Every person who, at a fixed place of business within the City, conducts or carries on a business or occupation, of the classes described in this article, shall pay a license tax in the amounts set forth in this article, and shall conduct such business in accordance with the provisions and regulations set forth in this title for the conduct of such business.
(Prior Code § 15-38(b))
(a) 
The annual license tax for every business conducting, carrying on or managing the business of advertising distribution or sales is $80.
(b) 
For the purposes of this section, "advertising distribution and sales" includes the distributing or sale of dodgers, handbills, circulars, printed advertisements, cards, tickets or advertising samples of merchandise. It also includes the publication or distribution of shopping news or similar paper, which is distributed without charge to the recipients and has no paid subscription list. It shall also include the sale of advertising time or space on, in or by means of any news media, including but not necessarily limited to newspapers, periodicals, radio and television. It shall also include and mean the doing of any act or series of acts of distributing or selling advertising by any means or in any manner specified in this subsection. This section does not apply to job printers; see Section 4-3.3101, Printer or lithographer.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(4), 15-38A)
For the license tax on an animal exhibit, see Sections 4-3.345, Circus, carnival, animal exhibit, itinerant show, rodeo and sports exhibit, and 4-3.393, Parade.
(Prior Code § 15-38(b)(9))
(a) 
The annual license tax for every person keeping or managing an apartment house having four or more apartments available for rental is as follows:
(1) 
From four to six units, $60;
(2) 
From seven to 10 units, $80;
(3) 
From 11 to 25 units, one hundred dollars ( ($100.00);
(4) 
From 26 to 50 units, $120;
(5) 
Fifty-one units or more, $140.
(b) 
For the purpose of this section, "apartment house" means a building or buildings under single ownership each having residence units (apartments) for four or more families living independently of each other, with facilities for doing their own cooking and for other permanent residential needs of families within such residence unit. The number of units shall be based on the total number of units in all buildings operated by the licensee within the City; provided, however, that a unit actually occupied by the licensee or by his agent or employee as manager of the apartment house shall not be counted as a unit for purposes of this provision.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(11), 15-38A)
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Editor's Note: Section 4-3.312 was amended by request of the City Attorney.
For the license tax on an arcade, see Chapter 4-6 of this Code, Coin-Operated Machines.
(Prior Code § 15-38(b)(13))
(a) 
The annual license tax for every person engaging in the practice of auctioneering or operating an auction house or auction company, non-proratable, is $100.
(b) 
As used in this section:
"Auction"
means a sale transaction conducted by means of oral or written exchanges between an auctioneer and the members of his or her audience, which exchanges consist of a series of invitations for offers for the purchase of goods made by the auctioneer and offers to purchase made by members of the audience and culminate in the acceptance by the auctioneer of the highest or most favorable offer made by a member of the participating audience.
"Auction company"
means any person who, as a part of the person's business, arranges, manages, sponsors, advertises or carries out auctions.
"Auctioneer"
means an individual who is engaged in, or who by advertising or otherwise holds himself or herself out as being available to engage in, the calling for, the recognition of and the acceptance of, offers for the purchase of goods at an auction.
(Prior Code § 15-38(b)(15); Ord. 83-1055, eff. 7/30/83)
The annual license tax for every person conducting or maintaining an automobile wrecking business, where wrecked or damaged automobiles are bought or sold in whole or in part, is $200.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(22), 15-38A)
(a) 
The license tax for every person who sells any bankrupt, assigned or damaged goods, wares or merchandise, other than at auction, is $100 per day.
(b) 
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any stock of goods owned by any person actually conducting a permanent business in this City whose stock has been assigned in bankruptcy or damaged by casualty.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(23), 15-38A)
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Editor's Note: See also Chapter 4-13, Closing-Out and Other Special Sales.
The annual license tax for a barbershop is $40 for one chair, and $10 for each additional chair in use.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(24), 15-38A)
(a) 
The annual license tax for every person conducting, managing, carrying on, keeping, maintaining or furnishing steam baths, turkish baths or any similar type of bath, or providing massage or alcohol rubs, whether or not conducted with or as a part of any other business paying a license under the provisions of this chapter, is $80.
