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City of Indian Wells, CA
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2024-07-18
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Code of Ordinances
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Title 5 Business Licenses and Regulations
Code of Ordinances
Ttl 1
General Provisions
Ttl 2
Administration and Personnel
Ttl 3
Revenue and Finance
Ttl 4
(Reserved)
Ttl 5
Business Licenses and Regulations
Ch 5.01
BUSINESS LICENSES GENERALLY
§ 5.01.000
Purpose.
§ 5.01.010
Definitions.
§ 5.01.020
License required.
§ 5.01.025
Application.
§ 5.01.030
Fees and term of license.
§ 5.01.035
Exemption from business license requirements.
§ 5.01.040
Penalties for noncompliance.
§ 5.01.045
Due date for license fee.
§ 5.01.050
Sale or transfer or change of location.
§ 5.01.060
Home occupation.
Ch 5.04
NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE
§ 5.04.010
Definitions.
§ 5.04.020
Conditions—Terms.
§ 5.04.030
Annual fee—Penalty for neglecting to pay.
§ 5.04.040
Franchise granted in lieu of other franchises.
§ 5.04.050
Effective date—Annexation—Consolidations.
§ 5.04.060
Limitations of franchise.
§ 5.04.070
Grantee requirements.
§ 5.04.080
Location of pipes and related materials.
§ 5.04.090
Damage to the street.
§ 5.04.100
Noncompliance with chapter.
§ 5.04.110
Reimbursement of expenses.
Ch 5.08
ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION FRANCHISE
§ 5.08.010
Definitions.
§ 5.08.020
Franchise granted.
§ 5.08.030
Duration.
§ 5.08.040
Annual payment.
§ 5.08.050
Filing of Statement—Failure to file or pay.
§ 5.08.060
Reimbursement of City expenses.
Ch 5.12
WATER TRANSMISSION FRANCHISE
§ 5.12.010
Definitions.
§ 5.12.020
Terms—Conditions—Duration.
§ 5.12.030
Annual fee—Filing—Neglecting to pay or file.
§ 5.12.040
Franchise granted in lieu of other franchises.
§ 5.12.050
Effective date—Annexations—Consolidations.
§ 5.12.060
Limitations.
§ 5.12.070
Grantee requirements.
§ 5.12.080
Noncompliance.
Ch 5.16
TELEVISION CABLE FRANCHISE
§ 5.16.010
Title.
§ 5.16.020
Definitions.
§ 5.16.030
Grant of franchise.
§ 5.16.040
Rights reserved to the grantor.
§ 5.16.050
Rights of subscribers.
§ 5.16.060
Finance and insurance.
§ 5.16.070
Cable usage corporation.
§ 5.16.080
Services.
§ 5.16.090
Design and construction.
§ 5.16.100
Operations and maintenance.
§ 5.16.110
Violations.
§ 5.16.120
Termination and receivership.
§ 5.16.130
Franchise applications.
§ 5.16.140
Records.
§ 5.16.150
Enforcement mechanism.
§ 5.16.160
Interconnection.
§ 5.16.170
Miscellaneous provisions.
§ 5.16.180
State video services franchisees.
§ 5.16.190
Regulation of State video services franchisees.
§ 5.16.200
State video franchise fee.
§ 5.16.210
Audit authority.
§ 5.16.220
Customer service penalties under State video franchises.
§ 5.16.230
City response to State video franchise applications.
§ 5.16.240
Notice to adjacent property owners prior to installation of video services facilities.
§ 5.16.250
Fee for support of public, educational and government access channels.
Ch 5.20
SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL RENTALS
§ 5.20.010
Violation – Nuisance – Applicability.
§ 5.20.020
Definitions.
§ 5.20.030
Locations and conditions of operations of short-term residential rentals.
§ 5.20.040
Business license and short-term residential rental permit.
§ 5.20.050
Registration.
§ 5.20.060
Personal availability.
§ 5.20.070
Notice to transients.
§ 5.20.080
Transient occupancy tax.
§ 5.20.090
Record Keeping Requirements.
§ 5.20.100
Signs/advertisement.
§ 5.20.110
Noise.
§ 5.20.120
Occupancy.
§ 5.20.130
Maintenance of residential character.
§ 5.20.140
Minimum duration of rental.
§ 5.20.150
Parking.
§ 5.20.160
Denial, suspension and revocation of business license and short-term residential rental permit.
§ 5.20.170
Enforcement.
§ 5.20.175
Violators may have their Resident Benefit Card suspended.
§ 5.20.180
Duty to comply with all other laws, rules, regulations, and orders.
§ 5.20.190
Master associations.
§ 5.20.200
New residential developments.
