§ 119.05 ISSUANCE OF PERMIT FOR A TATTOO OR BODY-PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT.
   (A)   Upon receipt of the recommendations of the departments referred to in § 119.03 that the establishment is in compliance with all of the requirements of § 119.06, the Village President shall issue a permit to maintain, operate or conduct a tattoo or body-piercing establishment, unless he or she finds:
      (1)   That the operation, as proposed by the applicant, if permitted, would not have complied with all applicable laws, including but not limited to, the Building, Health, Planning, Housing, Zoning and Fire Code of the Village of Swansea; or
      (2)   That the applicant and any other person who will be directly or indirectly engaged in the management and operation of a tattoo or body-piercing establishment has been convicted of:
         (a)   An offense involving sexual misconduct, or,
         (b)   The following sections of 720 ILCS 5 or a similar village ordinance: 11 et seq. (Sex Offense); 12-10 (Tattooing the Body of a Minor); 12-10.1 (Piercing the Body of a Minor); 12-33 (Ritualized Abuse of a Minor); and 12-34 (Female Genital Mutilation).
   (B)   Every tattoo or body-piercing establishment permit issued pursuant to sections in this chapter will terminate at the expiration of one year from the date of its issuance, unless sooner suspended or revoked.
(Ord. 1877, passed 1-6-2020)