A. 
The amount of license taxes to be paid to the City by any person engaged in or carrying on any profession, trade, calling, occupation or business is hereby fixed and established as hereinafter in this chapter through Chapter 5.20 provided. Such license tax shall be paid by every person engaged in carrying on or maintaining any such profession, trade, occupation, calling or business in the City.
B. 
For every person engaged in carrying on or maintaining any profession, trade, occupation, calling or business, the license tax shall be as set forth in the following sections.
(Prior code § 6-029)
Any person engaged in or carrying on any profession, trade, calling, occupation or business hereinafter designated shall pay an annual registration tax of 24 dollars. All license taxes provided for herein for the privilege of engaging or carrying on any profession, trade, calling, occupation or business are imposed in addition to the annual registration tax. The annual registration tax shall be non-refundable but shall be prorated for that portion of a license period to which the tax applies. The annual registration tax is due and payable at the same time as the license taxes.
Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter through Chapter 5.20, an annual registration tax shall not be charged for branch establishments of licensed businesses as set forth in Section 5.04.100, provided the business transacted by said branch is classified hereunder in the same category as the primary or principal licensed business.
(Prior code § 6-029.1)
The following businesses shall pay an annual license tax of nine-tenths of one mill for each dollar of gross receipts derived therefrom:
1. 
Retail Sales and Miscellaneous. Every person conducting or carrying on the business consisting of selling at retail any goods, wares and merchandise or commodities, or conducting, maintaining or carrying on any trade, occupation, calling or business at a fixed place of business within the City not otherwise specifically licensed by other chapters of this title.
2. 
Transporting Persons. Every person conducting or carrying on the business of transporting persons for hire, picking up and/or discharging passengers within the City.
3. 
Distribution of Stamps, Coupons, Etc. Every person who distributes any stamps, coupons, tickets, cards or other devices to be issued to purchasers of goods, wares, merchandise, services or any other thing of value, which stamps, coupons, tickets, cards or other devices shall entitle such purchaser to procure from the person issuing the stamps, coupons, tickets, cards or other devices, or from any other person, any goods, wares, merchandise, services, money or any other thing of value, free of charge upon the presentation of one or a number of said stamps, coupons, tickets, cards or other devices.
4. 
Amusements—Games, Devices, Etc.
a. 
Bowling, skee ball or bat ball alley, shuffleboard, pinball machine or any other similar device, equipment or means of entertainment requiring the deposit of a coin, slug, or other device.
b. 
Sundry games or devices including shuffleboard, skee ball or other games of like character not operated by the insertion of a coin or slug.
c. 
Pool hall or billiard parlor.
d. 
Ice or roller skating rink; this shall not apply to any exhibition given in any restaurant, café, hotel or theater when the public is not permitted to participate in such exhibition.
e. 
Juke boxes, devices for playing of records, or music automatically upon the deposit of a coin, slug, or other device, or any other mechanical musical device or machine of like character not licensed hereunder.
f. 
Shooting gallery.
g. 
Public bowling alley.
h. 
Public swimming pool or plunge.
5. 
Golf Courses, Concerts, Lectures, Riding Academies, Etc.
a. 
Golf course, miniature golf course, bicycle course, golf practice driving course, or archery range.
b. 
Concerts, lectures, motion pictures, indoor tennis matches, theatrical performances, vaudeville performances, or any similar type of entertainment not otherwise specifically licensed hereunder, where an admission fee is charged.
c. 
Riding academy where instructions in horseback riding are given, or horses or other animals are maintained for hire, or a feed or livery stable.
6. 
Advertising—Outdoor, Etc. Erecting, installing, maintaining or operating outdoor advertising, advertising structures, billboards, signboards or similar devices.
7. 
Ambulance Service.
8. 
Automobile Parking Lot.
a. 
It is further provided that before any license shall be issued the applicant therefor shall file with the Traffic Engineer plats and plans of the grounds or parcel of land to be used as an automobile parking lot indicating thereon the boundaries, adjoining houses, or structures of any nature whatever, also the number of square feet used and the arrangement for parking automobiles. A schedule of prices to be charged for parking and the hours of parking shall be shown on such application. Before a license can be issued said application must be approved in writing by the City Manager and the Chief of the Fire Department. Said application may be rejected by the City Manager if the location or the proposed arrangement of automobiles to be parked on the parking lot is in the opinion of the Chief of the Fire Department a fire hazard, or otherwise incompatible with the public safety, or if the prospective operator has previously had his or her license to operate a parking lot in the City revoked.
b. 
