoo studio or body piercing studio shall be permitted
within the Village of Lake George where a customer entrance of such establishment
is on the same street as any geographic boundary of property owned by a bona
fide religious institution where such property is utilized for religious services
on a regular basis as of the date of the enactment of this amendment.
All persons and establishments licensed hereunder shall perform such
operations inside an establishment that has, at a minimum, 60% of the space
of such premises devoted to retail business, general, and no more than 40%
of such floor space to be devoted to retail services, commercial,
as such terms are defined in former § 70-10 of the Lake George Village
Code.
The Lake George Village/Town Consolidated Public Health Officer or designee
shall have the power to inspect the establishments and businesses regulated
hereunder two times per year or, upon request of the Village Board of Trustees,
immediately thereafter.
The Code Enforcement Officer of the Village of Lake George and the Village/Town
Consolidated Public Health Officer shall be the primary enforcement officers
of this chapter.
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other association violating
any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500
for the first offense, and $500 for each offense thereafter. Each day that
an offense continues to exist as defined hereunder shall be deemed a separate
offense.