The following businesses and activities require issuance of a permit, except that if any of the businesses herein designated are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas" as those terms are defined in Section 17.57.010 of this code, they shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 17.57. However, no permit shall be issued for any business or activity prohibited by law.
Amusement arcade;
* Bar, as defined in Section 17.04.061 of this code;
Billiard hall;
Bingo games for which a license may be granted under Section 5.36.020 of this code;
Bowling alley;
Boxing, amateur or professional exhibition or contest;
* Cabaret, as defined in Section 17.04.082;
* Cafe, as defined in Section 17.04.084 of this code;
Carnivals;
Circus;
* Cocktail lounge, as defined in Section 17.04.101 of this code;
* Coffeehouse, as defined in Section 17.04.103 of this code;
Dancehall or public dance;
Fairs;
Golf course;
Junk dealer or yard;
* Electronic cigarette retailer, as defined in Section 5.38.030 of this code;
* Nightclub, as defined in Section 17.04.352 of this code;
Outdoor musical or special event;
Parades;
Pawnbroker;
Peddler;
Public amusements;
* Private smokers lounge, as defined in Section 5.38.020 of this code;
* Restaurants, whether or not serving alcoholic beverages, as defined in Section 17.04.379 of this code;
* Smoke shop, as defined in Section 5.38.020 of this code;
* Sports bar, as defined in Section 17.04.388 of this code;
Rest home (custodial or convalescent care facility);
Shooting gallery;
Solicitor;
Sound trucks;
Special events open to public;
Tattoo artist, dermatography artists;
Tattoo parlor, dermatography studio;
* Tavern, as defined in Section 17.04.402 of this code;
* Teahouse, as defined in Section 17.04.103 of this code;
* Tobacco product retailer, as defined in Section 5.38.020 of this code;
* Vapor cigarette retailer, as defined in Section 5.38.020 of this code.
* (Denotes new or modified uses)
(Ord. 2362 § 18, 2003; Ord. 2515 § 1, 2014)
No permit shall be issued for the following businesses or activities unless the special requirements set forth in this article have been met: ambulance services, massage parlors, private patrols, tow trucks, and entertainment.
(Prior code § 5200.27; Ord. 2289 § 1, 1999)
A. 
No person shall engage in, practice, manage, or carry on the business, for profit or otherwise, of: astrology, augury, card reading, cartomancy, channeling, clairaudience, clairvoyance, crystal gazing, divination, etherealization, feng shui, fortunetelling, geomancy, graphology, hypnotism, life reading, magic, mediumship, necromancy, palmistry, phrenology, physiognomy, prophecy, soothsaying, spirit materialization, spirit photography, spirit voices or spirit writing, or any other similar manner or means of prediction, forecasting, or prognostication without a written police permit from the chief of police and any other permits or licenses which may be required by this code.
B. 
For purposes of this section, the terms "engage in," "practice," "manage," and "carry on the business" shall mean the principal activity and not an incidental use or activity of any practice, establishment or business.
(Ord. 2056 § 2, 1986; Ord. 2283 § 1, 1998)
No person shall engage in, manage or carry on any business in which either an on-sale or off-sale alcoholic beverage license (as defined in Sections 17.04.355 and 17.04.356 of this code) has been issued by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and in which the issuance of a conditional use permit as defined in Section 17.04.120 was required, without having first obtained a written permit from the chief of police.
(Ord. 2162 § 1, 1992)