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Elyria, OH Code of Ordinances
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
CHAPTER 703 Alarm Systems
CHAPTER 704 Amusement Devices
CHAPTER 705 Billposters and Distributors
CHAPTER 709 Boxing and Wrestling
CHAPTER 711 Cable Service and Competitive Video Service
CHAPTER 713 Circuses and Carnivals
CHAPTER 715 Sweepstakes Terminal Café
CHAPTER 717 Dances
CHAPTER 721 Distress Merchandise Sales
CHAPTER 725 Fair Housing Practices
CHAPTER 729 Juke Boxes
CHAPTER 733 Junk Yards
CHAPTER 734 Medical Marijuana Entities
CHAPTER 735 Massage Parlor Establishments
CHAPTER 736 Motor Vehicle Salvage Dealers
CHAPTER 737 Peddlers, Canvassers and Solicitors
CHAPTER 741 Railroads
CHAPTER 745 Rummage Sales
CHAPTER 746 Sexually Oriented Businesses; Licensing and Operation
CHAPTER 747 Tattoo or Body Piercing Establishments
CHAPTER 749 Taxicabs
CHAPTER 750 Taxicabs
CHAPTER 753 Temporary Stores
CHAPTER 757 Weapons Sales
CHAPTER 761 Weights and Measures
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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747.10 OPERATING REQUIREMENTS.
   (a)   Every portion of the tattoo or body piercing establishment, including appliances and apparatus, shall be kept clean with disinfectant or a heat sterilization device and operated in a safe and sanitary condition according to the rules and regulations established by the Board of Health and adopted under Ohio R.C. 3730.10.
   (b)   Price rates for all services shall be prominently posted in the reception area in a location available to all prospective customers.
   (c)   No tattoo or body piercing establishment granted a license under the provisions of this chapter shall place, publish or distribute, or cause to be placed, published or distributed, any advertisement, picture or statement which is known, or through the exercise of reasonable care should be known, to be false, deceptive or misleading, in order to induce any patron to purchase or utilize any tattoo or body piercing service.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
747.11 PERSONS UNDER AGE EIGHTEEN PROHIBITED ON PREMISES.
   No person shall permit any person under the age of eighteen years to come on or remain on the premises of any tattoo or body piercing establishment to serve in the capacity of a tattooist, employee or patron except as provided in Section 747.02(f). Violation of this section constitutes good cause for suspension or revocation of the establishment's license to operate.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
747.12 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND NONPRESCRIPTION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED.
   No person shall sell, give, dispense, provide or keep, or cause to be sold, given, dispensed, provided or kept, any alcoholic beverage or nonprescription controlled substance on the premises of any tattoo or body piercing establishment.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
747.13 HOURS OF OPERATION.
   No tattoo or body piercing establishment shall be kept open to provide services to patrons between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. of the following day.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
747.14 INSPECTION REQUIRED.
   The Board of Health or its authorized representative shall, from time to time, make an inspection of each tattoo or body piercing establishment for the purposes of determining that the establishment is in full compliance with the provisions of this chapter. No licensee shall fail to allow such inspection officer access to the premises during the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. or hinder such officer in any manner during such inspection.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
747.15 NAME AND PLACE OF BUSINESS.
   No person granted a license pursuant to this chapter shall operate the tattoo or body piercing establishment under a name not specified in his or her license, nor shall he or she conduct business under any designation or location not specified in his or her license.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
747.16 TRANSFER OF LICENSES.
   No license shall be transferable except with the prior written consent of the Board of Health and ratification by the Health Commissioner. An application for such transfer shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed by the Board of Health. The written application for such transfer shall contain the same information as requested in this chapter for the initial application for the license.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
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