Lindsay, California · General provision

Section 18.20.040

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Applies near
another fortunetelling establishment, religious institutions, schools, youth organizations, public parks, public buildings frequented by children, residential zones
Geographic extent
Fortunetelling establishments must be located at least 500 feet from another fortunetelling establishment, 500 feet from religious institutions, schools, youth organizations, public parks, and public buildings frequented by children, and 500 feet from residential zones.

Extracted standards

9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

  • Business hours

    Fortunetelling establishments may be open for operation only between the hours of seven a.m. and midnight.

  • Minimum age of employees18 years

    It is unlawful ... to employ any individual who is not at least eighteen years of age.

  • Minimum distance from another fortunetelling establishment500 ft

    closer than five hundred feet to any other licensed fortunetelling establishment

  • Minimum distance from residential zones500 ft

    within five hundred feet of any property in the City of Lindsay zoned for residential use

  • Minimum distance from religious institutions, schools, youth organizations, public parks, and public buildings frequented by children500 ft

    within five hundred feet of any religious institution, school, boys' club, girls' club or similar existing youth organization, or public park, or any public building regularly frequented by children

  • Permit required

    It is unlawful ... without first having obtained a permit from the city

  • Receipt required

    Prior to the acceptance of any money or item of value from a client, the fortuneteller shall issue a written receipt to the client

  • No fortunetelling establishment or any portion of a building in which the fortunetelling establishment is located shall be used for residential or sleeping purposes.

Signage

  • Services and rate sign

    shall post a sign ... printed in bold letters not less than one inch in height, listing the services available and the rate to be charged therefor.

From the ordinance

No fortunetelling establishment shall be located closer than five hundred feet to any other licensed fortunetelling establishment or within five hundred feet of any religious institution, school, boys' club, girls' club or similar existing youth organization, or public park, or any public building regularly frequented by children, including, but not limited to, the McDermont Field House and Community Aquatics and Wellness Center or within five hundred feet of any property in the City of Lindsay zoned for residential use.
Section 18.20.040