Work permits are required for all persons employed in businesses or activities enumerated in Section 5.20.040. Said enumerated businesses and activities are such that regulation by the city council of the employees thereof is necessary to adequately protect and promote the health, safety, and the general welfare of the community. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide a procedure for the issuance of said work permits.
(Prior code § 16C-1)
It is unlawful for any person to be employed by any business or engage in any activity enumerated in Section 5.20.040 hereof without first having procured a work permit from the city.
This section shall not be construed to require any person to obtain a work permit prior to employment in the business or activity enumerated in Section 5.20.040 if such requirement conflicts with the Constitution or applicable statutes of the United States or the state of California.
(Prior code § 16C-2)
Work permits are required for all employees doing business within the city in the following businesses and activities:
A. 
Cabarets and public dances;
B. 
Escort services;
C. 
Massage parlors;
D. 
Merchandise coupon sales or advertising;
E. 
Private patrol services, except those duly registered under the provisions of the Business & Professions Code of the state of California;
F. 
Vehicles for hire;
G. 
Alcohol and tobacco free public dances.
(Prior code § 16C-4; Ord. 3364 § 3, 1979; Ord. 4476, 1995; Ord. 4483, 1995)
Applications for work permits shall be filed with the police department, shall be under oath, and shall contain all information deemed necessary by the city manager to determine whether the permit should be issued or denied, including, in every case, a full set of fingerprints.
Each application under this chapter shall be submitted to the chief of police and other appropriate departments of the city for investigation. Within twenty days after the receipt of such application, the chief of police or other department head shall file with the city manager a report in writing concerning the result of his investigation. Within five days after receipt of the report, the city manager shall approve or deny said application. If said application is approved by the city manager, a work permit shall be issued. If said application is denied by the city manager, the city manager shall make available to the applicant, upon request, a written statement of the grounds upon which the denial is based. An appeal may be taken to the city council by the applicant pursuant to the procedure set forth in Sections 5.12.040 through 5.12.090 of this code.
(Prior code § 16C-5; Ord. 4483, 1995)
Within forty-eight hours after application for a work permit pursuant to this chapter, the applicant shall be issued a temporary work permit unless it appears that one or more of the grounds set forth in Section 5.12.030 is found to exist by the city manager. Except as otherwise provided herein, the temporary work permit shall entitle the applicant to work as an employee in any business or activity set forth in Section 5.20.040 until such time as the application for a permanent work permit is approved or denied.
The entitlement of the temporary work permit shall terminate automatically upon notice of denial of a permanent work permit, or, in the alternative, upon issuance of the permanent work permit. The temporary work permit may be revoked pursuant to Section 5.20.080.
(Prior code § 16C-5.5)
An application for a work permit shall be approved by the city manager unless one or more of the grounds set forth in Section 5.12.030 is found to exist by the city manager:
A. 
The misrepresentation of a material fact in the application for a permit by an applicant;
B. 
The violation by the applicant of any provisions of this code under which such permit was issued;
C. 
When the issuance of a work permit would be contrary to the public peace or morals;
D. 
When the issuance of a work permit would be contrary to the public health, welfare or safety.
(Prior code § 16C-6)
A work permit shall be revoked by the city manager when one or more of the grounds set forth in Section 5.12.030 is found to exist by the city manager. Prior to the revocation of any work permit, the city manager shall cause written notice to be served upon the permittee notifying the permittee of the city's intent to revoke the permit, setting forth the grounds upon which the proposed revocation is based, and notifying the permittee of the revocation procedure as follows:
A. 
That unless the permittee requests a hearing as provided hereinbelow, permittee's work permit shall be revoked by the city manager five days after receipt of the notice provided for herein;
B. 
That, prior to the revocation of the permit, the permittee is entitled to a hearing before the city council pursuant to Sections 5.12.040 through 5.12.090 of this code, if the permittee so requests;
C. 
That if said request is made, the permit can only be revoked pursuant to the above cited sections.
(Prior code § 16C-7)
A work permit shall be valid until revoked or suspended consistent with grounds as outlined under Section 5.12.030.
(Prior code § 16C-8; Ord. 3474 § 1, 1980)
The provisions of Section 5.20.050 may be waived by the city manager if an applicant has a valid work permit from another governmental agency.
(Prior code § 16C-9)
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, or knowingly or intentionally misrepresenting to any officer or employee of this city any material fact in procuring the license or permit herein provided for, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior code § 16C-10; Ord. 2893 § 6, 1975; Ord. 3647 § 4, 1983)
Any person who knowingly or intentionally employs any person known to said employer to be in violation of Section 5.20.110 above shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior code § 16C-10.1; Ord. 2893 § 6, 1975; Ord. 3647 § 4, 1983)
The city clerk may make rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter as may be necessary or desirable to aid in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
(Prior code § 16C-11)
A. 
It shall be the duty of the city clerk, and he is hereby directed, to enforce each and all of the provisions of this chapter, and the chief of police shall render such assistance in the enforcement hereof as may from time to time be required by the city clerk or the city council.
B. 
The city clerk, in the exercise of the duties imposed upon him hereunder, and acting through his deputies or duly authorized assistants, shall examine, or cause to be examined, all places of business in the city to ascertain whether the provisions of this chapter have been complied with.
(Prior code § 16C-12)