Every person conducting, managing or carrying on said business of storage or parking automobiles shall post signs in conspicuous places at or near the point of entrance indicating thereon in figures not less than 10 inches in height the exact amount to be charged, and the hours during which attendants will remain to watch parked cars.
c. 
It is unlawful for any person to park or cause to be parked any automobile where any part of such machine extends over any sidewalk or walkway. It is further provided that a barrier or guard rail be placed on the parking lot preventing automobiles from rolling back or going over any portion of the sidewalk other than a driveway built expressly to carry weight of automobiles.
d. 
It is unlawful for any person operating a parking lot or space to solicit patronage by standing on the streets or sidewalks and asking or requesting or ballyhooing members of the public to use such parking space or to make any other unnecessary noise or disturbance whatever.
e. 
Plank entrances or exits shall not be allowed except on such permission from the Traffic Engineer.
f. 
Every parking lot or space shall be equipped with fire extinguishing equipment as provided in the Fire Prevention Code of the City.
g. 
On every parking lot or space the dust must be laid by sprinkling water or other dust-settling fluid on the ground or surface as often as may be necessary to lay such dust.
h. 
Upon five days' written notice and a hearing before the City Manager, the City Manager may revoke the license of any operator of a parking lot who violates any of the provisions of this section.
9. 
Automobile, Truck, Trailer, Motor Scooter, Motorcycle, Etc., Rentals. Renting automobiles, trucks, motor scooters, motorcycles or trailers for a period of two weeks or less.
10. 
Automobile Body Shop or Repair Shop.
11. 
Barber Shop or Beauty Shop.
12. 
Barber or Beauty School.
13. 
Business Services. Stenographic, Typing and Business Services of Like or Similar Character.
14. 
Cold Storage or Refrigeration Plant.
15. 
Collection Agency.
16. 
Commercial Printing.
17. 
Credit Reporting Bureau.
18. 
Dance School.
19. 
Gardener.
20. 
Health Studio, Physical Fitness Studio or Reducing Salon.
21. 
Hospital, Sanitarium, Rest Home, Nursing Home or Asylum.
22. 
Hotels, Motels, Apartment Houses, Rooming Houses, Etc. Hotel, motel or roominghouse, boardinghouse, apartment house, lodginghouse, house court or bungalow court having three or more rental units, also, persons engaged in the business of renting or letting rooms, apartments, or other accommodations for dwelling, sleeping, housekeeping or lodging, where such persons have a total of three or more such units, Section 5.04.100 notwithstanding.
23. 
Janitorial Service.
24. 
Lawn Mower, Tool, Scissor Sharpening or Saw Filer.
25. 
Locksmith.
26. 
Masseur and Masseuse.
27. 
Messenger Service.
28. 
Newspaper Distributor.
29. 
Notary Public.
30. 
Nursery School.
31. 
Piano, Musical Instrument or Singing Lessons.
32. 
Ticket Agency.
33. 
Trade School or College, Business School or College.
a. 
Where instruction is given in any trade, profession, calling or occupation, and a fee is charged for such instruction.
b. 
Where any trade, profession, calling or occupation is carried on in connection with any of the trade schools, trade colleges, business colleges or schools licensed, hereunder, a separate license must be obtained for the conduct of such trade, profession or occupation.
34. 
Trailer (House) or Mobilehome Park.
35. 
Travel Bureau.
36. 
Vending Machine.
37. 
Commercial Rental.
(Prior code §§ 6-030—6-030.38)
The following businesses shall pay an annual license tax of four-tenths of one mill for each dollar of gross receipts derived therefrom:
A. 
Wholesaling and Newspaper Publications. Every person conducting or carrying on the business consisting of newspaper publication or selling, handling and storing at wholesale any goods, wares and merchandise or commodities at a fixed place of business within the City.
B. 
Deliveries of Petroleum Products. Every person conducting or carrying on the business of making deliveries of petroleum products either from within the City limits and/or from outside the City limits to places within the City limits.
