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Title 5 — Business Taxes, Licenses and Regulations›Chapter 5.04 — COUNTY BUSINESS LICENSING ORDINANCE ADOPTED

South El Monte Municipal Code § 7.04 County Business Licensing Ordinance Adopted

South El Monte Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · South El Monte

Cite as: South El Monte Municipal Code § 7.04 · Text as of 2026-10-04

7.04.010 License—Required.

A license shall be procured immediately before the continuance under the provisions of this title, or the commencement of any business, occupation or other activity hereafter specified, from the Finance Director of the city, which license shall authorize the party obtaining the same to transact the business or engage in the activity described in such license for the period named therein in the city. Businesses, occupations or other activities requiring licenses in the city are as follows:

  1. Acupressure Establishments and Acupressurists

  2. Advertising Billboards

  3. Apartments

  4. Billiard Room

  5. Bingo Game

  6. Boarding House

  7. Bookstore

  8. Bowling Alley

  9. Card/Game Club

  10. Carnival/Circus or Travelling Show

  11. Coin Operated Phonograph

  12. Dance

  13. Drug Paraphernalia Store

  14. Entertainment

  15. Escort Bureau

  16. Exhibitions

  17. Explosives

  18. Food Establishment

  19. Game Arcade

  20. Growth Centers

  21. Gun Dealers

  22. Health Club/Spa

  23. Hotel

  24. Identification Cards

  25. Kennel

  26. Reserved

  27. Mechanical Rides

  28. Model Studio

  29. Motel

  30. Outdoor Festivals

  31. Peddler

  32. Picture Arcade

  33. Private Patrol Service and Officers

  34. Private Schools

  35. Public Eating

  36. Rental Housing

  37. Retailer (Type 10) Commercial Cannabis Operations (Medical/Adult-Use/Non-Medical) in accordance with Chapter 5.26 of Title 5 of this Code

  38. Rifle Range/Shooting Gallery

  39. Salvage Collector

  40. Skating Rink

  41. Solicitation

  42. Sound Trucks

  43. Swap Meet

  44. Theater

  45. Video Games

  46. Waste Collector

(Ord. 847 §1, 1989; Ord. 911 §1, 1992; Ord. 980 §3, 1996; Ord. 1195 §2, 2014; Ord. 1260 §9, 2022)

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