It is the intent of the City Council of the City of Downey, by the adoption and amendment of the provisions of this chapter, to provide regulatory provisions only, with regard to specific businesses, as set forth hereinafter, and, to prescribe a schedule of business license taxes, for revenue purposes only, for all businesses, in the amounts and manner as set forth hereinafter. It is also the intent of the City Council of the City to ensure that all businesses intending to operate in the City meet certain minimum zoning, fire, building and safety, and other requirements of the Downey Municipal Code prior to and during the operation of said business. In the event that any business regulated by the provisions of this chapter, which is now, or hereafter, declared by appropriate legal authority, to be regulated by the laws of the State, to the exclusion of the right of regulation by this City, the provisions of this chapter which are regulatory, in nature, shall not be deemed to apply to such business or businesses, except that the imposition of the business license tax, as set forth herein, shall, notwithstanding such determination, apply thereto.
(Added by Ord. 1304, adopted 9-25-12)
This chapter shall apply to all persons conducting a business, profession or trade within the City regardless of whether such person maintains a fixed place of business in the City and whether such person may primarily conduct his or her business, profession or trade elsewhere. Unless exempted by the provisions of this chapter, a person shall be deemed to be conducting a business, profession or trade within the City if he or she, agents or employees offer, solicit, sell, contract, construct, make or deliver or repair, or perform acts or services in respect to such business, trade or profession within the City.
(Added by Ord. 1304, adopted 9-25-12)
"Businesses, professions and trades,"
as used herein, means all kinds of vocations, occupations, professions, enterprises, establishments, and all other kinds of activities and matters, together with all devices, machines, vehicles, and appurtenances used therein, any of which are conducted, used, or carried on for the purpose of earning in whole or in part a profit or livelihood whether or not a profit or livelihood actually is earned thereby. "Business, professions and trades" shall include, without being limited thereto, trades and occupations of all and every kind of calling carried on within the City of Downey, salesmen, brokers, retailers, wholesalers, vendors, suppliers, peddlers, professions, the renting or supplying of living quarters or board, or both for four or more guests, tenants or occupiers, and any other type of endeavor entered into within the City of Downey for the purpose of earning a livelihood or profit in whole or in part whether paid for in money, goods, labor, or otherwise and whether said business, profession, or trade has a fixed place of business in the City.
The term "business, profession or trades" shall not apply to any person engaged in a business, profession or trade solely as an employee of any other person conducting, managing or carrying on any such business in this City and where such other person is subject to the terms and provisions of this chapter.
"Gross receipts"
means the total amount of the sale price of all sales and the total amount charged or received for the performance of any act or service of whatever nature it may be for which a charge is made or credit allowed whether or not such act or service is done as a part of or in connection with the sale of materials, goods, wares or merchandise. Included in "gross receipts" shall be all receipts, cash, credits, and property of any kind or nature, without any deduction therefrom on account of the cost of the property sold, the cost of the materials used, labor or service costs, interest paid or payable, or losses or other expenses whatsoever. Excluded from "gross receipts" shall be cash discounts allowed and taken on sales; credit allowed on property accepted as part of the purchase price and which property may later be sold; any tax required by law to be included in or added to the purchase price and collected from the consumer or purchaser; such part of the sale price of property returned by purchasers upon rescission of the contract of sale as is refunded either in cash or by credit amounts collected for others where the business is acting as an agent or trustee to the extent that such amounts are paid to those for whom collected; that portion of the receipts of a general contractor which represents payments to subcontractors, provided that such subcontractors are licensed under this chapter, and provided the general contractor furnished the tax collector with the names and addresses of the subcontractors and the amounts paid each subcontractor.
"License"
means a business tax certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.
"Tax Collector"
means the Director of Finance or designee.
(Added by Ord. 1304, adopted 9-25-12)
The purpose of this chapter is solely to raise revenue for municipal purposes and is not intended for regulation.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57)
Any person required by this chapter to pay a license tax shall not be relieved from the payment of any license tax required by any other provisions of this Code and shall not be relieved from any regulations by other provisions of this Code.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57)
There are hereby imposed upon the businesses, trades, professions, callings and occupations specified in this chapter license taxes in the amounts hereinafter prescribed. No person shall transact and carry on any business, trade, profession, calling or occupation in the City without first having procured a license from said City so to do or without complying with any and all applicable provisions of this chapter.
This chapter shall not be construed to require any person to obtain a license prior to doing business within the City if such requirement conflicts with applicable statutes of the United States or of the State of California.
Persons not required to obtain a license prior to doing business within the City because of conflict with applicable statutes of the United States or of the State of California shall be liable for payment of the tax imposed by this chapter.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57)
A separate license must be obtained for each branch establishment or location or separate place of business in which the trade, calling, profession or occupation required to be licensed hereunder is carried on. When any person conducts at one place more than one business, classified separately by this chapter, such person may, upon application and payment of the highest license fee among such classifications, be licensed to conduct all such businesses at such place. Warehouses and distributing plants used in connection with and incidental to a business license under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to be separate places of business or branch establishments.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57)
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed or construed to apply to any person transacting and carrying on any business exempt by virtue of the constitution or applicable statutes of the United States or of the State of California from the payment of such taxes as are herein prescribed.
