Chapter 17.67 — BODY ART FACILITIES

The regulation of the tattoo and/or body art facilities is necessary to ensure that their secondary effects do not pose a threat to residents of the city of Covina, or lead to blight and loss of property values of residential neighborhoods and businesses in close proximity to such uses, and to protect against harmful impacts on other sensitive land uses. This chapter contains content-neutral regulations to address such negative secondary impacts while providing sufficient avenues of communication for those wishing to open and operate tattoo and/or body art facilities, and provide a reasonable number of locations for such facilities to locate within the city. (Ord. 12-2013 § 3, 2012)

"Body art facility"

means the specified building, section of a building, or vehicle in which body art is performed, as more specifically defined in CMC § 5.38.020(C) .

(Ord. 12-2013 § 3, 2012)

• A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title to the contrary, body art facilities shall be a permitted use in the following zones, subject to the regulations contained herein:

  1. C-5 commercial zone (specified highway).

  2. M-1 light manufacturing zone.

• B. Standards for body art facilities shall be as follows:

  1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each body art facility shall comply with Chapter 5.38 CMC.

  2. The body art facility shall be designed to screen body art performed on a client's "specified anatomical areas," as defined in CMC § 17.55.020(B) , from persons outside the facility. Signage, advertising or images depicting "specific anatomical areas" shall not be placed in the windows or be visible to persons outside the facility.

  3. Body art facility signage shall comply with standards in this title.

  4. Design and/or modification to a site or building in which a body art facility proposes to locate shall remain subject to site plan review under Chapter 17.64 CMC.

  5. Body art cannot be provided as accessory to other permitted uses such as a barber and/or beauty shop without first complying with the provisions of this chapter and cannot be operated as home occupations.

  6. The off-street parking requirement shall be one parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area.

• (Ord. 12-2013 § 3, 2012)