Article IV — Miscellaneous Provisions
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§ 9.20.420. Inspection.¶
The health officer, chief building official and police chief shall, from time to time, but no less than twice a year, cause an inspection to be made of the premises of each "adult-related establishment" in the city for the purpose of determining whether the provisions of this chapter are being complied with.
(Ord. 528 § 2 (part), 1995)
§ 9.20.440. Employment of persons without permits unlawful.¶
A. It is unlawful for any owner, operator, manager, or permittee in charge of or in control of an "adult- related establishment" to employ any person who is not in possession of a valid, unrevoked permit or to allow such a person to work within an "adult-related establishment."
B. No permittee or operator of an escort service shall allow or permit a person to act as an "escort" for such service unless said person possesses a valid escort permit under the provisions of this chapter. It shall be the responsibility of the permittee and the operator to ensure that each such person employed as an "escort" shall first have obtained a valid permit pursuant to this chapter.
C. No permittee or operator of a model studio shall allow or permit a person to act as a "figure model" for such studio unless the person possesses a valid figure model permit under the provisions of this chapter. It shall be the responsibility of the permittee and the operator to ensure that each such person employed as a "figure model" shall first have obtained a valid permit pursuant to this chapter.
D. No permittee or operator of an "adult-related establishment" shall employ at an "adultrelated establishment" any person who has been convicted of any offenses enumerated in subsection (A) (10) of Section 9.20.060, where the offense occurred at the "adult-related establishment" or any "adult-related establishment" owned, controlled, or operated by the permittee or operator.
(Ord. 528 § 2 (part), 1995)
§ 9.20.460. Time limit for filing application for permit.¶
All persons who possess an outstanding business license heretofore issued for the operation of an "adult-related establishment" and all employees thereof must apply for and obtain a permit within ninety days of the effective date of this chapter. Failure to do so and continued operation of an "adult-related establishment" or continued employment as an "escort" or "figure model" or other employee of an "adult-related establishment" without a permit shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 528 § 2 (part), 1995)
§ 9.20.480. Certain conduct in bars prohibited.¶
The city council of the city finds that barroom nudity is a direct cause of increased demand for police services in and about such establishments, and finds further that the activities commonly engaged in by both employees and patrons of such establishments are inimical to the public
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welfare in that nudity in such establishments has been demonstrated to increase the occurrence of illegal activity in and occurring around such establishments. Accordingly, the following acts or conduct on the premises of any bar are deemed contrary to the public interest and welfare and the best interests of the community and, therefore:
No bar owner or operator or an employee thereof shall permit any person on the premises to display or expose his/her genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, anal region, or any portion of the female breast at or below the areola thereof.
No bar owner or operator or employee thereof shall permit any person on the premises to perform "specified sexual activities" as defined in Section 9.20.020.
Any bar owner, operator or employee thereof who permits any of the above while alcoholic beverages are being sold or in the presence of anyone who has consumed any alcoholic beverages on the premises at any time during the four hours immediately preceding the act or display referred to above shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Any person who exposes his/her genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, anal region, or any portion of the female breast at or below the areola thereof on the premises, while alcoholic beverages are being sold or on the premises and in the presence of anyone who has consumed any alcoholic beverages on such premises at any time during the four hours immediately preceding such display or exposure shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 528 § 2 (part), 1995)
§ 9.20.500. Exceptions.¶
This chapter shall not apply to a bona fide nonprofit organization, as defined herein, the facilities thereof and all persons who provide "entertainment" in said facilities under the auspices and control of said organization.