§ 5.20.210
Common interest developments.
§ 5.20.220
Tennis tournament exception.
§ 5.20.240
Disclosure of short-term rental ordinance in home sale agreements.
Ch 5.24
MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT, BATHHOUSES AND ESCORT SERVICES
§ 5.24.010
Definitions.
§ 5.24.020
Permits.
§ 5.24.030
Location.
§ 5.24.040
Permitted establishments.
§ 5.24.050
Amortization of nonconforming uses.
§ 5.24.060
Operational criteria.
§ 5.24.070
Registration of customers—Records open to inspection.
§ 5.24.090
Escort's permit—Application therefor.
§ 5.24.100
Massage establishment and bathhouse operating requirements.
§ 5.24.110
Prohibitions—Specified anatomical areas, specified sexual activities, and outcall massage.
§ 5.24.120
Employment of and services rendered to minor prohibited.
§ 5.24.130
Exemptions.
§ 5.24.140
Application for permit.
§ 5.24.150
Renewal of permit.
§ 5.24.160
Investigation.
§ 5.24.170
Hearing notice.
§ 5.24.180
Procedure of hearing.
§ 5.24.190
Findings of hearing.
§ 5.24.200
Denial, suspension, or revocation of permit.
§ 5.24.210
Approval.
§ 5.24.220
Inspection required.
§ 5.24.230
Violation—Penalties.
§ 5.24.240
Violation—Other remedies.
§ 5.24.250
Conducting a business as a nuisance.
§ 5.24.260
Sale or transfer or change of location.
§ 5.24.270
Transfer of permit.
Ch 5.26
MASSAGE PRACTITIONERS
§ 5.26.010
Purpose and intent.
§ 5.26.020
Definitions.
§ 5.26.030
State certification.
§ 5.26.040
Violation—Penalties.
Ch 5.30
SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
§ 5.30.010
Purpose and intent.
§ 5.30.020
Definitions.
§ 5.30.030
Establishment and classification of businesses regulated.
§ 5.30.040
Measurement of distance.
§ 5.30.050
Location of sexually oriented businesses.
§ 5.30.060
Regulation governing existing sexually oriented businesses.
§ 5.30.070
Injunction.
§ 5.30.080
Sexually oriented business permits—Purpose and intent.
§ 5.30.090
Permit required.
§ 5.30.100
Investigation and application.
§ 5.30.110
Issuance of permit.
§ 5.30.120
Annual permit fee.
§ 5.30.130
Inspection.
§ 5.30.140
Expiration of permit.
§ 5.30.150
Suspension of permit.
§ 5.30.160
Revocation of permit.
§ 5.30.170
Judicial review of permit denial, suspension or revocation.
§ 5.30.180
Transfer of permit.
§ 5.30.190
Sexually oriented business employee license.
§ 5.30.200
Regulations pertaining to exhibition of sexually explicit films or videos in video booths.
§ 5.30.210
Prohibitions regarding minors and sexually oriented businesses.
§ 5.30.230
Hours of operation.
§ 5.30.240
Nudity at sexually oriented businesses not offering for sale alcoholic beverages subject to prohibition pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Barnes v. glen theatre inc.
§ 5.30.250
Additional criminal prohibitions for the operator of a sexually oriented business without a valid permit.
§ 5.30.260
Exemptions.
§ 5.30.270
Criminal penalties and additional legal, equitable, and injunctive relief.
§ 5.30.290
Immunity from prosecution.
§ 5.30.300
Prohibition of distribution of sexual devices.
§ 5.30.310
Severability.
Ch 5.34
TOBACCO RETAILERS
§ 5.34.000
Tobacco retailers.
Ch 5.40
REQUIRED LANDSCAPER COURSES
§ 5.40.010
Definitions.
§ 5.40.020
Purpose and intent.
§ 5.40.030
Course requirement.
Ch 5.44
COMMERCIAL MOBILE VEHICLE WASH OPERATIONS
§ 5.44.000
Purpose.
§ 5.44.010
Definitions.
§ 5.44.020
Regulations.
§ 5.44.030
Business license required.
Ch 5.48
SIDEWALK VENDING
§ 5.48.010
Purpose.
§ 5.48.020
Definitions.
§ 5.48.030
Permits required.
§ 5.48.040
Review of permit application—Decision.
§ 5.48.050
Sidewalk vending—Locations and standards applicable to both stationary and roaming sidewalk vendors.
§ 5.48.060
Stationary sidewalk vending—Locations and standards.
§ 5.48.070
Suspension—Rescission.
§ 5.48.080
Appeals to City Manager.
§ 5.48.090
Penalties.
§ 5.48.100
Seizure of evidence.
