Pico Rivera Municipal Code Ch. 5.48 Fortunetelling

The application for a fortunetelling permit shall include:

A. Name and address of the applicant;

B. Address of the proposed location for the conduct of the proposed profession, art or business;

C. Record of conviction for violations of the law, excluding minor traffic violations;

D. Two copies of a photograph, one inch by one inch in size, taken within two years of the application for submission to the law enforcement agency;

E. The fingerprints of the applicant on a suitable form, to be provided by the law enforcement agency;

F. Address, city and state, and approximate dates when this applicant practiced a similar business, either alone or in conjunction with others;

G. Such other and further information as the city clerk may find necessary to process the application.

(Prior code § 6305(x)(part), (1); Ord. 703 § 5, 1985)

Every natural person actively carrying on, conducting or engaging in the business of fortunetelling for which a license and/or permit is required shall file a separate application, separate photograph and fingerprints, and pay a separate license and permit fee, as required by the provisions of this title. Such person shall also post a separate bond, as required in this chapter, for each person conducting the business of fortune-telling.

(Prior code § 6305(x)(part), (3); Ord. 703 § 5, 1985)

The liability on any bond deposited with the city may be terminated upon the filing with the city clerk by the surety on the bond of a written notice to the city that the surety intends to terminate the liability upon the bond, such termination to become effective thirty days from and after the day upon which the notice of intention to terminate liability is filed with the city clerk; provided, however, that in no case shall the termination of liability by the surety on any bond affect any liability incurred prior to the date of termination thereof.

(Prior code § 6305(x)(part), (4); Ord. 703 § 5, 1985)

If the application is approved by the permit and license hearing board, the city clerk shall issue the permit only when:

A. The required fee is paid; and

B. There shall have been posted with the city clerk a surety bond in the principal sum of ten thousand dollars, executed as surety by a good and sufficient corporate surety authorized to do a surety business in this state and as a principal by the applicant, which shall have been approved by the city attorney as to form, which bond shall have been given to insure good faith and fair dealing on the part of the applicant and as a guarantee of indemnity for any and all loss, damage, injury, theft or other unfair dealing suffered by any patron of the applicant within the city during the term of the permit.

(Prior code § 6305(x)(part), (2); Ord. 703 § 5, 1985)

In addition to the provisions of this title pertaining to the revocation or suspension of a license or permit, the license or permit of any person under this chapter may be revoked or suspended upon such person being convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction by a final judgment of an offense involving the performance of fortunetelling.

(Prior code § 6305(x)(part), (5); Ord. 703 § 5, 1985)