Note: Prior ordinance history: Ords. 69-O-101, 69-O-108, 69-O-110, 69-O-116, 70-O-117, 70-O-125 and 70-O-126.
(For regulatory provisions refer to Section 5.28.020) Fees for advertising shall be found in the following sections:
(1) 
By means of permanently constructed billboards, Section 5.08.010.
(2) 
By means of handbills, dodgers, advertising samples, or printed advertisements of any kind. No license shall be required under this subsection from any persons maintaining a fixed place of business in the city of Placentia, provided that said business handles its own distributing, Section 5.08.010. (Refer to Section 5.08.490 for permits.)
(3) 
By billposting or signing on other than permanent billboards, by hanging or otherwise displaying signs on posts, buildings, or other structures, Section 5.08.010.
(4) 
By means of a sound device mounted on a vehicle (Refer to Section 10.32.020 for regulatory provisions), Section 5.08.010.
(5) 
By means of Kleig lights, Section 5.08.010.
(6) 
Advertising, publicity, or public relations agency, classified as a service taxed upon gross receipts, Section 5.08.010.
(Prior code § 16-30; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971; Ord. 73-O-111 § 4, 1973)
For the fee for fixed-wing aircraft, helicopter, balloon and other airborne rides, available to the public, with or without charge, see Section 5.08.020. Permit required, refer to Section 5.08.490.
(Prior code § 16-31; Ord. 71-01-137, 1971)
For the fees for animal care or leasing, classified as a service taxed upon gross receipts, see Section 6.08.470.
(Prior code § 16-35; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for an appraiser, classified as a professional, see Section 6.08.340.
(Prior code § 16-36; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for an auction house, wherein any real or personal property is sold at auction, see Section 5.08.040. Refer to Section 6.36.020 for regulatory provisions.
(Prior code § 1640; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for an auto wash, classified as a service taxed upon gross receipts, see Section 5.08.470.
(Prior code § 16-46; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for a barber shop or beauty parlor, or any other establishment engaged in tonsorial arts, manicuring, shampooing, hairdressing, shaving or facial treatment, classified as a service taxed upon gross receipts, see Section 5.08.470.
(Prior code § 16-49; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for card tables used by the public for playing cards, for the use of which a fee or some other form of charge is derived, see Section 5.08.090. Permit required pursuant to Section 6.08.060.
(Prior code § 16-57; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
The fees for carnivals and carnival activities shall be as follows: Any group of attractions, such as ball games, dice games, merry-go-rounds, ships, Ferris wheels or other riding devices, freaks, dancing shows, minstrels, or any other like entertainment or games, for which a charge is made for attending or playing or participating therein, Section 5.08.100. Permit required pursuant to Section 6.08.060.
(1) 
Skill Game. A skill game in which more than one person participates at the same time for a prize, Section 5.08.100. Permit required pursuant to Section 6.08.060.
(2) 
Skill Game or Amusement Device. A skill game or amusement device in which each person participates for an individual prize, Section 5.08.100. Permit required pursuant to Section 6.08.060.
(3) 
Carnival Merchandise. Selling outdoors or from a stand upon public or private property, any flags, banners, balloons, canes, horns, trumpets, musical or noisemaking instruments of any kind, toys, buttons, badges, confetti, serpentine or souvenirs of any kind, Section 5.08.100. Permit required pursuant to Section 6.08.060.
(4) 
Rides, Large, and Similar Concessions. Large rides and similar concessions, including but not limited to merry-go-rounds, pony rides, roller coasters, train rides, sky rides, and Ferris wheels, Section 5.08.100. Permit required pursuant to Section 6.08.060.
(5) 
Organ Grinder, Section 5.08.100. Permit required pursuant to Section 6.08.060.
(Prior code § 16-58; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for a caterer, classified as a service taxed upon gross receipts, see Section 5.08.470.
