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

020). 020, lists "Tattoo Parlors (Body Art)" with a "C" designation, meaning the use may only be established with an approved conditional use permit, and only within the C-2 Community Commercial District. 020(B) means the use is prohibited outright in those zones. 64 and requires Planning Commission review, unlike an administrative use permit, which the Director can approve alone. 050(Q) places tattoo parlors, body piercing, and permanent makeup on the list of uses prohibited as home occupations because the City has determined they are not subordinate to or compatible with residential activities and are suitable only in nonresidential zoning districts.

That prohibition applies citywide, in every residential district, with no exception process. A beauty shop or health studio may offer permanent cosmetics or body piercing only as an ancillary service capped at twenty percent of floor area and twenty percent of gross sales; exceeding that ancillary limit reclassifies the business as a body art establishment, which must relocate to the C-2 District and secure its own conditional use permit.