Business Licensing & Operations in Lakewood, CA (2026)

Lakewood, CA, Municipal Code § 9351(D) (C-4 Zone - Adult Entertainment Business)

Adult Entertainment Business. In the C-4 Zone "Adult Entertainment Business" may be established provided the following regulations and conditions, as well as any other applicable provision of this Code, are complied with at all times. The purpose of the regulations of this Part, pertaining to "Adult Entertainment" is to restrict the location of such activity to heavy commercial and less restric...

Lakewood, CA, Municipal Code § 6402(I)(1)

I. Massage Establishments and Business of Massage. 1. Business Permit Required. (a) No person shall engage in or carry on the business of massage unless he has a valid and subsisting massage business permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this Article for each and every separate office or place of business conducted by such person. For the purposes of this section, the term massage shall b...

Lakewood, CA, Municipal Code § 9350(A)(8) (C-4 Zone - Tattoo Parlor)

8. Tattoo Parlor. In the C-4 Zone "Tattoo Parlors" may be established pursuant to conditional use permit. The purpose of this regulation, pertaining to "Tattoo Parlors" is to restrict the location of such activity to general commercial and less restrictive zones, and to prohibit their location in close proximity to one and another, or to facilities primarily devoted to providing general service...

Lakewood, CA, Municipal Code § 9350.A.12 (C-4 Zone, Uses Permitted, Tobacco and Nicotine Product Sales)

Tobacco and Nicotine Product Sales. Sales of tobacco and nicotine products may be established in the C-4 zone or less restrictive zone districts, subject to a conditional use permit. No conditional use permit shall be issued for a tobacco and nicotine product sales facility in violation of the following: (a) No portion of the tobacco and nicotine product sales facility shall be within one thous...

Lakewood, CA, Municipal Code § 6527.2(G)(18)

18. Recyclers, including auto wreckers, second hand dealers, recycling centers, materials recovery facilities, intermediate processors, scrap yards, salvage yards, metal and waste paper dealers, who purchase, receive, pick up vehicles, or recyclables for resale. Auto Wreckers $335.00a Second Hand Dealers $170.00a Recycling Centers $200.00 Materials Recovery Facilities $335.00 Intermediate Proce...

Lakewood, CA, Municipal Code § 4278 (Pawn Brokers)

For the purpose of this section "Pawn Broker" means any person engaged in any one or more of the following businesses: (1) Pawnbroking; (2) Lending money for himself or any other person upon property, pawns or pledges, in the possession of the lender; (3) Purchasing articles of personal property and reselling or agreeing to resell such articles, to the vendors or assignees at prices agreed upon...

Lakewood, CA, Municipal Code § 9320(J)(5), (7), (9)

9. Equipment And Supplies. There shall be no use of materials or mechanical equipment not recognized as being a part of normal household or hobby use. 7. Commercial Vehicles. The use shall not involve commercial vehicles for delivery of materials to or from the premises, other than those normally allowed in a residential district. 5. Customers. There shall be no sale of products to customers on...

Lakewood, CA, Municipal Code § 6403.8(L) (Towing Service)

Purposes. The public health, safety and welfare require that hazards to vehicular movement and traffic safety be removed from city streets as soon as it is possible to do so... it is necessary to establish minimum standards for vehicle towing services. ... ROTATION LIST Is a list maintained by the Police Department of operators who comply with this ordinance and from which the Police Department...