(b) 
Repealed.
(c) 
Repealed.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(25), 15-38A; Ord. 2007-10, eff. 7/5/07)
The annual license tax for every person conducting, carrying on or managing a beauty parlor, manicure parlor, or where facial massage, hair-dressing fomentations or electric or magnetic treatments are administered, is $40 for one operator, and $10 for each additional operator.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(26), 15-38A)
(a) 
The annual license tax for every person conducting, carrying on or managing the business of bill posting or sign advertising by means of billboards or advertising signs on boards, fences, posts, buildings or other structures, or advertising by means of posting, hanging or otherwise affixing or displaying bills, signs or other advertisements in or upon vehicles or upon aircraft or towed by aircraft, is $80.
(b) 
The provisions of this section shall not apply to bulletin boards, newspapers or signs posted on any building by the person conducting business therein, advertising his own business, or to owners of real estate or their agents advertising their property for sale or lease when posted upon the property advertised for sale or lease.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(27), 15-38A)
The annual license tax for every person operating, conducting or managing a bowling alley is $20 for each bowling lane, to a maximum of $500.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(33), 15-38A)
The annual license tax on the business of brokering bail bonds, business opportunities, food, futures, hay, grain, cotton, stocks, bonds, investment securities, real estate or other interests which do not involve the having or carrying on hand of a stock of merchandise for delivery to purchasers, for each broker, member, partner or other person sharing or entitled to share in the profits of the business, but not including salesmen and similar employees paid on a commission or percentage basis per sale, is $80 for one such broker, member, partner or other person, and $40 for each additional such broker, partner, member or other person.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(35), 15-38A)
(a) 
No license shall be issued for the operation of a commercial cardroom or card table within the City.
(b) 
For the purposes of this section:
"Cardroom"
means any building or temporary structure or any room or space therein in which is conducted any game of chance, including the game of draw poker and any or all variations thereof, played with cards, for the gain or profit of the person maintaining the cardroom or conducting the game, in which a charge is made by any person for playing in the game, either in the form of a rental or fee for the use of any seat, card table or space in the building, or for participation in the game in the form of a percentage or fixed fee taken out of the stakes for which the game is played.
"Card table"
includes any table, desk, blanket, space or area on or at which is played any game of chance, including the game of draw poker, and any or all variations thereof, with cards, for the gain or profit of the person maintaining the card table or conducting any game of chance thereat, in which a charge is made by any person for playing in the game, either in the form of a rental or fee for the use of any seat, card table or space, or for participation in the game in the form of a percentage or fixed fee taken out of the stakes for which the game is played.
"Person maintaining the building or temporary structure or conducting the game"
includes the owner, tenant, permittee or licensee having the use of the building or space or card table, or any employee of such person, or any shill for such person.
(Prior Code § 15-38(b)(41))
For the license tax on a carnival, see Section 4-3.345, Circus, carnival, animal exhibit, itinerant show, rodeo and sports exhibit.
(Prior Code § 15-38(b)(42))
The annual license tax for every person engaged in the business of selling Christmas trees is $40. The license tax shall not be proratable.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(43), 15-38A)
(a) 
The annual license tax for every person carrying on the business of a collection agency is $80.
(b) 
The tax required by this section shall be in addition to the license taxes required by any other provisions of this title.
(c) 
For the purposes of this section, "collection agency" means an establishment for the collection of accounts, notes, obligations or debts for others for a compensation or fee.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(48), 15-38A)
(a) 
The annual license tax for every person engaged in any type of contracting or specialty contracting for which a state license is required under the provisions of the Business and Professions Code of the State is $80. Any contractor who sells merchandise at a retail outlet within the City, in connection with the contracting business, shall pay an additional annual license tax of $20.
