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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2149 - Amending Portions Title Chapters 6.02, 6.04, 6.32 • • ORDINANCE NO. 2149 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING AMENDING PORTIONS OF REDDING MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTERS 6.02 (BUSINESS LICENSES), 6.04 (LICENSE FEE SCHEDULE) AND 6.32 (VEHICLES FOR HIRE). Section 1. Chapter 602(Business Licenses)of the Redding Municipal Code is amended as follows: The following definitions are added to Section 6.02.010,Definitions: "Employed" means engaged or employed as an employee in a business which is subject to regulation under this chapter. "Person"means any individual,firm,partnership,joint venture, association, social club,fraternal organization, joint stock company, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, trustee, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit,foreign or domestic. "Residential" means any house, duplex, apartment, motel, hotel, inn, lodge, rooming house, or trailer park. In addition, the definition of"employees"is amended to read as follows: "Employees"means all persons engaged in the operation or conduct of any business,whether as owner,a member of the owner's family,partner,agent,manager, solicitor,or salesman,regardless of the basis of compensation, and any and all persons employed in such business. II. Sections 6.02.020, 6.02.030, 6.02.080, 6.02.110, 6.02.130 and 6.02.180, and the addition of section 6.02.165, shall read as follows: 6.02.020 Required. It is unlawful for any person to be engaged in business in the city without having a valid license from the city to do so,in compliance with any and all regulations contained in this chapter pertaining to the business, unless the person is exempt under the provisions of this chapter. No person who is an employee, or the direct representative of a licensee, shall be required to pay a license fee for doing any part of the work of the licensee. • 6.02.030 Separate Licenses Required—Business Type and Each Location. Separate licenses must be obtained for each branch, establishment, or separate place of business in which the business is carried on. Separate licenses must be obtained for each kind or class of business carried on at each location. 6.02.080 Display—Duplicate. A. Every person having a license under the provisions of this chapter for engaging in business at a fixed place of business shall keep the license posted for exhibition in some conspicuous location in his place of business. Every person having such a license,and not having a fixed place of business,shall carry the license with him at all times while carrying on the business for which the license was granted. Every person having a license shall produce and exhibit the license when applying for a renewal thereof, and whenever requested to do so by any police officer or any person authorized to issue or inspect licenses or collect license fees. B. A duplicate license may be issued by the City Clerk to replace any license previously issued hereunder which has been lost or destroyed. For the issuance of each duplicate license,a fee shall be collected to help defray the processing costs. The amount of the fee shall be established by resolution of the City Council. 6.02.110 Determination of Number of Employees. For the purpose of calculating the license fee payable under this chapter,the number of employees shall be determined by the average number of employees employed or to be employed during the license period. 6.02.130 When Fees Due. A. Annual license fees are due and payable on or before the date the business commences,and shall be renewed annually on the anniversary of the effective date of the initial license. B. Quarterly fees for temporary businesses are due and payable on January 1,April 1,July 1, and October 1 of each calendar year, and shall be delinquent 30 days after the respective dates. C. Daily license fees for itinerant businesses,as required by chapter 6.22,are due and payable to the city each day in advance. D. The failure of a licensee to receive a notice of renewal shall not eliminate the requirement of the licensee to obtain a valid business license pursuant to this chapter. 6.02.165 Evidence of Doing Business. When a person,by the use of any sign,circular,handbill, card,telephone book,newspaper, mailbox, advertisement, or address, represents that he is transacting and carrying on a business activity in the city—or when a person holds a valid license or permit issued by a government agency indicating that he is doing business in the city—that person shall,for the purposes of this chapter,be deemed to be transacting and carrying on a business activity in the city. These factors shall be considered prima facie evidence that said person is transacting and carrying on business in the city,unless evidence is presented to the contrary and found satisfactory to the City Clerk or designee. 