La Mirada Municipal Code Ch. 4.06 Businesses Requiring Permits

The following businesses shall be required to obtain and pay the fees for a business permit before operating or conducting such business within the city.

(Ord. 383 § 2 Ex. A (part), 1986).

(See Chapter 4.35).

(Ord. 383 § 2 Ex. A (part), 1986).

In addition to the application requirements as set forth by the finance director, a person or business engaged in automobile repair shall present the finance director with a valid registration certificate for such person or business, issued pursuant to the provisions of California Business and Professions Code Section 9880 et seq., prior to the granting of a permit pursuant to this title.

(Ord. 383 § 2 Ex. A (part), 1986).

(See Chapter 4.40).

(Ord. 383 § 2 Ex. A (part), 1986).

(See Chapter 4.45).

(Ord. 383 § 2 Ex. A (part), 1986).

(See Chapter 4.15).

(Ord. 383 § 2 Ex. A (part), 1986).

"Locksmith" means any person whose business, trade or occupation, in whole or in part, is the making, furnishing or duplicating of keys for locks or similar devices, or who constructs or reconstructs or repairs or adjusts locks, or who opens and closes locks for others by mechanical means other than with the regular keys furnished for that purpose by the manufacturer of the locks.

In addition to all permit application requirements as set forth by the finance director, every locksmith must keep a book which shall be open to inspection by the local law enforcement agency in which the following must be entered:

(1) The name and address of every person for whom a key is made by a code or number; and

(2) The name and address of every person for whom a locked automobile, building structure, house or store, whether vacant or occupied, is opened and a key provided therefor. Additionally, it is unlawful for any locksmith to fail to stamp the serial number of his permit upon any key made, repaired, sold or released.

(Ord. 383 § 2 Ex. A (part), 1986).

(See Chapter 4.10).

(Ord. 383 § 2 Ex. A (part), 1986).

(See Chapter 4.10).

(Ord. 383 § 2 Ex. A (part), 1986).

A pawn shop or a dealer in secondhand goods shall be defined and shall conduct its business in accordance with and subject to the requirements of California Business and Professions Code Section 21625, et seq. Such business shall present to the finance director a valid license issued pursuant to the foregoing Business and Professions Code section, prior to the issuance of a permit under this title. Because state law requires licensing of such businesses every other year, the term of a permit granted pursuant to this chapter shall be for two years and each license holder shall reapply every other year after initial permit issuance for renewal in accordance with, and subject to, all terms and conditions of this title.

(Ord. 491 § 7 (part), 1995; Ord. 383 § 2 Ex. A (part), 1986).

A private patrol operator, or operator of a private patrol service, shall be defined as set forth in California Business and Professions Code Section 7582.1 as a person, other than an armored contract carrier, who, for any consideration whatsoever:

Agrees to furnish, or furnishes, a watchman, guard, patrolperson, or other person to protect persons or property or to prevent the theft, unlawful taking, loss, embezzlement, misappropriation, or concealment of any goods, wares, merchandise, money, bonds, stocks, notes, documents, papers, or property of any kind; or performs the service of a watchman, guard, patrolperson, or other person, for any of these purposes.

Along with all information as required by the finance director necessary to obtain a private patrol operator permit, such business shall also present to the finance director a valid private patrol operator's license issued in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 11.5 of Division 3 of the California Business and Professions Code.

(Ord. 491 § 7 (part), 1995; Ord. 383 § 2 Ex. A (part), 1986).

(See Chapter 4.25).

(Ord. 383 § 2 Ex. A (part), 1986).

(See Chapter 4.30).

(Ord. 383 § 2 Ex. A (part), 1986).