(b) 
This section shall apply to any person who, for himself or others, engages in the business of erecting or constructing houses for the purpose of leasing, renting or selling them, and who does not employ a licensed contractor therefor. This section shall not apply to any person building, repairing or altering any building occupied by himself or his family upon completion of the building, repairing or altering.
(c) 
Every person engaged in the business of a contractor must produce evidence that he holds a valid state contractor's license before a license will be issued pursuant to this title.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(49), 15-38A)
(a) 
The annual license tax on every person conducting, carrying or managing the business of a credit bureau or credit reporting agency is $80.
(b) 
The license tax required by this section shall be in addition to the license tax required for the carrying on of any other kind of business licensed by any other section of this title.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(50), 15-38A)
The annual license tax for every person conducting, managing or carrying on any dancing, voice, music, art or crafts school, class or academy is as follows:
(a) 
When operated in a single-family residential district in accordance with a home occupation permit issued under the zoning provisions of the City, $40;
(b) 
All others, $80.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(52), 15-38A)
The annual license tax for every person engaged in the managing, conducting or operating of a delivery or messenger service, which does not include retail sales as a part of such business, is $80.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(53), 15-38A)
The annual license tax for every person selling goods, wares or merchandise by conducting a party demonstration is $80.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(55), 15-38A)
The annual license tax for every person selling goods, wares or merchandise, including food and food products of every description, except food and food products produced by such person on his own farm or ranch, having a fixed place of business within the City, whereby distribution and sales are conducted through the use of trucks, vans, wagons or other vehicles, whether motorized or not, is $80.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(57), 15-38A)
The annual license tax for every restaurant, cafe or cafeteria or other eating place where no entertainment, as the same is defined in Chapter 4-7 of this title, is provided, is as follows:
(a) 
With a seating capacity of 50 seats or less, $60;
(b) 
With a seating capacity of 51 seats or more, $100;
(c) 
For drive-in establishments where the food or beverages are served in vehicles on the premises, whether some seating is available for service or not, $150;
(d) 
For take-out establishments where food or beverages are served only at take-out windows, $80.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(61), 15-38A)
The annual license tax for every person engaged in managing, conducting or operating the business of providing employment services is $80.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(62), 15-38A)
(a) 
The annual license tax for every person conducting, managing, carrying on, keeping, maintaining or furnishing an exercise or health studio or club, whether or not conducted with or as a part of any other business, paying a license tax under the provisions of this chapter, is $80.
(b) 
In addition to the license fees set out in subsection (a) of this section, all persons conducting, managing, carrying on, keeping, maintaining or furnishing an exercise or health studio or club, shall keep and maintain the same in a safe, clean, healthful and sanitary condition, and shall permit authorized officers of the City, including but not limited to representatives of the Health Department, Police Officers, Fire Inspectors and Building Inspectors to enter the premises at all reasonable times to inspect the premises as to their safe, clean, healthful and sanitary condition.
(c) 
All persons carrying on a business licensed under this section shall maintain the premises on which the business is operated in accordance with all applicable codes and ordinances, and shall promptly comply with any order of an authorized representative of the Health, Police, Fire or Building Departments to correct any condition which is found by the representative to constitute other than a safe, clean, healthful and sanitary condition on or within the premises. Failure of any person licensed under the provisions of this section to maintain the premises on which the business is conducted in a safe, clean, healthful and sanitary manner, or failure or refusal of such person to comply with an order of an authorized representative of the Health, Police, Fire or Building Departments to ensure that the premises shall be in a safe, clean, healthful and sanitary condition, shall constitute a violation of this chapter and shall be grounds for revocation of the license to operate the business as provided in this chapter.
(d) 
Repealed by Ord. 2007-10.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(63.1), 15-38A; Ord. 2007-10, eff. 7/5/07)
For the license tax on an exhibit, see Section 4-3.345, Circus, carnival, animal exhibit, itinerant show, rodeo or sports exhibit.
