West Valley City, UT Business Licensing & Operations: Tattoo & Body Modification (2026)

Section 7-6-301 states that its table controls every use within the Commercial, Manufacturing, and overlay zones, and that any use left off the table is prohibited in those zones. The Tattoo Establishment row lists a Permitted (P) designation in the BRP, MXD, CC, C-1, C-2, C-3, LI, and M zones, and a Prohibited (X) designation in the Jordan River Overlay Zone (JROZ), the Bangerter Highway Overlay Zone (BHOZ), and the 5600 West Overlay Zone (56WOZ). The row carries no asterisk, meaning the table sets the complete zoning rule for the use with no additional use-specific standards elsewhere in Title 7.

The City's definitions section, 7-1-103, defines the use precisely: subsection (264) defines a Tattoo Establishment as any location, place, area, structure, or business used for the practice or instruction of Tattooing or Body Piercing, expressly excluding Permanent Cosmetics Establishments, which are separately licensed under Title 58 of the Utah Code. Body Piercing itself is defined at subsection (39) as piercing any part of the body except the ears for inserting jewelry. Beyond the zoning table, a Tattoo Establishment operating in West Valley City still needs the general business license required of every business under Section 17-1-102, which makes it unlawful to engage in business in the City without one, requires a separate license for each place of business, and treats every day of noncompliance as a separate violation.