Section 5.01 Purpose and Intent.
   The intent of this Article is to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of the public from the spread of infectious diseases from practices which prick, pierce, or scar the skin, by regulating the operation of body art establishments in the City of Howell; to establish environmental health standards for the conduction of body arts procedure; to regulate the establishment and practice of body arts services; to authorize the City of Howell to enforce these standards and regulations by inspections; to require a license to operate a body art establishment; to require a permit, which requires the demonstration of knowledge in anatomy and body art technology, effective sterilization, sanitation, and hygienic and disease-controlling techniques, for individuals engaged in the practice of body art; and for providing licensing and permitting procedures and lees.