Ttl 6
Animals
Ttl 7
(Reserved)
Ttl 8
Health and Sanitation
Ttl 9
Peace, Safety and Morals
Ttl 10
(Reserved)
Ttl 11
Vehicles and Traffic
Ttl 12
Streets and Sidewalks
Ttl 13
Public Utilities
Ttl 14
Water and Sewers
Ttl 15
(Reserved)
Ttl 16
Building and Construction
Ttl 17
Sign Regulations
Ttl 18
Excavations and Land Fills
Ttl 19
(Reserved)
Ttl 20
Subdivisions
Ttl 21
Zoning Code
Ttl 22
Resources Management
Statutory References
Ttl SR
Statutory References for California Cities
Tables
Ttl OL
Ordinance List and Disposition Table
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Title 5
Business Licenses and Regulations
Note: For regulations governing hotel operators and transient occupancy registration permits, see Chapter
3.12
. For regulations governing apartment houses and hotel and motel operators' permits, see Enforcement of State Housing Law Chapter
8.12
.
Chapter 5.01
BUSINESS LICENSES GENERALLY
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§ 5.01.000
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 5.01.010
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 5.01.020
License required.
chevron_right
§ 5.01.025
Application.
chevron_right
§ 5.01.030
Fees and term of license.
chevron_right
§ 5.01.035
Exemption from business license requirements.
chevron_right
§ 5.01.040
Penalties for noncompliance.
chevron_right
§ 5.01.045
Due date for license fee.
chevron_right
§ 5.01.050
Sale or transfer or change of location.
chevron_right
§ 5.01.060
Home occupation.
chevron_right
Chapter 5.04
NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE
chevron_right
§ 5.04.010
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 5.04.020
Conditions—Terms.
chevron_right
§ 5.04.030
Annual fee—Penalty for neglecting to pay.
chevron_right
§ 5.04.040
Franchise granted in lieu of other franchises.
chevron_right
§ 5.04.050
Effective date—Annexation—Consolidations.
chevron_right
§ 5.04.060
Limitations of franchise.
chevron_right
§ 5.04.070
Grantee requirements.
chevron_right
§ 5.04.080
Location of pipes and related materials.
chevron_right
§ 5.04.090
Damage to the street.
chevron_right
§ 5.04.100
Noncompliance with chapter.
chevron_right
§ 5.04.110
Reimbursement of expenses.
chevron_right
Chapter 5.08
ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION FRANCHISE
chevron_right
§ 5.08.010
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 5.08.020
Franchise granted.
chevron_right
§ 5.08.030
Duration.
chevron_right
§ 5.08.040
Annual payment.
chevron_right
§ 5.08.050
Filing of Statement—Failure to file or pay.
chevron_right
§ 5.08.060
Reimbursement of City expenses.
chevron_right
Chapter 5.12
WATER TRANSMISSION FRANCHISE
chevron_right
§ 5.12.010
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 5.12.020
Terms—Conditions—Duration.
chevron_right
§ 5.12.030
Annual fee—Filing—Neglecting to pay or file.
chevron_right
§ 5.12.040
Franchise granted in lieu of other franchises.
chevron_right
§ 5.12.050
Effective date—Annexations—Consolidations.
chevron_right
§ 5.12.060
Limitations.
chevron_right
§ 5.12.070
Grantee requirements.
chevron_right
§ 5.12.080
Noncompliance.
chevron_right
Chapter 5.16
TELEVISION CABLE FRANCHISE
chevron_right
§ 5.16.010
Title.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.020
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.030
Grant of franchise.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.040
Rights reserved to the grantor.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.050
Rights of subscribers.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.060
Finance and insurance.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.070
Cable usage corporation.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.080
Services.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.090
Design and construction.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.100
Operations and maintenance.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.110
Violations.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.120
Termination and receivership.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.130
Franchise applications.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.140
Records.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.150
Enforcement mechanism.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.160
Interconnection.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.170
Miscellaneous provisions.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.180
State video services franchisees.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.190
Regulation of State video services franchisees.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.200
State video franchise fee.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.210
Audit authority.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.220
Customer service penalties under State video franchises.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.230
City response to State video franchise applications.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.240
Notice to adjacent property owners prior to installation of video services facilities.
chevron_right
§ 5.16.250
Fee for support of public, educational and government access channels.