(Prior Code § 15-38(b)(64))
Every person providing electrical, gas, telephone, telegraph, water or cable television service within the City shall pay an annual license tax based upon the number of employees of the business in the same manner as provided for wholesale sales and other businesses paying such a license tax under the provisions of this chapter. See Section 4-3.3147 of this Code, Wholesale sales, etc. However, if such person, in accordance with an existing franchise from the City, pays a franchise tax to the City, based upon the gross receipts from the operation of the franchised business, this provision shall not apply, and no business license tax need be paid in addition to the franchise tax.
(Prior Code § 15-38(b)(69))
The annual license tax for every person conducting or managing a hospital, maternity home, sanitarium, rest home or convalescent home, for each bed therein, is $10; provided, that the annual license tax under this provision shall not exceed $500. This section does not apply to residential home care facilities providing care for six or fewer persons.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(76), 15-38A)
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Editor's Note: Section 4-3.372 was amended by request of the City Attorney.
(a) 
Every person conducting, carrying on or managing a hotel, motel or auto court shall pay an annual license tax based on the number of units therein for rental as follows:
(1) 
From one to 10 units, $80;
(2) 
From 11 to 25 units, $100;
(3) 
From 26 to 50 units, $120;
(4) 
From 51 to 75 units, $140;
(5) 
Seventy-six units or more, $160.
(b) 
An additional license tax shall be required for each classification of business operated in conjunction with that provided for in this section.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(77), 15-38A)
The annual license tax on every person engaged in managing, conducting or operating the business of an interior decorator and designer, except when the same is provided without additional charge, as an incident to the sale of furniture or furnishings, is $80.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(78), 15-38A)
The annual license tax for every person conducting, carrying on or maintaining the business of dealing in junk or collecting junk is $200.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(80), 15-38A)
The annual license tax for every person engaged in the conduct of a laboratory, whether medical, dental, chemical, bacteriological or other, not producing any goods for sale, is $80.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(81), 15-38A)
The annual license tax for every person engaged in managing, conducting or operating the business of repairing locks or sharpening tools or blades is $60.
(Prior Code § 15-38(b)(85))
For the license tax on manufacturing, including food processing, packing, canning, freezing, of all foods or beverages, and the production of dairy products, see Section 4-3.3147, Wholesale sales, etc.
(Prior Code § 15-38(b)(86))
(a) 
Every person conducting, carrying on or managing a mobile home or trailer park shall pay an annual license tax as follows:
(1) 
From one to 10 units, $100;
(2) 
From 11 to 25 units, $130;
(3) 
From 26 to 50 units, $150;
(4) 
From 51 to 75 units, $180;
(5) 
Seventy-six units or more, $200.
(b) 
"Unit," as used in this section, includes developed spaces available for rental for the placing of trailers. An additional license tax shall be required for each classification of business operated in conjunction with a mobile home or trailer park.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(90), 15-38A)
(a) 
The annual license tax for every person engaged in the business of publishing newspapers, magazines or periodicals, less than six days per week, is $80, and in addition thereto, that person shall pay a license fee for all job printing.
(b) 
The annual license tax for every person engaged in the business of publishing a newspaper, magazine or periodical six days or more per week in the City is $200, and in addition thereto that person shall pay a license fee for all job printing.
(c) 
For the purposes of this section, a "newspaper," "magazine" or "periodical" means such as has a regular paid subscription list, excepting papers printed or issued by schools or colleges.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(95), 15-38A)
(a) 
Every person conducting, carrying on or managing a building having four or more rental units therein for office or commercial purposes shall pay an annual license tax as follows:
(1) 
From four to 10 units, $80;
(2) 
From 11 to 25 units, $100;
(3) 
From 26 to 50 units, $120;
(4) 
Fifty-one units or more, $140.