None of the license taxes provided for by this chapter shall be so applied as to occasion an undue burden upon interstate commerce. In any case where a license tax is believed by a licensee or applicant for license to place an undue burden upon such commerce, he may apply to the Tax Collector for an adjustment of the tax so that it shall not be discriminatory or unreasonable as to such commerce. Such application may be made before, at, or within six months after payment of the prescribed license tax. The application shall, by affidavit and supporting testimony, show his or her method of business and the gross volume or estimated gross volume of business and such other information as the Tax Collector may deem necessary in order to determine the extent, if any, of such undue burden on such commerce. The Tax Collector shall then conduct an investigation, and, after having first obtained the written approval of the City Attorney, shall fix as the license tax for the applicant, an amount that is reasonable and nondiscriminatory, or if the license tax has already been paid, shall order a refund of the amount over and above the license tax so fixed. In fixing the license tax to be charged, the Tax Collector shall have the power to base the license tax upon a percentage of gross receipts or any other measure which will assure that the license tax assessed shall be uniform with that assessed on businesses of like nature, so long as the amount assessed does not exceed the license tax as prescribed by this chapter. Should the Tax Collector determine the gross receipts measure of license tax to be the proper basis, he or she may require the applicant to submit, either at the time of termination of applicant's business in the City or at the end of each three month period, a sworn statement of the gross receipts and pay the amount of license tax therefor, provided that no additional license tax during any one calendar year shall be required after the licensee shall have paid an amount equal to the annual license tax as prescribed in this chapter.
Any person claiming an exemption pursuant to this section shall file a verified statement with the Tax Collector stating the facts upon which exemption is claimed.
The Tax Collector shall, upon a proper showing contained in the verified statement, issue a license to such person claiming exemption under this section without payment to the City of the license tax required by this chapter.
The Tax Collector, after giving notice and a reasonable opportunity for hearing to a licensee, may revoke any license granted pursuant to the provisions of this section upon information that the licensee is not entitled to the exemption as provided herein.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57)
The provisions of this chapter shall not require the obtaining of a license to commence or conduct any business or require the payment of any license fee, by any bona fide institution or organization which is commenced and conducted wholly for the benefit of charitable purposes or from any non-profit organization not regularly or primarily engaged in business and from which profit is not derived either directly or indirectly by any person, nor shall any license or license fee be required for the commencing and conducting of any entertainment, concert or exhibition or lecture or scientific, historical, literary, religious, or moral subject or subjects whenever the receipts or net proceeds of such entertainment, concert, exhibition, or lecture are appropriated or turned over to any bona fide church or school or to any bona fide religious or benevolent purposes, nor shall any license or fee be required for the conducting of any entertainment, dance, concert, exhibition, or lecture, circus, carnival or show, whenever the receipts or proceeds for any such entertainment, dance, concert, exhibition, lecture, circus, carnival, or show are appropriated for a bona fide charitable, religious, or benevolent purpose and from which profit is not derived, either directly or indirectly by any person; except and provided, however, that in the event any organization referred to in this section merely sponsors such exhibition, show, dance, or other event or events as referred to herein AND only a percentage of the total receipts is to be appropriated to the organization sponsoring such undertaking then, in this event, in addition to first having obtained a permit therefor, the person for whom such sponsoring organization is acting shall pay a license fee as provided in this chapter for such event, but shall be entitled to a refund equal to the total amount received by such organization sponsoring such undertaking, but not to exceed the amount of such license fee so paid. Certification of the amount received by the sponsoring organization shall be made in writing to the Tax Collector by the sponsoring organization.
(Added by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60)
(a) 
Application. Every person required to have a license under the provisions of this title, shall make an application therefor, in a form prescribed by the Tax Collector. The contents of the application shall be specified by the Tax Collector. Upon the payment of the prescribed tax therefor and upon determination that none of the grounds for denial as specified in Section 6206(b) exist, the Tax Collector shall issue to such person a license which shall contain:
(1) 
The name of the person to whom the license is issued;
(2) 
The business licensed;
(3) 
The place where such business is to be transacted and carried on;
(4) 
The date of the expiration of such license;
(5) 
Such other information as may be deemed necessary.
(b) 
Grounds for Denial. The Tax Collector of the City shall deny any application for a business license or for the renewal thereof if the Tax Collector makes any of the following findings and/or determinations:
(1) 
The applicant has not first obtained or has not maintained in full force and effect any separate and distinct regulatory permit, conditional use permit, or other entitlement that is required pursuant to the provisions of the Downey Municipal Code or other applicable law;
(2) 
The building, structure, premises, location, or the equipment used to conduct the business activity fails to comply with all applicable health, zoning, fire, building and safety laws and regulations;
(3) 
The applicant has knowingly made any false, misleading, or fraudulent statement of material fact in the application for the business license, in the application for renewal of the business license, in the application for any permit which is a pre-requisite to the acquisition of a business license, or in any report or statement required to be filed with the Tax Collector;
(4) 
The business is prohibited by any Federal, State, or local law or regulation, or prohibited in the particular location or zone by any law or regulation;
(5) 
The applicant is in violation of a provision of the Downey Municipal Code or owes taxes, fees, or penalties pursuant to this chapter or any other provision of the Downey Municipal Code;
(6) 
The application is for a license (new or renewal) for the same or substantially similar business activity for which the applicant has had a business license denied or revoked by the City of Downey within the preceding 12 months.
(c) 
Notice of Denial. Upon determining the existence of any factors specified in Section 6206(b), the Tax Collector shall advise the applicant by serving upon the applicant a notice of denial in writing within 10 business days of such determination. The notice of denial shall state the Tax Collector's findings and/or determinations that justify denial of the business license application, and shall include a summary of the evidence upon which such findings and/or determinations are based.
(d) 
Appeal of Denial of License. The denial of any business license by the Tax Collector may be appealed to the City Council pursuant to the provisions of Section 6301(f) of this article.
(Added by Ord. 1304, adopted 9-25-12)
Upon a person making application for the first license to be issued hereunder or for a newly established business, in all cases where the amount of license tax to be paid is measured by gross receipts, such person shall furnish to the Tax Collector for this guidance in ascertaining the amount of license tax to be paid by the applicant, a written statement, upon a form provided by the Tax Collector, sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths, setting forth such information as may be therein required and as may be necessary to determine the amount of the license tax to be paid by the applicant.
