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		Chapter 5.04	§ 5.08.200.	Computation of number of
	INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS AND			employees.
		DEFINITIONS	§ 5.08.210.	Statements not conclusive.
			§ 5.08.220.	Failure to file statement.
§	5.04.010.	Definitions.	§ 5.08.230.	Appeal.
§	5.04.020.	Statement of purpose.	§ 5.08.240.	Delinquent penalties.
		Chapter 5.08	§ 5.08.250.	Additional powers of Director.
	BUSINESS	LICENSES GENERALLY	§ 5.08.260.	Licenses for more than one
				business.
§ §	5.08.010. 5.08.020.	License required. License tax a debt due City.	§ 5.08.270.	No license transferable—Changed
§	5.08.030.	Exempt business—State or		location.
		Federal law.	§ 5.08.280.	Transfer of tax burden
§	5.08.040.	Interstate commerce—Relief		prohibited.
		from undue burden.	§ 5.08.290.	Duplicate license.
§ § §	5.08.050. 5.08.060. 5.08.070.	Exemption from tax on particular grounds. Procedure for obtaining fee- exempt license. Limitations on fee-exempt licenses.	§ 5.08.300. § 5.08.310. § 5.08.320. § 5.08.330. § 5.08.340.	Posting and keeping licenses. Unlawful business. Employees. State license required. Enforcement.
§	5.08.080.	Denial of fee-exempt licenses—Appeal.	§ 5.08.350.	Suspension or revocation of license—Appeals.
§	5.08.090.	Administrative rules and	§ 5.08.360.	Remedies cumulative.
		regulations.	§ 5.08.370.	Penalty for violation.
§	5.08.100.	Branch establishments.	§ 5.08.380.	License tax amount.
§	5.08.110.	Business establishments
		extending across City		Chapter 5.12
		boundaries.	AMUSEMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT
§	5.08.120.	Application—Deposit
		required.	§ 5.12.010.	Definitions.
§	5.08.130.	Issuance of license.	§ 5.12.020.	Permit required.
§	5.08.140.	Investigations and	§ 5.12.030.	Application for permit.
		inspections.	§ 5.12.040.	Application fee.
§	5.08.150.	Denial of license.	§ 5.12.050.	Issuance of permit—Term.
§	5.08.160.	Investigation and inspection	§ 5.12.060.	Standards for issuance or
		fees.		denial.
§	5.08.170.	Licensing period.	§ 5.12.070.	Conditions—Unrestricted
§	5.08.180.	Estimate of gross receipts.		access.
§	5.08.190.	Tax basis data required to	§ 5.12.080.	Permit fee or tax.
		be submitted.

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§	5.12.090.	Suspension or revocation of	§ 5.20.180.	Minors not to participate.
		permit—Appeals.	§ 5.20.190.	Intoxicated persons not to
§	5.12.100.	Posting permit.		participate.
§	5.12.110.	Violation.	§ 5.20.200.	Hours of operation.
			§ 5.20.210.	Participant must be present.
		Chapter 5.16	§ 5.20.220.	Receipt of profit by a person
	AUTOMOBILE REPOSSESSION			a misdemeanor under State
				law.
§	5.16.010.	Report of repossessed	§ 5.20.230.	Expenditure of proceeds.
		automobiles required.	§ 5.20.240.	Enjoining violation.
§	5.16.020.	Effect of failure to report.
				Chapter 5.24
		Chapter 5.20	TELECOMMUNICATIONS
		BINGO
				Article I
§	5.20.010.	Definition of bingo.		General Provisions
§	5.20.020.	Organizations eligible for
		City license to conduct bingo	§ 5.24.010.	Title.
		games.	§ 5.24.020.	Purpose and intent.
§	5.20.030.	Application for license.	§ 5.24.030.	Defined terms and phrases.
§	5.20.040.	License fee.
§	5.20.050.	Contents of application.		Article II
§	5.20.060.	Investigation of applicant.	Cable Television Systems
§	5.20.070.	Contents of license.