(b) 
For the purpose of this section, "office or commercial building" means a building or buildings having office or commercial units or spaces for four or more businesses, so constructed with partitions, partial partitions or movable partitions, as to permit commercial businesses or offices to operate in such units independently of each other, but such units need not have separate sanitary or other like facilities. The number of units referred to in this section shall be based on the total number of such units in all buildings operated by the licensee within the City; provided, that a unit actually occupied by the licensee or his employee or agent, as manager of the building or buildings, shall not be counted as a unit for purposes of this provision.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(97), 15-38A)
(a) 
The annual license tax for every person, other than one having a fixed place of business in the City, engaged in the business of using the public streets of the City for the operation of motor vehicles in wholesale deliveries of foods, food products, petroleum products or other goods or merchandise, and sold by such persons at wholesale, is $120.
(b) 
Any person so engaged shall not be relieved from compliance with the provisions of this section by associating temporarily with any dealer or merchant, or by reason of conducting such business in connection with or in the name of any local dealer or merchant. The provisions of this subsection shall have no application to motor vehicle carriers certificated by the Public Utilities Commission of the state, or when the sale, delivery or distribution of merchandise by such motor vehicle carriers within the City is occasional and incidental to business conducted elsewhere.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(98), 15-38A)
(a) 
The annual license tax for every person carrying on the business of money lending when loans are secured by pledge of personal property, or operating a pawnshop, is $300.
(b) 
For the purpose of this section, "pawnbroker" means and includes every person managing, conducting or carrying on the business of loaning money, either for himself or for any other person, and receiving goods, wares or merchandise as a pledge or pawn in security for the payment of same, or who purchases articles of personal property and resells, or agrees to resell, such personal property to vendors or their assigns at prices agreed upon at or before the time of such purchase; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to persons exempt from the payment of municipal license taxes under state or Federal laws.
(c) 
Each such person is required to keep a book in which shall be entered at the time of purchase, written legibly in the English language, a true and accurate description of every article purchased, pledged with or received by him; the name, residence and an accurate description of the vendor or person from whom received; the amount paid for such article; and the date and hour of purchase or reception. Such book shall be preserved intact for the space of one year from the date of the last entry therein, and shall be exhibited upon request to any police officer of the City. The Council shall have the power to revoke any such pawnbroker's license without notice, and the money representing the unused portion of such license shall be forfeited to the City.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(101), 15-38A)
(a) 
The annual license tax for every person, whether individually or as a partner, agent or employee, who engages in business in the City as a hawker or peddler of goods, wares or merchandise, is $500.
(b) 
Upon making application for, and before receiving such a license, each such person shall submit to being fingerprinted and an identification record made by the Police Department of this City, and a record of the fingerprints and the identification records shall be filed with and maintained by the Police Department, and no such license shall be issued until approved by the Police Department following a check of the record and fingerprints by the Police Department; provided, that if no report is made by the Police Department within 45 days after the taking of the fingerprints and identification record, then it shall be deemed an approval of such issuance and such license shall issue.
(c) 
As to persons licensed under this section, the provisions of Section 4-1.33 providing for the prorating of annual licenses in the event of the commencement of a business after the beginning of a license year shall not be applicable, so that the full annual license tax shall be payable regardless of the time during the license year when such business is commenced.
(d) 
The provisions of this section shall not apply to a person who is specifically licensed elsewhere under the terms and provisions of this title, who maintains a fixed place of business in the City and who, as an incident only to the business so otherwise licensed, peddles or hawks goods, wares or merchandise.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(102), 15-38A; Ord. 84-1088 § 7, eff. 12/6/84)
The annual license tax on a pool hall or billiard parlor with one pool, billiard or snooker table is $80. For each additional such table, the annual license tax is $20.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(105), 15-38A)
(a) 
The annual license tax for every accountant, adjuster, appraiser, assayer, architect, attorney, chiropodist, chiropractor, consulting engineer or consultant in any of the sciences, dentist, engineer, geologist, oculist, optometrist, physician, surveyor, veterinarian or any other member of a recognized profession or calling similar to those enumerated in this section, whether practicing individually or as a member of a partnership, firm or association, is $80.