(Ord. 528 § 2 (part), 1995)
§ 9.20.520. Severability.¶
If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase in this chapter or any part thereof is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this chapter or any part thereof. The city council declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional, or invalid, or ineffective. (Ord. 528 § 2 (part), 1995)
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- Title 1
- Title 2
- Chapter 2.34 — DISPOSAL OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
- Chapter 2.04 — CITY OFFICE
- Chapter 2.08 — CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
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- Chapter 2.34 — DISPOSAL OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
- Chapter 2.36 — EMERGENCY SERVICES
- Chapter 2.40 — PLANNING COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.44 — INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
- Chapter 2.48 — ECONOMIC STRATEGIC COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.50
- Chapter 2.52 — PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
- Chapter 2.54 — BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE
- Chapter 2.60 — REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND PLAN
- Chapter 2.70 — SENIOR COMMISSION
- Title 3
- Chapter 3.12 — FUNDS
- Chapter 3.16
- Chapter 3.20 — SALES AND USE TAX
- Chapter 3.24 — REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX
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- Chapter 3.52 — PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACT FEE
- Chapter 3.56 — GENERAL PLAN REIMBURSEMENT FEE
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- Chapter 3.70
- Title 5
- Chapter 5.04 — BUSINESS LICENSES GENERALLY
- Chapter 5.08 — PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS
- Chapter 5.09 — MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
- Chapter 5.10
- Chapter 5.11 — GARAGE SALES
- Chapter 5.12 — TAXICABS—VEHICLES FOR HIRE
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- Chapter 5.16 — TELEVISION ANTENNA ERECTION
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- Chapter 5.24 — INTOXICATING LIQUORS
- Chapter 5.30 — BINGO GAMES
- Chapter 5.38
- Chapter 5.40 — ALARM RESPONSE
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- Chapter 6.04 — RESTAURANTS
- Chapter 6.08 — MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
- Chapter 6.10 — SMOKING POLLUTION CONTROL
- Chapter 6.12 — GARBAGE REMOVAL
- Chapter 6.13 — CURBSIDE RECYCLING PROGRAM
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- Chapter 6.18 — NEGLECTED VACANT STRUCTURES
- Chapter 6.20 — MISTLETOE ABATEMENT
- Chapter 6.24
- Chapter 6.28 — FIREWORKS SALES AND DISCHARGE
- Chapter 6.29
- Chapter 6.32 — TRAILERS
- Chapter 6.36 — DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
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- Chapter 6.48 — RIGHT TO FARM
- Chapter 6.50 — GRAFFITI
- Chapter 6.52 — MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES (Repealed by Ord…
- Chapter 6.53 — REGULATING SMOKING AND TOBACCO PRODUCT USE IN C…
- Chapter 6.56 — CANNABIS BUSINESS PROGRAM
- Chapter 6.57
- Chapter 6.58 — CANNABIS CAMPUS PILOT PROGRAM
- Title 7
- Chapter 7.58 — ANIMALS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS
- Chapter 7.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 7.14
- Chapter 7.16
- Chapter 7.28 — DANGEROUS ANIMALS
- Chapter 7.36 — RABIES CONTROL
- Chapter 7.44 — DEAD OR ABANDONED ANIMALS
- Chapter 7.48 — VIOLATION—PENALTY
- Chapter 7.50 — ANIMAL SERVICE FEES
- Chapter 7.54 — BREEDING AND TRANSFERRING OF DOGS AND CATS, AND…
- Chapter 7.58 — ANIMALS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS
- Title 9
- Chapter 9.04 — FIRE HYDRANTS
- Chapter 9.08 — USE OF WATER DURING FIRES
- Chapter 9.12 — POLICE DOGS
- Chapter 9.14 — STREET GANGS
- Chapter 9.16 — GAMBLING
- Chapter 9.18 — INDECENT EXPOSURE
- Chapter 9.20 — ADULT-RELATED ESTABLISHMENTS
- Article II
- Article III
- Article IV — Miscellaneous Provisions
- Chapter 9.24 — BILL POSTING AND PAINTING ON PROPERTY
- Chapter 9.26 — SHOPPING CART REGULATIONS
- Chapter 9.27 — UNATTENDED COLLECTION BIN PERMIT
- Chapter 9.28 — FORTUNETELLING
- Chapter 9.32 — MINOR'S CURFEW
- Chapter 9.34 — DISPLAY OF ADULT MATTER TO MINORS
- Chapter 9.35