If the amount of the license tax to be paid by the applicant is measured by gross receipts, he shall estimate the gross receipts for the period to be covered by the license to be issued. Such estimate, if accepted by the Tax Collector as reasonable, shall be used in determining the amount of license tax to be paid by the applicant; provided, however, the amount of the license tax so determined shall be tentative only, and such person shall, within 30 days after the expiration of the period for which such license was issued, furnish the Tax Collector with a sworn statement, upon a form furnished by the Tax Collector, showing the gross receipts during the period of such license, and the license tax for such period shall be finally ascertained and paid in the manner provided by this chapter for the ascertaining and paying of renewal license taxes for other businesses, after deducting from the payment found to be due, the amount paid at the time such first license was issued.
The Tax Collector shall not issue, to any such person another license for the same or any other business, until such person shall have furnished to him the written statement and paid the license tax as herein required.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57)
In all cases, the applicant for the renewal of a license shall submit to the Tax Collector for his or her guidance in ascertaining the amount of the license tax to be paid by the applicant, a written statement, upon a form to be provided by the Tax Collector, written under penalty of perjury, or sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths, setting forth such information and any additional information, as determined by the Tax Collector, concerning the applicant's business during the preceding year as may be required by the said Tax Collector to enable him or her to ascertain the amount of the license tax to be paid by said applicant pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 1304, adopted 9-25-12)
No statements shall be conclusive as to the matters set forth therein, nor shall the filing of the same preclude the City from collecting by appropriate action such sum as is actually due and payable hereunder. Such statement and each of the several items therein contained shall be subject to audit and verification by the Tax Collector, his or her deputies, or authorized employees of the City, who are hereby authorized to examine, audit, and inspect such books and records of any licensee or applicant for license, as may be necessary in their judgment to verify or ascertain the amount of license fee due.
All licensees, applicants for licenses, and persons engaged in business in the City are hereby required to permit an examination of such books and records for the purposes aforesaid.
The information furnished or secured pursuant to this section or Sections 6207 and 6207.1 of this chapter shall be confidential. No officer or employee of the City shall make any unauthorized disclosure or use of such information.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57)
If any person fails to file any required statement within the time prescribed, or if, after demand therefor made by the Tax Collector, any person fails to file a corrected statement, the Tax Collector may determine the amount of license tax due from such person by means of such information as he may be able to obtain.
If such a determination is made, the Tax Collector shall give a notice of the amount so assessed by serving it personally, or by depositing it in the United States Post Office at Downey, California, postage prepaid, addressed to the person so assessed at his or her last known address. Such person may, within 15 days after the mailing or serving of such notice, make an application in writing to the Tax Collector for a hearing on the amount of the license tax. If such an application is made, the Tax Collector, shall cause the matter to be set for hearing within 15 days before the Council. The Tax Collector shall give at least 10 days' notice to such person of the time and place of the hearing in the manner set forth in this section for serving notices of assessment. The Council shall consider all evidence produced and shall make findings thereon, which shall be final. Notice of such findings shall be served upon the applicant in the manner set forth in this section for serving notices of assessment.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57)
Any person aggrieved by the administration of the provisions of this chapter may, after seeking relief from the Tax Collector, appeal to the City Council pursuant to the provisions of Section 6301(f) of this article.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 426, adopted 10-24-72; Ord. 1304, adopted 9-25-12)
In addition to all other powers conferred upon him or her, the Tax Collector shall have the power, for good cause, shown, to extend the time for filing any required sworn statement, and in such case to waive any penalty that would otherwise have accrued on the fee or tax involved, and shall have the further power, with the consent of the Council, to compromise any claim as to the amount of license tax due.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 426, adopted 10-24-72)
Any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be personal to the respective licensee and may not be transferred; provided, however, in those cases where a transfer is occasioned by operation of law, or in cases where the owner or one of the owners of the licensed business continues in the ownership of the licensed business after a change in ownership, the license shall remain valid for the remainder of the license period during which such changes occurred.
When there occurs a change of ownership of less than 50% of any business licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and such change of ownership is coupled with a change of the kind of entity owning such business, the new entity shall immediately apply for a new business license as provided for in this chapter for the balance of the license period remaining for the prior entity. If a new license shall be issued for the balance of the license period remaining for the prior entity, such license shall be issued without any additional fees or charges being assessed or collected for such change in entity or ownership.
(Amended by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60)
A duplicate license may be issued by the Tax Collector to replace any license previously issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, which has been lost or destroyed upon the licensee filing a statement of such fact and at the time of filing such statement paying to the Tax Collector a duplicate license fee of one dollar ($1.00).
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57)
All licenses shall be kept and posted in the following manner:
(a) 
Any license transacting and carrying on a business at a fixed place of business in the City shall keep the license posted in a conspicuous place upon the premises where such business is carried on.
(b) 
Any licensee transacting and carrying on a business but not operating at a fixed place of business in the City shall keep the license upon his or her person at all times while transacting and carrying on such business.
(c) 
In all instances in which a license place or tag is required for the use of any vehicle, such license plate or tag shall be conspicuously and permanently attached to the rear of the respective vehicles for which such license plates or tags are respectively issued.
(Amended by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60)
Unless otherwise specifically provided annual license taxes due under this chapter shall be due and payable in advance on the first day of January of each year.
Except as otherwise specifically provided license taxes other than annual license taxes due under the provisions of this chapter shall be due and payable as follows:
(a) 
Semi-annual license taxes shall be due and payable in advance on the first day of January and the first day of July of each year.
(b) 
Quarterly license taxes shall be due and payable in advance on the first day of January, April, July and October.