(b) 
Nothing in this section shall be construed or deemed to apply to any person engaged in any of the professions or occupations enumerated solely as the employee of any other person conducting, carrying on or managing such business, occupation or profession in the City, but if such employee shares in the profits of the business, he shall be liable for the tax. A separate tax must be paid by each member of each such firm, association or partnership.
(c) 
Any person conducting two or more such businesses, occupations or professions at the same place of business shall be required to take out one license where conducted at the same place of business, but the license shall specify the businesses, occupations or professions for which the license is issued and the applicable license tax for each business paid.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(109), 15-38A)
The annual license tax on every person who, for any compensation whatsoever, carries on or manages the business of selling tickets for or promoting any activity, event, fund drive or similar activity on behalf of any actual or purported charitable, political, philanthropic, social service, benevolent or patriotic club, corporation, association or person within the City, for which a paid admission is charged or collected, or as a part of which funds are solicited, donated or received, is $500.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(110), 15-38A)
The daily license tax on any person conducting or operating any flying horses, merry-go-rounds, Ferris wheels or other riding devices, when such flying horses, merry-go-rounds, Ferris wheels or other riding devices are not shown with any other circus, show, game, attraction or carnival, otherwise licensed under this title for each ride or device, is $20.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(116), 15-38A; Ord. 84-1088 § 8, eff. 12/6/84)
For the license tax on a rodeo, see Section 4-3.345, Circus, animal exhibit, itinerant show, rodeo and sports exhibit.
(Prior Code § 15-38(b)(117))
The annual license tax on every person keeping or conducting a rooming house or boardinghouse where there are three or more rooms rented for sleeping purposes, for from three to six rooms, is $80. For each additional room, the annual license tax is $10.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(118), 15-38A)
(a) 
The license tax for every person carrying on the business of shooting gallery, unless the same is a part of any other show, game, attraction or carnival otherwise licensed under this title, is as follows:
(1) 
Twenty dollars per day;
(2) 
Eighty dollars per month;
(3) 
One hundred sixty dollars per quarter;
(4) 
Four hundred eighty dollars per year.
(b) 
It is unlawful to carry on the business specified in this section without first procuring a permit from the Building Inspector so to do; provided, that the Building Inspector shall issue such permit, if safety devices and appliances are installed so as to render the conduct of such place safe. Such permit shall be filed with the Director of Finance prior to the issuance of a license under this chapter.
(c) 
Nothing in this section is to be construed or implied to permit any person to carry on the business of a shooting gallery as part of any other show, game, attraction or carnival, even though no license fee is required as provided in this section, unless such person first procures a permit from the building official as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(124), 15-38A; Ord. 2017-01 § 34, eff. 3/9/17)
For the license tax on a show, see Section 4-3.345, Circus, carnival, animal exhibit, itinerant show, rodeo and sports exhibit, and Section 4-3.3147, Theater or show.
(Prior Code § 15-38(b)(125))
The annual license tax for every person engaged in the business of sign painting, unless licensed as a contractor under other provisions of this chapter, is $80.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(126), 15-38A)
The annual license tax on every person keeping, conducting, managing or maintaining a skating rink is $120; provided, that an additional tax of $20 shall be paid by such person for each skating exhibition, hockey game or athletic game held in such skating rink for which an admission fee is charged.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(129), 15-38A)
(a) 
License Tax. The license tax for every person engaged in the business of soliciting or canvassing, or soliciting, canvassing or taking orders from house to house or from place to place, whether individually or as a member of a partnership or firm, or as an agent or employee, for each such solicitor or canvasser, is as follows:
(1) 
Twenty dollars per day;
(2) 
Eighty dollars per month;
(3) 
One hundred sixty dollars per quarter;
(4) 
Five hundred dollars per year.
(b) 
Service of Process. Each and every applicant shall deposit with the Director of Finance a written statement executed by him appointing the Director of Finance as his agent for the service of process in all matters connected with or arising out of the conduct of the applicant's business within the City. It shall be the duty of the Director of Finance immediately to advise the applicant by registered mail, addressed to the applicant at place of business, as set forth in his application for a business license under this section, of the nature and pendency of any action brought against the applicant wherein process is served on the Director of Finance.
