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<br />Item No: 2 <br />Meeting Date: August 1, 2016 <br />Type of Business: Work Session <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Tattoo, Body Piercing, Body Branding, Body Scarring and <br />Body Painting Establishments <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The City is receiving numerous inquiries for a Tattoo, Body Piercing, Body Branding, <br />Body Scarring and Body Painting license. Staff wanted to take this opportunity to <br />review the requirements of this type of establishment with the City Council. Attached is <br />Chapter 515 of the City Code pertaining to Tattoo, Body Piercing, Body Branding, Body <br />Scarring and Body Painting Establishments. <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />In 2010, revisions were made to Chapter 515 of the City Code. Revisions included: <br /> <br />o Definitions made consistent with MN Statutes <br />o Licensing requirement deleted, since the State will issue the business licenses <br />o Body art shops prohibited in private residences, no mobile operations <br />o Health & sanitation regs deleted, defer to state regs <br />o Suspension & revocation provisions no longer necessary <br />o Exemptions deleted <br />o Temporary tattoo & piercing licenses deleted <br /> <br />Currently the City Code does not have provisions for City licensing for these <br />establishments. Owners of these establishments are required to be licensed through the <br />Minnesota Department of Health. All Tattoo, Body Piercing, Body Branding, Body <br />Scarring and Body Painting Establishments must be in a B-2 Limited Business Zoning <br />District. According to 1113.02, subd. 3 of the Zoning Code, these establishments must <br />be separated by no less than one thousand (1,000) feet from any other such <br />establishment within the City of Mounds View, as measured from the property lines of <br />the property upon which the uses are located. <br /> <br />Many cities have business licensing requirements for this type of business. Fees for <br />this license range anywhere from $200 to $700 per year. Most cities with this type of <br />business license require City Council approval by public hearing. <br />