Business Licensing & Operations in Simi Valley, CA (2026)

Simi Valley Municipal Code § 5-8.103 (Minimum Proximity Requirements)

No sexually oriented business shall be established or located in any zone in the City of Simi Valley other than the Sexually Oriented Business Overlay Zone and within that zone within certain distances as set forth below: (a)No such business shall be established or located within 500 feet of any other sexually oriented business.(b)No such business shall be established or located within 500 feet...

Simi Valley Municipal Code §§ 5-15.04, 5-15.09(b)(16) (Massage Establishments)

It is unlawful, and a strict liability offense, for any person to own, operate, or maintain a massage establishment unless all massage practitioners employed by the massage establishment or working in the massage establishment as an independent contractor, sole proprietor massage practitioner, off-premises massage business owner or otherwise, hold a current and valid certification from the CAMT...

Simi Valley Municipal Code §§ 5-13.01(d), 5-13.02, 5-13.18 (Secondhand Dealers)

"Secondhand dealer" shall mean any person who, in the course of business, buys, sells, or deals in secondhand goods, wares, or merchandise other than motor vehicles or junk. A person who accepts secondhand goods, wares, or merchandise in part payment coincidentally with the sale by him of new goods, wares, or merchandise in the regular course of his business shall not, with respect to such good...

Simi Valley Municipal Code §§ 5-13.01(c), 5-13.02, 5-13.14 (Pawnbrokers)

"Pawnbroker" shall mean any person who conducts or manages the business of loaning money upon personal property, pawns, or pledges or who conducts or manages the business of purchasing articles of personal property or reselling, or agreeing to resell, such articles to the vendor, or his assignee, at prices agreed upon at or before the time of purchase. ... No person, either as principal or agen...

Simi Valley Municipal Code § 9-44.090(C)(1)

C.Prohibited Uses. The following uses are expressly prohibited as home occupations:1.The repair, reconditioning, servicing, or manufacture of any internal combustion or diesel engine or of any motor vehicle, including automobiles, trucks, motorcycles or boats;2.Repair, fix-it, or plumbing shops;