6.02.180 Violation—Penalties. A. Any person engaged in a business, trade, profession, calling, or occupation in the city 2 • • without first obtaining the required business license pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to a penalty of twenty-five percent of the license fee due. Each new business shall be allowed a grace period not exceeding two months to obtain the business license required by this chapter. B. If any annual or quarterly license fee remains unpaid at the end of the calendar month in which it becomes due and payable,a penalty often percent per month shall be added to the license fee for each month that it remains unpaid, not exceeding in the aggregate a total penalty of fifty percent of the amount of the license fee. Any penalty so imposed shall be collected by the person in charge of the collection of the license fee. Section 2. Chapter 604(License Fee Schedule)of the Redding Municipal Code is amended as follows: Sections 6.04.030 A, 6.04.050, 6.04.090, 6.04.100, 6.04.150 and 6.04.160, and the addition of section 6.04.110, shall read as follows: 6.04.030 Entertainment. A. The following entertainment activities shall be subject to a fee as set forth below: 1. Billiard rooms and pool halls, $100 per year; 2. Bowling alleys, $100 per year; 3. Carnivals, $25 per day; 4. Circuses, $50 per day; 5. Dance halls or dance operators,other than at the Redding Convention Center, $25 per quarter; 6. Theater or other exhibitions on a limited basis, $25 per engagement; 7. Motion picture theaters: For conducting,managing,or carrying on a motion picture theater,the annual license fee shall be$100 for a theater with a seating capacity of up to 500 seats; $150 for a theater with a seating capacity of 501 to 1,000 seats; and$200 for a theater with a seating capacity of over 1,000 seats; 8. Entertainment at the Redding Convention Center, $25 per engagement; 9. Skating rinks,$100 per year; 10. Retail selling of food, beverages, ice cream, etc., on streets and sidewalks in conjunction with a parade or special event,$10 per day per employee; 11. Playlands and batting cages, $100 per year; 12. Dancers or dance troupes,not on a temporary basis, $100 per year. 6.04.050 Professions and Occupations. For conducting, managing, carrying on, or engaging as an individual, entrepreneur, copartner,or professional associate in any profession or occupation enumerated in this section,and having a fixed place of business in the city,the annual license fee shall be computed at the rate of $90 per year for each professional member of the firm,partnership,or corporation,plus the sum of$6 per year for each of the first eight employees,plus $4 dollars per year for each employee in excess of eight: Accountant: public or certified public Adjuster: insurance or claims Ambulance company 3 • • Advertiser Appraiser Architect: building, landscape Assayer Attorney Broker: business opportunity, cemetery, lumber,gas,oil,mineral,real estate,feed,grain, and fruit Chiropractor Collection agency Consultant Counselor Credit reporting business Dentist Detective,private Engineer,professional Electrologist Geologist Hearing aid center Laboratory,medical Land surveyor Massage therapist Mortician Naturopath Nurse,registered Optician Optometrist Paralegal Pest control operator Pharmacist Photographer,resident Photogrammetrist Physical therapist Physician Promoter Property management Psychologist Psychiatric technician Schools: private,barber, cosmetology,hairdressing, driving,modeling,trade Surgeon Tax service Veterinarian. 6.04.090 Junk and Scrap Dealers and Recyclers. Dealers or recyclers in junk,rags,bottles,sacks,cans,paper, scrap iron, or scrap metal shall pay a license fee of$25 per quarter. 4 i • 6.04.100 Manufacturers and Processors. For each person carrying on a business consisting mainly of manufacturing,packing, processing,canning,or fabricating any goods,wares,merchandise,or produce,the annual license fee shall be computed at the rate of$50 per year, plus $4 per year for each of the first 24 employees,plus $2 per year for each employee in excess of 24. 6.04.110 Delivery by Vehicle. Each person who delivers by vehicle within the city anything for profit or livelihood, or provides any service by the use of a vehicle in the city,shall pay a license fee of$50 per year. 6.04.150 Real Property. A. Every person owning and engaging in the business of offering residential real property for rent or lease in excess of two units shall pay an annual license fee of$5 per rental unit for all units. Any person with fewer than three units is exempt from payment of the license fee. B. Every person owning and engaging in the business of offering non-residential real property for rent or lease shall pay an annual license fee,computed as follows, excluding that portion occupied by the property owner, or by a business in which the property owner is a partner or principal stockholder: 0 - 999 square feet No license fee 1,000- 2,000 square feet $20.00 per year 2,001 - 3,000 square feet $40.00 per year 3,001 - 4,000 square feet $60.00 per year For each additional 1,000 square feet to 10,000 square feet $10.00 per year For 10,000 square feet or more, a basic fee of$120.00 plus $5.00 per each additional 1,000 square feet over 10,000. 6.04.160 Retail and Wholesale Sales and Service Generally. For every person carrying on a business consisting of selling, at retail or wholesale, any goods, wares, merchandise, or commodities, or conducting, maintaining, or carrying on any profession, trade, occupation, calling, or business not specifically licensed by this chapter, the annual license fee shall be$50 per year,plus $8 per year for each of the first four employees,plus $4 per year for each employee in excess of four. Section 3. Chapter 632(Vehicles for Hire) of the Redding Municipal Code is amended as follows: Sections 6.32.040, 6.32.1 S0 and 6.32.210 shall read as follows: 6.32.040 Owner's Permit—Fee. The owner or lessee of any vehicle that is required to obtain a permit under this chapter shall pay to the City Clerk a license fee as prescribed by section 6.04.200. No permit issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be valid until the City Clerk endorses thereon an acknowledgment of the payment of the license fee for the current year. Such fee shall be due and payable to the City Clerk on or before the date the business commences, and shall be renewed annually on the anniversary of the effective date of the initial license. 