(a) Tattoo and body piercing businesses are a conditionally permitted use in C4 and M1 Districts.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) "Body piercing" means the piercing of any part of the body by someone other than a physician licensed under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4731, who utilizes a needle or other instrument for the purpose of inserting an object into the body for non-medical purposes; body piercing includes ear piercing except when the ear piercing procedure is performed on the ear with an ear piercing gun.
(2) "Body piercing establishment" means any place, whether temporary or permanent, stationary or mobile, wherever situated, where body piercing is performed, including any area under the control of the operator.
(3) "Business" means an entity that provides tattoo, body piercing or tattoo and body piercing services for compensation.
(4) "Ear piercing gun" means a mechanical device that pierces the ear by forcing a disposable single-use stud or needle through the ear.
(5) "Premises" means the physical location of a body piercing establishment or tattoo establishment.
(6) "Tattoo" means any method utilizing needles or other instruments by someone other than a physician licensed under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4731, to permanently place designs, letters, scrolls, figures, symbols or any other marks upon or under the skin of a person with ink or any other substance resulting in an alteration of the appearance of the skin.
(7) "Tattoo establishment" means any place, whether temporary or permanent, stationary or mobile, wherever situated, where tattooing is performed, including any area under the control of the operator.
(c) Such business shall comply with all of the requirements and regulations provided for such business in the Ohio Revised Code or the Ohio Administrative Code, as now enacted or amended hereafter, as well as all other applicable provisions of these Codified Ordinances.
(d) Signs shall not exceed the size and type permitted in Section 1292.07, the granting of a comprehensive sign plan for the site notwithstanding.
(e) There shall be a minimum spacing of 1,000 feet in every direction between tattoo and/or body piercing businesses and all other similar or permitted businesses.
(f) There shall be a minimum spacing of 1,000 feet in every direction between a tattoo and/or body piercing business and the following land uses:
(1) A church;
(2) A public or private elementary or secondary school;
(3) A boundary of a Residential District;
(4) A public park adjacent to a Residential District; and
(5) A lot line of a lot devoted to a residential use.
(Ord. 2014-27. Passed 8-5-14.)