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Business Permits
- Introduction
- 4.02.020 Purpose
- 4.02.030 Permit Required
- 4.02.040 Permit Fees
- 4.02.050 Compliance With Title
For more information please call the Business License Dept. at 714-593-4421
Chapter 4.02 General Provisions 4.02.010 Short title; this title may be cited as the “business permit law” of the city.
Ordinance 1181 § 1 (Part), 1992
Chapter 4.02 General Provisions 4.02.010 Short title; this title may be cited as the “business permit law” of the city.
Ordinance 1376 § 1, 2005 & 1181 § 1 (Part), 1992
The purpose of this title is to provide a procedure by which specific businesses or activities may be approved, which also may require special investigations or require that certain conditions be attached in order to preserve the public peace, health, safety, morals or welfare of the residents of the city.
The purpose of this title is to provide a procedure by which specific businesses or activities may be approved, which also may require special investigations or require that certain conditions be attached in order to preserve the public peace, health, safety, morals or welfare of the residents of the city.
Ordinance 1406 § 2, 2007, 1376 § 2, 2005 & 1181 § 1 (Part), 1992
No person shall commence, transact or carry on any business or covered activity listed below without first having procured a permit from the city:
No person shall commence, transact or carry on any business or covered activity listed below without first having procured a permit from the city:
- Merchant patrol
- Dances / dancing club entertainment
- Solicitors and peddlers
- Charitable and religious solicitors
- Poolrooms and billiard halls
- Massage establishments
- Massage technicians
- Massage technician’s aid, apprentice, or trainee
- Pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers
- Burglary and robbery alarm systems
- Escorts
- Escort bureaus and introductory services
- Bingo games
- Off-site sale of single agricultural product
Ordinance 1376 § 3, 2005 & 1181 § 1 (Part), 1992
Unless otherwise specifically stated in this title, a fee for filing an application for a permit shall be set forth by city council resolution and payable in advance. This annual fee shall be nonrefundable and shall be used to cover the administrative costs incurred in investigating and/or processing the application for permit. This fee shall not include the fee charged by the police department to process and create fingerprint records that are required as part of the permit application process for the following business permits:
Unless otherwise specifically stated in this title, a fee for filing an application for a permit shall be set forth by city council resolution and payable in advance. This annual fee shall be nonrefundable and shall be used to cover the administrative costs incurred in investigating and/or processing the application for permit. This fee shall not include the fee charged by the police department to process and create fingerprint records that are required as part of the permit application process for the following business permits:
- Merchant patrol
- Solicitors and peddlers
- Poolrooms and billiard halls
- Massage establishments
- Massage establishment off-premises permit
- Massage technician’s aide, apprentice or trainee
- Pawnbroker and secondhand dealers
- Escorts
- Escort bureaus and introductory services
Ordinance 1376 § 4, 2005 & 1181 § 1 (Part), 1992
All businesses and covered activities requiring a permit pursuant to the terms of this title, unless specifically exempted herein, shall obtain and pay the fees applicable for a permit and/or license pursuant to the terms and provisions of Title 5 of this code.
All businesses and covered activities requiring a permit pursuant to the terms of this title, unless specifically exempted herein, shall obtain and pay the fees applicable for a permit and/or license pursuant to the terms and provisions of Title 5 of this code.