Temple City Municipal Code § 5-2A-0 Permit Required for Certain Businesses

ARTICLE A. PERMIT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN BUSINESSES

SECTION:

No person shall operate, and no license shall be issued for, any of the following businesses unless a prerequisite permit, if required, has first been obtained as specifically provided for elsewhere in this code. Upon granting of needed prerequisite permit, a license shall be issued pursuant to this chapter, pursuant to the zoning code, and by council action, if applicable:

Auto wrecking and towing.

Baths.

Billiard rooms (public).

Bridal shops.

Business by vehicle, other than the following: gardening and house cleaning services; private parcel delivery companies (including UPS and FedEx); taxi, car-sharing, and transportation network companies (including Uber and Lyft); and food and water delivery businesses (including Sysco, GrubHub, and Sparkletts).

Carnival.

Circus, primary business:

A. Sideshow.

B. Exhibition.

Dances.

Entertainment.

Escort bureau.

Explosives.

Fireworks.

Fortune telling.

Games of skill.

Liquor stores.

"Massage business or establishment" as defined in section 5-2E-1 of this chapter.

Non-storefront, delivery-only medical cannabis retail businesses.

Pawnbroker.

Racetrack.

Rides - carnival/merry-go-round.

Rodeo.

Salvage dealer.

Secondhand dealer.

Shooting gallery.

Solicitor, peddlers, itinerant vendors.

Waste collector.

Waste disposal facility. (1960 Code; amd. Ord. 96-796; Ord. 97-802; Ord. 16-1010; Ord. 20-1051; Ord. 25-1081 U)

The application for any permit required by this chapter shall be filed with the license collector, shall be signed and verified by the applicant and shall set forth the following:

A. The name and address of the applicant.

B. The name and address of the persons by whom employed, if any.

C. The nature of the business for which a permit is requested.

D. The place where such business is to be conducted.

E. A brief description of the nature and amount of equipment to be used in such business.

F. The personal description of the applicant.

G. Evidence of the identity of the applicant of such character as the city council may require.

H. Fingerprints and thumbprints of the applicant. (1960 Code)

The City Manager or the City Manager's designee may, after investigation of said application and of said business proposed to be conducted, grant or refuse to grant a permit. The City Manager or the City Manager's designee shall have the right to refuse any such permit if it shall determine that the granting of the same or the conduct of the business will be contrary to the preservation of health, safety, morals or welfare of the city or its inhabitants. If such permit is granted, the City Manager or the City Manager's designee may impose such terms, conditions and restrictions upon the operation and conduct of such business, not in conflict with any paramount law, as it may deem necessary or expedient to protect the public peace, health, safety, morals or welfare of the city or its inhabitants. Any applicant for such a permit shall be entitled to a hearing thereon before the city council upon a request therefor. Any city council person, the City Manager or the City Attorney may file with the city clerk a request for review (RFR) of any decision made by the City Manager or the City Manager's designee under Title 5, Chapter 2.

A. Timing: Such RFR must be filed within fourteen (14) days of the decision by the City Manager or the City Manager's designee, as a no fee filing, together with a statement that such RFR is not indicating support for or opposition to such decision, but is filed because the filer believes that such decision involves a matter of such interest, import, precedent or significance that such decision should as a matter of policy and planning be made by the city council.

B. Effect of RFR: Upon the timely filing of an RFR, the decision of the City Manager or the City Manager's designee will be suspended until the RFR is determined by the city council; and the city clerk will immediately notify the council and applicant with regard thereto and set the matter for hearing before the city council for final determination.

C. The procedures of an RFR will be the same as those for an appeal under section 9-1C-5-G-6, 7, and 8 (Appeals). (1960 Code; amd. Ord. 96-796; Ord. 97-802; Ord. 25-1081 U; Ord. 25-1082, 9-2-2025)

A. Solicitation shall only take place between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. and five o'clock (5:00) P.M.

B. Solicitation shall not be made at any house, apartment or other dwelling in which is affixed a sign indicating "No Solicitors" or similar indications that no solicitation contact is desired by the occupant thereof. (1960 Code; amd. Ord. 91-695; Ord. 96-796; Ord. 97-802)

Such permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises where the business for which such permit is issued is conducted, and shall remain so posted during the period the permit shall be in force. (1960 Code)

Unless otherwise stated in this code, the fees for permits shall be set and/or modified by resolution of the city council. (1960 Code)

This classification is now covered under subsection 5-1B-19B of this title. (1960 Code; amd. Ord. 96-796; Ord. 97-802)