(c) 
Monthly license taxes shall be due and payable in advance on the first day of each and every month.
(d) 
Weekly license taxes shall be due and payable in advance on Monday of each week.
(e) 
Daily license taxes shall be due and payable each day in advance.
Provided, however, that license taxes due on an annual or semi-annual basis and covering new operations commenced after the day the tax is due may be prorated for the balance of the license period.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this section to the contrary all license taxes due under the provisions of this chapter for the period ending December 1957, shall be paid in full and there shall be no proration thereof.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57)
For failure to pay any license fee at the time required by this chapter, the Tax Collector shall add a penalty of 20% of the license fee or $10, whichever is greater, to said license fee on the last day of month following the due date, and thereafter, on the last day of each succeeding month 20% of the license fee shall be added providing, however, that the amount of the penalty shall at no time exceed the total amount of the tax due.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
Every annual license issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire on the December 31st following the date of its issuance. Every semi-annual license issued hereunder shall expire on the following December 31st or June 30th, whichever occurs first after the date of issuance. Every quarterly license issued hereunder shall expire on the next succeeding March 31st, June 30th, September 30th, or December 31st, whichever date occurs first after the date of the issuance of the license. Every monthly license, issued hereunder shall expire on the last day of the month during which such license was issued. Every weekly license issued hereunder shall expire on the Saturday next following its day of issuance. Every daily license issued hereunder shall expire at midnight on the day issued.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57)
It shall be the duty of the Tax Collector, and he or she is hereby directed to enforce each and all of the provisions of this chapter, and the Chief of Police shall render such assistance in the enforcement thereof as may from time to time be required by the Tax Collector or the City Council.
The Tax Collector in the exercise of the duties imposed upon him or her hereunder, and acting through his or her deputies or duly authorized assistants, shall examine or cause to be examined all places of business in the City to ascertain whether there has been compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
The Tax Collector and each and all of his or her assistants and any police officer shall have the power and authority to enter, free of charge, and at any reasonable time, any place of business required to be licensed herein, and demand an exhibition of its license certificate. Any person having such license certificate theretofore issued, in his or her possession or under his or her control, shall exhibit the same on demand.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57)
The amount of any license tax and penalty imposed by the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a debt to the City. An action may be commenced in the name of the City in any court of competent jurisdiction, for the amount of any delinquent license tax and penalties.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57)
All remedies prescribed hereunder shall be cumulative, and the use of one or more remedies by the City shall not bar the use of any other remedy for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57)
In the event any other provision of this Code requires a permit to be issued before any business or activity may be carried on, then no business license shall be issued therefor unless and until the permit required by this Code has been issued and is valid and in good standing.
(Added by Ord. 493, adopted 10-28-75)
No license or permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the conduct or continuance of any illegal or unlawful business or practice, or the furnishing, sale, provisioning of any service, good, or product that is illegal under this Code, the laws of the County of Los Angeles, the laws of the State of California, and the laws of the United States of America. Licenses issued to an unlawful business or businesses providing or selling illegal services or products shall be subject to revocation in accordance with this Code.
(Added by Ord. 1304, adopted 9-25-12)
The fee for any license required by this chapter shall be that set forth in this part for the particular business involved. The fee and the duration of the license shall be annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly, or daily as set forth in this part.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57)
(a) 
For advertising by means of permanently constructed billboard or by bill posting on other than permanent billboard, there shall be a license fee of $25 per year for the first panel, plus $15 for each additional panel. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st.
(b) 
For advertising by means of handbills, dodgers, stickers, advertising samples, or similar devices there shall be a license fee of $2 per person, per day, or, in lieu thereof, $150 per year shall be paid for any number of such persons so distributing such advertising items. The annual license fee of $150 shall be automatically adjusted on October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st. The annual license fee shall not be prorated, and any prior license fees paid on a daily basis shall not apply toward the payment of such annual license fee.
(c) 
For advertising by means of searchlight or any similar device there shall be a license fee of $10 per month for each such device or $100 per year for any number of such devices. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st.
(d) 
For advertising by means of courtesy benches placed at bus stops, there shall be a license fee of $25 per year for the first bench, plus $3 for each additional bench. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st.
(Amended by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; Ord. 369, adopted 8-26-69; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
For any amusement center under one operation and one ownership and of a permanent character, the business license fee therefor shall be computed upon the gross receipts of said business in the manner set forth in Section 6255 of this part.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57)
For all amusements and amusement devices other than as provided in Section 6227 of this part, the following license fees are established:
(a) 
For each ride for children or similar concession, including miniature trains, merry-go-rounds, pony rides, speedways (small electric automobiles), small gasoline automobiles, pig slides, and the like, $15 per quarter;
(b) 
For each ride for adults or similar concession, including carousels, loop-o-planes, airplanes, Ferris wheels, sky flyers, scooters, ships, toonervilles, motorcycle rides, globes of death, magic carpets, rides-in-dark, or rides or devices of similar character, $30 per quarter;
(c) 
For each show or exhibition, including sideshows, mysteries, illusions, street telescopes, and animals, birds, minstrels, and the like, $25 per day for each show or exhibition;
(d) 
For each carnival, circus or tent show, $200 for the first day and $100 for each additional day; provided, however, when the carnival license fee is paid, no additional fee shall be required for shows or devices within the carnival. These fees shall be automatically adjusted on October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st. For the purposes of this section, "carnival" means a collection of shows, exhibitions, feats of strength, merchandise booths, games of skill, games of chance, or wheels of fortune presented or offered upon the streets or vacant property within the City other than shows included in Subsection (c) of this section.
