Business Licensing & Operations in San Bernardino County, CA (2026)

San Bernardino County Code § 84.02.030

Adult businesses shall only be established in the General Commercial (CG) or Community Industrial (IC) land use zoning districts... An adult business shall not be established or located within: (1) Five hundred feet of the following: (A) Any County or city land use zoning district that contains the words "Residence" or "Residential" within its title... An adult business shall not be established...

San Bernardino County Code §§ 41.1903, 41.1914

§ 41.1903 License Required. It shall be unlawful for any person to own or operate a massage clinic within the unincorporated area of the County of San Bernardino without having an unexpired license issued under this Chapter... § 41.1914 Hours of Operation and Other Restrictions. No massage clinic shall be open or conduct business between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Massage c...

San Bernardino County Code Section 16.0213B(h) (see also Section 16.0213B(a)(1))

(a) Administrative Services Fees: (1) Delinquency provisions*: (A) Thirty days after permit expiration, 25 percent shall be added to each of the fees in §§ 16.0213B(b)(1) through (13), (15) through (16); 16.0213B(c)(1) through (2); 16.0213B(d)(1); 16.0213B(f)(1) through (3), (5) through (8); 16.0213B(g)(1) through (2), (3)(A); 16.0213B(h)(1) through (4); and 16.0213B(i)(1) ...

San Bernardino County Code § 31.0308

§ 31.0308 Vendor Assisted Sales. (a) Except for retail stores that deal exclusively in the sale of tobacco products and tobacco paraphernalia, and in which minors are never permitted to enter, it shall be unlawful for any person or business to sell, dispense, permit to be sold or offer for sale any tobacco product or electronic cigarette by means other than vendor assisted sales, including the ...

California Business and Professions Code Section 21625

21625. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to curtail the dissemination of stolen property and to facilitate the recovery of stolen property by means of a uniform, statewide, state-administered program of regulation of persons whose principal business is the buying, selling, trading, auctioning, or taking in pawn of tangible personal property and to aid the State Board ...

San Bernardino County Code § 16.0226(w)(2)

(w) Business licensing: (1) Gun dealer permit: $69.00. (2) State pawnbroker permit: $35.00. (3) State secondhand dealer permit: $35.00.

San Bernardino County Code § 84.12.050(b)

§ 84.12.050 Prohibited Home Occupations. Except as provided in § 84.12.060 (Allowed Home Occupations in Desert Region), the following uses are not incidental to or compatible with residential activities and shall not be allowed as home occupations: (a) Animal hospitals. (b) Motor vehicle and other vehicle repair (body or mechanical) to include the repair of engine, muffler or drive train compon...

San Bernardino County Code § 41.0601 (see also § 41.0602 and general penalty § 11.0206)

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of soliciting motor vehicle repair, towing or other service work, or offering to perform motor vehicle repair, towing or other service work, upon the public roads or highways within the County of San Bernardino, outside of municipal corporations, for which repair, towing or other service work a charge is to be ma...