Compton Municipal Code § 9-4 Permit Procedure

[Added by Ord. #898; Ord. #856, § 6300.1 to 19; Ord. #1018, § 6900.9A; Ord. #1635, § 6300.2; Ord. #856, § 6300.12; Ord. #898; Ord. #856, § 6300.15; Ord. #898]

No person shall operate and no license shall be issued for any of the businesses enumerated in the succeeding subsections of this section or in other sections of this Code specifically requiring same, until a permit has first been obtained therefor upon application in writing pursuant to this section.

a. List of Businesses Requiring a Permit.

1. Advertising:

By billboard.

By bench.

2. Amusements:

Arcades.

Archery range.

Bowling alleys, pool and billiard halls.

Card club or school.

Dance halls.

Itinerant shows.

Shooting gallery.

3. Automobile Parking Lot.

4. Auction Establishment.

5. Auto Wrecker.

6. Carnival. (See Subsection 9-4.10)

7. Food Establishment.

8. Fortune Telling.

9. Junk Dealer.

10. Massage Parlor.

11. Massagist, House to House.

12. Patrol System.

13. Patrolman.

14. Peddler (except peddlers of food).

15. Public Eating Place.

16. Slaughterhouse.

17. Soliciting. (Except when the person soliciting has had an established place of business, for the business for which he is soliciting, within the City for at least six months prior to the time such soliciting is commenced.)

18. Taxicab.

19. Taxicab Driver.

20. Trailer Courts.

21. Car Dealers.

[Ord. #856, § 6301]

Unless otherwise stated in this Code, the fee for filing application for each permit shall be $1 payable in advance. The license fee prescribed in section 9-2 for the particular business and the permit fee shall accompany the application.

[Ord. #856, § 6302; Ord. #898]

The application for any permit required by this section shall be filed with the License Collector, shall be signed and verified by the applicant, and shall set forth the following:

a. The name and address of the applicant.

b. The name and address of the person by whom employed, if any. If filed in behalf of a partnership, corporation or association, the names and addresses of the partners, or principal officers of such corporation or association.

c. The nature of the business for which a permit is requested.

d. The place where such business is to be conducted.

e. A brief description of the nature and amount of equipment to be used in such business.

f. The personal description of the applicant.

g. Evidence of the identity of the applicant of such character as the Council or the License Collector, as the case may be, may require.

h. Fingerprints and thumb prints of applicant only when specifically required.

[Ord. #856, § 6303; Ord. #898; Ord. #1062]

Except as otherwise provided in this Code the Council, after investigation of the application and of the business proposed to be conducted, may grant or refuse to grant a permit. The Council shall have the right to refuse any such permit if it shall determine that the granting of the same or the conduct of the business will be contrary to the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, morals or welfare of the City or its inhabitants. If such permit is granted the Council may impose such terms, conditions and restrictions upon the operation and conduct of such business, not in conflict with any paramount law, as it may deem necessary or expedient to protect the public peace, health, safety, morals or welfare of the City or its inhabitants. Any applicant for such permit shall be entitled to a hearing thereon before the Council upon a request therefor. If a permit be denied the license fee paid shall be refunded; the permit fee shall not be refunded.

[Ord. #856, § 6303.1; Ord. #898]

In the event of an application for a peddler's or solicitor's permit, if the License Collector shall determine, after a reasonable investigation, that the applicant is of good moral character and proposes to engage in an enterprise which shall not be detrimental to the public peace, health, safety, morals or welfare of the City or its inhabitants, the License Collector then shall issue the permit required, provided, however, that no solicitor's permit shall be issued until there has been deposited with the License Collector for each person applying for the right to solicit in the City, a corporate surety bond satisfactory in form to the City Attorney, in the sum of $1,000, conditioned upon the observance by applicant of all the provisions of this Code and all laws of the State of California or the federal Government, and upon the truth of all the representations made in connection with the application for a permit, and as a guaranty that the purchase price, or any portion thereof, of any article purchased or ordered, will be returned to any purchaser or person ordering, upon return of the article purchased or upon relinquishment of the order, and upon proof that any false or misleading statement or representation has been made concerning any personal property or any service or any subscription sold or offered for sale to said purchaser, by the person named in the bond.

[Ord. #856, § 6304]

Such permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises where the business for which such permit is issued is conducted, and shall remain so posted during the period the permit shall be in force.

[Ord. #856, § 6305]

No permit issued under this section shall be transferable except by the consent of the Council.

[Ord. #856, § 6306]

The Chief of Police shall, upon the request of the Council, investigate and report to the Council all facts or evidence bearing upon the place where the proposed business is to be located and the character, reputation and moral fitness of those who will be in charge thereof.

[Ord. #856, § 6307]

When the Council shall issue any permit under the terms of this section, the same may be revoked or suspended at any time thereafter by the Council in the manner set forth in § 9-1.

[Added by Ord. #1497, § 6100.15B; Ord. #1515; Ord. #1886, §§ 1 — 4]

a. It shall be unlawful for any person or organization to operate a carnival without first having obtained a permit in writing to do so from the Parks and Recreation Commission. No carnival shall be open on any date determined to be a school day in the City, except for Fridays after 4:00 p.m. or during school vacations. The applicant shall complete any and all application forms required by the City and provide proof of any required insurance coverage prior to the approval of the appropriate permit.

b. An application processing and property inspection fee of $100 shall be added to the existing fee structure.

c. The $100 fee shall be deposited in the following account:

5300-3617 Processing and Inspection Fee.

d. The Parks and Recreation Department will designate specific locations for set-ups.