(a) The term “Building Commissioner” shall mean the administrative official charged with the duty of administering the regulations of this Chapter, which promote the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Brooklyn.
(b) The term “Health Officer” shall mean a duly authorized employee of the Division of Environmental Health for the Cuyahoga County Health Department.
(c) The term “certificate of inspection” shall mean written approval from the Building Commissioner, or his authorized representative, that said tattooing and/or body piercing establishment has been inspected and meets all of the terms of this chapter.
(d) The term “operator” shall mean any individual, firm, company, corporation or association, that owns or operates an establishment where tattooing and/or body piercing is performed and/or any individual who performs or practices the art of tattooing and/or body piercing on the person of another.
(e) The terms “tattoo”, “tattooed”, or “tattooing” refer to any method of placing designs, letters, scrolls, figures, symbols or any other marks upon or under the skin with ink or any other substance resulting in the coloration of the skin by the aid of needles and/or any other instruments designed to touch or puncture the skin.
(f) The terms “body pierce”, “body pierced”, or “body piercing” refer to any method of invasive penetration of the skin for decorative purposes, including ear piercing except when the ear piercing procedure is performed with an ear piercing gun.
(g) “Ear piercing gun” means a mechanical device that pierces the ear by forcing a disposable single-use stud or solid needle through the ear.
(h) Tattoo and/or body piercing “establishment” means the location wherein tattooing and/or body piercing is performed.
(i) “Board of Health” means the Cuyahoga County Board of Health.
(j) “Business” means any entity that provides tattoo and/or body piercing services.
(Ord. 2000-29. Passed 5-22-00.)