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SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL CODE
PREFACE
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Title 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
Title 4 (Reserved)
Title 5 BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Title 6 ANIMALS
Title 7 (Reserved)
Title 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Title 11 (Reserved)
Title 12 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
Title 13 PUBLIC UTILITIES
Title 14 (Reserved)
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Title 16 OIL AND GAS CODE*
Title 17 TRAILER PARKS
Title 18 SUBDIVISIONS*
Title 19 (Reserved)
Title 20 ZONING
Title 21 PUBLIC DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS AND IMPROVEMENT FEES TO BE PAID BY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR CALIFORNIA CITIES
PRIOR CODE CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
ORDINANCE LIST AND DISPOSITION TABLE
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5.16.110   Permit procedures.
   A.   Any applicant, as defined in this chapter, for a permit shall personally appear at the police department of the city and produce proof to the police department that the four hundred dollar application, inspection and enforcement fee has theretofore been paid to the city finance director together with any additional fees required by this chapter for additional applicants, and thereupon said applicant or applicants shall complete an application containing the aforementioned and described information. The chief of police shall have a reasonable time in which to investigate the application, the background of the applicant, and the premises, for the protection of the public interests. Upon the completion thereof, the chief of police shall notify the applicant by registered or certified mail, at the address shown on the application, whether or not such permit will be issued. The chief of police shall deliver the notification to the applicant by registered or certified mail at his or her address shown on the application within forty-five days after the chief of police receives the completed application. The foregoing forty-five-day deadline is directory only; failure to meet such deadline shall not affect the power of the chief of police to deny, or otherwise act on such application.
   B.   In the event that the chief of police denies a permit, the chief of police shall include a statement of the grounds for the decision in the notice to the applicant, and such applicant shall have the rights of appeal within the time limits prescribed as set forth in this chapter.
   C.   To aid in the determination of whether to issue a permit for a massage establishment pursuant to Section 5.16.020, the department of building and safety, the fire department, and the county department of health services may inspect the premises proposed to be devoted to the massage establishment and may make recommendations to the chief of police concerning compliance with the foregoing provisions. If the establishment is not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, the department of health services shall issue a letter to such effect to the applicant with a copy to the city setting forth the deficiencies and if a letter of full compliance is not issued within ninety days of the application, it shall be deemed withdrawn and a new application must be filed.
(Ord. 81-6-872 § 1 (part))
5.16.120   Issuance of permit.
   The chief of police shall issue a massage establishment permit to the applicant if all requirements of this chapter for a massage establishment are met. Moreover, and in addition to the provisions of Section 5.16.120, such a permit shall not issue if the chief of police reasonably determines that the applicant made misrepresentations on the application or any of the applicants have been convicted of one of the crimes specified in Section 51032 of the Government Code as amended from time to time. Any permits issued under this chapter are nontransferable.
(Ord. 81-6-872 § 1 (part))
5.16.130   Appeal.
   Upon any permit required by this chapter being refused, or suspended or revoked, as specified in this chapter, the applicant or permittee may, within fifteen days after notice thereof has been sent by registered or certified mail, file a written request with the city clerk for a hearing by the council to review such refusal, suspension or revocation. Upon the filing of such a request, the city clerk shall set such hearing within forty-five days and, unless waived in writing by such person, shall serve a notice of the time and place thereof by registered or certified mail to the person making such request at the address shown therein at least fifteen days in advance of such hearing. The council may affirm the denial, revocation, or suspension, or order the issuance, or reinstatement of any permit. The applicant shall have the right to: present witnesses on his behalf; cross-examine witnesses; and present evidence and shall have the right to a full and fair determination according to the evidence.
(Ord. 81-6-872 § 1 (part))
5.16.140   Grounds for revocation or suspension.
   A.   The chief of police may revoke or suspend any permit issued under this chapter at any time upon a determination that there has been a material false statement made in the application; that there has been a transfer of an ownership interest in the establishment or any entity which may own it; that there has been false, misleading or deceptive advertising as specified in this chapter; that there has been a failure to correctly keep and make the records specified in Section 5.16.080 available for inspection; that there has been a failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or of any law of the state regulating massage establishments or massage technicians; that the permittee, any other applicant under the application, or any operator or massage technician of such massage establishment has been convicted of a crime specified in Section 51032 of the Government Code as amended from time to time; or that such massage establishment has been operated in a manner which endangers the patrons thereof or the public welfare. Any suspended permit must either be reinstated or revoked by the chief of police within ninety days after the date of suspension thereof.
   B.   Notice of any such decision to suspend or revoke shall be given in writing served by registered or certified mail to the permittee and shall only be final and effective at the end of the fifteenth day after such service unless the permittee has theretofore filed an appeal therefrom with the council, which shall then hold a de novo hearing in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.16.140 at which the chief of police shall have the burden of proof.
(Ord. 81-6-872 § 1 (part))
5.16.150   New application after denial or revocation of permit.
   No person may apply for a permit under this chapter within one year from denial of a permit to such applicant or within one year from the revocation of a permit issued to such permittee, unless the cause of the denial or revocation has been, to the satisfaction of the chief of police or council, removed within such time.
(Ord. 81-6-872 § 1 (part))
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