(c) 
Police Check.
(1) 
Upon making application for, and before receiving such a license, each such solicitor or canvasser shall submit to being fingerprinted and an identification record made by the Police Department of this City, and a record of the fingerprints and the identification records shall be filed with and maintained by the Police Department. No such license shall be issued until approved by the Police Department following a check of the record and fingerprints by the Police Department; provided, that if no report is made by the Police Department within 45 days after the taking of the fingerprints and identification record, then it shall be deemed an approval of such issuance and such license shall issue.
(2) 
The provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not apply to solicitors or canvassers representing persons conducting a business at a fixed place of business within the City, which business is licensed under other provisions of this title; provided, that any such licensed business shall provide a list of the names and addresses of all persons who are to act as solicitors or canvassers for such business, with the Director of Finance, which list shall be certified by them, stating that all persons listed thereon are known to them, and agreeing that upon the request of the Director of Finance, or of the Police Chief, any person named on the list shall submit to identification procedures, including finger-printing by the Police Department, or that such person shall cease any and all soliciting or canvassing within the City if such person refuses to submit to such identification procedures.
(Ord. 82-1044 § 2, eff. 12/16/82; Ord. 2004-01, eff. 2/20/04; Ord. 2017-01 § 35, eff. 3/9/17)
The annual license tax for every tailor shop, unless conducted as an incidental part of a cleaning or dyeing business, is $60.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(135), 15-38A)
(a) 
License Tax. The license tax for every person engaged in the business of using a telephone or telephones for the purpose of soliciting or canvassing orders, other than commercial travelers, soliciting orders at wholesale and persons licensed under other provisions of this title, whether individually or as a member of a partnership or firm, or as an agent or employee, is as follows for each individual:
(1) 
Fifty dollars per day;
(2) 
Two hundred fifty dollars per month.
(b) 
Application. Upon making application for, and before receiving such a license, the applicant shall state, in addition to any other information required in the business application form, the number of telephones to be used, and the place at which the telephone or telephones shall be located, and shall provide the Director of Finance with written statements, copies, drafts or transcripts of the offer or proposal to be made to members of the public through such telephone solicitation, and copies of all printed matter, including order forms, contracts, brochures and any other materials to be displayed to, or delivered to, members of the public in the event that members of the public respond to such telephone solicitation. The making of offers or proposals in the course of such telephone solicitation which are substantially different from or deviate from the offer or proposal provided the Director of Finance in making the application, or the display of or delivery to members of the public responding to such solicitations of any printed material other than that provided the Director of Finance in conjunction with the application as required in this section, shall constitute a violation of the provisions of this chapter and subject the person making such offer or proposal to the penalties provided in this title for violations.
(c) 
Misleading Offers. No license shall be issued to any person for the business of telephone solicitation if the proposed offer or proposal, as provided by the applicant to the Director of Finance, indicates that the public is to receive money or anything of value free of charge or purportedly in return for, or as a commission for, selling to others or persuading others to order any goods, wares or merchandise or anything which the person subject to this license requirement is attempting to purvey, or for persuading others to respond, by telephone or otherwise, to the offer or proposal being made by the person so licensed.
(d) 
Number of Telephones. If more than one telephone is to be used or located in the place from which telephone calls are to be made, the license tax in this section shall be paid by the applicant on the basis of the number of telephones in the same manner as if there were more than one person to be licensed.
(e) 
Employees. If the applicant hires or attempts to hire any person to conduct such telephone solicitation as his employee, whether temporary or permanent, the license tax shall be paid for each such person, and each such person shall appear in the office of the Director of Finance, prior to the issuance of the license, and execute an acknowledgment on a form provided by the Director of Finance, stating that they have read, and are familiar with, the offer or proposal to be used in such telephone solicitations, and have read and are familiar with the printed materials to be displayed to or delivered to members of the public responding to such solicitations, and that they are aware that the making of an offer or proposal substantially different from or deviating from the offer or proposal as delivered to the Director of Finance, or the display or delivery to the public of any printed materials other than those delivered to the Director of Finance, will constitute a violation of this chapter and subject them to misdemeanor penalties for such violation in the manner provided by this Code.
