South Jordan, UT Business Licensing & Operations: Tattoo & Body Modification (2026)
Key Facts
- Use classification
- personal service
- Excluded zone
- MU-R&D, Redwood Road
- Also excluded there
- massage therapy
- Elsewhere
- allowed where personal services permitted
Summary
South Jordan allows tattoo parlors as a personal-service use citywide but expressly bars them, along with massage therapy, from the Redwood Road Mixed Use Research and Development zone.
Personal services that include massage therapy and tattoo parlors are not permitted in the MU-R&D zone.
HISTORY Amended by Ord. 2016-05 ARCHIVED on 5/3/2016 Amended by Ord. 2025-16 ARCHIVED on 10/7/2025 Amended by Ord. 2026-05 ARCHIVED on 4/7/2026
Full Breakdown
South Jordan's zoning code, in Salt Lake County, Utah, lists 'tattoo parlor' as a personal-services use under Title 17, Chapter 17.18, allowed like other personal services (barber shops, tanning salons) in zones where personal services are a permitted use. Section 17.54.100 carves out one exception: in the Mixed Use-Research and Development (MU-R&D) zone along Redwood Road, personal services that include massage therapy or tattoo parlors are not permitted, reserving that district for office, high-tech and laboratory uses instead.
Violations & Fines
Operating a tattoo parlor in the MU-R&D zone without a use change or rezoning is a zoning violation subject to South Jordan Planning and Code Compliance enforcement.
Frequently Asked Questions
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