Before any license may be issued hereunder, there shall be a fee of $500 deposited to guarantee that the premises shall be left in a clean, safe, and sanitary condition. In the event such premises are not left in such condition as approved by the Director of Public Works within two days from the closing of such carnival, circus, or tent show, the sum so deposited shall be forfeited to the City for the purpose of placing such premises in such condition as may be approved by the Director of Public works.
No license shall be issued for any carnival, circus, or tent show until a permit therefor has been issued, as provided in this article; and
(e) 
For sundry games or other devices, including shuffleboard, skeeball, or other games of like character, not operated by the insertion of a coin or slug, $35 per year for each unit.
(Amended by Ord. 142, adopted 3-8-60; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
For the first day of auction, there shall be a license fee of $50 and for each subsequent day in any one month there shall be a license fee of $10; provided, however, any regularly established livestock auction or establishment at a fixed place of business for the auction of objects of art or used items originating in the City shall be subject only to the gross receipts tax in the manner set forth in Section 6255. This license fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
No license shall be issued for any auction until a permit therefor has been issued, as provided in this article.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
For businesses that consist of more than six vendors in an open area that is either enclosed in a building or outside and where the vendors operate from individual stalls or spaces, the general operator of such an operation shall pay an annual license tax of $30 per vendor stall or space. This tax shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending August 31st.
If there is no general operator of the open-area, multi-vendor operation, then the person or organization to whom the individual vendors pay rent for such space will be responsible for the annual tax.
(Added by Ord. 840, adopted 1-13-87)
For open area businesses which operate for 30 days or less the general operator shall pay a license tax of one and no/100ths dollars ($1.00) per vendor stall or space per day. Provided, however, in no event shall the tax paid by the general operator of a multiple vendor open area operation be less than thirty and no/100ths dollars ($30.00) regardless of the number of vendors or the duration of the event. This tax shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
(Added by Ord. 840, adopted 1-13-87)
For each shoe shine parlor there shall be a license fee of six dollars per year per person engaged; provided, however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to persons employed in or conducting their business solely within barber shops or beauty parlors. This license fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
For any boxing or wrestling show exhibition, or contest, there shall be a license fee of $50 per day or $100 per quarter. These fees shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31. No license shall be issued for any such boxing or wrestling show, contest, or exhibition until a permit therefor has been issued, as provided in this article.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
The following license fees shall be paid for the following designated occupations or businesses:
(a) 
For pawnbrokers, $400 per month;
(b) 
For bail bond brokers, $250 per year;
(c) 
For brokers of goods, wares, or merchandise, $75 per year;
(d) 
For stock and bond brokers, $75 per year, plus four dollars per year for each employee;
(e) 
For collection agencies, $100, plus $15 per year for each employee;
(f) 
For employment agencies, $60 per year, plus four dollars per year for each employee;
(g) 
For detective agencies or private investigators, $40 per year, plus four dollars per year for each employee;
(h) 
For private patrols or night watch services, $40 per year, plus four dollars per year for each employee;
(i) 
For all other agencies, agents, or representatives, not including traveling salesmen, $40 per year, plus four dollars per year for each employee.
All fees in this section shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 191, adopted 2-13-62; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
For canvassing, soliciting or taking orders from house to house or from place to place in the City for any goods, wares, or merchandise, or any article to be delivered in the future, or for services to be performed at the present or in the future, there shall be a license fee of $25 for each quarter for each person so engaged. No person shall be issued a license for carrying on the businesses set forth in this section unless a permit therefor has been issued by the Chief of Police. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provisions of this article, the Tax Collector may issue a principal solicitors' license to every person either employing or contracting with one or more individuals for solicitors' services as hereinbefore defined. If a principal solicitor should elect to use the provisions of this section, no principal solicitors' license shall be issued until the applicant files with the Tax Collector a list of all solicitors employed or retained by the applicant, or with whom the applicant has a contract, and unless the applicant executes an agreement that he will, within five days therefor, notify the Tax Collector in writing of every change in personnel of those soliciting for him. In such event, the license fee for each solicitor shall be included within the principal solicitors' license fee, but each individual solicitor shall obtain a permit in accordance with Chapter 4 of this article relating to permit procedure. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to grant a principal solicitor the privilege of soliciting unless there is maintained in full force and effect for each individual solicitor a permit in accordance with the provisions of said Chapter 4. The license fee for a principal solicitors' license shall be $150 per year, with no proration thereof. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
(Added by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; amended by Ord. 426, adopted 10-24-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; repealed by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72)
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; repealed by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72)
(a) 
For the sale of Christmas trees, holly berries, wreaths, or mistletoe, except where such business is conducted in connection with another regularly established place of business for which a license has been issued, there shall be a license fee of $50, plus four dollars for each employee for each location where such items are sold. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
(b) 
Before any license may be issued hereunder, there shall be a fee of $250 deposited to guarantee that the premises shall be left in a clean, safe, and sanitary condition. In the event such premises are not left in such condition, as approved by the Director of Public Works, within two days from the date the sale of such items ceases at any such location, such sum shall be forfeited to the City and may be applied by the City for the purpose of placing such premises in such condition as may be approved by the Director of Public Works.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
For any window washer, house cleaner, gardening service, or any service of like nature for hire (except domestic help) there shall be an annual license fee of $30 per year. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
(Amended by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77; operated 1-1-78; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
For collecting articles to be cleaned, dyed, sponged, pressed, or laundered, there shall be a license fee of $35 per year per vehicle. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
The following license fee schedules shall apply to contractors:
(a) 
For each General or Engineering Contractor located within the City, there shall be a license fee of $62 per year. For each General or Engineering Contractor, acting as the prime contractor, not located in the City, and doing business within the City, there shall be a license fee of $62 per year, or a quarterly license fee of $19. In addition to this fee, there will be an additional fee based on the valuation of bid price of each project of $0.50 for each $1,000 valuation or fraction thereof.