§	5.20.080.	Summary suspension of	§ 5.24.040.	Authority and findings.
		license pending opportunity	§ 5.24.050.	Franchise terms and
		for hearing—Misdemeanor		conditions.
		to continue after	§ 5.24.060.	Franchise applications and
		suspension—Revocation.		renewal.
§	5.20.090.	Revocation of licensee,	§ 5.24.070.	Contents of cable television
		alternative procedure.		franchise agreements.
§	5.20.100.	Reapplication for license
		after revocation by City		Article III
		Council.		Open Video Systems
§	5.20.110.	Maximum amount of prize.
§	5.20.120.	Profits to be kept in separate	§ 5.24.080.	Applicability.
		fund or account.	§ 5.24.090.	Application required.
§	5.20.130.	Financial interest in games	§ 5.24.100.	Review of the application.
		prohibited.	§ 5.24.110.	Agreement required.
§	5.20.140.	Exclusive operation by a
		licensee.		Article IV
§	5.20.150.	Bingo games open to public.	Other Telecommunications Services and
§	5.20.160.	Attendance limited to		Systems
		occupancy capacity.
§	5.20.170.	Bingo games conducted only	§ 5.24.120.	Other multichannel video
		on licensee's property.		programming distributors.

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§	5.24.130.	Video		Chapter 5.32
		providers—Registration;		ESCORT BUREAUS
		customer service standards.
§	5.24.140.	Antennas for	§ 5.32.010.	Definitions.
		telecommunications services.	§ 5.32.020.	Permit required.
§	5.24.150.	Telecommunications service	§ 5.32.030.	Application.
		provided by telephone	§ 5.32.040.	Investigation report.
		corporations.	§ 5.32.050.	Permits to individuals.
		Article V Definitions	§ 5.32.060. § 5.32.070.	Fictitious names. Escort regulation.
			§ 5.32.080.	Escort registration
§	5.24.160.	Defined terms and phrases.	§ 5.32.090.	requirements. Escort to be registered.
		Article VI	§ 5.32.100.	Personnel change.
	Violations—Severability		§ 5.32.110.	Minor customer.
			§ 5.32.120.	Minor employee.
§	5.24.170.	Violations—Enforcement.	§ 5.32.130.	Records.
§	5.24.180.	Severability.	§ 5.32.140.	Records—Availability.
			§ 5.32.150.	Revocation.
		Chapter 5.28	§ 5.32.160.	Employment agency.
	SPECIAL	EVENTS AND BUSINESS
		EVENTS		Chapter 5.36
				FIREWORKS
§	5.28.005.	Scope.
§	5.28.010.	Definitions.	§ 5.36.010.	Declaration of intent.
§	5.28.020.	Permit required.	§ 5.36.020.	Wholesale permit.
§	5.28.030.	Application for permit.	§ 5.36.030.	Application for wholesale
§	5.28.040.	Fees.		permit.
§	5.28.050.	Processing of application	§ 5.36.040.	Fee imposed upon
		and general application		distributors.
		requirements.	§ 5.36.050.	Wholesale permittee to sell
§	5.28.060.	Grounds for denial.		by inventory.
§	5.28.070.	Frequency of operation and	§ 5.36.060.	Fireworks stands.
		time restrictions—Table.	§ 5.36.070.	Time for commencing and
§	5.28.080.	Requirements for specific		completing distribution of
		event types.		fireworks.
§	5.28.090.	Suspension or revocation of	§ 5.36.080.	Duration of permit.
		any permit.	§ 5.36.090.	Retail permittees to
§	5.28.100.	Appeal from denial,		purchase from only one
		suspension or revocation.		wholesale permittee per
§	5.28.110.	Unlawful to use City name		year.
		without authorization.	§ 5.36.100.	Application for and issuance
§	5.28.120.	Penalties.		of a retail permit.
			§ 5.36.110.	Use of sales proceeds.

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§ 5.36.120.	General provisions relating	§ 5.44.020.	Permit—Application and
	to retail sales—Minors.		issuance.