(Prior code § 16-59; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for any exhibition, for pay, of a circus, caravan, menagerie, or entertainment at which feats of horsemanship, acrobatic, and trained or wild animals are exhibited or displayed, see Section 5.08.110. Permit required pursuant to Section 6.08.060.
(Prior code § 16-65; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
The fees for coin-operated machines shall be as follows:
(1) 
Vending Machines. Every person engaged in, managing, conducting, or carrying on the business of leasing, letting the use of, renting or maintaining any vending, weighing or merchandise machine or device, and not otherwise licensed under this title, and not prohibited by law, where coins or other representatives of value are inserted, see Section 5.08.120. A health permit may be required pursuant to Section 8.12.020.
(2) 
Self-Service Machines:
(A) 
Self-Service Laundry Machine. Machine or dryer installed in an apartment, motel, trailer park, or other commercial building, for the primary use of the tenants of said building, see Section 5.08.120.
(B) 
Self-Service Plant. Laundry or drycleaning, see Section 5.08.120.
(C) 
Self-Service Plant. Laundry and drycleaning, see Section 5.08.120.
(3) 
Amusement Devices:
(A) 
Arcade. A general enclosure in which is operated or exhibited any phonograph, talking machine, kinescope, biograph, projectoscope, or any coin-operated lung-tester, guess-your-weight machine, striking machine, skee ball or bowling game, or any other amusement instrument, device or machine, see Section 5.08.120. Permit required pursuant to Section 6.08.060.
(B) 
Jukebox. For each device which dispenses music only and which is known commonly as a music box, victrola box, or similar name, see Section 5.08.120. Permit required pursuant to Section 6.08.060.
(C) 
Machines. For each mechanical or electrical machine pool table, shuffle alley, bowling game, any similar game, or amusement device not specifically herein provided, see Section 5.08.120. Permit required pursuant to Section 6.08.060.
(D) 
Mechanical Rides. Mechanical or electrical ride operated by inserting a coin, where not operated in an arcade, see Section 5.08.120. Permit required pursuant to Section 6.08.060.
(E) 
Photograph Machine or Booth. See Section 5.08.120.
(4) 
Vending Machine Decals. Every person obtaining a license under this section of the code shall attach or affix to each coin operated machine a decal which will be furnished by the city license and tax collector. Said decal shall have inscribed thereon the words "City of Placentia License," and shall give the expiration date, together with the license number. It is unlawful to operate or maintain any coin operated machine without said decal being attached thereto at all times. The owner of the place of business where any machine is located will be held responsible for the license fee, if not paid by the machine owner.
(Prior code § 16-67; Ord. 69-O-101 § 1, 1969; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
The fees for contractors shall be as follows:
(1) 
General Engineering Contractor. (Section 7056, Business and Professions Code, state of California) (Code section reference 5.08.130) "A general engineering contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with fixed works requiring specialized engineering knowledge and skill, including the following divisions or subjects: Irrigation, drainage, water power, water supply, flood control, inland waterways, harbors, docks and wharves, shipyards and ports, dams and hydro-electric projects, levees, river control and reclamation works, railroads, highways, streets and roads, tunnels, airports and airways, sewers and sewage disposal plants and systems, waste reduction plants, bridges, overpasses, underpasses and similar works, pipelines and other systems for the transmission of petroleum and other liquid or gaseous substances, parks, playgrounds and other recreational works, refineries, chemical plants and similar industrial plants requiring specialized engineering knowledge and skill, powerhouses, power plants and other utility plants and installations, mines and metallurgical plants, land leveling and earth moving projects, excavating, grading, trenching, paving and surfacing work, and cement and concrete works in connection with the above mentioned works;"
(2) 
General Building Contractor. (Section 7057, Business and Professions Code, state of California) (Code section reference 5.08.130) "A general building contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with any structure built, being built, or to be built, for the support, shelter and enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or movable property of any kind, requiring in its construction the use of more than two unrelated building trades or crafts, or to do or superintend the whole or any part thereof;"
(3) 
Specialty Contractor. (Section 7058, Business and Professions Code, state of California) (Code section reference 5.08.130) "A specialty contractor is a contractor whose operations as such are the performance of construction work requiring special skill and whose principal contracting business involves the use of specialized building trades or crafts. A specialty contractor includes a contractor whose operations are principally concerned with the installation and laying of carpets, linoleum, and resilient floor coverings."