(Prior code §§ 6-031—6-031.2)
The following businesses shall pay an annual license tax of one-fourth mill for each dollar of gross receipts derived therefrom or value of product manufactured:
A. 
Manufacturing, Packing and Processing. Every person conducting or carrying on the business consisting of manufacturing, packing or processing any goods, wares or merchandise at a fixed place of business within the City. For the purposes of this section, the tax shall be applicable to the value of the manufactured or processed product, as reflected by the licensee's method of accounting, using generally accepted principles of accounting consistently applied, less the cost of purchased raw materials or, in the alternative, less the value of the raw materials or the value of the partially completed product at the time it enters the manufacturing process within the City.
B. 
Public Utility. Except any public utility which makes an annual payment to the City under a franchise or similar agreement.
(Prior code §§ 6-032—6-032.2)
The following businesses shall pay an annual license tax of two mills for each dollar of gross receipts derived therefrom:
Every person conducting, managing, carrying on or engaging in any business, profession or occupation hereinafter enumerated.
Accountant
Abstract and title
Advertising agent
Appraiser Architect
Artist
Assayer
Attorney-at-law
Auditor
Bacteriologist
Book agent
Broker or commission agent
Chemist
Certified public accountant
Chiropodist
Chiropractor
Civil, electrical, mining, chemical, structural, consulting or hydraulic engineer
Dentist
Designer, illustrator, or decorator
Detective agency and/or private patrol
Drugless practitioner
Electrologist
Employment agency
Engraver
Entomologist
Feed, grain and fruit broker
Geologist
Illustrator or show card writer
Interpreter
Lapidary
Mortician
Naturopath
Oculist
Optician
Optometrist
Osteopath
Physician
Physiotherapist
Podiatrist
Real estate broker
Reporters—court, convention and/or certified shorthand
Roentgenologist
Surgeon
Surveyor
Stock and bond broker
Taxidermist
Veterinarian
(Prior code §§ 6-033, 6-033.1)
A. 
Every person conducting or carrying on the business of house moving, grading, paving, wrecking, sewer, pipeline, trenching, excavating contractor or conducting or carrying on the business of general contractor constructing, altering, repairing, wrecking or salvaging buildings, highways, roads, railroads, excavations or other structures, projects or improvements shall pay a license tax of $75.00 per year plus one-half of one mill for each dollar of gross receipts or $25.00 per quarter plus one-half of one mill for each dollar of gross receipts.
B. 
Every person conducting or carrying on the business of electrical, plumbing, painting, masonry, glazier, cement, floor, heating, plastering, roofing, sash, sheet metal, tile, lathing and any other contractor or subcontractor not specifically mentioned in this section, shall pay a license tax of $45.00 per year plus one-half of one mill for each dollar of gross receipts or $20.00 per quarter plus one-half of one mill for each dollar of gross receipts.
C. 
This section shall apply to any person who for himself or herself shall engage in the business of erecting or constructing houses for the purpose of leasing, renting, or selling the same, and who does not employ a contractor who shall act as superintendent.
D. 
Any contractor conducting or carrying on the business of selling goods, wares, or merchandise as a retailer in addition to his or her contracting business shall in addition to the contractor's license provided therein, secure a license for each retail business as required under this chapter.
(Prior code § 6-034.1)
Every person not having a fixed place of business within the City who makes wholesale or retail deliveries of goods or services by motor vehicle within the City or who maintains, installs or repairs goods, wares or merchandise or equipment inside the City, or who provides a service not otherwise covered in this section, shall pay a license tax as follows: retail and/or service, $50.00 annually per vehicle or $30.00 semiannually per vehicle; wholesale, $40.00 annually per vehicle or $25.00 semiannually per vehicle.
(Prior code § 6-034.2)
A. 
Each licensee, licensed pursuant to the provisions of this title, shall pay to the City a quarterly license fee equal to two and one-half (2-1/2) percent of the gross revenue of the licensee received from the poker club and/or card room operation. Said payment shall be made to the City not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter during which such gross revenues on which it was computed were received by licensee.
B. 