5 6.32.150 Collection Greater Than Established Fare Prohibited. A. No person owning,operating,or controlling any taxicab or limousine shall demand, charge, collect,or receive any greater fare or charge than those which are currently set forth in the schedule of fares on file with the City Clerk,as required by City Council resolution,nor shall any such person,except as provided in this chapter,make or collect any charge for the doing of any act required by this chapter. B. Any person collecting or receiving more than the fare or charge which now is or hereafter may be established shall,in addition to any other penalties provided by law,be obligated to return the total of such excessive fare or charge to the person from whom it was collected. 6.32.210 Driver's Permit—Fee. Every driver under this chapter shall pay to the City Clerk an annual license fee as prescribed by section 6.04.210. The fee shall be due and payable on or before the date the business commences, and shall be renewed annually on the anniversary of the effective date of the initial license. Fees for owner-drivers shall be waived. Section 4. The adoption of this ordinance is not subject to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act. Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect 30 days after the date of its adoption, and the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause its publication according to law. I HEREBY CERTIFY that this ordinance was introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 21st day of May , 1996; and was read and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 4th day of June , 1996,by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: P. Anderson, R. Anderson, Kehoe, Murray and McGeorge NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None DAVID . R mir ayo, ATTEST: FORM APPROVED: 20-71.41 .e/__ k." CONNIE STROHMAYE1, City Clerk W. LEONARD ATE, City Attorney 6 • • • In the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Shasta CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION ORDINANCE NO.2149 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RED- DING AMENDING PORTIONS OF REDDING MUNICIPAL CODE No. 2149 CHAPTERS 6.02 (BUSINESS LICENSES), 6.04 (LICENSE FEE SCHEDULE)AND 6.32(VEHICLES FOR HIRE). Section 1- Chapter 6.02 (Business Licenses) of the Redding Municipal Code is amended as follows: Notice of Ordinance I. The following definitions are added to Section 6.02.010, Definitions: "Employed"means engaged or employed as an employee in a business which is subject to regulation under this chapter. "Person"means any individual,firm,partnership,joint venture, State of California as,liarj i ' aocial club fraternal oroanination.joint stock corn- Broker:business opportunity,cemetery,lumber, County of Shasta ' gas,oil,mineral,real estate,feed,grain,and fruit 1 Chiropractor Collection agency Consultant Counselor I hereby certify that the Record Searchlight is a Credit reporting business Dentist newspaper of general circulation within the provisions Detecbtjve.lorvetety resolution,nor snau any sucn person,except of the Government Code of the State of California, as provided in this chapter,make or collect any charge for the doing of any act required by this chapter. printed and published in the City of Redding,County B. Any person collecting or receiving more than the fare or charge which now is or hereafter may be established shall,in of Shasta, State of California; that I am therind al addition to any other penalties provided by law,be obligated P P to return the total of such excessive fare or charge to the per- clerk of the printer of said newspaper;that the notice son from whom it was collected. of which the annexed clipping is a true printed copy6.32.210 Driver's Permit-Fee. Every driver under this chapter shall pay to the City Clerk an was published in said newspaper on the following annual license fee as prescribed by section 6.04.210.The fee shall be due and payable on or before the date the business dates,to Wit; commences, and shall be renewed annually on the anniver- sary of the effective date of the initial license.Fees for owner- drivers shall be waived. Section 4. The adoption of this ordinance is not subject to June 12, 1 996 the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act. Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect 30 days after the date of its adoption, and the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause its publication accord- I certify under penalty of perjury that the forgoing ( ing to law. is true and correct, at Redding, California on the I HEREBY CERTIFY that this ordinance was introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 21st day of May,1996;and was read and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 4th day of June, 1996,by the fol- lowing vote: 12th day of June, 1 996. AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:P.Anderson,R.Anderson,Ke- hoe,Murrayand McGeorge NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:None ABSTAIN:COUNCIL MEMBERS:None s/David L.McGeorge II DAVID L.McGEORGE,Mayor r I ATTEST: . s/Copnie Strohmayer i CONNIE STROHMAYER,City Clerk ignature f FORM APPROVED: s/W.Leonard Wingate W.LEONARD WINGATE,City Attorney RECORD SEARCHLIGHT June 12,1996 4107026,4107067 1101 Twin View Blvd., Redding,California 96003 I, n fICEIVED �,.�ni.v,,ya rvadiadm iv,)J/.-, --- • . .... . VdWOD S31118f103S NV0I83WV JUN 2 1 19960026-065 UepIV 9LtZ:eq O3 pauodmd sl OW:NOIIVWdOtNl S31VS 1dOd ay1;o'hue;i'uogeu6isap uowi •paleool sl Auadotd 'alien slq'uelo)i.l epuaJg pue p.o3ai aq o1)las 02 uoltOa(3 pue Er-010-01d P'UR. DE' au6is.iapun e41'IIas 01 uol13a13 nue'awe ini nuonian nnv line, wuo'