Any person holding a state contractor's license will be deemed to be engaged in business if he is engaged within the city in work covered by his state license, and must obtain a city business license, unless he or she is employed by another person who holds the same type of state license and a city business license;
(4) 
Builder Owners. Every person who makes application for a building permit as a builder owner must file an affidavit that all workmen under his supervision and direction are employed by the hour, or day, and do not hold a state license.
Any person holding a state license will be considered a contractor, and must secure his or her city license;
(5) 
Contract with City. Every contractor holding a contract with the city must secure a city license.
(Prior code § 16-72; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
All general engineering contractors, general building contractors, and specialty contractors licensed under the provisions of this code are required to submit to the license and tax collector the names of all subcontractors performing work for them. Such information shall be submitted and all required business licenses shall be in order prior to the final inspection performed by the community development department.
(Prior code § 16-72.2; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971; Ord. 73-O-111 § 2, 1973)
(a) 
General Provisions.
(1) 
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association acting as a unit, who proposes to divide real property for the purpose of creating residential building sites shall pay a park fee or provide park land in accordance with the requirements of this section;
(2) 
Any person who proposes to construct or establish a residential dwelling unit or units on a building site that has not previously complied with the requirements of this section shall, as determined by city council, pay a park fee or provide park land in accordance with the requirements of this section;
(3) 
The public interest, convenience, health, welfare, and safety require that approximately four acres of land, for each 1,000 persons residing within the city, be devoted to public recreational and park purposes;
(4) 
Said requirements may be satisfied, in part, by cooperative arrangements between the city and the local school district to make available one and one-half (1.5) acres of property for each 1,000 persons residing within the city for recreational and park purposes;
(5) 
The remaining two and one-half (2.5) acres of the required four acres shall be supplied by the requirement of this section.
(b) 
Definitions. Unless otherwise specifically defined within this section, all definitions of the Placentia Municipal Code including, but not limited to, the zoning ordinance and subdivision ordinance are applicable to this section:
"Average cost per acre of land"
means the average cost per acre of undeveloped land located in the city of Placentia as determined annually by a staff survey;
"Average park development cost"
means the average park development cost expressed as a percentage of the average cost per acre of land. Said park development costs are based upon estimates of the director of recreation and maintenance services.
"Density factor"
means the average or approximate number of persons residing in a dwelling unit. The density factor for developments in the city of Placentia are as follows:
Type of Development
Density Factor
R-1 (single-family residential)
3.54
R-2 (duplex residential)
2.71
R-G (garden apartment)
2.58
R-3 (medium high density multiple family)
2.58
PUD-1 (planned unit development)
2.66
PUD-2
2.66
PUD-3
2.66
PUD-4
2.66
Mobile home
1.70
"Dwelling unit"
means each single-family dwelling and each unit of an apartment, duplex, mobile home unit, or multiple dwelling structure designed as a separate habitation for one or more persons;
"Mobile home"
includes each unit placed on a lot or pad, or each space designated for a mobile home unit in a mobile home park or development;
"Park"
means a parcel, or contiguous parcels, of land which is owned, operated, and maintained by a public agency and which provides recreational land and facilities for the benefit and enjoyment of the residents and visitors of the city;
"Person"
means any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association acting as a unit;
(c) 
Compliance with this Section, Subdivisions and Divisions of Land. The requirements may be complied with by the provision of park land, the payment of a park fee, or a combination of park land and park fee, in accordance with the provisions of (d) through (g) of this section.