§ 5.36.130.	Display of permit.	§ 5.44.030.	Pawnbrokers—Permit
§ 5.36.140.	Retail permittees must		required.
	qualify.	§ 5.44.040.	Hours of operation of
§ 5.36.150.	Participation limited to		pawnbrokers.
	permittees.	§ 5.44.050.	Secondhand dealer—Permit
§ 5.36.160.	Miscellaneous provisions.		required.
§ 5.36.170.	Cleaning of fireworks stands	§ 5.44.060.	Junk dealer—Permit
	locations.		required.
§ 5.36.180.	Permits in general.	§ 5.44.070.	Junk collector—Permit
§ 5.36.190.	Possession and use of		required.
	fireworks.	§ 5.44.080.	Charitable institutions.
§ 5.36.200.	Administrative	§ 5.44.090.	Charitable
	penalties—Dangerous		institutions—Cards.
	fireworks.	§ 5.44.100.	Secondhand and junk
			dealers.
	Chapter 5.40	§ 5.44.110.	Buy-form required.
MOTION	PICTURES AND TELEVISION	§ 5.44.120.	Identification of seller or
	PRODUCTION		pledger.
		§ 5.44.130.	Identification of seller or
§ 5.40.010.	Definitions.		pledger on resale.
§ 5.40.020.	Permit required.	§ 5.44.140.	Records to be retained.
§ 5.40.030.	Permit exemptions.	§ 5.44.150.	Records of Sheriff.
§ 5.40.040.	Deadline for filming	§ 5.44.160.	Goods to be held.
	applications.	§ 5.44.170.	Goods not to be destroyed.
§ 5.40.050.	Application form.	§ 5.44.180.	Goods not to be altered.
§ 5.40.060.	Permit approval or denial.	§ 5.44.190.	Goods release by Sheriff.
§ 5.40.070.	Permit conditions.	§ 5.44.200.	Hold order by Sheriff.
§ 5.40.080.	Fees.	§ 5.44.210.	Export.
§ 5.40.090.	Change in filming date.	§ 5.44.220.	Exemption—Waiting time.
§ 5.40.100.	Insurance.	§ 5.44.230.	Exemption—Certain
§ 5.40.110.	Indemnification and		articles.
	liability.	§ 5.44.240.	Waiting time of purchase
§ 5.40.120.	Duties of the permittee.		from established business.
§ 5.40.130.	Appeals.	§ 5.44.250.	Copy of provisions.
§ 5.40.140.	Penalties.
§ 5.40.150.	Designated film		Chapter 5.48
	representative.	PUBLIC DANCING, DANCE HALLS
			AND DANCE CLUBS
	Chapter 5.44
PAWNBROKERS, SECONDHAND		§ 5.48.010.	Definitions.
DEALERS AND JUNK DEALERS		§ 5.48.020.	Permit required.
		§ 5.48.030.	Exemptions.
§ 5.44.010.	Definitions.	§ 5.48.040.	Application form.

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§	5.48.050.	Issuance of permit.	§ 5.48.380.	Fees.
§	5.48.060.	Violation of permit.	§ 5.48.390.	Term of permit.
§	5.48.070.	Suspension or revocation.	§ 5.48.400.	Admission fee parties.
§	5.48.080.	Notice of
		denial—Suspension or		Chapter 5.52
		revocation of permit.	MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
§	5.48.090.	Appeal to City Council.
§	5.48.100.	Procedure and notice of		Article I
		appeal.	Purpose and Definitions
§	5.48.110.	Posting permit.
§	5.48.120.	Minors.	§ 5.52.010.	Purpose.
§	5.48.130.	Minors—Exceptions—Eating places.	§ 5.52.020.	Effect of adult entertainment activities.
§	5.48.140.	Minors—Exception.	§ 5.52.030.	Definitions.
§ § §	5.48.150. 5.48.160. 5.48.170.	Intoxicated persons. Hours. Minors—Alcoholic	Article II Massage Establishment Permit
§	5.48.180.	beverages. Sheriff's inspection.	§ 5.52.040.	Massage establishment permit.
§	5.48.190.	Admission for inspection.	§ 5.52.050.	Application.
