Alhambra, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Tattoo & Body Modification (2026)

Alhambra's zoning code does not carry a chapter dedicated to tattoo parlors. 030 folds "tattoo and body modification parlors" into the "General Personal Services" use classification alongside barber and beauty shops, day spas, nail salons, tanning salons, electrolysis, shoe and luggage repair, photographers, and self-serve laundry and dry cleaning pick-up. Where a business fits that classification determines its permit, not a separate license. 020 sets General Personal Services as a permitted ("P") use by right in the Central Business District, East Main Commercial and Commercial Mixed-Use zones, but requires a Minor Use Permit ("M") in the Automotive Commercial zone.

020 extends the same by-right status ("P") to the Professional Office employment zone while listing the Industrial zone with a dash, meaning the use is not allowed there at all. 030(B) puts before the Community Development Director rather than the Planning Commission, decided administratively unless the Director elects to refer it to a public hearing. 060. Because the use is classified alongside other personal-care businesses rather than singled out, a tattoo parlor otherwise follows the same commercial building and business-license requirements as any other Alhambra storefront use in its zone.