§ 5.17.010. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them respectively:

A.

"Operator" means any person, whether the proprietor or another person, administering a tattoo to any customer of a tattooing establishment.

B.

"Proprietor" means the person having general control and management over the conduct of business at a tattooing establishment, whether or not such person is the legal owner of the premises or the business.

C.

"Tattoo" means an indelible mark or figure fixed upon a body by insertion of pigment under the skin or by production of scars.

D.

"Tattooing establishment" means premises used for the business of marking or coloring the skin with tattoos, and all furnishing, equipment, instruments, dyes and inks, and other facilities maintained therein incidental to such use. (Ord. 129 §5.17.010, 1985)