Every person engaged at a fixed place of business in the City of Plymouth in any trade, calling, occupation, vocation, profession, or other means of livelihood, as an independent contractor and not as an employee of another, and not specifically licensed by other provisions of this chapter, shall pay a semi-annual license tax of $10.
(Ord. 66 § 16, 1965)
Every person engaged at other than a fixed place of business in the City of Plymouth in any trade, calling, occupation, vocation, profession or other means of livelihood, as an independent contractor and not as an employee of another, and not specifically licensed by other provisions of this chapter, shall pay a semiannual license tax of $10.
(Ord. 66 § 17, 1965)
Every person commencing, transacting and carrying on any business enumerated in this section shall pay a license tax as follows:
Business
Period
Tax
Advertising material dist.
Quarter
$12.00
Advertising vehicles
Quarter
25.00 per vehicle
Amusement concession
Day
10.00
Animal shows
Day
150.00
Auctioneers
Day
10.00
Auctioneers
Quarter
50.00
Automobile for hire
Quarter
6.00 per vehicle
Bail bond brokers
Quarter
25.00
Bootblacks
Quarter
1.50
Boxing and wrestling
Day
100.00
Carnivals
Day
100.00 plus 10.00 per concession
Circuses
Day
150.00
Fortune tellers
Month
50.00
Pawnbrokers
Quarter
45.00
Peddlers and solicitors
Semi-annual
30.00
Peddlers and solicitors—personally manufactured articles
Quarter
5.00
All professions including but not limited to:
Business
Period
Tax
Doctors
Semi-annual
$20.00
Physicians
Semi-annual
20.00
Surgeons
Semi-annual
20.00
Dentists
Semi-annual
20.00
Orthodontists
Semi-annual
20.00
Chiropractors
Semi-annual
20.00
Oculists
Semi-annual
20.00
Chiropodists
Semi-annual
20.00
Attorneys
Semi-annual
20.00
Engineers
Semi-annual
20.00
Land surveyors
Semi-annual
20.00
Accountants
Semi-annual
20.00
Architects
Semi-annual
20.00
Motor cross races
Quarter
10.00
(Ord. 66 § 18, 1965; Ord. 70-1 § 1, 1970; Ord. 97-5 § 2, 1997)
A. 
Every person commencing, transacting and carrying on at other than a fixed place of business in the City the business of lending, renting, leasing, or otherwise distributing any coin operated machine while retaining title thereto, shall pay one-half of one percent of the gross receipts realized from such lending, renting, leasing or distributing the machines within the City. Such payments shall be made quarterly.
B. 
Every person maintaining and operating any coin operated machine within the City shall pay a license tax of one-half of one percent of the gross receipts realized from such operation. Such payments shall be made quarterly.
C. 
Licenses issued pursuant to this section may be revoked for failure to pay the appropriate license tax and audits may be conducted by the City to determine the appropriate amount of license tax in accordance with Business and Professions Code Section 16002.5.
(Ord. 66 § 19, 1965; Ord. 97-5 § 2, 1997)