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Title 5 — Business Regulation and Licenses›Division II — Businesses Regulated

Hawthorne Municipal Code Ch. 5.18 Business Licenses

Hawthorne Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Hawthorne

Cite as: Hawthorne Municipal Code Chapter 5.18 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 5.18.010. Scissors grinding.

Every person in the business of grinding or sharpening scissors, knives, cutlery or mechanical tools, who conducts such business by automobile or other motor power, while traveling from place to place or from house to house, shall pay a license fee of twelve dollars per year or on gross receipts basis, whichever is greater.

(Ord. 1592 § 2, 1995)

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§ 5.18.020. Sign painting.

A. License Fee. Every person engaging in the business of a sign painter, or erecting or placing signs on any building or other structure, shall pay a license fee of fifteen dollars per year or gross receipts basis, whichever is greater.

B. Application Fee. Applicants for a license under this section shall pay an application fee of ten dollars.

(Prior code § 6-106)

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§ 5.18.030. Bail bonds.

Every person engaged in the bail bond or bail bond brokerage business shall be duly licensed by the state and shall pay an annual license fee of fifty dollars or on gross receipts basis, whichever is greater.

(Ord. 1592 § 4, 1995)

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§ 5.18.040. Burglar alarm system.

Every person engaged in the business of installing, servicing, maintaining or creating burglar alarm systems shall pay a nonapportionable license fee in the amount of twenty dollars per year or on gross receipts basis, whichever is greater.

(Ord. 1592 § 6, 1995)

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§ 5.18.050. Dancing academy.

Every person operating a dancing academy shall comply with Chapter 5.14 and procure an annual license in the amount of fifty dollars or on gross receipts basis, whichever is greater.

(Ord. 1592 § 8, 1995)

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§ 5.18.060. Shoe shine stand.

Every person operating a shoe shine stand shall pay a license fee of six dollars per year for each employee or on gross receipts basis, whichever is greater.

(Ord. 1592 § 10, 1995)

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§ 5.18.070. Professions.

Physicians, surgeons, dentists, chiropractors, chiropodists, osteopaths, auditors, income tax agents, engineers, architects, surveyors, optometrists, oculists, veterinarians, attorneys at law, real estate brokers, state certified massage practitioners and therapists, or any person engaged in a profession regulated by state law, and not specifically exempted from the payment of license fees by the Constitution or laws of this state, or by this code, not otherwise in this code provided for, shall pay a license fee based on the schedule set out in Chapter 5.48 of this code.

(Prior code § 6-113.; Ord. 1028 § 9, 1972; Ord. 2053 § 3, 2013)

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§ 5.18.080. Riding academy.

Every person engaging in the business of operating a riding academy or riding stables, offering more than two horses for rental purposes, shall pay a license fee of thirty dollars per year or gross receipts basis, whichever is greater.

(Prior code § 7-301)

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