§	5.48.200.	Readmission to dance.	§ 5.52.060.	Criteria for issuance or
§	5.48.210.	Parking lot.		denial of permit.
§	5.48.220.	Number of employees.	§ 5.52.070.	Operating requirements.
§	5.48.230.	Parking lot guards.	§ 5.52.080.	Permit nontransferable.
§	5.48.240.	Noise—Grounds for
		suspension.		Article III
§	5.48.250.	Additional rules by City	Massage Technician Permit
		Council.
§	5.48.260.	Application of general	§ 5.52.090.	Massage technician permit.
		provisions—Teenage dances.	§ 5.52.100.	Massage technician permit
§	5.48.270.	Minors over thirteen may		application.
		attend teenage dances.	§ 5.52.110.	Verification of applicant
§	5.48.280.	Minor under thirteen not		qualifications.
		permitted.	§ 5.52.120.	Criteria for issuance or
§	5.48.290.	Person over twenty-one not		denial of permit.
		permitted at teenage dances.	§ 5.52.130.	Operating requirements.
§	5.48.300.	General age of participants.
§	5.48.310.	Sponsor.		Article IV
§	5.48.320.	Reports required.		General Requirements
§	5.48.330.	Number of participants.
§ § § §	5.48.340. 5.48.350. 5.48.360. 5.48.370.	Profit. Alcoholic beverages. Readmission. Parking lot.	§ 5.52.140. § 5.52.150. § 5.52.160.	Grounds for modification, revocation or suspension of permit. Appeals. Exemptions.

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		Chapter 5.56	§ 5.56.290.	Permit for operating
	VEHICLES FOR HIRE			additional vehicles.
			§ 5.56.300.	Permit to change bus route.
§	5.56.010.	Definitions.	§ 5.56.310.	Permit for substituting a
§	5.56.020.	License required.		vehicle.
§	5.56.030.	Drivers identification badge.	§ 5.56.320.	Owner to operate only the
§	5.56.040.	Schedules of fares.		vehicles described in
§	5.56.050.	Display of		application.
		information—Buses.	§ 5.56.330.	Operation of vehicle by
§	5.56.060.	Display of		other than owner, employee
		information—Taxicabs and		or independent contractor
		automobiles.		prohibited.
§	5.56.070.	Taximeters required for	§ 5.56.331.	Compliance with permit and
		taxicabs.		law.
§	5.56.080.	Fare charges to be visible.	§ 5.56.340.	Owners
§	5.56.090.	Taximeter flag to show.		permit—Application.
§ § § § § §	5.56.100. 5.56.110. 5.56.120. 5.56.130. 5.56.140. 5.56.150.	Fare receipt. Motorbus driver to accept qualified passengers. Hiring of taxicab. Automobile for hire. Passengers in vehicles for hire, exclusive right. Refusal to pay legal fare.	§ 5.56.350. § 5.56.360. § 5.56.370. § 5.56.380.	Application for taxicab owners permit. Investigation and hearing by City Council. Investigation and hearing by City Council for taxicab permit. Application for motorbus permit.
§	5.56.160.	Direct route.	§ 5.56.390.	Denial, revocation,
§	5.56.170.	Exceptions applicable to		suspension or cancellation.
		motorbuses.	§ 5.56.400.	Temporary use of streets.
§ §	5.56.180. 5.56.190.	Overcrowding and riding outside of passenger compartments prohibited. Taxicab stand in street.	§ 5.56.410. § 5.56.420.	Application for driver's permit. Issuance and use of driver's permit.
§	5.56.200.	Unnecessary parking elsewhere prohibited.	§ 5.56.430.	Suspension and revocation of driver's permit.
§ §	5.56.210. 5.56.220.	Taxi stand space may be shared. Change of location.	§ 5.56.440. § 5.56.450.	Permit fee. Permit fees—Motorbus lines.
§	5.56.230.	Vehicles subject to
		inspection.
§	5.56.240.	Insurance policy required.
§	5.56.250.	Owners permit and drivers
		permit required.
§	5.56.260.	Application fee.
§	5.56.270.	Permits nontransferable.
§	5.56.280.	Permit represented by
		certificate.

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