No person shall operate a tattoo parlor in the city without a license. There shall only be four licenses issued in the city to tattoo parlors. The fee for said license shall be $100. Any tattoo parlor in operation on the date that this section took effect shall be entitled to a license even if it requires the city to issue more than four licenses. Only two establishments requiring a license under this section shall be located in the special service area, as defined by the Special Service Areas Ordinance, Ord. 3325, at any given time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirements, limitations and prohibitions hereunder shall not apply to a salon regulated and licensed by the Illinois Department of Public Health that performs microblading of semipermanent eyebrow tattoos as its sole tattoo service.
(1960 Code, § 7-2-9) (Ord. 6355, passed 12-3-2001; Ord. 8235-2018, passed 8-20-2018; Ord. 9168-2023, passed 6-20-2023) Penalty, see § 111.999