Pembroke Pines, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Tattoo & Body Modification (2026)
Key Facts
- Buffer from alcohol/church/school
- 1,000 feet (§ 155.532(A)(2))
- Buffer from residential districts
- 500 feet (§ 155.532(A)(3))
- Accessory body art hours
- 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
- Accessory body art rooms
- One customer chair, separate room
- Permits required
- City, FL Dept. of Health, Broward County
- General penalty
- Up to $500 fine or 90 days (§ 10.99)
Summary
Pembroke Pines treats standalone tattoo parlors as a designated use with strict distance buffers. Section 155.532 bars a new parlor within 1,000 feet of an alcohol-serving establishment, a religious institution, or a school or day care, and within 500 feet of any residentially zoned district. A separate rule, § 155.507, lets tattooing happen only as an accessory service inside an existing personal care or medical facility.
§ 155.532 TATTOO PARLORS. Tattoo parlors shall be subject to the following standards and regulations: (A) Location near religious institutions, schools, residential districts: ... (2) Tattoo parlor shall not be located nearer than 1,000 feet to the same or any other designated use, an establishment at which alcoholic beverages are sold or consumed, or to any religious institutions, or public, private or parochial kindergarten, nursery, elementary, middle, or high school, or day care center. Measurement of 1,000 feet shall be made in accordance with division (A)(4) of this section. (3) It shall be unlawful hereafter to establish any designated use within the corporate limits of the city if the proposed location is within 500 feet of a residentially zoned district.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-61: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 2056, passed 12-11-25).
Full Breakdown
The city regulates tattooing two different ways depending on the business model. 532, which the LDC groups with other "designated uses" the Commission has found capable of concentrating harm on a neighborhood. 532(A)(2), a tattoo parlor cannot locate within 1,000 feet of the same or any other designated use, an establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold or consumed, a religious institution, or a public, private, or parochial school or day care center. 532(A)(3) goes further for residential areas: it is unlawful to establish the use within 500 feet of any residentially zoned district.
532(A)(4), as a straight line between any part of the building or lot where the parlor sits and any part of the building or lot of the protected use, whether that line runs across the ground or through the air. 532(A)(5). 507(B).
Violations & Fines
Establishing a tattoo parlor inside the 1,000-foot or 500-foot buffers is expressly declared unlawful by § 155.532(A)(2) and (3), and operating a body art studio without the city, state Department of Health, and Broward County permits required by § 155.507(B)(1) is likewise a violation subject to city inspection. Neither section states its own fine, so the citywide general penalty in § 10.99 applies: up to $500, up to 90 days in jail, or both, with each day of continued operation a separate offense under § 10.98(B).
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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