(b) 
For all other contractors not specified in this section and located in the City, there shall be a license fee of $50 per year. For all other contractors not specified in this section, not located in the City, and doing business within the City, there shall be a license fee of $50 per year, or a quarterly license fee of $15.
These fees shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year, equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31. The provisions of State law defining a contractor and exempting incidence of construction from licensing shall control the application of the provisions of this section.
(Amended by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77, operative 1-1-78; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
(a) 
For the business of conducting or holding public dances at a regular location, there shall be licensee fee $140 per year. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
(b) 
For a public dance to which the public is admitted or at which the public is allowed to participate in the dancing carried on at a place other than a regularly licensed dance hall, there shall be a license fee of $15 per day. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
(c) 
No license shall be issued hereunder unless a permit as required by this article has been obtained.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
For carrying on the business of instruction in dancing where no charge is made for admission and dancing is not allowed other than in classes, there shall be a license fee of $25 per year, plus four dollars per year for each employee. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 412, adopted 11-23-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
For conducting any concert, lecture, motion picture, basketball game, indoor tennis match, theatrical performance, vaudeville performance, or any similar type of entertainment not otherwise specifically licensed hereunder where an admission fee is charged and the same is conducted on an occasional basis, there shall be a fee of fifteen and no/100ths dollars ($15.00) per day. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
(a) 
For any person or company maintaining functional corporate or regional administrative offices within the City where there are no direct sales or any goods, wares, or merchandise manufactured or processed, there shall be an annual license fee based upon the number of persons employed, including the proprietor, manager, officers, or other directing personnel, as follows:
Number of Employees
Fee
0 - 5
$ 25.00
6 - 10
36.00
11 – 15
48.00
16 – 20
58.00
21 – 25
68.00
26 – 30
78.00
31 – 40
82.00
41 – 50
92.00
51 – 60
102.00
61 – 70
112.00
71 – 80
122.00
81 – 90
132.00
91 – 100
142.00
over 100
143.00 plus $1.00 for each employee over 101
(b) 
The fees in this section shall be automatically adjusted on October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77, operative 1-1-78; repealed by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84; repealed by Ord. 1304, adopted 9-25-12)
(a) 
For every person operating a hotel, motel, apartment house, or any similar type of business offering living quarter rentals, there shall be a license fee as follows: for four rental units, $20 per year and six dollars for each unit over four in number.
(b) 
For the purpose of computing the fee required to be paid by this section, the provisions of Section 6204 notwithstanding, a person shall include in the measure of the tax the number of units from all businesses licensed by this section engaged in by him or her within the City, whether at one or more than one location. A rental unit, when owner occupied, shall not be included in such computation. The fees in this section shall be automatically adjusted on October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st.
(Added by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; amended by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77, operative 1-1-78; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
For every person who shall operate any temporary location or place of business of any kind, and not otherwise specifically licensed under this chapter, for the sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise, or services, there shall be a license fee of $50 per month. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
No person shall engage in the business of, or engage in the collection of, solid waste, recycled waste, green waste, or any discarded item unless a license has been issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(a) 
For each recycled waste, green waste, or discarded item collector who collects waste for possible reuse, there shall be a license fee of $123.57 per year for each vehicle used in such business.
(b) 
For each solid waste collector who collects waste for disposal, there shall be a license fee of $231.70 per year for each vehicle.
(c) 
For businesses that operate the same vehicles to conduct business in subsections (a) and (b), the fee shall be $231.70 per year for each vehicle.
(d) 
These fees shall be automatically adjusted on October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st.
(e) 
No person shall operate a solid waste, green waste, or discarded item collector vehicle within the City unless there is in effect a valid and existing public liability and property damage insurance policy on file with the City Clerk providing coverage as defined in a City Council Resolution.
(Amended by Ord. 53, adopted 9-10-57; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 421, adopted 5-23-72; Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77, operative 1-1-78; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84; Ord. 1029, adopted 10-8-96)
All businesses that receive solid waste for the purpose of transferring such waste for disposal or processing such waste for recycling or other uses shall pay an annual license fee indicated in Section 6251.2.
(a) 
Solid waste is all putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste and semi-solid wastes, generated in or upon, related to the occupancy or, remaining in or emanating from any premises, including without limitation, recyclable materials, garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, demolition and construction wastes, home and industrial appliances, manure or animal solid or semi-solid wastes and other solid and semi-solid wastes. Solid waste shall not include purchased materials.
(b) 
Gross receipts is all income generated from the sale of recyclable materials.
Solid waste business shall pay a license fee in an amount equal to the greater of 12% of gross receipts or one dollar ($1.00) per ton of solid waste disposed or processed at the facility. Starting in 1998, the per tonnage fee shall be automatically adjusted October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index, or successor index, for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st.
(Added by Ord. 1008, adopted 10-10-95)
(a) 
For loaning money, advancing credit, or loaning credit, whether or not security of any kind is taken for such loan or advance, or purchasing or discounting any obligation of money due or to become due, or any evidence of any obligation of money due or to become due, there shall be an annual license fee of $300 per year; provided, however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to any person, firm, or corporation conducting a banking business under the laws of the State, or to any holder of a pawnbroker's license, or to real estate brokers or mortgage loan companies separately covered in this chapter.
(b) 
This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
For selling services or goods by means of vending machines or for operating any amusement machine or device, or the entrance thereto or therein, is effected by the insertion of a coin or slug or opening, there shall be a license fee as follows:
(a) 
If locked boxes for storage, two dollars per year per lock or latch;
(b) 
For each music, sound, or other coin or slug-operated machine of like nature, $35 per year;
(c) 
For each amusement device, $35 per year;
(d) 
The fees in Section 6253(a), (b), and (c) shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31; and
(e) 
For owners of vending machines of goods or services other than as specified above, there shall be a total annual license fee for all such machines operated within the City measured by the gross receipts derived therefrom as set forth in Section 6255 of this Code.