Each licensee shall file with the City Manager before the 30th day following the end of the calendar quarter a statement, under oath, showing the true and correct amount of gross revenue derived from the card room business licensed by the license issued to or held by such licensee for the preceding calendar quarter statement. Such statement shall be accompanied by the payment of the correct amount of license fee due and owing in accordance with the provisions of this section. This statement is subject to the right of the City to audit the matters referred to therein as to the accuracy of the figures set forth in the statement and the amount payable to the City pursuant to the provisions of this section.
C. 
The books, records, and accounts of any card club may be audited by the City. Such an audit will be performed by a qualified accountant or City official selected by the City. Any information obtained pursuant to the provisions of this section or any statement filed by the licensee shall be deemed confidential in character and shall not be subject to public inspection. Such information and/or statements shall be available to those City officials having jurisdiction over the provisions of this title and to any court of competent jurisdiction where any matter relating thereto may be actively pending. In the event the licensee's statement rendered to the City is understated by 1% or more, the licensee shall bear the cost of the City's audit; otherwise the City shall bear such cost.
D. 
Any failure or refusal of any such licensee to make and file any statements as required within the time required, or to pay such sums by way of license fees when the same are due and payable in accordance with the provisions of this title, or to permit such inspection of such books, records and accounts of such licensee shall be and constitute full and sufficient grounds for suspension and revocation of the license of any such licensee.
E. 
All fraternal organizations and labor unions, where no private individual operates the card room for a fee or percent of the profits are exempt from the provisions of this section.
(Prior code § 6-034.4)
A. 
Circus, carnival or other similar exhibition, $200.00 per day; each circus or menagerie parade or procession on, over or along any public street or highway of the City, by any person not having a license to exhibit such circus, carnival or other similar exhibit in said City, $200.00 per day.
1. 
When the carnival, circus or tent show license tax is paid, no additional license shall be required for shows, exhibitions, rides or devices within the carnival, circus or tent show.
2. 
Carnival Defined. For the purpose set forth herein "carnival" shall be and is defined to mean a collection of shows, exhibitions, feats of strength, merchandise booths, games of skill, games of chance, wheels of fortune presented or offered upon the streets or vacant property within the City.
B. 
Lecture or traveling theatrical performance under or surrounded or partially enclosed by canvas, such as comedy, spoken drama, opera or concert, $20.00 per day; any dance, where the public is permitted to dance, not covered in Section 5.08.100, $20.00 per day; performances held in any public hall, club room, assembly hall or theater, where movable scenery and theatrical appliances are used, whether or not an admission fee is charged, $20.00 per day. The holder of a theatre license shall not be required to procure an additional license to conduct, maintain or carry on any theatrical or vaudeville performance when such performance is conducted at any such theatre so licensed.
C. 
Any place to which the public is admitted and an admission fee is charged, and at which any boxing or wrestling match or exhibition is conducted, presented or carried on, $45.00 per quarter or $15.00 per day.
D. 
Arcade consisting of one general enclosure in which is conducted the business of operating or exhibiting a phonograph, projectorscope or any other instrument or machine of like character, or exhibiting, showing or letting the use of any microscope, galvanic battery, weighing machine or similar lung tester, muscle tester, machine of like character, or letting the use of coin machines simulating the playing of soccer, baseball, basketball, boxing and similar games, $120.00 per annum.
E. 
Concession or rides for children, including miniature train, merry-go-round, pony ride, speedway (small electric automobiles), small gasoline automobiles, pig slides, etc., $7.50 per month for each such ride device.
F. 
Rides other than carnivals for adults or concessions including carousel, loop-o-plane, aeroplane, Ferris wheel, sky flier, scooter, whip, toonerville, motorcycle ride, globe of death, magic carpet, ride-in-the dark, or rides or devices of similar character, $15.00 per month for each such ride device.
G. 
Street musicians, $7.50 per day per person.
(Prior code § 6-034.5)
A. 
Sound. Operating any vehicle equipped with music or musical device, loudspeaker, or other device for attracting attention, $50.00 per annum, $20.00 per month or $5.00 per day for each vehicle used.
B. 
Signs.
1. 
Operating any vehicle for advertising purposes and to which vehicle there are attached signs, placards, billboards or other advertising matter, $50.00 per annum, $20.00 per month or $5.00 per day for each vehicle used.
2. 
Each license for advertising on vehicles shall be subject to the following regulations:
a. 
