§ 8-136. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them respectively:

(a) Health officer shall mean that person or office designated by order of the city council of the City of Costa Mesa or by contract approved by said council as the person or office having responsibility for the enforcement of the provisions of this article.

(b) Operator shall mean any person, whether the proprietor or another person, administering a tattoo to any customer of a tattoo of a tattooing establishment.

(c) Proprietor shall mean the person having general control and management over the conduct of business at a tattooing establishment, whether or not such person is the legal owner of the premises or the business.

(d) Tattoo shall mean an indelible mark or figure fixed upon a body by insertion of pigment under the skin or by production of scars.

(e) Tattooing establishment shall mean the premises used for the business of marking or coloring the skin with tattoos, and all furnishings, equipment, instruments, dyes and inks, and other facilities maintained therein incidental to such use.

(Ord. No. 97-16, § 1, 6-2-97)