Cathedral City Municipal Code Ch. 5.08 Cabarets

As used in this chapter, "entertainments" means every act, play, burlesque show, revue, pantomime scene, song and dance act, song rendition, music rendition, or other entertainment participated in by one or more persons which is performed, exhibited, shown or produced in any place within the city where alcoholic beverages as defined by the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Act are being sold or offered for sale for consumption on the premises.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

No person owning, operating, managing or otherwise controlling any place as defined in Section 5.08.010 shall conduct, sponsor or allow any entertainment at any time when the practice of employees soliciting or accepting drinks of alcoholic beverages from patrons is permitted.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

No person owning, operating, managing or otherwise controlling any place as defined in Section 5.08.010, shall suffer or permit any entertainment to be conducted which is visible or plainly audible from any public street or sidewalk, except for such temporary periods not exceeding one minute when patrons are entering or exiting through a doorway.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

No person shall engage in personally soliciting trade on any public street or sidewalk at or near the entrance of a place with entertainment, nor shall any person owning, operating, managing or otherwise controlling any place as defined in Section 5.08.010, conduct, sponsor or allow any entertainment when the practice of soliciting business is engaged in or permitted.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

No person owning, operating, managing or otherwise controlling any place as defined in Section 5.08.010, shall conduct, sponsor or allow any entertainment therein at any time when the regularly used doors thereto are not unlocked with free ingress and egress while patrons are in the establishment.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

No person owning, operating, managing or otherwise controlling any place as defined in Section 5.08.010, shall conduct, sponsor or allow any entertainment therein between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., provided, however, that upon issuance of a special after hours permit by the chief of police, any such person may offer recorded entertainment during hours specified by the permit, until 4:00 a.m., which permit shall be issued on a month-to-month basis, revocable at any time upon five days' notice. The chief of police is authorized to impose such special procedures as may be necessary to assure that the Alcoholic Beverage Control laws of the state of California shall be vigorously enforced.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982; Ord. 287 § 1, 1990)

A violation of Section 5.08.020, 5.08.030, 5.08.040, 5.08.050 or 5.08.060 of this chapter by any person responsible for committing, causing or maintaining such violation shall constitute a public nuisance which shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 13.80.

(Ord. 506 § 3, 1999)

A violation of Section 5.08.020, 5.08.030, 5.08.040, 5.08.050 or 5.08.060 of this chapter by any person responsible for committing, causing or maintaining such violation shall constitute an infraction violation and the violator shall be subject to the provisions set forth in Chapter 13.65, including, but not limited to, the imposition of any and all criminal penalties set forth therein.

(Ord. 506 § 3, 1999)

Any person convicted of an infraction shall, for each separate violation of this chapter, be subject to: (a) a fine in an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars for a first conviction of an offense; (b) a fine in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars for a second conviction of the same offense within a twelve-month period of the date of the first offense; and (c) a fine in an amount not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars for the third conviction of the same offense within a twelve-month period of the date of the first offense. The fine for a fourth and subsequent convictions of the same offense within a twelve-month period of the date of the first offense shall be one thousand dollars.

(Ord. 506 § 3, 1999)

In lieu of issuing an infraction citation, the city may issue an administrative citation, pursuant to Chapter 13.58, to any person responsible for committing, causing or maintaining a violation of Section 5.08.020, 5.08.030, 5.08.040, 5.08.050 or 5.08.060 of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall preclude the city from also issuing an infraction citation upon the occurrence of the same offense on a separate day.

(Ord. 506 § 3, 1999)

Note: Former § 5.08.110, Administrative fine, adopted by Ord. 506 was repealed by Ord. 892, 10/22/2025.

A violation of Section 5.08.020, 5.08.030, 5.08.040, 5.08.050 or 5.08.060 of this chapter by the holder of any city permit and/or city license validly issued pursuant to this or any other chapter shall constitute grounds for modification, suspension and/or revocation of said city permit and/or city license pursuant to the provisions set forth in Chapter 13.150.

(Ord. 506 § 3, 1999)

Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the city from pursuing the remedies provided by Chapter 13.140, including but not limited to, as applicable, denial or revocation of certificates of occupancy, issuance of stop work orders and injunctive relief.

(Ord. 506 § 3, 1999)