The only sound permitted is music or human speech.
b. 
Sound advertising is permitted only between 9:00 a.m. and sunset.
c. 
The vehicle with the sound device shall not proceed at a speed of less than 10 miles per hour nor shall sound be issued while the vehicle is not in motion.
d. 
No sound shall be issued within 100 yards of a hospital, school, church, funeral parlor and/or funeral home.
e. 
The vehicle with the sound device in operation shall not proceed from east to west, or west to east, along Main Street or Market Street between El Dorado Street and Stanislaus Street.
f. 
Human speech amplified by the sound device shall not be lewd, indecent nor slanderous, nor shall it be specifically addressed to individual pedestrians or motorists as distinguished from the public in general.
g. 
The volume of sound shall be controlled so that it is not audible for a distance in excess of 100 yards.
h. 
The license fee on display ad advertising shall not apply to signs painted, rather than affixed, on delivery trucks or other vehicles used by the firm making the display for purposes other than advertising in excess of 12 hours per week.
i. 
The Chief of Police of the City shall monitor the operation of vehicles with sound devices and shall report to the City Manager violations of the above regulations. If the City Manager reasonably finds that a licensee has violated the regulations he or she shall direct the Director of Finance to refuse the issuance of a new license to the licensee until the further order of the City Manager and he or she may revoke the license already granted.
C. 
Searchlight. Operating any vehicle equipped with a searchlight for attracting attention, $50.00 per annum, $20.00 per month or $5.00 per day for each vehicle so used.
(Prior code § 6-034.6)
A. 
By means of loud speaker, sound amplifier or similar device, or a display ad in excess of 10 feet in height or length when said mechanical or electrical device and/or display ad is attached to an airplane moving about over the City, $50.00 per year, $20.00 per month or $5.00 per day for each airplane used.
B. 
Each license shall be subject to the following regulations:
a. 
The only sounds permitted are music or human speech.
b. 
Sound advertising is permitted only between 9:00 a.m. and sunset.
c. 
The sound shall not be issued by an airplane flying at an altitude of less than 1000 feet.
d. 
Sound shall be issued from the loudspeaker only.
e. 
The cone of sound from the loudspeaker shall be directed so as to cover at one time an area on the ground of less than 700 yards square, and so as to avoid hospitals.
f. 
Human speech amplified by the sound device shall not be lewd, indecent nor slanderous nor shall it be specifically addressed to certain individuals as distinguished from the public in general.
g. 
The volume of the sound shall be controlled so that it is not audible on the ground over an area in excess of 700 yards square and so that it is not raucous, jarring or a nuisance to the auditors within the area of audibility.
h. 
The Chief of Police of the City shall monitor the operation of airplanes with sound devices and shall report to the City Manager violations of the above regulations. If the City Manager reasonably finds that a licensee has violated the regulations, he or she shall direct the Director of Finance to refuse the issuance of a new license to the licensee until the further order of the City Manager, and he or she may revoke the license already granted.
(Prior code § 6-034.7)
A. 
1. 
Owning, operating, establishing, managing, maintaining, or having charge of any location or place of business of any kind for the sale of any insolvent bankrupt, fire damaged, closeout or other similar goods, wares or merchandise, $50.00 for the first 30 days plus $10.00 per day over 30 days.
2. 
In the event that the business conducting and/or carrying on a forced removal, closing out or similar sale is located within the boundaries of an approved urban renewal project area or is being forced to vacate a business location due to eminent domain proceedings, the license fee provided for in this section shall be waived.
3. 
Every person managing, conducting and/or carrying on a sale as specified herein, shall make a written application to the City Director of Finance to do so. Said application shall be signed and sworn to by said applicant and shall state all the facts in regard to the contemplated sale, the period of time during which said sale shall be held, together with a statement that no goods, wares or merchandise have been purchased and/or received during the period of 30 days immediately preceding the date of such application for the purpose of adding same to that in stock for sale, the reason for such sale and an inventory of such goods.
B. 
General Provisions.
1. 
The Director of Finance shall file said application and shall endorse thereon the date such license is granted or refused.
2. 
It is unlawful for any person to make a false statement in such application.
3. 
A license issued under the provisions hereof shall be valid only for the inventoried goods.
4. 
