Title 7 — BUSINESS LICENSES›Division 2 — SPECIFIC BUSINESSES›Chapter 7.36 — ENTERTAINMENT LICENSES
Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 1 Definitions
Los Angeles County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Los Angeles County
Cite as: Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 1 · Text as of 2026-10-04
7.36.010 - Entertainment and professional entertainer.¶
A.
"Entertainment," as used in this chapter, is defined to mean any act, play, review, pantomime, scene, song, dance act, song and dance act, or poetry recitation, conducted or participated in by any professional entertainer in or upon any premises to which the public is admitted, or in any proprietary club.
The term "professional entertainer" as used herein means a person or persons who engage for livelihood or gain in the presentation of entertainment.
B.
"Entertainment" also includes the exhibition of motion pictures as an incident to a public eating place or to premises which possess or which are required to possess a retailer's on-sale license as defined in Section 23034 of the Business and Professions Code.
C.
"Entertainment" also includes a fashion or style show except when conducted by a bona fide nonprofit club or organization, and when conducted solely as a fundraising activity for charitable purposes.
D.
"Entertainment" as used herein does not include:
Mechanical music alone; or
Instrumental music alone; except between the hours of 2:00 a.m., and 6:00 a.m., when the provisions of Section 7.36.200 shall apply; or
Dancing participated in only by customers; however, this subsection does not exempt exhibition dancing by a person receiving compensation for such exhibition dancing.
E.
Any adult business required to be licensed pursuant to Chapter 7.92 is excluded from the requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. 2003-0067 § 24, 2003; Ord. 9897 § 23 (part), 1969: Ord. 9761 § 4, 1969: Ord. 9278 § 5 (part), 1967: Ord. 5860 Ch. 17 Art. 1 § 2802, 1951.)
7.36.020 - Informal entertainment.¶
"Informal entertainment," as used in this chapter, is defined to mean any act, play, review, pantomine, scene, song, dance act, song and dance act, or poetry recitation, conducted or participated in by any nonprofessional person or persons in or upon any premises to which the public is admitted, or in any proprietary club.
(Ord. 9897 § 23 (part), 1969: Ord. 9278 § 5 (part), 1967: Ord. 5860 Ch. 17 Art. 1 § 2804, 1951.)
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