§ 5.12.020. Permit required.

A.

It is unlawful for any person to own, conduct, operate or maintain, or to participate therein, or to cause or to permit to be conducted, operated, or maintained, any cabaret in the City unless the cabaret has paid the annual permit fee, holds a valid permit with the Office of the City Administrator, and has met any other permit requirements developed by the City Administrator, including but not limited to those put forth in Section 5.12.030. A proposed cabaret may be excluded from obtaining a permit for failure to meet requirements of the City building code, City fire code, City planning code, this Code and/or any violation of State or local law relevant to the operation of cabarets. Cabaret permits are not transferable. The application for such permit shall set forth the fact that the proposed location of such cabaret is not within 300 feet of any church or synagogue or any building in use as a place of public worship or school or public library. This requirement may be waived only if the City Administrator makes written findings that the cabaret will not have a negative impact on City resources, public safety and neighborhood quality of life.

B.

A cabaret permit may not be issued and an existing permit may be suspended to any cabaret where any owner(s), operator(s), or other party with an interest in the cabaret has committed a disqualifying offense as defined in Section 5.12.010 and/or violated any provision of this Chapter that has resulted in a suspension or revocation of any permit issued under this Chapter, or violated a similar law in any other jurisdiction within the past five years that has resulted in a suspension or revocation of a permit under that law.

C.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter, the cabaret must comply with all applicable requirements, including but not limited to any Conditional Use Permit ("CUP") and State of California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control ("ABC") requirements. Any ABC licensed business and/or CUP that currently does not offer entertainment (and would like to offer entertainment) shall revise its ABC license and/or CUP to include a condition that permits entertainment activities, if applicable.

(Ord. No. 13006, § 4, 5-4-2010)