Title 04 Administrative Agencies and Procedures
Chapter 04.04 Special Administrative Procedures – Licensing
Section 04.04.020 Activities Requiring Registrations and Licenses
- A person, including principals and agents, needs a current and valid license issued under this chapter to begin or to continue, directly or indirectly, any activity provided for in Division II of Title 10 SMC, whether as a commercial business or for nonprofit or charitable purposes.
- Persons pursuing ordinary vocations and businesses on private property by private means need a class I license and registration, for such activities as:
- peddling merchandise, and
- solicitation of money or things of value.
- Persons conducting activities which have a potential to cause social or economic evil, or useful occupations which may under certain circumstances become a public or private nuisance offensive or dangerous to health, safety, morals, or good order, need a class II license for such activities as:
- maintaining places and devices of amusement, including teen clubs, cabarets, and entertainment facilities;
- keeping of animals;
- building relocation;
- certain contracting;
- commercial use and sale of fireworks;
- private or special police;
- dealing in used goods;
- operating for-hire vehicles
- Persons claiming a private right in or making extraordinary use of public property need a class III license for such activities as:
- moving buildings;
- operating cable television;
- certain contracting;
- collecting garbage or commercial recyclables (SMC 13.02.0204);
- distributing natural gas;
- maintaining mechanical newspaper vendors;
- operating telephone and telegraph equipment;
- operating sidewalk cafes; and
- doing commercial tree work.
Date Passed: Monday, June 6, 2022 Effective Date: Friday, July 22, 2022 ORD C36203 Section 10 |
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