Each machine licensed under this section shall have affixed thereto a current sticker as supplied by the License Collector. The licensee shall file with the License Collector a complete list of all machines within the City owned by him or under his control, including the name and address of the licensees, the kind of machine and the location where each machine is to be operated. The owner of the business establishment wherein the machine is located shall be responsible for the full amount of the license fee due hereunder in the event the owner of the machine or the one having control thereof has not paid the license fee when it is due and payable.
(Amended by Ord. 142, adopted 3-8-60; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 426, adopted 10-24-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
For each manufacturer or processor of any goods, wares, or merchandise, there shall be an annual license fee measured by gross receipts as follows:
GROSS RECEIPTS
FEE
A — Less than $50,000
$30.00
B — $50,000 to $200,000
$37.00, plus $0.10 for each $1,000 over $50,000
C — Over $200,000 to $500,000
$52.00, plus $0.12 for each $1,000 over $200,000
D — Over $500,000 to $1,500,000
$88.00, plus $0.15 for each $1,000 over $500,000
E — Over $1,500,000
$238.00, plus $0.18 for each $1,000 over $1,500,000
(Amended by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 426, adopted 10-24-72; Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77, operative 1-1-78)
(a) 
Every person who engages in the business of producing oil from any well located in the City shall pay an annual license tax, the amount of which shall be equal to the greater of the following:
(1) 
A tax based upon the number of employees engaged in the operation of such person's oil wells and computed in the manner set forth in Section 6254 of this part. Such amount shall be referred to in this section as "the minimum tax"; or
(2) 
Three cents times the number of barrels of oil in excess of 300 produced and shipped from each well during each calendar quarter of the calendar year. Such amount shall be referred to in this section as "the per barrel tax."
(b) 
Such license tax shall be payable and, if not paid, shall become delinquent as follows:
(1) 
An amount equal to the minimum annual tax shall be payable at the time, and shall become delinquent if not paid within the time, set forth in Section 6214 of Part 1 of this chapter for the payment of annual license taxes generally.
(2) 
The amount, if any, by which the sum of the cumulated amounts of the per barrel tax is in excess of the minimum tax, plus the per barrel tax theretofore paid, shall be payable on the first day of the month next succeeding each calendar quarter and shall become delinquent if not paid on or before the last day of said month.
(c) 
For the purpose of determining the tax:
(1) 
A well is deemed located within the City if any portion of the wellhead is located within the City, irrespective of the subsurface location of the well or the producing interval thereof.
(2) 
The calendar quarters of each year shall consist of the following: first quarter, January, February, and March; second quarter, April, May, and June; third quarter, July, August, and September; and fourth quarter, October, November, and December.
(3) 
A barrel of oil shall consist of 42 United States gallons of crude petroleum substances corrected for temperature variations in accordance with methods generally approved in the petroleum industry. "Petroleum substances" shall mean crude oil remaining after the removal therefrom of water and other impurities by preliminary processing in the vicinity of the well site preparatory to the shipment thereof.
(4) 
If oil produced from two or more wells shall be commingled without the production of the respective wells being separately measured, each well whose production has been so commingled shall be considered as having produced an equal part of the total.
(5) 
Oil "produced and shipped during a calendar quarter" shall mean oil produced from a well either before or during said calendar quarter which oil either has been sold to another or shipped from the well site during said calendar quarter.
(d) 
The license tax imposed under this section shall apply to that portion of the calendar year 1963 beginning on the effective date of this section, and to each calendar year thereafter.
(e) 
Every person required to have a license under this section shall on or before the last day of April, July, October, and January of each year file with the Tax Collector a report, upon the form provided by the Tax Collector, setting forth such information as the Tax Collector shall require, including:
(1) 
The name or other identification of all oil wells located in the City operated by him during the calendar quarter involved.
(2) 
The number of barrels of oil produced and shipped from each of said wells during the preceding quarter.
(3) 
The computation of said per barrel tax with respect to such production due the City.
At the time of filing said report he shall also pay to the Tax Collector any additional license tax which may be shown to be due. Said report must be signed by the person required to have the license or by a managing office or agent thereof.
(f) 
Every person required to have a license under this section shall keep full, true, and accurate records of the amount of oil produced and shipped or sold by him from wells located within the City and shall upon the demand of the Tax Collector, make said records, together with any shipping documents or sales invoices, pertaining to such oil, available for the inspection of the Tax Collector at all reasonable times.
(g) 
In the event any person required to have a license under this section fails to file a report of the quarterly production and shipment of oil from his wells as hereinabove provided, or the information filed in such report is insufficient to enable the Tax Collector to compute the license tax liability of such persons, the Tax Collector, by such method as he may deem appropriate, shall estimate the amount of the tax due from said person. Notice thereof may be sent by the Tax Collector to such person by registered mail to his latest address as shown on the City's records, and unless within thirty days thereafter a proper statement is filed by such person with the Tax Collector, said estimate shall become a final and binding determination of the amount of the tax due.