A license issued under the provisions hereof shall not be transferable.
5. 
It is unlawful for any person managing, conducting, and/or carrying on a sale as specified herein to secure goods other than those enumerated in said inventory for the purpose of selling same at said sale.
6. 
It is unlawful for any person having a license hereunder to add any goods to the inventoried stock, and no goods shall be sold except that included in the original inventory.
7. 
The provisions hereof shall not apply to public or court officers or to any person acting under the direction of State or Federal courts in the course of their official duties.
(Prior code § 6-034.11)
Sale of Christmas trees, holly, berries, cards or other seasonal items, $25.00 per season, except where business is conducted in connection with another regularly established place of business for which a license has been issued, or is conducted by and solely for the benefit of a charitable or nonprofit organization.
(Prior code § 6-034.12)
A. 
Every person, at a fixed place of business in the City of Stockton, engaged in the business of carrying on or collecting, buying or selling at either retail or wholesale or otherwise dealing in junk and/or rubbish, waste material, refuse and/or any old rags, sacks, bottles, cans, papers, metals, jewelry, precious metals, rubber, bric-a-brac, cordage, truck or automobile tires, truck or automobile accessories, and truck or automobile parts, and other like articles, whether the same can be sold or otherwise disposed of for the purpose of being treated, repaired or prepared so as to be used again in some other form, $250.00 per year.
B. 
Every person who does not maintain a fixed place of business in the City, engaged in the business of collecting, buying or otherwise dealing in junk, and/or rubbish, waste material, refuse and/or any old rags, sacks, bottles, cans, papers, metals, jewelry, precious metals, rubber, bric-a-brac, cordage, truck or automobile tires, truck or automobile parts, truck or automobile accessories and other like articles whether the same can be sold or otherwise disposed of for the purpose of being treated, repaired or prepared so as to be used again in some other form, $250.00 per year.
C. 
Every person who maintains a fixed place of business in the City for wrecking or salvaging motor vehicles, $250.00 per year.
"Wrecking" means the business of buying or trading in second-hand, used or wrecked motor vehicles, and selling the parts thereof or building motor vehicles from the salvaged parts of such motor vehicles and selling the same, or the "wrecking or salvaging" of motor vehicles on a contract basis.
(Prior code § 6-034.14)
Searchlights not mounted on vehicles, $55.00 per year, $20.00 per month, or $5.00 per day for each searchlight.
(Prior code § 6-034.16)
A. 
An itinerant merchant under this title shall be deemed to mean and include any person or persons, firm, or corporation, either principal or agent, employer or employee who engages in a temporary business in the City by selling or offering for sale goods, wares, merchandise, or things or articles of value for a period of not more than 190 days in any calendar year, and who, for the purpose of carrying on such business hires, leases, or occupies any room, building, structure or stand on any real property, or on or adjoining any street or public place in the City. The person, firm or corporation so engaged shall not be relieved from the provisions of this section by reason of associating temporarily any local dealer, trader, merchant or auctioneer, or by reasons of conducting such temporary business in connection with or as part of any local business, or in the name of any local dealer, trader, merchant or auctioneer.
1. 
Community gardens consistent with Section 16.80.130 and urban agriculture produce stands consistent with Section 16.80.285 are exempt from this provision.
B. 
Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of an itinerant merchant shall pay a license fee of $600.00 per year, or $200.00 per quarter or portion thereof, or $5 for a single day event, $10.00 for a two or three day event and $5 per day for an event lasting four days or longer.
C. 
Any itinerant merchant who, as a seller of any article is required to obtain a State vendor's permit, pursuant to the provisions of Revenue and Taxation Code Section 6066 et seq., shall, prior to the issuance of a permit by the City, produce satisfactory proof of possession of such a State vendor's permit.
D. 
Every sale in the normal course of business of such itinerant merchant within the City shall be recorded or memorialized on sequentially numbered receipts which shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:
1. 
The name of the seller;
2. 
The date of the sale;
3. 
The price paid;
4. 
A description of the item(s) sold.
It shall be the duty of the itinerant merchant to retain such records for the period of three years from the date of sale or the period prescribed by law for the retention of records for Federal income tax purposes, whichever is longer.
(Prior code § 6-034.19; Ord. 2020-09-15-1501 C.S. § 2)
A. 
