Butte County Municipal Code Art. II Specific Licenses Enumerated

Every person conducting or carrying on a fair, street fair or attraction or aggregation of attractions, largely composed of games or feats of skill, feats of strength, and motion apparatus, commonly called a carnival or street carnival or any circus, shall pay the sum of $100.00 per day payable in advance; provided, however, that the board of supervisors may, in its discretion and without the payment of a license, grant a permit for such fair, street fair, carnival or circus, for a period not to exceed fifteen days, when a part of the proceeds of the same is to be used for charitable, religious, patriotic, educational or civic purposes.

(Code 1952, § 91)

Every person, who has not a regularly established place of business and who travels from place to place conducting, operating and maintaining a theater, tent show or playhouse, must be licensed to operate in the county and pay a fee in advance as follows; if the license is for a period of three (3) months or less, the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month; if the license is for a period of three (3) months and less than one (1) year, the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) per quarter; if the license is for one (1) year, the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) per annum; provided, however, that the board of supervisors may, in its discretion and without the payment of a license fee, grant a permit for such theater, tent show, or playhouse for a period not to exceed fifteen (15) days when a part of the proceeds of the same is to be used for charitable, religious, patriotic, educational, civic or community purposes or if no admission charge is made and said theater, tent show or playhouse in the judgment of the board of supervisors, will be of benefit to charitable, religious, patriotic, educational, civic or community interest.

(Code 1952, § 92)

Every person engaged in the business of clairvoyance, fortunetelling, psychic, seer, astrologist, palmist or other persons claiming to read or foretell the past, present or future shall pay a license tax of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per quarter, payable to the tax collector of the county. Application for such license may be made to the tax collector of the county by the payment of the tax for one (1) quarter and upon application being made tax collector shall immediately refer applicant and application to the sheriff of the county and all applicants shall be photographed and fingerprinted by the sheriff, and the sheriff shall either approve or disapprove of the granting of the license within thirty (30) days. If the granting of the license is disapproved by the sheriff, the license fee paid upon making the application shall be returned to the applicant. If the application is approved by the sheriff, the applicant shall furnish to the sheriff the name, age, sex, permanent address and other pertinent information required by the sheriff concerning each and every person who shall be employed by applicant in such business or take part therein, in any manner whatsoever and the applicant shall keep any and all records of such business as shall be required by the sheriff and shall submit copies thereof to the sheriff, as he may require. A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 541, § 1)

Every person who has a regularly fixed and established place of business conducting, operating and maintaining a theater, or playhouse shall pay a license fee in advance, of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per annum.

(Code 1952, § 92)

In addition to whatever other fees may be required with a concealed weapon license application, including renewal application, there shall be, for the administration of any written test or retest and any range test or retest, the following fees:

(Ord. No. 2498, § 1, 11-19-85)

In accordance with section 12070 of the California Penal Code, no person shall engage in the business of selling, leasing, transferring, advertising, offering, or exposing for sale, lease, or transfer of firearms unless he or she has been issued a license pursuant to section 120701 of the California Penal Code.

Engaging in the business of selling, leasing, or transferring of firearms does not include any of the following:

(1) The sale, lease, or transfer of any firearm by a person acting pursuant to a court order or pursuant to the Enforcement of Judgments Law (Title 9 (commencing with section 680.010) of part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure), or by a person who liquidates a personal firearm collection to satisfy a court judgment.

(2) The sale, lease, or transfer of firearms by a person acting pursuant to subdivision (c) of section 12028 of the California Penal Code.

(3) The sale, lease, or transfer of a firearm by a person who obtains title to the firearm by interstate succession or by bequest, provided the person disposes of the firearm within sixty (60) days of receipt of the firearm.

(4) The infrequent sale, lease, or transfer, offering, exposing for sale, lease, or transfer, or advertising for sale, lease, or transfer of firearms.

(a) "Infrequent" means:

1. For pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed upon the person, less than six (6) transactions per calendar year. For this purpose, "transactions" means a single sale, lease, or transfer of any number of pistols, revolvers or other firearms capable of being concealed upon the person.

2. For firearms other than pistols, revolvers, or other firearms capable of being concealed upon the person, occasional and without regularity.

In accordance with section 12071 of the California Penal Code, the sheriff shall accept applications for, and may grant, licenses permitting the licensee to sell at retail within the county, any firearms.

Each application for a retail firearm dealer's license shall be accompanied by a fee to cover costs for processing fingerprints, said fee to be established by the department of justice with an additional twenty dollars ($20.00) to be charged for local processing fees. The fee shall not be returned in the event the license is subsequently revoked.

The sheriff may revoke the license in the event the licensee violated the provisions of section 12071 of the California Penal Code.

(Ord. No. 2925, § 1, 5-7-91)