6211.2. - SAME. PRIOR BUSINESS.

At the time of applying for a license for a business specified in subsections 6220.33, 6220.43.1 or 6220.47, if the applicant has been engaged in business in the City continuously for one year or more, he shall file with the License Officer a sworn statement showing the average number of persons employed by or associated with him in connection with said business during the year prior to the date of making such application, and said statement shall be used by the License Officer in determining the amount of license fee to be paid for the next ensuing year. In determining such average, the number so associated with or employed by the applicant on the last business day of each calendar month shall be added together and the sum thereof divided by twelve.

(Amended by Ord. 1896 adopted 10-20-88)

If the applicant has not previously been engaged in business in the City, or has been so engaged for less than one year, he shall file with the License Officer a sworn statement setting forth the estimated average number of persons he intends to employ in connection with the operation of said business during the ensuing year, and such estimated average number shall be used at arriving at the amount of license fee to be paid.

Before accepting for filing any application for a business license under this Title, the City shall charge and collect a processing fee for a new business license in an amount established by resolution of the City Council.

(Added by Ord. 2183 adopted 9-16-03)

The names and addresses of all previous businesses the applicant has been either the owner, partner, director, officer, controlling stockholder or manager of during the five (5) years immediately preceding the filing of the license application. The applicant shall also list any relationship, partnership, or affiliation of any kind between any previous business they were the owner, partner, director, officer, controlling stockholder or manager of and the business for which a license is sought, whether or not their relationship with the previous business occurred during the five (5) years immediately preceding the filing of the license application.

(Amended by Ord. 2263 adopted 12-1-09)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2263, § 7, adopted Dec. 1, 2009, amended § 6211.2.2, in its entirety and enacted new provisions to read as herein set out. Prior to amendment, § 6211.2.2 pertained to Same. Year End Report. See "Ordinance List and Disposition Table" for derivation.

The date and type of any previous citations or convictions the applicant has received in their role as either the owner, partner, director, officer, controlling stockholder or manager of any business during the five (5) years immediately preceding the filing of the license application regardless of the jurisdiction issuing the citation or conviction. The applicant shall also list the date and type of any previous citations received by any business they were the owner, partner, director, officer, controlling stockholder or manager of during the five (5) years immediately preceding the filing of the license application.

(Amended by Ord. 2263 adopted 12-1-09)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2263, § 8, adopted Dec. 1, 2009, amended § 6211.2.3, in its entirety and enacted new provisions to read as herein set out. Prior to amendment, § 6211.2.3 pertained to Same. Audit. See "Ordinance List and Disposition Table" for derivation.

If any person fails to file any required statement within the prescribed time, the License Officer may determine the amount of license tax due from and payable by such person, by means of such information as he may be able to obtain. The License Officer shall give notice of the amount assessed by serving it personally or by depositing it in the United States Post Office at Arcadia, California, postage prepaid, addressed to the person so assessed at his last known address.

Such person may, within ten (10) days after the mailing or serving of such notice, make application in writing to the License Officer for a hearing on the amount of the license tax. If such application is not made within the time prescribed, the assessment shall become final. If such application is made within the time prescribed, the License Officer shall cause the matter to be set for hearing before the Board. The Board shall consider all evidence produced, and the amount of the license tax so determined by the Board shall be the amount due and payable for such license. The Board's decision may be appealed to the City Council per the terms of Section 6216.9.

(Amended by Ord. 2263 adopted 12-1-09)