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Earlier editions: 2026-09

Title 5 — BUSINESS REGULATIONS

San Mateo County Municipal Code Ch. 5.12 Theaters

San Mateo County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · San Mateo County

Cite as: San Mateo County Municipal Code Chapter 5.12 · Text as of 2026-10-04

5.12.010 - Theater.

Every person conducting a theater, whether indoors or outdoors, containing a permanent stage upon which movable scenery and theatrical appliances are used, where musical, theatrical, or vaudeville or similar performances are given, and for which a fee is charged, collected or received, or conducting, managing, or carrying on a motion picture theater where moving or motion pictures are exhibited for which a fee is charged, received, or collected, shall procure a License and shall pay a License fee of the greater of (a) two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per day or twelve ($12.00) per quarter.

(Prior code § 5121.0; Ord. 1181, 09/11/56; Ord. 2042, 04/28/70; Ord. 3113, 06/16/87)

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