(Ord. 2017-01 § 33, eff. 3/9/17; Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(139), 15-38A)
The annual license tax for every person engaged in managing, conducting or operating a commercial television studio is $200.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(141), 15-38A)
(a) 
Walk-in. The annual license tax for every person engaged in the business of conducting a theater or moving picture show at an established place of business is as follows:
(1) 
Seating capacity of 800 persons or fewer, $150;
(2) 
Seating capacity of more than 800 persons, $300.
(b) 
Drive-in.
(1) 
The annual license tax for every person engaged in the business of conducting a drive-in theater or show at an established place of business is as follows:
(A) 
Capacity of 200 vehicles or fewer, $150;
(B) 
Capacity of more than 200 vehicles, $300.
(2) 
For the purposes of this provision the capacity for a vehicle means a car or vehicle stall equipped with a speaker or such other equipment as may be required for motion picture viewing from a vehicle standing in such stall.
(c) 
The license tax for every person engaged in the business of conducting an open-air theater or tent show wherein vaudeville, comic, dramatic or operatic productions or performances are given, motion pictures shown or exhibited, as an independent business and not as a part of any other business or entertainment, is as follows:
(1) 
One hundred dollars per day;
(2) 
Three hundred dollars per week;
(3) 
Four hundred dollars per month.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(142), 15-38A)
The annual license tax for every person conducting, carrying on or managing the business of examining, searching or investigating titles to real estate and issuing abstracts, statements or certificates of title showing or purporting to show or certify the condition or state of the title to any particular property as disclosed by examination of the public records is $200. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the business of title insurance.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(143), 15-38A)
The annual license tax on every person engaged in the managing, conducting or operating the business of a travel bureau or agency is $80.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(148), 15-38A)
The annual license tax for every person engaged in managing, conducting or operating the business of tree service, including tree surgery and removal, is $80.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(149), 15-38A)
(a) 
The annual license tax for every person engaged in the business of wholesale sales; manufacturing, including food processing, packing, canning, freezing and the production of dairy products; trucking; moving and storage; warehousing; retail automotive vehicle sales; retail aircraft sales; retail grocery stores; job printers or lithographers; food lockers; any repair shops not otherwise specifically provided for in this chapter; or franchise or utility service businesses, as such franchise or utility services are defined in Section 4-3.366; is upon the number of employees of the business, in accordance with the following:
(1) 
One to five employees, $80;
(2) 
Each additional employee from six to 20, $10;
(3) 
Each additional employee of 21 or more, $2;
(4) 
Maximum license tax to be paid pursuant to this section, $500.
(b) 
For the purposes of this section, "employee" means any person engaged full time or part time in the operation or conduct of any business described in this section, whether as owner, member of the owner's family, partner, agent, manager, solicitor or any other persons employed or working in the business.
(c) 
For the purpose of determining the "average number of employees employed" during the year, the number of persons employed at or near the fifteenth day of each month during the year in which business is transacted within the City shall be added together and the sum shall be divided by the number of months or fractions of months the business is in operation.
(d) 
Every business required to be licensed under this section shall report to the Director of Finance, on a form prescribed by him, the number of employees of such business, for the purpose of determining the amount of license tax to be paid. Any intentional misrepresentation in such report shall constitute a violation of the provisions of this chapter.
(Prior Code §§ 15-38(b)(155), 15-38A; Ord. 2017-01 § 36, eff. 3/9/17)
For the license tax on wrestling, see Section 4-3.335, Boxing, wrestling or other sports, fixed place of business; see also Section 4-3.335, Circus, carnival, animal exhibit, itinerant show, rodeo and sports exhibit.
(Prior Code § 15-38(b)(156))