Lauderhill, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Tattoo & Body Modification (2026)

The City of Lauderhill's Land Development Regulations define a tattoo parlor at Section 1.5 as 'a commercial establishment or place of business at which the skin of a human being is marked by piercing in or otherwise applying coloring matter so as to form indelible or lasting marks or figures, or which holds itself out to the public as a place where such tattooing can be purchased or arranged.' Schedule B's allowable-uses table then confines that use to a single zoning classification: the Commercial Entertainment (CE) district established under Section 3.2.5.

Every other column in the table, covering the residential districts and the CO, CN, CG, CC, CW, IL, PO, PL, PR, CR, S-1, CF and UT commercial, industrial and public-land districts, is blank for tattoo parlors, meaning the use is not allowed there. A CE district itself must cover a minimum five acres with at least two hundred linear feet of arterial frontage under Section 3.2.5.H, and a tattoo parlor locating in an established CE structure needs a certificate of occupancy from the Chief Building Official and an occupational license from the Finance Department under Section 3.2.5.E.4.

Section 1.5 further separates tattoo services from the personal-services classification that covers hair and nail salons, so a salon license does not cover tattooing. Enforcement of these siting rules falls to the Lauderhill Police Department, city inspectors and the Code Compliance Division under Section 1.7's general jurisdiction clause, which authorizes them to enforce the entire Land Development Regulations.