For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BODY ART. Physical body adornment using, but not limited to, tattooing and body piercing. BODY ART does not include practices and procedures that are performed by a licensed medical or dental professional if the procedure is within the professional’s scope of practice.
BODY ART ESTABLISHMENT. Any structure or venue, whether permanent, temporary or mobile, where body art is performed. Mobile establishments include vehicle-mounted units, either motorized or trailered, and readily moveable without disassembling and where body art procedures are regularly performed in more than one geographic location.
BODY PIERCING. The penetration or puncturing of the skin by any method for the purpose of inserting jewelry or other objects in or through the body. BODY PIERCING also includes branding, scarification, suspension, subdermal implantation, microdermal and tongue bifurcation. BODY PIERCING does not include the piercing of the outer perimeter or the lobe of the ear using a pre-sterilized single-use stud-and-clasp ear-piercing system.
TATTOOING. Any method of placing indelible ink or other pigments into or under the skin or mucosa with needles or any other instruments used to puncture the skin, resulting in permanent coloration of the skin or mucosa. TATTOOING also includes micro-pigmentation and cosmetic tattooing.
(Prior Code, § 515.02) (Ord. 854, passed 10-21-2010)