(a) No person, firm, corporation or other legal entity shall maintain a body art establishment in the City unless such person, firm or corporation shall obtain an annual license from the City Clerk after an inspection and approval by the County Health Department. Each establishment shall pay the annual fee for a license as specified in the Business License Fee Schedule. At a minimum, a yearly inspection shall be conducted by either the County Health Department or its designated representative at the establishment to insure compliance with this chapter as well as any other provision of any applicable Federal, State or local health regulation or ordinance. The cost of such inspection shall be paid by the owner of the license. The license is not transferable. "Body art" shall include, but is not limited to, tattoos and body drawings.
(b) Every person who shall work in a body art establishment shall be required to secure a business license from the City. As part of that process each applicant shall present a current letter from a licensed Michigan physician certifying that the applicant is free from communicable disease, including Hepatitis A and A.I.D.S. This certification must be updated annually and displayed in an conspicuous place within the establishment.
(Ord. 672. Passed 3-31-99; Ord. 797. Passed 10-6-04.)