chevron_right
Chapter 5.20
SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL RENTALS
chevron_right
§ 5.20.010
Violation – Nuisance – Applicability.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.020
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.030
Locations and conditions of operations of short-term residential rentals.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.040
Business license and short-term residential rental permit.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.050
Registration.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.060
Personal availability.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.070
Notice to transients.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.080
Transient occupancy tax.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.090
Record Keeping Requirements.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.100
Signs/advertisement.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.110
Noise.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.120
Occupancy.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.130
Maintenance of residential character.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.140
Minimum duration of rental.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.150
Parking.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.160
Denial, suspension and revocation of business license and short-term residential rental permit.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.170
Enforcement.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.175
Violators may have their Resident Benefit Card suspended.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.180
Duty to comply with all other laws, rules, regulations, and orders.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.190
Master associations.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.200
New residential developments.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.210
Common interest developments.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.220
Tennis tournament exception.
chevron_right
§ 5.20.240
Disclosure of short-term rental ordinance in home sale agreements.
chevron_right
Chapter 5.24
MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT, BATHHOUSES AND ESCORT SERVICES
chevron_right
§ 5.24.010
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.020
Permits.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.030
Location.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.040
Permitted establishments.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.050
Amortization of nonconforming uses.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.060
Operational criteria.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.070
Registration of customers—Records open to inspection.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.090
Escort's permit—Application therefor.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.100
Massage establishment and bathhouse operating requirements.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.110
Prohibitions—Specified anatomical areas, specified sexual activities, and outcall massage.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.120
Employment of and services rendered to minor prohibited.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.130
Exemptions.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.140
Application for permit.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.150
Renewal of permit.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.160
Investigation.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.170
Hearing notice.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.180
Procedure of hearing.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.190
Findings of hearing.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.200
Denial, suspension, or revocation of permit.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.210
Approval.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.220
Inspection required.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.230
Violation—Penalties.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.240
Violation—Other remedies.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.250
Conducting a business as a nuisance.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.260
Sale or transfer or change of location.
chevron_right
§ 5.24.270
Transfer of permit.
chevron_right
Chapter 5.26
MASSAGE PRACTITIONERS
chevron_right
§ 5.26.010
Purpose and intent.
chevron_right
§ 5.26.020
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 5.26.030
State certification.
chevron_right
§ 5.26.040
Violation—Penalties.
chevron_right
Chapter 5.30
SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
chevron_right
§ 5.30.010
Purpose and intent.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.020
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.030
Establishment and classification of businesses regulated.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.040
Measurement of distance.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.050
Location of sexually oriented businesses.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.060
Regulation governing existing sexually oriented businesses.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.070
Injunction.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.080
Sexually oriented business permits—Purpose and intent.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.090
Permit required.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.100
Investigation and application.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.110
Issuance of permit.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.120
Annual permit fee.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.130
Inspection.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.140
Expiration of permit.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.150
Suspension of permit.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.160
Revocation of permit.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.170
Judicial review of permit denial, suspension or revocation.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.180
Transfer of permit.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.190
Sexually oriented business employee license.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.200
Regulations pertaining to exhibition of sexually explicit films or videos in video booths.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.210
Prohibitions regarding minors and sexually oriented businesses.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.230
Hours of operation.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.240
Nudity at sexually oriented businesses not offering for sale alcoholic beverages subject to prohibition pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Barnes v. glen theatre inc.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.250
Additional criminal prohibitions for the operator of a sexually oriented business without a valid permit.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.260
Exemptions.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.270
Criminal penalties and additional legal, equitable, and injunctive relief.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.290
Immunity from prosecution.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.300
Prohibition of distribution of sexual devices.
chevron_right
§ 5.30.310
Severability.
chevron_right
Chapter 5.34
TOBACCO RETAILERS
chevron_right
§ 5.34.000
Tobacco retailers.
chevron_right
Chapter 5.40
REQUIRED LANDSCAPER COURSES
chevron_right
§ 5.40.010
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 5.40.020
Purpose and intent.
chevron_right
§ 5.40.030
Course requirement.
chevron_right
Chapter 5.44
COMMERCIAL MOBILE VEHICLE WASH OPERATIONS
chevron_right
§ 5.44.000
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 5.44.010
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 5.44.020
Regulations.
chevron_right
§ 5.44.030
Business license required.
chevron_right
Chapter 5.48
SIDEWALK VENDING
chevron_right
§ 5.48.010
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 5.48.020
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 5.48.030
Permits required.
chevron_right
§ 5.48.040
Review of permit application—Decision.
chevron_right
§ 5.48.050
Sidewalk vending—Locations and standards applicable to both stationary and roaming sidewalk vendors.
chevron_right
§ 5.48.060
Stationary sidewalk vending—Locations and standards.
chevron_right
§ 5.48.070
Suspension—Rescission.
chevron_right
§ 5.48.080
Appeals to City Manager.
chevron_right
§ 5.48.090
Penalties.
chevron_right
§ 5.48.100
Seizure of evidence.
chevron_right