A. Vendor License Required. Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association which intends to operate a temporary body piercing or tattooing establishment within the corporate limits of the city for any timeframe up to twelve (12) days shall be required to purchase a transient merchant permit for each structure, stand location or place for each artist performing body piercing or tattooing. The city shall give the transient merchant permit to the city enforcement officer or his designee, who may go upon the premises of any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association performing body piercing or tattooing to ensure that the provisions of this chapter are being followed. If the business is in compliance with all regulations, both state and municipal, the city official or his designee shall then issue the transient merchant permit to the person, firm, corporation, partnership or association performing body piercing or tattooing services at each location, which shall include all sanitation fees.
A South Dakota state tax number shall be presented at the time of applying for a vendor license.
B. Registration. Temporary body piercing or tattooing artists shall register such establishment with the city.
C. Fee and Duration of License.
1. A temporary body piercing or tattooing business shall pay a vendor license fee for each twelve (12) consecutive day period or portion thereof in any calendar year. This fee shall include all sanitation charges. The city shall note on the license the time period for which it is effective.
2. A temporary body piercing or tattooing business may purchase only two vendor licenses per artist per twelve (12) month period.
3. An artist may apply for both body piercing and tattooing under the same licensure fee, as long as the provisions under each respective ordinance are met. (Ord. 700 (part), 2011: Ord. 506 (part), 1999)