(d) 
Amount of Land Required. When the requirements of this section are complied with solely on the basis of providing park land, the minimum amount of land to be provided shall be computed by multiplying the number of proposed dwelling units by the park land acres per dwelling unit in accordance with the appropriate density classification in the following table:
Dwelling Units Per Gross Acre
Persons Per Dwelling Unit
Park Land Acres Per Dwelling Unit
Up to 5.5
4.00
.009
5.5 to 12.5
3.45
.008
12.5 to 19.0
2.35
.005
19.0 and up
2.15
0046
(e) 
Amount of Park Fees Required. Whenever the requirements of this section are complied with solely on the basis of the payment of park fees, the amount of such fees shall be paid in accordance with Section 5.08.140 of this code.
(f) 
Determining Cash Value of Park Lands. The value of any proposed park land presented to meet the requirements of this section shall be computed by multiplying the number of proposed dwelling units by the acres per dwelling unit shown in the table in (d) of this section and by multiplying the resultant acreage amount by the full cash value of the land being developed, per acre, as determined by the latest equalized assessment roll. The assessed value shown in the equalized assessment roll shall be deemed to be 25% of the full cash value.
(g) 
Amount of Park Land and Park Fees Combined. Whenever the requirements of this section are complied with by both the provisions of park land and payment of a park fee, the amount of the park fee shall be computed by determining the value of the park land proposed in accordance with the provisions of (f) of this section, and subtracting the amount of park fees established in (e) of this section. The difference between the value of the land and the park fee shall be paid to fulfill the requirements of this section.
(h) 
Procedure. Prior to the issuance of any building permit for the establishment of a new dwelling unit, the applicant shall pay the park fee or provide park land as provided herein. However, when the requirements of this section have been previously complied with, the payment of such fee shall not be required.
(i) 
Recommendations of Providing Park Lands. Each proposal to provide park land shall be reviewed by the staff and the recreation and parks commission and a determination whether this park land meets the requirements of the recreation element of the general plan and fulfills the regulations, standards and criteria specified by this section. All such findings and recommendations shall be reported to the city council. All park land shown on a tentative map or a division of land shall be recorded on a final map or a parcel map. If recorded on a final tract map, such map shall also include an offer of dedication to the city. If recorded on a parcel map, an offer of dedication to the city shall be recorded prior to the recordation of the parcel map.
(j) 
Appeals. Any person may appeal a determination of the recreation and parks commission or the planning commission regarding the interpretation of this section or regarding the approval or disapproval of a request for modification. Any such appeal shall be addressed to the city council within 10 days after the decision being appealed.
(Prior code § 17-72.3; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971; Ord. 72-O-111 § 2, 1972; Ord. 73-O-111 § 14, 1973; Ord. 75-O-107, 1975; Ord. 81-O-108 § 2, 1981; Ord. 86-O-119, 1986)
For the fee for delivery or pickup service, see Section 5.08.160.
Every person engaged in the business, in whole or in part, of using or operating any motor vehicle for the delivery of goods, wares or merchandise to wholesale or retail businesses in the city for resale of such goods, wares, or merchandise shall pay an annual license fee.
Every person engaged in the business, in whole or in part, of using or operating motor vehicles for the transportation of goods, wares or merchandise, who uses the public streets or highways of the city, for the purpose of such use or operation shall pay an annual license fee.
If any person is required by the provisions of this section to pay a license under the provisions of any other section of this code, then, and in that event, such person shall be required to pay only the larger of such licenses and the provisions of the section requiring the lesser amount shall not be deemed to apply to such person. All such vehicles shall have inscribed on the body thereof the name and owner of such vehicle.
Catering or Route Trucks. For the fee for selling food or merchandise from a vehicle, see Section 5.08.170. Health permit may be required for vehicles selling food, pursuant to Section 8.12.020.
(Prior code § 16-76; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for utilizing a private residence for the sale of miscellaneous personal property as in a garage sale, see Section 5.08.195.
