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, 'tervi[[e 'Esta6{is!iecf 1857 STAFF REPORT DATE: June 4, 2002 TO: Planning and Zoning Commission Kim Moore-Sykes, City Administrator ,,~N~0 FROM: RE: Information on Tattooing and Body Piercing I........................................................................... BACKGROUND The Planning Commission and City Council are interested in pursuing an ordinance that regulates body piercing and tattooing. The Staffhas researched this issue by contacting other cities for copies of their ordinances and regulations for these uses. The City of New Brighton recently adopted an ordinance that regulates body piercing and tattooing. Some of the language is similar to what the City of Centerville currently has but New Brighton also has a section on licensing that outlines the process for applicants. r also talked with their city public health official and he indicated that most cities he knew of licensed and regulated this sort of activity through their police departments. He also indicated that Anoka County also regulated tattooing. In contacting the Environmental Services Department at Anoka County, I spoke with Dan Disrude, an inspector for the County and he indicated that the County only requires licenses for tattooing and body art establishments under a County ordinance adopted in 1979. He reported that obviously, body piercing wasn't a "mainstream" practice as it is currently so officially, Environmental Services has no authority to license or inspect establishments that do body piercing and that that responsibility would probably fall to the City to regulate. But he did say that a Jot of body piercing does occur in tattooing and body art establishments so they are able to inspect for aseptic procedures and a clean environment because of the tattooing aspect of the business. I asked him if he ever came across a situation where body piercing was being done in a salon and he answered no. When I described a scenario of a hair and beauty salon also doing body piercing and concluded that because no tattooing was occurring on the premises then the County had no standing to inspect and require licensing, he agreed. RECOMMENDATION Since it appears that if a business comes to Centerville and does not do tattooing but does offer body piercing, the City would have the responsibility for licensing if they deemed regulation was important from a public health perspective. Staff recommends that the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council that an ordinance be adopted that requires licensure of body piercing similar to the City of New Brighton's ordinance regarding the same.