§ 15-116. Denial of permit or renewal; suspension or revocation of permit.

(a)

The health department director may refuse to issue or renew a tattoo and/or a body piercing studio permit or may suspend or revoke a tattoo and/or a body piercing studio permit if the operator or holder;

(1)

Refuses to permit entry into the tattoo and/or body piercing studio by the health director or his assignee or otherwise willfully obstructs the inspection of the tattoo and/or body piercing studio; or

(2)

If there are repeated or a serious violation(s) of any city ordinance in the tattoo and/or body piercing studio; or

(3)

If there is noncompliance o state laws regulating tattoo and/or body piercing studios.

(b)

At time of suspension of a tattoo and/or a body piercing permit, the health director shall notify the permitted tattoo and/or body piercing studio, in writing, of the reason(s) for which the permit is being suspended, and the date of such suspension. The permit shall then be revoked unless within ten (10) days following notice of suspension, the operator files a written request for a hearing with the health director. If no request for hearing is filed within the specified period, suspension and revocation of permit shall become final.

(c)

An operator whose tattoo and/or body piercing studio permit has been suspended or revoked shall not have it reinstated, or granted a new permit, until the operator rectifies all reason(s) for said suspension or revocation, which actions my include, but are not limited to, requiring an operator to obtain a letter of authorization for the state permitting authority.

(Ord. No. 2002-O-143, § 1, 7-15-02)