Orange Beach OKs tattoo, piercing parlors with limitations by Dale Jones Published : February 3, 2011 ORANGE BEACH, AL — For several months, elected officials in Orange Beach have been mulling over zoning issues related to businesses such as liquor stores, non-chartered financial institutions, pawn shops and tattoo parlors. During that time, a moratorium was [...]

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Ordinance To Outlaw Tongue Splitting By Jane Santucci Published : October 20, 2009 TERRE HAUTE, IA – Vigo County is currently looking to rewrite the entire ordinance that covers tattoos, body piercings and other procedures. One particular procedure happening at a few area tattoo parlors has health officials upset. Devin Feller likes to express himself [...]

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Talk Concerning Limit On Tattoo Parlors Continues By Victor Morales Published : October 2, 2009 CATHEDRAL CITY, CA – Cathedral City officials will revisit the topic of restricting tattoo parlors and body-piercing establishments in the city, perhaps as soon as this month. Advertisement The planning commission voted 4-0 on Sept. 24 to recommend to the [...]

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California Bill Would Tighten Rules On Tattoos, Piercing By Susan Ferriss Published : September 9, 2009 Tattoos were once a standard way for a guy to thumb his forearm at authority. But veteran tattoo artist Courtney McIntyre says more authority may be what’s needed to better protect customers of the expanding body-art industry. He’s in [...]

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Cocoa Beach Bans Clusters Of Tattoo Studios By R. Norman Moody Published : August 21, 2009 COCOA BEACH, FL – The City Commission on Thursday voted to prohibit tattoo studios and body-piercing salons from locating close to existing ones. In a 4-1 vote, the commission decided to prohibit these businesses from being within 2,000 feet [...]

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Tattoo Parlor Fined Under New Rockland Body Art Regulation By Jane Lerner Published : August 20, 2009 ROCKLAND, NY – A West Nyack tattoo parlor became the first Rockland establishment fined by the county Board of Health for violating a new law governing body art. Richard M. Knab, owner and operator of Body Inkorporated at [...]

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State Stalls Tattoo Parlor Regulation Plan Madison County Already Has Tough Standards By Chris Coates Published : August 3, 2009 ILLINOIS – Tougher rules on how often tattoo and body-piercing businesses in Illinois are checked for safety problems have been shelved after problems with state funding. Madison County already has strict guidelines on the operations. [...]

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Lawmaker Aims To Tighten Body Piercing Rules By Dawn Hasbrouck Published : July 19. 2009 BOSTON, MA – A Massachusetts lawmaker wants the human body piercing industry to be better regulated statewide. State Rep. Bruce Ayers, a Democrat who covers Quincy and Randolph, is proposing legislation that would, among other things, have the State Department [...]

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Cocoa Beach Take Step Toward Tattoo Shop Ordinance By Michelle Spitzer Published : July 17, 2009 COCOA BEACH, FL – City commissioners took a step Thursday to approve a measure that would regulate the locations of tattoo studios and body-piercing salons and prohibit them in clusters. After being “introduced” to the ordinance, commissioners said they [...]

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Owners Pleased With Ruling On Tattoo Shop By Dianna M. Náñez Published – July 11, 2009 TEMPE, AZ – A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday in favor of a Gilbert couple’s right to open a tattoo studio in Tempe. Judge Robert Oberbillig said that the Tempe City Council’s decision in 2007 to revoke [...]

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