San Luis Obispo County Municipal Code Ch. 6.04 Definitions

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 3296, § 2, adopted April 21, 2015, amended Ch. 6.04 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former Ch. 6.04, §§ 6.04.010—6.04.190, pertained to similar subject matter, and derived from Ord. 1635 § 2, 1976.

As used in this title the words and terms in this chapter shall have the meanings ascribed to them, unless from the context a different meaning is clearly apparent.

(Ord. No. 3296, § 2, 4-21-15)

"Activity" includes a business, exhibition, or occupation and also every other activity for which this title requires a license, whether such activity is a business or occupation or neither.

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"Animal services manager" means the manager of the animal services division of this county or a duly authorized representative.

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"Board" means the board of supervisors of the county.

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"Business" includes every activity for which this ordinance requires a license, whether such activity is a business or occupation or neither.

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"Canvasser" or "solicitor" means any person, whether a resident of the county or not, traveling by foot or any other type of conveyance from place to place, from house to house, or from street to street, for the purpose of rendering services immediately or in the future, or for the purpose of taking or attempting to take orders for the sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or personal property of any nature whatsoever for immediate or future delivery. This definition includes any person who, individually, for another person or corporation hires, leases, uses, or occupies any building, structure, vehicle, or other place within the county for the sole purpose of exhibiting samples and taking orders for immediate or future delivery. A "canvasser" or "solicitor" also includes any individual who initiates contact in any manner to attend a gathering of any kind, for the purpose of presenting merchandise, products, or services in the home.

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"County" means the County of San Luis Obispo.

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"Distributor" means a wholesaler or jobber of goods, wares, merchandise, or food products.

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"Fixed place of business" means a place of business separate and distinct from any other business regularly kept open by the owner thereof or by agents or employees at a fixed location.

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"Health officer" means the health officer of the county or a duly authorized representative.

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"Location owner" means every person not engaged in the business of selling, renting, or placing on consignment or on commission basis mechanical or electronic amusement devices, but who owns, uses, and operates not more than two such mechanical or electronic amusement devices.

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"Mechanical or electronic amusement device" means any table, board, machine, computer, or other device fitted for use by the public. The operation of a "mechanical or electronic amusement device" is made possible by the deposit or insertion of any coin or other object, or by the payment of any fee, and is intended as a game, contest, or amusement. A "mechanical or electronic amusement device" does not contain a payoff device, and does not return or vend any article, merchandise, money, coin, check, or token. "Mechanical or electronic amusement device" shall not include phonographs, jukeboxes, or other music machines or devices.

(Ord. No. 3296, § 2, 4-21-15)

"Mobile vending unit" means any vehicle, which operates from site to site with primary emphasis on transit while dispensing a product or rendering a service on a stop-on-demand basis only and whose use is incidental to the land use and underlying zone. The vending unit shall be dispatched from a site, which is in conformance with county subdivision and zoning ordinances.

(Ord. No. 3296, § 2, 4-21-15)

"Operator" means any person engaged in the business of selling, renting, or placing on consignment or on commission basis mechanical or electronic amusement devices in various locations within the county, and every person who owns, uses, and operates more than two mechanical or electronic amusement devices.

(Ord. No. 3296, § 2, 4-21-15)

"Person" or "party" means and includes an individual, firm, association, corporation, cooperative, or non-cooperative, carrying on the business for which a license must first be procured. When the terms used in this section designate the principal, the same means and includes the clerk, agents, representatives, and employees of such principals. The intent of this title is to license the business and not separate or individual acts or activities, which constitute integral or related parts of the business, except as otherwise provided in this title.

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"Planning and building director" means the director of the department of planning and building of this county or a duly authorized representative.

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"Public billiard room" means any place open to the public where billiards, bagatelle, or pool is played or in which any billiard, bagatelle, or pool table is kept and persons are permitted to play or do play thereon, whether any compensation or reward is charged for the use of such table or not.

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"Public works director" means the director of the public works department of this county or a duly authorized representative.

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"Risk management" means the insurance and liability analyst for the risk management division of this county.

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"Sheriff" means the sheriff of this county or a duly authorized representative.

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"Tax collector" means the tax collector of the county or a duly authorized representative.

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"Transient merchants," "itinerant merchants," and "itinerant vendors" mean any person, whether as owner, agent, consignee, or employee, whether or not such person is a resident of the county, who engages in a business of selling and delivering goods, wares, and merchandise within the county; who, in furtherance of such purposes, temporarily hires, leases, uses, or occupies any type of room, building, structure, street, alley, or other place within the county for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares, and merchandise, either privately or at public auction.

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"Vending machine" means a mechanical apparatus so operated as to sell or deliver merchandise only the equivalent in marketing value to the face value of the monies deposited.

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"Zoning ordinance" means Titles 22 and 23 of this Code.

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