(Added by Ord. 227, adopted 7-8-63)
For every person conducting, managing, or carrying on any business or profession, whether as mentioned or otherwise, or in any manner doing business within the City and not otherwise specifically licensed by this chapter, there shall be an annual license fee measured by gross receipts as follows:
GROSS RECEIPTS
FEES
A – Less than $50,000
$30.00
B - $50,000 to $200,000
$36.00, plus $0.12 for each $1,000 over $50,000
C – Over $200,000 to $500,000
$54.00, plus $0.18 for each $1,000 over $200,000
D – Over $500,000 to $1,500,000
$108.00, plus $0.24 for each $1,000 over $500,000
E – Over $1,500,000
$348.00 plus $0.26 for each $1,000 over $1,500,000
(Amended by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71; Ord. 412, adopted 11-23-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77, operative 1-1-78)
Each peddler or person selling or offering for sale any goods, wares, or merchandise from house to house or place to place within the City, shall pay a license fee in an amount as set forth hereinafter:
(a) 
When peddling at retail on a regularly established business route, there shall be a tax of $56.07 per year for each vehicle;
(b) 
When peddling at retail on an irregular business route, there shall be a license fee of $100 per year;
(c) 
When peddling exclusively at wholesale to any established business within the City, for the use of such place of business in conducting their respective businesses, or by rendering any service in connection with such established business, there shall be a license fee of $50 per year for each vehicle;
(d) 
These license fees shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31;
(e) 
If the peddler operation consists of three of more vehicles then, without regard to the ownership of the vehicles, the person or organization who organizes the peddler operation or provides the merchandise to the individual peddlers will be responsible for the annual tax.
(Amended by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77, operative 1-1-78; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84; Ord. 843, adopted 1-27-87)
(a) 
For photographing, soliciting, or taking orders for photographs of photographic work, or selling or giving coupons for photographic work, and having no fixed place or business within the City, there shall be a license fee of $100 per year per person. If requiring a deposit in advance of the final delivery of any such work or services, the applicant shall, before obtaining a license as required by this chapter, file with the License Collector a bond in the penal sum of $1,000, executed by an established surety company, or, in lieu thereof, shall make a cash deposit in the sum of $1,000, conditioned upon making final delivery of the finished photographic work in accordance with the terms of such order, or, failing therein, that the advanced payment on such order be refunded and conditioned, further, that any person aggrieved by this action, for any such person soliciting or taking orders for photographic work or selling coupons for photographic work, as hereinbefore in this section set forth, shall have a right of action on the bond for the recovery of money or damages, or both. Said bond shall be retained by the City for a period of 30 days after the expiration of the license granted at the time of the filing of said bond.
(b) 
The license fees set forth in this section shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
(a) 
Every person practicing a profession in the fields of medicine, law, dentistry, and engineering within the City shall pay a license fee of $75 per year, plus four dollars per year for each employee. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31. Shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending August 31.
(b) 
For the purpose of this section, "person" shall mean each natural person practicing his or her profession pursuant to a license issued by the State, whether as an employee of a professional corporation, in a partnership, association, or otherwise, and "employee" shall mean each nonprofessional person working for such individual as described above, professional corporation, partnership, or association.
(c) 
A licensed professional, as designated in this section, practicing only as an employee and where the employer is not a professional corporation and whose employer is licensed under some other provision of this chapter, shall not be required to be licensed pursuant to the provisions of this section. A licensed professional, as designated in this section, employed by a professional corporation, but not a stockholder therein, shall not be required to be licensed pursuant to the provisions of this section.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 446, adopted 12-26-73; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
For every person engaged in the business of sign writing, sign painting, sign hanging, or sign maintenance or repair (other than neon or electric signs) within the City, there shall be a license fee of $30 per year. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
For taxicabs or other motor propelled vehicles for hire with drivers, there shall be a license fee of thirty-five and no/100ths dollars ($35.00) per year for each vehicle. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
Every person not having a fixed place of business within the City, and not being otherwise subject to licensing herein, who delivers or transports goods, wares, or merchandise of any kind by vehicle within the City shall pay $25 per year for each vehicle. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to carriers subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission of the State.
(Amended by Ord. 360, adopted 2-10-69; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77, operative 1-1-78; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
For selling at wholesale any goods, wares, produce or merchandise, there shall be an annual license fee measured by gross receipts as follows:
GROSS RECEIPTS
FEES
A — Less than $50,000
$30.00
B — $50,000 to $200,000
$40.00 plus $0.08 for each $1,000 over $50,000
C — Over $200,000 to $500,000
$52.00 plus $0.09 for each $1,000 over $200,000
D — Over $500,000 to $1,500,000
$79.00 plus $0.11 for each $1,000 over $500,000
E — Over $1,500,000
$189.00, plus $0.12 for each $1,000 over $1,500,000
(Repealed by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; reenacted by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; amended by Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77, operative 1-1-78)
(a) 
For wrecking or salvaging automobiles or vessels, there shall be a license fee of $200 per year. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31. "Wrecking" shall mean the business of buying or trading in secondhand used or wrecked automobiles or vessels and reselling the parts thereof, or building automobiles or vessels from the salvaged parts of such automobiles or vessels and selling the same, or the wrecking or salvaging of automobiles or vessels on a contract basis.
(b) 
No license shall be issued hereunder unless a permit therefor has been issued by the Chief of Police.
(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
For any studio requiring a permit under Sections 6581 et seq. of this Code, the license fee shall be $400 per year. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
(Added by Ord. 343, adopted 3-11-68; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
For any massage business or parlor requiring a permit under Sections 6553 et seq. of this Code, the license fee shall be $400 annually. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.
(Added by Ord. 420, adopted 5-23-72; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)
The amounts of money established and required to be paid by Sections 6225 through 6270 are hereby increased by 10%, but no such increase shall exceed $100 per annum. This section shall not be operative after midnight, December 31, 1980.
(Added by Ord. 607, adopted 10-23-79; amended by Ord. 629, adopted 8-26-80)
Each person selling fireworks at wholesale to any fireworks stand in the City shall pay a license fee of $100, plus $0.50 for each $1,000 of gross receipts, with no proration thereof.
(Added by Ord. 545, adopted 5-30-78)