"Peddler" shall be defined as any person who sells and makes immediate delivery or offers for sale and immediate delivery any goods, wares, merchandise, service or thing in the possession of the seller, at any place in the City other than at a fixed place of business but shall not include salespersons or agents for wholesale houses or firms who sell to retail dealers for resale or sell to manufacturers for manufacturing purposes or to bidders for public works or supplies. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in such a business (peddler) in the City shall pay a license fee of $50.00 per year per peddler, $15.00 per quarter per peddler or $5.00 per day per peddler.
B. 
Every person engaged in the business of peddling shall submit to the Administrative Services Department a completed application, supplying such information as the Administrative Services Department and/or the Police Department shall require upon the form. Each peddler shall pay an annual application and investigation fee to the City in an amount as may be fixed or established from time to time by resolution of the City Council. Any person failing to comply and submit such requested information shall be denied a peddling permit.
C. 
Upon receipt of such application, the original shall be transmitted to the Chief of Police who shall cause such investigation of the applicant's business background and moral character to be made as the Chief deems necessary for the protection of the public welfare. The Chief of Police shall approve the application unless, as the result of such investigation, the applicant's character or business responsibility is found to be unsatisfactory, or if the applicant has been convicted of any violation of this title, a felony, a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or a violation of any narcotics law. However, if, in the opinion of the Chief of Police, an applicant's prior criminal conviction is such that it would not render the applicant unsuitable to engage in the business of peddler or otherwise endanger the public welfare, the Chief of Police, in his or her discretion, may approve the application. The Chief of Police shall return the approved application to the Administrative Services Officer, who shall, upon payment of the license fee herein prescribed deliver the license to the applicant. If the Chief of Police disapproves the application, the reasons for such disapproval shall be noted on the application and the application shall be returned to the Administrative Services Officer. The Administrative Services Officer shall notify the applicant of the disapproval and that no license will be issued.
(Prior code § 6-34.20)
A. 
"Solicitor" shall be defined as any person who engages in the business of going from house to house, place to place, on or along the streets, within the City and/or by telephone, selling or taking orders for or offering to sell or take orders for goods, wares, or merchandise or other things of value for future delivery, or for services to be performed in the future.
B. 
Every person, firm, or corporation engaged in such business within the City shall be required to pay a license fee of $50.00 per year per solicitor, $15.00 per quarter per solicitor, or $5.00 per day per solicitor, unless such solicitor has been exempted under the provisions of Section 5.12.010.
C. 
Other persons not maintaining a fixed place of business in the City and not otherwise specifically licensed by other chapters in this title, but who render personal or other services or products to customers as a result of customer initiated contact from place to place or house to house in the City are subject to the provisions of subsection B of this section but not the provisions of subsections E and F of this section.
D. 
All solicitors, while so employed and engaged in contact with the public, shall wear upon their person plainly visible an identification card containing at a minimum their name, and employer. Such cards may be provided by the solicitor, the solicitor's employer, or in the alternative by the City for the sum of $2.00 per individual identification card.
E. 
Unless otherwise exempted by subsection C of this section, every person engaged in the business of soliciting shall submit to the Administrative Services Department a completed application, supplying such information as the Administrative Services Department and/or the Police Department shall require upon the form. Each solicitor shall pay an application and investigation fee to the City in an amount as may be fixed or established from time to time by resolution of the City Council. Any person failing to comply and submit such requested information shall be denied a soliciting permit.
F. 
Upon receipt of such application, the original shall be transmitted to the Chief of Police who shall cause such investigation of the applicant's business background and moral character to be made as the Chief deems necessary for the protection of the public welfare. The Chief of Police shall approve the application unless, as the result of such investigation, the applicant's character or business responsibility is found to be unsatisfactory, or if the applicant has been convicted of any violation of this title, a felony, a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or a violation of any narcotics law. However, if, in the opinion of the Chief of Police, an applicant's prior criminal conviction is such that it would not render the applicant unsuitable to engage in the business of soliciting or otherwise endanger the public welfare, the Chief of Police, in his or her discretion, may approve the application. The Chief of Police shall return the approved application to the Administrative Services Officer, who shall, upon payment of the license fee herein prescribed deliver the license to the applicant.
