Coachella Municipal Code Art. II License Requirements

It is unlawful and deemed a misdemeanor for any person, whether as principal or agent, clerk or employee, either for himself or herself or for any other person, or for anybody corporate, or as an officer of any corporation, or otherwise, to commence or carry on any profession, trade, calling, occupation, or business, or to cause or direct any person to commence or carry on any profession, trade, calling, occupation, or business specified in this chapter, in the city, without first having procured a license from the city so to do, or without complying with any and all regulations of such profession, trade, calling, occupation, or business contained in this chapter or in other ordinances of the city, and the carrying on of any profession, trade, calling, occupation, or business mentioned herein without first having procured a license from the city so to do, or without complying with any and all regulations of such profession, trade, calling, occupation, or business contained in this chapter or in other ordinances of the city, shall constitute a separate violation hereof for each and every day that such profession, trade, calling, occupation, or business is so carried on. Persons described in this chapter who engage in such profession, trade, calling, occupation, or business in the city without the required license shall, in addition to the penalties provided herein, sustain a penalty of twenty-five (25) percent of the license fee due.

(Prior code § 13-15)

(Ord. No. 1098, § 28, 12-14-16)

All licenses shall be prepared and issued by the director of finance of the city upon payment of the sum to be paid therefor and each license so issued shall state upon the face thereof the following:

A. The name of the person to whom the license is issued;

B. The kind or kinds of business licensed;

C. The location of such business;

D. The date of the expiration of such license;

E. Such other information as the director of finance shall determine.

(Prior code § 13-16)

All license taxes due as stated in this chapter shall be paid in advance, in lawful money of the United States, at the office of the director of finance.

(Prior code § 13-17)

A. All license taxes due as stated in this chapter shall be due and payable, and delinquent as follows:

1. Daily License. Due on its effective date and delinquent at five p.m. on due date.

2. Monthly License. Due on the first day of each month for which license is sought and delinquent at five p.m. on the tenth day of the month.

3. Quarterly License. Due on the first day of January, April, July and October. Delinquent at five p.m. on the last day of the first month in which the quarterly license is due.

4. Semiannual License. Due on the first day of January and July. Delinquent at five p.m. on the last day of the first month in which the semiannual license is due.

5. Annual License. Due on the first day of January. Delinquent at five p.m. on January 31st.

B. To all delinquent licenses there shall be added a penalty of fifteen (15) percent of the amount of the tax due for the period, and an additional fifteen (15) percent for each month delinquent thereafter, providing that the amount of such penalty to be added shall in no event exceed sixty (60) percent of the amount of the license tax due.

C. The director of finance for good cause may extend for not more than thirty (30) days the time for paying any sum required to be paid as stated in this chapter, provided a written request therefor is filed with the director of finance prior to the delinquency date.

(Prior code § 13-18)

Proration of any license tax due as stated in this chapter shall be made for any portion of the period for which a license tax is payable; except in the case of a first annual license tax based upon a method other than gross receipts, the tax may be prorated as follows:

A. If application is made during the quarter beginning January first, one hundred (100) percent of such fee shall be paid;

B. If application is made during the quarter beginning April first, seventy-five (75) percent of such fee shall be paid;

C. If application is made during the quarter beginning July first, fifty (50) percent of such fee shall be paid;

D. If application is made during the quarter beginning October first, twenty-five (25) percent of such fee shall be paid.

(Prior code § 13-19)

No license shall be issued for a period of more than twelve (12) months. No license shall be issued for any period extending beyond the thirty-first day of December.

(Prior code § 13-20)

No greater or lesser amount of money shall be charged or received for any license tax than provided for in this chapter, and no license shall be sold or issued for any period of time other than provided for in this chapter; provided, that this section shall not refer to such penalties as are provided in this chapter.

(Prior code § 13-21)

Separate licenses must be obtained for each branch establishment or location of the business engaged in, as if each such branch establishment or location where a separate business, and each license shall authorize the licensee to engage only in the business licensed at the location or in the manner designated in such license; provided, that warehouses, distributing plants and other locations which generate no additional gross receipts but are used in connection with and incidental to a business licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to be separate places of business or branch establishments.

(Prior code § 13-22)

Duplicate licenses may be issued by the director of finance to replace any license pre-viously issued which has been lost or destroyed, upon the licensee filing an affidavit attesting to such fact, and at the time of filing such affidavit paying to the director of finance the sum of five dollars ($5.00).

(Prior code § 13-23)

No license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be transferred, except that when a licensee transfers his or her business from one location to another in the city the license previously issued may be amended to authorize the conduct of the business at the new location. The license transfers and amendments in this chapter authorized may be obtained upon application therefor to the director of finance and the payment of the sum of ten dollars ($10.00).

(Prior code § 13-24)

All licenses must be retained in the following manner:

A. Any licensee transacting and carrying on business at a fixed place of business in the city shall show evidence of such license upon demand.

B. Any licensee transacting and carrying on 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.

(Prior code § 13-25)

License fees, penalties and costs collected or received by the city may be refunded as specified by resolution of the city council.

(Prior code § 13-26)