Earlier editions: 2026-07
Title 11 — Health, Safety and Environment
Pacific Grove Municipal Code Ch. 11.60 Concealed Weapons
Pacific Grove Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Pacific Grove
Cite as: Pacific Grove Municipal Code Chapter 11.60 · Text as of 2026-10-04
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Editor's Note: For additional weapons provisions, see Chapter 11.44 PGMC.
§ 11.60.010. Local licensing authority designated.¶
The chief of police is designated as the "local licensing authority" as required under the provisions of Penal Code Section 12071 of the state of California, and such chief of police shall be the authority who shall exercise discretion in issuing or refusing a license for the sale at retail of pistols, revolvers and other firearms capable of being concealed upon the person under such section. Such discretion shall be exercised in accordance with application forms and procedures prescribed by the Attorney General of the state of California under Section 12071 of the Penal Code of the state of California.
(Ord. 831 N.S., 1975)
§ 11.60.020. Business license – Does not authorize sale.¶
No business license issued under Chapter 7.04 PGMC by the city's finance director shall be deemed the exercise of discretion for any firm or person to sell at retail any pistol, revolver or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person, without such firm or person having secured a current and subsisting license from the chief of police under Section 12071 of the California Penal Code.
(Ord. 831 N.S., 1975)
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