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Ord 854 Page 3 515.03: LICENSE REQUIRED: Subd. 1. Tattoo and Body Piercing Body Art Establishment License: It is unlawful to operate, offer, engage in or carry on tattooing, body piercing, body scarring, body branding or body painting without a tattoo and/or body piercing license. No person acting individually or jointly with any other person shall maintain, own, or operate a body art establishment in the City without obtaining a body art establishment license issued by the State Commissioner of Health. Subd. 2. Tattoo and Body Piercing Specialist Body Art Technician License: It is unlawful to practice, administer or provide tattoo, body piercing, body scarring or body branding services in the City without a tattoo and/or body piercing specialist license. No individual shall perform tattooing in the City unless the individual holds a valid tattoo technician license issued by the State Commissioner of Health. No individual shall perform body piercing in the City unless the individual holds a valid body piercing technician license issued by the State Commissioner of Health. If an individual performs both tattooing and body piercing, the individual must hold a valid dual body art technician license issued by the State Commissioner of Health. 515.04. GENERAL RULE: The owner or operator of a licensed tattoo and body piercing establishment may employ only licensed tattoo and body piercing specialists to provide tattoo, piercing, branding, scarring or painting services. The owner or operator of a licensed tattoo and body piercing enterprise need not be licensed as a tattoo and body piercing specialist unless that owner or operator personally provides tattoo, piercing, branding, scarring or body painting services. 515.05: LICENSE APPLICATION: Subd. 1. Tattoo and Body Piercing Establishment License: The application for a tattoo and body piercing establishment license must contain the following information: a. For all applicants: (1) Whether the applicant is an individual, corporation, partnership or other form of organization; (2) The legal description of the premises to be licensed together with a plan of the area showing dimensions, location of buildings, street access and parking facilities; (3) The floor number, street number and rooms where the tattoo, piercing, branding, scarring or body painting services are to be conducted; (4) Whether all real estate and personal property taxes that are due and payable for the premises to be licensed have been paid, and if not, the years and amounts that are unpaid; (5) If the application is for a premises either planned or under construction or undergoing substantial alteration, the application must be accompanied by preliminary plans showing the design of the proposed premises; if the plans for design are on file with the building inspector, no plans need be submitted; (6) The name and street address of the business if it is to be conducted under a designation, name or style other than the name of the applicant, and a certified copy of the certificate required by Minnesota Statutes, section 333.02;