When the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee shall issue any permit under the terms of this chapter, the same may be revoked at any time thereafter by said city council if said city council becomes satisfied that the conduct of such business does or will in any manner endanger the public welfare or that the same has been conducted in an illegal, improper or disorderly manner. Said city council may revoke or suspend permits issued for any business where the proprietor or person in charge thereof violates or permits any infraction of any law of the state or any ordinance of the city. No permit for any business shall be revoked or permanently suspended under the terms of this chapter unless the permittee shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor hereunder or unless a notice and public hearing thereof be first given the permittee, provided, however, that any such permit may be temporarily suspended without such notice or hearing by the city council. (1960 Code; amd. Ord. 25-1081 U; Ord. 25-1082, 9-2-2025)

No permit issued under this chapter shall be transferable except by the consent of the city council. (1960 Code)

Unless otherwise stated in this chapter, elsewhere in this code and the zoning code if applicable, the conditions imposed upon an operation and conduct of such business shall be set and/or modified by resolution of the city council. (Ord. 97-807)

ARTICLE B. COMMERCIAL FILMING

SECTION:

CHARITABLE FILMS: Commercials, motion pictures, television programs, videotapes or still photography produced by a nonprofit organization, which qualifies under section 501(C)3 of the internal revenue code as a charitable organization. No person directly or indirectly shall receive a profit from the marketing or production of a charitable film.

FILMING OR FILMING ACTIVITY: Means and includes all activity attendant to staging or shooting motion pictures, television shows, videotapes, commercials and still photography.

STUDENT FILMS: Motion pictures, television programs, videotapes or still photography made for the purpose of a school project. (1960 Code)

A. No person shall use any public or private property, facility or residence for the purpose of filming activity without first applying for and receiving a permit as provided in this section.

B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to or affect reporters, photographers or camera operators in the employ of a newspaper, news service or similar entity engaged in covering newsworthy events, nor shall it apply to filming solely for private, noncommercial use. Charitable films and student films must obtain a permit and reimburse the city for reasonable cost of personnel and equipment but are exempt from permit fees. (1960 Code)

Permit fee shall be set by resolution of the city council. (1960 Code)

A. The issuing authority shall be the city manager or designee.

B. All applicants will be required to complete a commercial filming application which shall include information required by the state model film permit application and such additional information the city manager may require.

C. The city manager shall determine the number of fire, sheriff, county road services and other personnel necessary to ensure that the filming activity does not endanger the health and safety of persons or property in the area of the filming location, to minimize the disruption to businesses of residents in the area, and to minimize traffic congestion.

D. Prior to issuance of the permit, the applicant shall be requested to consult with neighboring businesses and/or residents and submit with the application suitable evidence showing that such businesses or residents do not object to the proposed filming activity.

E. Applications shall be submitted a minimum of three (3) working days before the proposed filming activity. However, processing may be increased up to ten (10) days by the city manager, where such activity will interfere with traffic, requires road closures or multiple day traffic control, involves potential public safety hazards or requires special assistance by the city.

F. Upon submission of a completed application, the permit fee, the required deposits and the certificate of insurance, and upon the determining that the proposed filming activity will not unduly disrupt neighboring business and/or residents, the city manager shall issue the permit. In all cases, issuance of a permit shall depend upon the availability of sheriff, fire and other necessary personnel and equipment. Conditions may be attached to a permit to ensure health and safety of persons, disruption of neighboring businesses and residents and traffic congestion.

G. Written permit application may be filed in person, by mail or by facsimile machine. Where it is impractical to submit a written permit application, an oral permit application may be made by telephone during regular city hall business hours provided that appropriate documents and signatures be obtained by the city two (2) days prior to filming. (1960 Code)

A certificate of insurance for comprehensive and general liability covering the entire period of the permit, naming the city of Temple City and its employees as additionally insured shall accompany the application. The amount of the insurance shall be set by the city manager dependent upon the potential liability but shall not be less than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00). Permittee waives all claims against the city of Temple City, its officers, agents and employees, for fees and damage caused by, arising out of, or in any way connected with the exercise of the permit. (1960 Code)

Upon approval of commercial filming permit, applicant shall be issued a separate temporary business license. The fee shall be set by resolution of the city council. (1960 Code)

The city shall have the right to require and the applicant shall have the right to request special sheriff, fire, road or other administrative services. The applicant will be billed directly for all special services provided by the city. The fee for special services will be the cost incurred by the city for providing special services. City may require a deposit applicable to these costs. (1960 Code)

Each applicant will be required to post all of the properties which are immediately adjacent to the filming location prior to the start of filming. The posting shall include a general description of the filming activity that will take place and the dates and times the filming activity is scheduled. (1960 Code)