No person shall commence, conduct or carry on any of the businesses or business activities listed in this section without having applied for and been granted a permit therefor by the city council. Permits shall be issued in cases where the council finds that the applicant and proposed participants in the business or business activity are of good moral character, and the proposed business or activity will apparently be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, local, state or federal, that all state and federal licensing requirements apparently have been or will be complied with, and that the proposed location or locations for the business or activity will be desirable to the public convenience and welfare and will be in harmony with the various elements and objectives of the general plan, and all other officially adopted policies and regulations of the city:
A. 
Automobile or truck rental or leasing (subject to processing in accordance with Chapter 5.40);
B. 
Automobile wrecking businesses where wrecked or damaged automobiles are bought or sold in whole or in part;
C. 
Bankrupt, assigned or damaged goods sales, selling or offering for sale any bankrupt, assigned or damaged stock of goods, wares, or merchandise, of whatsoever nature or kind;
D. 
Bicycle rental or sales;
E. 
Carnivals;
F. 
Circuses, menageries and the like;
G. 
Pawnbrokers;
H. 
Secondhand dealers, dealing in secondhand goods, wares or merchandise whether or not carried on in conjunction with another business or with the business of dealing in new merchandise.
(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)
No person shall conduct or carry on the business of locksmith, or a key or lock repair shop or business, without having applied for and been granted a permit therefor by the chief of police. Such permits shall be issued in cases where, after investigation the chief of police determines that the applicant and proposed participants in the business or business activity are of good moral character, and that the issuance of the permits will not prejudice the public peace, safety, morals or welfare.
(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)
A violation of Section 5.72.010 or 5.72.020 of this chapter by any person responsible for committing, causing or maintaining such violation shall constitute a public nuisance which shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 13.80.
(Ord. 506 § 3, 1999)
A violation of Section 5.72.010 or 5.72.020 of this chapter by any person responsible for committing, causing or maintaining such violation shall constitute an infraction violation which shall be subject to the provisions set forth in Chapter 13.65, including, but not limited to, the imposition of any and all criminal penalties set forth therein.
(Ord. 506 § 3, 1999)
Any person convicted of an infraction shall, for each separate violation of this chapter, be subject to: (a) a fine in an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars for a first conviction of an offense; (b) a fine in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars for a second conviction of the same offense within a twelve-month period of the date of the first offense; and (c) a fine in an amount not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars for the third conviction of the same offense within a twelve-month period of the date of the first offense. The fine for a fourth and subsequent convictions of the same offense within a twelve-month period of the date of the first offense shall be one thousand dollars.
(Ord. 506 § 3, 1999)
In lieu of issuing an infraction citation, the city may issue an administrative citation, pursuant to Chapter 13.58, to any person responsible for committing, causing or maintaining a violation of Sections 5.72.010 or 5.72.020 of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall preclude the city from also issuing an infraction citation upon the occurrence of the same offense on a separate day.
(Ord. 506 § 3, 1999)
Note: Former § 5.72.080, Administrative fine, adopted by Ord. 506 was repealed by Ord. 892, 10/22/2025.
Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the city from pursuing the remedies provided by Chapter 13.140, including but not limited to, as applicable, denial or revocation of certificates of occupancy, issuance of a stop work orders and injunctive relief.
(Ord. 506 § 3, 1999)