South Fulton, GA Business Licensing & Operations: Tattoo & Body Modification (2026)

Table 2-4, the Principal Use Table for Non-Residential Districts, lists NAICS code 812119 Tattoo and Body Piercing Studios with an 'S' in the C-2 General Commercial District column only; the AG-1, C-1 Limited Commercial, O-I, MIX, M-1, and M-2 columns are all blank. 06(b), an 'S' means the use is allowed only by approval as a Special Use, which the City Council alone may grant when certain conditions are met, following the Special Use process laid out in Article 8 of the Zoning Ordinance. 04(a) reinforces that any principal use not shown as allowed on Table 2-4, whether by right or Special Use, is specifically prohibited in that district, so a tattoo studio cannot locate in C-1 or any residential or industrial district no matter what business license it might separately qualify for.

02 and any interpretation dispute appealable under Article 8. Compare this to Personal Care Services in the same table: barber shops, beauty salons, and nail salons also require Special Use approval in C-1, C-2, and MIX, but tattoo and body piercing studios are restricted further, limited to C-2 alone, reflecting the city's treatment of body modification as a more intensive commercial use requiring a tighter locational review than ordinary personal-care businesses.