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   712.03 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TATTOOING AND BODY PIERCING BUSINESSES.
   (a)   No person shall control, operate, conduct or manage any tattoo business or body piercing business, whether to not actually performing the work of tattooing or body piercing, without first obtaining approval from the Greene County Health Department in accordance with Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3730.
   (b)   Every tattoo business or body piercing business shall contain not less than 150 square feet of usable floor space. If more than one operator or artist is engaged in the tattooing or body piercing profession in the same operation, there shall be a minimum of 100 square feet of floor space for each operator or artist.
   (c)   Every tattoo artist, tattoo operator and body piercing operator shall at all times comply with the following requirements:
      (1)   All tattooing related procedures and body piercing procedures shall be performed in a clean, safe and sanitary manner as required by the Greene County Health Department so as to minimize the potential of disease transmission.
      (2)   All areas of a tattoo business and a body piercing business shall be constructed and maintained in a clean, safe and sanitary manner in compliance with all applicable statutes, laws, regulations and codes of the Greene County Health Department and State of Ohio.
         (Ord. 9-07. Passed 2-19-07.)
   712.04 GENERAL PROHIBITIONS.
   It shall be unlawful:
   (a)    To perform tattooing related procedures and body piercing procedures on any person who is known to have, or who shows signs of having any communicable disease or any disease of the skin, including rashes, pimples, boils, infections or any manifestation or evidence of unhealthy conditions.
   (b)    To perform tattooing related procedures and body piercing procedures on any person under the influence of alcohol and/or any narcotic drug or drug of abuse.
   (c)   For any tattoo artist, tattoo operator and body piercing operator to be under the influence of alcohol and/or narcotic drug or drug of abuse when performing tattooing related procedures and body piercing procedures.
   (d)   To perform tattooing related procedures and body piercing procedures on any person under eighteen (18) years of age.
   (e)   To perform tattooing related procedures and body piercing procedures on the genitals, pubic area, or buttocks of any person, and tattooing and body piercing procedures on any portion of the breast below the aureole.
      (Ord. 9-07. Passed 2-19-07.)
   712.05 PROHIBITION OF BRANDING OR SCARIFICATION.
   No person shall operate a business within the City that offers branding or scarification services.
(Ord. 9-07. Passed 2-19-07.)
   712.06 WHERE AND HOW PERMITTED AND PROHIBITED.
   (a)   No tattoo business or body piercing business shall be located within a 1,000 feet radius of another tattoo business or body piercing business.
   (b)   No tattoo business or body piercing business shall be located within a 1,000 feet radius of a residential zoning district or a parcel of land containing a religious institution, school, child care facility, nursing or retirement home, library, museum, park, swimming pool, playground, place of public amusement or other areas where large numbers of minors regularly travel or congregate, within or outside the City corporate limits.
   (c)   In no case shall a tattoo business or body piercing business be permitted as an accessory use.
(Ord. 9-07. Passed 2-19-07.)
   712.07 RECORD KEEPING.
   Permanent records of each patron or customer shall be maintained by the tattoo operator or body piercing operator. Before the tattooing or body piercing operation performs tattooing related procedures or body piercing procedures, the patron or customer shall be required to enter, on a record form provided by such business, the date, his or her name, address, age, and his or her signature. This data will be verified by requiring the patron to produce a valid state driver's license or other form of government picture identification. Such records shall be maintained at the business by the tattoo operator or body piercing operator and shall be available for examination by the City Manager, Police Chief or Chief Building Official. Records shall be retained by the operator for a period of not less than five (5) years. In the event of a change of ownership or closing of the business. All such records shall be retained by the operator and made available to the City Manager, Police Chief or Chief Building Official upon request.
(Ord. 9-07. Passed 2-19-07.)
   712.08 REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE OF USE.
   The Chief Building Official may revoke the certificate of use issued for the premises of a tattoo business or body piercing business for:
   (a)   A revocation of approval for the same premises by The Greene County Health Department in accordance with Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3730; or,
   (b)   A violation of any provision of Section 1171.41 of the Zoning Code.
   (c)   A violation of any provision of Chapter 712 of the Codified Ordinances.
      (Ord. 9-07. Passed 2-19-07.)
   712.99 PENALTY.
   Whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00).
(Ord. 9-07. Passed 2-19-07.)