All taxes except those otherwise specifically taxed, shall be one set rate.
(prior code § 10-1.301; Ord. 78-09 § 4)
Every person engaged in business in the city whether or not at a fixed place of business in such city, in the business of:
A. 
Selling at retail any goods, wares, merchandise or other things of value;
B. 
Manufacturing, fabrication, processing, producing, growing, wholesaling or jobbing any goods, wares, merchandise or other things of value;
C. 
Any profession or semi-profession;
D. 
Contractors including subcontractors; or
E. 
Any other business or businesses; shall pay to the city unless such business is otherwise specifically taxed by other provisions of this chapter, an annual license tax of sixty dollars ($60.00) per annum except as specified elsewhere in this chapter.
(prior code § 10-1.302; Ord. 78-09 § 4.1)
Rental units to include houses, or apartments shall be licensed at the rate of four dollars ($4.00) per dwelling unit per annum. Rental unit as licensed in this chapter shall include two or more dwelling units offered for rent by any one person.
(prior code § 10-1.303; Ord. 78-09 § 4.2)
Hotels and motels shall be licensed at the rate of three dollars ($3.00) for each dwelling unit per annum.
(prior code § 10-1.304; Ord. 78-09 § 4.3)
Trailer parks shall be licensed at the rate of two dollars ($2.00) for each trailer space per annum.
(prior code § 10-1.305; Ord. 78-09 § 4.4)
For delivery, trucking or sales to any retail dealer, or manufacturer within the city possessing a valid city business license, or to any public agency the license fee, shall be ten dollars ($10.00) per person or per vehicle for thirty (30) days or an annual business license as provided elsewhere in this chapter.
(prior code § 10-1.306; Ord. 78-09 § 4.5)
Concessions or rides other than carnivals including miniature train, merry-go-round, ferris wheel, loop-o-plane or other devices of similar character shall pay a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per ride or device for thirty (30) days or sixty dollars ($60.00) per year.
(prior code § 10-1.309; Ord. 78-09 § 4.8)
The license fee for closeout, bankruptcy business, fire damage or other similar goods, wares, or merchandise sales shall be sixty dollars ($60.00) for the first thirty (30) days, plus ten dollars ($10.00) per day over thirty (30) days.
(prior code § 10-1.310; Ord. 78-09 § 4.9)
The promoter or coordinator of any occasional bazaar or crafts fair shall pay a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per day for the entire event. This section shall only apply to occasional bazaars, craft fairs and the like where individual artisans display for purpose of sale only such goods, crafts and works which they have personally created.
(prior code § 10-1.311; Ord. 78-09 § 4.10)
Every person who carries on, practices or professes to practice the business or art of astrology, palmistry, phrenology, life-reading, fortune-telling, caromancy, clairvoyance, crystal-gazing, hypnotism, mediumship, prophesy, augury, or divination, and demands or receives a fee directly, either as a gift, donation, or otherwise, or who gives an exhibition thereof at any place where an admission fee is charged, shall pay one hundred ($100.00) dollars per week.
(prior code § 10-1.312; Ord. 78-09 § 4.11)
Commencing, transacting or carrying on any business in the home in a residential zone where the annual gross receipts are one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars or less shall be governed by Section 5.04.380. Home occupations whose gross receipts exceed one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars shall pay a license fee as, provided in Section 5.04.220. In addition, all provisions in the zoning ordinance shall be met.
(prior code § 1.313; Ord. 78-09 § 4.12)
The maximum amount required to be paid by any person under the provisions of this section for engaging in any business or businesses at any one location or branch in the city shall be three hundred ($300.00) dollars.
(prior code § 10-1.314; Ord. 78-09 § 4.13)
Using July 1, 1978 as the first day of the base year, whenever the consumer price index for the state of California as computed by the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Statistics, increases or decreases by ten (10) percent, the tax collector shall notify the city council. Upon such notification the city council may increase license fees by the cost of living increase rounded off to the nearest dollar. Such increases shall take effect on July first of each year.
(prior code § 10-1.315; Ord. 78-09 § 4.14)
In any year in which the youth day committee applies for a parade permit, it may at the same time apply for a franchise and exclusive permit for the sale of non-alcoholic beverages and food on the public streets and sidewalks designated on the proposed parade route. A daily franchise fee of ten ($10.00) dollars shall accompany the application. If the parade permit is issued, then, unless the city clerk or chief of po1ice finds that the public health or safety will be adversely affected, the city may also issue an exclusive franchise for the sale of non-alcoholic beverages and food along the parade route during the hours designated for the parade. Violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine identified in Section 5.04.670. Any person selling or offering to sell non-alcoholic beverages or food in an area during the hours designated by the franchise shall be in violation of this section.
(prior code § 10-1.316; Ord. 2003-04 § 2)
A. 
Peddling. It is unlawfu1 for any person to peddle, solicit, hawk, vend or attempt to vend any merchandise, goods, wares, insurance or other tangible or intangible things, or distribute samples to the occupants or owners of any residence or dwelling place in the city limits without having been invited or requested to do so by the owner or occupant. Nothing in this section precludes door-to-door solicitation of businesses in commercial and industrial zones, provided that solicitation does not extend to owners or occupants of any residence or dwelling within or on the fringes of the aforementioned zones.
B. 
Handbills. It is unlawful for any person to distribute or cause to be distributed in the city, any handbills or any printed or written advertising matter by placing or causing the same to be placed in any automobile, mailbox, or yard or on any porch or to attach the same to any part of any house, apartment house or other building, where the occupant thereof has complained about the distribution of such advertising matter on his or her premises or objected to. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to apply to any legal notices permitted or required by law to be posted upon or affixed to any part of any dwelling house, apartment house, other building or premises.
C. 
Close out sales.
1. 
It is unlawful for any person to advertise or conduct any sale of goods, wares or merchandise, at retail, that is represented as a bankrupt, insolvent assignees, adjusters, trustees, executors, administrators, receivers, wholesalers, jobbers, manufacturers, closing out, liquidation, closing stock, fire or water damage sale, or any other sale which is by representation or advertisement intended to lead the public to believe that the person conducting such sale is selling out or closing out the goods, wares or merchandise of any business for less than the current or going retail price thereof, in the city, without first filing the inventory provided in subsection (C)(2) with the city clerk, and obtaining from him or her a license to do so, to be known as a "closing out sale license.'
2. 
The inventory required by subsection (C)(1) of this section shall contain a complete and accurate list of the stock of goods, wares and merchandise to be sold at any sale for which a license is required by this section, together with the wholesale price thereof. This inventory or list shall be signed by the person seeking the license, or by a resident agent thereunto authorized, and by affidavit to the foot thereof he or she or such agent shall swear or affirm that the information therein given is full and true and known by him or her or such agent to be so.
3. 
It is unlawful to sell, offer or expose for sale at any such sale, or to list on such inventory, any goods, wares or merchandise which are not the regular stock of the store or other place, the business of which is to be closed out by such sale, or to make any replenishments or additions to such stock for the purposes of such sale during the time thereof, or to fail, neglect or refuse to keep accurate records of the articles or things sold, from which records the city clerk may ascertain the kind and quantity or number sold.
4. 
The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to trustees in bankruptcy, executors, administrators, receiver or public officer's action under judicial process.
(prior code § 10-1.317; Ord. 88-07 § 7(part))