- Chapter 9.36 — WEAPONS
- Chapter 9.40 — FIREARMS POSSESSION AND FIRING
- Chapter 9.43 — HEALTH AND HYGIENE
- Chapter 9.50 — CAMPING WITHIN CITY LIMITS
- Chapter 9.54
- Chapter 9.55 — SEX OFFENDER RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS
- Title 10
- Chapter 10.04 — GENERAL TRAFFIC REGULATIONS—PENALTIES
- Chapter 10.06 — GENERAL PARKING RESTRICTIONS
- Chapter 10.12 — PARKING, STOPPING AND STANDING
- Chapter 10.16 — PARKING AREAS OF CITY
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- Chapter 10.28
- Article I — Licensing And Sale
- Chapter 10.32 — TRUCK ROUTES
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- Chapter 10.36 — TRAINS BLOCKING STREETS
- Chapter 10.40 — SPEED LIMITS
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- Title 12
- Chapter 12.04 — EXCAVATIONS
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- Chapter 12.08 — OBSTRUCTIONS TO STREETS
- Chapter 12.12 — SIDEWALK AND CURB CONSTRUCTION[1 ]
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- Chapter 12.16 — TREES
- Chapter 12.20 — ENCROACHMENT REGULATIONS
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- Chapter 12.30 — SKATE PARK FACILITY
- Title 13
- Chapter 13.02 — SANITARY CODE
- Article XI — Miscellaneous Provisions
- Article XI — Miscellaneous Provisions
- Chapter 13.04 — SEWER EXTENSIONS
- Chapter 13.08 — OUTSIDE SEWER CONNECTIONS
- Chapter 13.24 — WATER SYSTEM
- Chapter 13.28
- Title 15
- Chapter 15.04 — CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE
- Chapter 15.08 — FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES
- Chapter 15.20 — CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE
- Chapter 15.24 — MOVING BUILDINGS
- Chapter 15.04 — CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE
- Chapter 15.06 — CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE[1 ]
- Chapter 15.08 — FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES[2 ]
- Chapter 15.12 — PLUMBING CODE (Repealed by Ord. 798)
- Chapter 15.14 — CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE
- Division II — Organization and Enforcement
- Chapter 15.18 — CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE
- Chapter 15.20 — CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE
- Chapter 15.22 — ELEVATOR SAFETY CODE (Repealed by Ord. 798)
- Chapter 15.24 — MOVING BUILDINGS
- Chapter 15.26
- Chapter 15.28 — SWIMMING POOLS (Repealed by Ord. 798)
- Chapter 15.30 — SWIMMING POOL, SPA AND HOT TUB CODE
- Chapter 15.32 — SIGNS AND SIGN STRUCTURES
- Chapter 15.36 — HOUSING CODE
- Chapter 1 — TITLE AND SCOPE
- Chapter 2 — ENFORCEMENT
- Chapter 3 — PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS
- Chapter 4 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 5 — SPACE AND OCCUPANCY STANDARDS
- Chapter 6 — STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 7 — MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 8 — EXITS
- Chapter 9 — FIRE PROTECTION
- Chapter 10 — SUBSTANDARD BUILDINGS
- Chapter 11 — NOTICES AND ORDERS OF BUILDING OFFICIAL
- Chapter 12 — APPEAL
- Chapter 15.38 — HISTORICAL BUILDING CODE
- Chapter 15.39 — CALIFORNIA EXISTING BUILDING CODE
- Chapter 15.42 — CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE
- Part II — Organization and Enforcement
- Chapter 15.44 — DANGEROUS BUILDINGS CODE
- Chapter 1 — TITLE AND SCOPE
- Chapter 2 — ENFORCEMENT
- Chapter 3 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 4 — NOTICES AND ORDERS OF BUILDING OFFICIAL
- Chapter 5 — APPEAL
- Chapter 15.46 — CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE
- Division II — ADMINISTRATION
- Chapter 15.48 — WATER-EFFICIENT LANDSCAPE
- Chapter 15.50
- Chapter 15.52 — UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- Chapter 15.54 — CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- Chapter 15.56 — CALIFORNIA REFERENCE STANDARD CODE
- Chapter 15.58 — ADA STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE DESIGN
- Chapter 15.59
- Chapter 15.60
- Title 16
- Chapter 16.44 — DEDICATION—PARK AND RECREATION
- Chapter 16.38 — DEDICATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
- Chapter 16.50 — AGRICULTURAL MITIGATION POLICY
- Chapter 16.72 — ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, AND GRADING AND EROSION …
- Chapter 16.04 — CITATION, AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE
- Chapter 16.12 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 16.20
- Chapter 16.24 — TENTATIVE PARCEL MAPS
- Chapter 16.28 — TENTATIVE SUBDIVISION MAPS
- Chapter 16.32 — ACTION ON TENTATIVE MAP
- Chapter 16.36 — FINAL MAP
- Chapter 16.38 — DEDICATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
- Chapter 16.40
- Chapter 16.42 — IMPROVEMENT SECURITY
- Chapter 16.44 — DEDICATION—PARK AND RECREATION
- Chapter 16.48 — DEDICATION—SCHOOL SITE
- Chapter 16.50
- Chapter 16.52
- Chapter 16.60 — MONUMENTS
- Chapter 16.64 — DRAINAGE, SEWER AND WATER FACILITIES
- Chapter 16.68 — SOIL REPORTS
- Chapter 16.72
- Chapter 16.74 — LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT
- Chapter 16.76 — REVERSION TO ACREAGE
- Chapter 16.77 — MERGER OF SUBSTANDARD LOTS
- Chapter 16.88 — APPEALS
- Chapter 16.92 — PLANNING COMMISSION
- Chapter 16.96 — VIOLATIONS—PENALTY
- Chapter 16.100 — VESTING TENTATIVE MAP
- Title 17
- Chapter 17.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 17.08 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 17.12 — PROVISIONS FOR FLOOD HAZARD REDUCTION
- Chapter 17.16 — ADMINISTRATION
- Title 18
- Chapter 18.02 — PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
- Chapter 18.16 — PLANNING DIRECTOR DECISIONS
- Chapter 18.12 — LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL
- Chapter 18.58 — EMERGENCY SHELTER OVERLAY ZONE
- Division IV — SITE DEVELOPMENT
- Chapter 18.70 — FENCES, WALLS, AND SCREENING
- Chapter 18.80 — LIGHTING
- Chapter 18.88 — DENSITY BONUS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVES
- Chapter 18.84 — WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
- Division V — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 18.02 — PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
- Chapter 18.04 — ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
- Chapter 18.06 — RULES AND INTERPRETATION
- Chapter 18.08 — ENFORCEMENT
- Chapter 18.12 — LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL
- Chapter 18.14 — GENERAL APPLICATION PROCESSING
- Chapter 18.16 — PLANNING DIRECTOR DECISIONS
- Chapter 18.18 — PLANNING COMMISSION DECISIONS
- Chapter 18.20 — CITY COUNCIL DECISIONS
- Chapter 18.30 — ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 18.34 — LAND USE CLASSIFICATION
- Chapter 18.38 — RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
- Chapter 18.42 — COMMERCIAL AND MEDICAL/PROFESSIONAL OFFICE DIS…
- Chapter 18.46 — INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
- Chapter 18.50 — PUBLIC/QUASI-PUBLIC AND PARKS AND RECREATION D…
- Chapter 18.54 — OVERLAY DISTRICTS
- Chapter 18.58 — EMERGENCY SHELTER OVERLAY ZONE
- Chapter 18.60 — GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
- Chapter 18.62 — ACCESSORY STRUCTURES
- Chapter 18.63 — CHILD CARE PROVISIONS
- Chapter 18.64 — HOME OCCUPATIONS
- Chapter 18.66 — SECOND UNITS
- Chapter 18.68 — LIVE/WORK UNITS
- Chapter 18.70 — FENCES, WALLS, AND SCREENING
- Chapter 18.72 — OUTDOOR SALES, STORAGE AND SEATING
- Chapter 18.73 — PUBLIC ART
- Chapter 18.74 — INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT
- Chapter 18.76 — PARKING AND LOADING
- Chapter 18.78 — LANDSCAPING
- Chapter 18.80 — LIGHTING
- Chapter 18.82 — SIGNS
- Chapter 18.84 — WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
- Chapter 18.86 — INCLUSIONARY HOUSING
- Chapter 18.88 — DENSITY BONUS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVES
- Chapter 18.89 — REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
- Chapter 18.90 — TEMPORARY USES
- Chapter 18.92 — DRUG OR ALCOHOL ABUSE TREATMENT FACILITIES
- Chapter 18.94 — NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES
- Chapter 18.95
- Chapter 18.96 — LAND USE DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 18.98 — GENERAL DEFINITIONS
- Title SR
- § SR-2. Administration and Personnel.
- § SR-3. Revenue and Finance.
- § SR-4. Business Licenses, Taxes and Regulations.
- § SR-5. Animals.
- § SR-6. Health and Safety.
- § SR-7. Public Peace, Morals and Welfare.
- § SR-8. Vehicles and Traffic.
- § SR-9. Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places.
- § SR-10. Public Services.
- § SR-11. Buildings and Construction.
- § SR-12. Subdivisions.
- § SR-14. Environment.
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