(Ord. 73-O-111 § 6, 1973)
For the fee for a golf practice field or course, or a miniature golf course, see Section 5.08.200. A separate license is required for any concession or business which is operated upon or in addition to any golf course.
(Prior code § 16-92; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for a herb doctor, or the selling or disposing of medicinal herbs, or employing herbs in the treatment of human beings for sickness or disease, see Section 5.08.220.
(Prior code § 16-94; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for the business of managing or operating any apartment house, shopping center, rooming house, hotel, motel, bungalow court, or office building and professional building, consisting of more than three units, see Section 5.08.230. No business license tax shall be charged under this section for the fiscal year of construction.
(Prior code § 16-95; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971; Ord. 73-O-111 § 3, 1973)
For the fee for house, commercial building, industrial plant, etc., cleaning, including janitorial, household furnishings, and window washing, classified as a service taxed upon gross receipts, see Section 5.08.470.
(Prior code § 16-96; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
Institutions, schools, or persons engaged in the business of providing for pay, instruction in such matters as art, aviation, beauty culture, dance, drama, music, physical culture, self-defense, trade or business or other accomplishments, are classified as services taxed upon gross receipts. For the fee see Section 5.08.470. Permit required for dance and physical culture instruction pursuant to Section 6.08.060.
(Prior code § 16-99; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for an itinerant vendor, see Section 5.08.240. Any person as the principal or agent who engages in a temporary or transient business in the city of selling goods, wares, or merchandise, with the intention of continuing said business in the city for a period of not more than one hundred twenty days, and who for the purpose of carrying on such business, hires, leases, or occupies any room, building, or structure for the exhibition or sale of such goods, wares, or merchandise, and the person so engaged shall not be relieved from the provisions of this section by reason of associating temporarily with any local dealer, trader or merchant, or by conducting such temporary or transient business in connection with, or as a part of, or in the name of any local dealer, trader or merchant. The term shall not include commercial travelers, or selling agents selling their goods to dealers, whether selling for present or future delivery by sample or otherwise, or to hawkers on the street, or to peddlers from vehicles, or to persons selling fruit, vegetables, butter, eggs, or other farm or ranch products. Permit required pursuant to Section 6.08.060.
(Prior code § 16-103; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fees for loaning money upon personal security, evidences of debt, assignment of salary, salary warranty, salary demands, automobiles, or any personal property, or purchasing automobile contracts, commercial paper, evidences of debt, assignments of salary, salary warranty, salary demands, time checks, or other evidences of salary due or to become due, or automobile paper.
Nothing in this section contained shall be deemed or construed to apply to the holder of a bond broker's license, or to any person conducting a banking business under the laws of the state or a pawnbroker's business.
(Prior code § 16-111; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for a mortician, classified as a service taxed upon gross receipts, see Section 5.08.470.
(Prior code § 16-118; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for museums, where curiosities or objects of interest connected with science, art, or literature are exhibited or displayed and a fee is charged for admission thereto, or the conducting of any museum of anatomy, whether or not a fee is charged for admission, see Section 5.08.280.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to apply to arcades, circuses, or exhibitions licensed under other sections of this title.
(Prior code § 16-119; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for a newspaper or magazine agency or branch newspaper office, see Section 5.08.290. Any commercial printing in addition to newspaper publication is taxable under gross receipts taxation, pursuant to Section 6.16.020.
(Prior code § 16-120; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for an oil storage tank for the storage of crude oil and distribution of petroleum products, see Section 5.08.300. Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed as applying to any automobile gas filling station.
(Prior code § 16-124; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971; Ord. 73-O-113 § 3, 1973)
For the fees for peddlers, see the sections listed in subsections (1) through (6) of this section.
Refer to Section 6.72.010 for regulatory provisions. A permit is required pursuant to Section 6.08.060.
(1) 
General peddler, see Section 5.08.320.
(2) 
Candid camera snaps, see Section 5.08.320.
