Columbus, Georgia

AN ORDINANCE

NO.



Amending Columbus Code, Chapter 13, so as to adopt the Rules and

Regulations for Tattoo Studios and Tattoo Artists as adopted by the Columbus

Board of Health and provide for a permit fee for the health permit and for

other purposes.



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THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA HEREBY ORDAINS:



SECTION 1.



Columbus Code Section 13 is hereby amended by adding a New Article XIV:



The Rules and Regulations for Tattoo Studios and Tattoo Artists as adopted by

the Columbus Board of Health, and further identified as the proposed Rules and

Regulations at Chapter 290-31-40 et seq. are hereby adopted and incorporated

herein by reference and a copy of the same is attached hereto.



SECTION 2.



290-31-40.18 of said Rules and Regulations adopted by the Columbus

Board of Health shall be amended by adding the following at the end:



(7) Before a Tattoo Studio and Tattoo Artist permit is granted pursuant

to this Chapter by the health authority, each applicant shall pay a permit fee

in the amount established as shown on the attached fee table that is

incorporated herein by reference and a copy of the same attached hereto. A copy

of said fee table is on file in the office of the Clerk of said Council of

Columbus.



(8) Tattoo Studio and Tattoo Artist permits granted by the health

authority under this Chapter shall expire on June 30 of each year. Permit

holders do not have an automatic right to renewal and must be in satisfactory

compliance with the provisions of the rules of this Chapter for the granting of

permits. Permit renewal fee(s) must be received by the health authority within

thirty (30) days of the expiration of the permit;



(9) Permit holders who fail to satisfy compliance with the rules of

this Chapter at the time of renewal or fail to submit the permit renewal fee as

required, are subject to administrative closure of the establishment.



SECTION 3



290-31-40-.22 of said Rules and Regulations shall be deleted in its

entirety and there substituted a new section so numbered as stated to read as

follows:



?290-31-40-.22 Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of this Article

shall be punished pursuant to Sec. 1-8 of the Columbus Code. Citations for

such violations shall be heard in the Environmental Court Division of Recorders

Court.?



SECTION 4.



This Article shall be effective June 30, 2004.



SECTION 5.



All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance

are hereby repealed.

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Introduced at a regular meeting or the Council of Columbus, Georgia

held on the day of , 2004; introduced a second time at a

regular meeting of said Council held on the ______ day of , 2004, and

adopted at said meeting by the affirmative vote of members of said

Council.





Councilor Allen voting ____________________.

Councilor Anthony voting_________________.

Councilor Davis voting____________________.

Councilor Henderson voting_______________.

Councilor Hunter voting___________________.

Councilor McDaniel voting_________________.

Councilor Rodgers voting__________________.

Councilor Suber voting____________________.

Councilor Pugh voting_____________________.

Councilor Woodson voting_________________.









Tiny B. Washington Robert S. Poydasheff

Clerk Mayor





THERE ARE THREE ATTACHMENTS - BE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN



12 pages of Rules and Regulations of the Deparment of Human Resources for

Tattoo Studios (Chapter 290-31-40) are on file in the Clerk of Council's office.