Brooklyn Park, MN Business Licensing & Operations: Tattoo & Body Modification (2026)
Key Facts
- Citywide license cap
- 1 per 4,000 residents
- Separation requirement
- 500 ft between establishments
- Per-parcel limit
- one establishment per parcel
- Banned procedures
- branding, scarification, suspension, etc.
- Licensing authority
- Health Authority (Code Enforcement/Public Health)
- Inspections
- pre-license, annual, and complaint-based
Summary
The City of Brooklyn Park licenses tattoo and body piercing shops through its Health Authority under Chapter 123, capping the citywide total at one license per 4,000 residents and requiring 500 feet of separation between any two body art establishments. Extreme procedures like branding, scarification, and subdermal implantation are banned outright, not just regulated.
(B) License required. No person may own or operate a body art establishment without first having obtained an establishment license from the Health Authority. ... (C) ... A body art establishment must be separated by at least 500 feet from another body art establishment, as measured from the closest point on the property lines of the body art establishments. No more than one body art establishment may be located on a single parcel of land. ... A body art establishment, a body art technician, or any other person may not perform branding, scarification, suspension, subdermal implantation, microdermal, or tongue bifurcation procedures.
Full Breakdown
04(C) caps the total number of body art establishment licenses citywide at no more than one for every 4,000 residents. 07(C) requires at least 500 feet of separation between any two body art establishments, measured property-line to property-line, and bars more than one establishment on a single parcel. 08 goes further than licensing and bans certain procedures entirely: no body art establishment, technician, or any other person may perform branding, scarification, suspension, subdermal implantation, microdermal work, or tongue bifurcation, regardless of licensure. 09(E). 06 bars transferring a license to a new person or location, and a valid license must stay posted on site and available to the public on request.
Violations & Fines
Operating a body art establishment without a Health Authority license, running one in a residential zone or as a temporary setup, or performing branding, scarification, suspension, subdermal implantation, microdermal work, or tongue bifurcation are each unlawful under §§ 123.04, 123.07, and 123.08, with a penalty set at § 123.99. Interfering with or refusing a Health Authority inspection under § 123.09(D) is a separate violation, and the city may order emergency closure under § 123.10 for health and safety grounds.
Frequently Asked Questions
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