If the Chief of Police disapproves the application, the reasons for such disapproval shall be noted on the application and the application shall be returned to the Administrative Services Officer. The Administrative Services Officer shall notify the applicant of the disapproval and that no license will be issued.
G. 
Any solicitor who claims to be entitled to an exemption from the payment of any license provided for in this chapter upon the grounds that the solicitor is employed by a nonprofit, charitable or fraternal organization shall file a written, notarized affidavit disclosing, upon a form to be provided by the Administrative Services Department, the minimum necessary information as required upon the form. The Administrative Services Officer, upon discretion, may also require further reasonable proof of status of the nonprofit entity. Failure to provide such information, or a finding that the applicant is not a nonprofit, charitable or fraternal organization shall constitute grounds for denial of such application.
(Prior code § 6-034.21)
A. 
It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation engaged in selling or distributing any goods, wares or services to stop, stand or park on or along a public street, sidewalk or public park other than as allowed in Chapter 8.70 of this Code or as permitted by Government Code Section 51036.
B. 
Congestion. It is unlawful for any peddler or vendor to operate in a place where such operation will create a traffic hazard.
C. 
Exemption. This section shall not apply to the sale or distribution of any newspaper, flyer, or handbill.
(Prior code § 6-034.23; Ord. 2025-12-16-1212-01, 12/16/2025)
A. 
Each transient photographer shall pay a license fee of $150.00 per year, $50.00 per quarter or $5.00 per day.
B. 
General Provisions.
1. 
Applicants for a license to photograph, solicit to take orders for photographs or photographic work, or selling or giving coupons for photographic work, and requiring a deposit in advance of the final delivery of any such work or services, and having no fixed place of business within the City, as hereinafter defined in this section, shall file with the Director of Finance, in duplicate, a sworn affidavit in writing on a form to be furnished by the Director of Finance giving such information as may be requested and including the names of two residents of the City who will certify as to the applicant's good character and business responsibility or in lieu of such names, such other available evidence as to the good character and business responsibility of the applicant as will enable the Chief of Police to evaluate such character and business responsibility.
2. 
Upon receipt of such application, the original shall be transmitted to the Chief of Police who shall cause such investigation of the applicant's business background and moral character to be made as the Chief deems necessary for the protection of the public welfare. Each transient photographer shall pay an application and investigation fee to the Director of Finance of the City in an amount as may be fixed or established from time to time by resolution of the City Council. If as the result of such investigation, the applicant's character or business responsibility is found to be unsatisfactory, or if the applicant has been convicted of any violation of this title, a felony, a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or a violation of any narcotics law, the Chief of Police shall endorse on such application disapproval and the reasons for the same and return the application to the Director of Finance who shall notify the applicant that said application is disapproved and that no license will be issued. If, however, as the result of the investigation by the Chief of Police, the Chief of Police shall endorse approval on the application and transmit the same to the Director of Finance, the Director of Finance shall upon payment of the license fee herein prescribed deliver the license to the applicant.
3. 
Any person aggrieved by the action of the Chief of Police or by the Director of Finance in the denial of a license as provided in this section shall have the right of appeal to the City Council as provided in Section 5.04.210.
4. 
This section shall not apply to any person who for a period of at least six continuous months, has operated and is continuing to operate a photographic business from a regular established place of business within the City. A "regular established place of business" as said term is used in this section means a business which is kept open for at least six hours between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at least five days a week, and at which place of business a bona fide effort is made to actually conduct a photographic business, other than the mere developing of pictures on the premises.
(Prior code § 6-034.23)
Radio and television broadcasting, or soliciting for radio or television broadcasting, $200.00 per year.
The conducting or carrying on the business of producing or generation of electromagnetic waves within the City for the purpose of broadcasting by radio transmission or television is hereby declared to be a local business. The business of soliciting advertising within the City for radio or television transmission in intrastate broadcasting is hereby declared to be a local business.
Radio broadcasting studios or television stations which generate electromagnetic waves solely for religious, educational or charitable broadcasting shall be exempt from payment of the revenue license tax set herein.
(Prior code § 6-034.24)
Each person who shall conduct, engage in, carry on, participate in, or practice fortunetelling or cause the same to be done for pay, $500.00 per year.
(Prior code § 6-034.25)