(3) 
Flowers, see Section 5.08.320.
(4) 
Jewelry, clothing, etc., see Section 5.08.320.
(5) 
Medicine, see Section 5.08.320.
(6) 
Peddler of medicine other than (5), as described in Section 6.72.020(b)(6), see Section 5.08.320.
(Prior code § 16-129; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for any person, group, association, partnership, firm, or corporation engaged in a profession, vocation, or calling so designated in this title, or not specifically provided for in other sections of this title, see Section 5.08.340.
Whenever a state license is required to entitle a person to practice a profession, the city license and tax collector may require the applicant to exhibit an unexpired and unrevoked license entitling said applicant to practice in the state.
(Prior code § 16-133; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971; Ord. 76-O-110, 1976)
For the fee for a repair service of any type when not in conjunction with a business already licensed, classified as a service taxed upon gross receipts, see Section 5.08.470.
(Prior code § 16-140; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For every rest home or home for the aged caring for over six persons, and for every private day school, day nursery, day care, day nursery school, private boarding school or children's boarding home caring for over six children, the license fee shall be determined on the basis of gross receipts. For the fees, sec Section 5.08.470. Health permit required pursuant to Section 8.12.020.
(1) 
Home for the Aged. For the fee for any building or structure for the reception or care of aged persons, 65 years of age or over, except any hospital as defined in Section 1401 of the Health and Safety Code of the state, see Section 5.08.470.
(2) 
Private School. For the fee for any institution or establishment providing room and board and/or giving a course of instruction similar to that given in any grade of public school from kindergarten to twelfth grade, see Section 5.08.470. This category shall not include any institution or establishment maintained by any public school.
(3) 
Children's Boarding Home. For the fee for any institution or establishment providing room and board for the reception and care of children under the age of 18 years, regardless of sex, and when such children are unrelated to the caretaker, in the absence of parents or guardian, and with or without compensation, see Section 5.08.470.
(Prior code § 16-142; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971; Ord. 86-O-119, 1986)
For the fee for a rummage sale, see Section 5.08.350. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this code, a license fee shall be paid for each two day period or potion thereof in which a rummage sale is held by a charitable organization having its headquarters or a majority of its members living outside the city.
(Prior code § 16-144; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For a secondhand dealer the license fee shall be computed on the basis of Section 5.08.450 or Section 4.08.460, whichever is applicable. Refer to Section 6.64.010 for regulatory provisions. Permit required pursuit to Section 6.08.060.
(Prior code § 16-145; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for every person conducting, managing or carrying on any street exhibition, outdoor entertainment, or similar enterprise, or any show where seating accommodations are not provided for, which exhibition, entertainment, enterprise or show is not specifically provided for in this title and for which a charge is made or collected, see Section 5.08.370. Permit required pursuant to Section 6.08.060.
(Prior code § 16-149; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for a theater or hall, see Section 5.08.410. Any hall where entertainment is given or held, any theater containing a permanent stage or screen upon which movable scenery and theatrical appliances are used and where regular theatrical or vaudeville performances are given, or a motion picture theater where moving or motion pictures are exhibited, and to which an admission fee is charged, received or collected, either by the sale of tickets or by any other means or devices by which money or something of value is received or paid therefor, the annual license fee shall be based upon the seating capacity, as determined by the fire department.
Drive-in Theater. The annual license fee of a drive-in theater shall be based upon the number of speakers. For the fee, see Section 5.08.420.
Separate licenses must be obtained for snack bars and concessions located at theaters and drive-ins.
(Prior code § 16-160; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)
For the fee for trucking, where the office is located within the city limits, see Section 5.08.440. The license fee is payable for the business of moving, transferring, hauling, trucking or freighting, where trucks or vehicles are used in such business and where such business is located within the city limits. The licensee may elect to pay a license tax based upon gross receipts pursuant to Section 5.08.470.
(Prior code § 16-165; Ord. 71-O-137, 1971)