CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the first reading on an ordinance amending Chapter 7 (Tattooing and Body Piercing) of Title 4 (Health and Sanitation) of the Naperville Municipal Code.
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DEPARTMENT: Legal Department
SUBMITTED BY: Kristen Foley, Senior Assistant City Attorney and Allison Laff, Deputy Director - TED
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Not required.
BACKGROUND:
During public forum at the May 7, 2019 City Council meeting, Jenna Lesko requested that the City Council consider an amendment to the Naperville Municipal Code in order to permit microblading to be performed by a person other than a physician or osteopath, as is required by the current code. Microblading is a new form of cosmetic application that uses the principles of tattooing to place permanent ink under the skin to create the likeness of hair, often eyebrows.
Following discussion of the existing ordinance and current request, the City Council directed staff to prepare a code amendment for review at a future meeting.
DISCUSSION:
Existing Regulations
Chapter 7 (Tattooing and Body Piercing) of Title 4 (Health and Sanitation) of the Naperville Municipal Code defines a tattoo as "any method of placing designs, letters, scrolls, figures, symbols or any other marks upon, under or in the skin with ink or any other substance resulting in the coloration of the skin by the aid of needles or any other instrument designed to touch or puncture the skin". Section 4-7-4 (Prohibitions) of this same Section notes that (1) It is prohibited for any person to tattoo or do body piercing on another human being unless it is performed by a physician or osteopath or in the presence of and under direction of a physician or osteopath and (2) It is prohibited for any person to engage in or operate a tattoo parlor or body piercing establishment unless he or she is a physician or osteopath.
Based on the existing Municipal Code regulations, microblading would be defined as a tattoo and can...
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