Coachella Municipal Code Art. V License Taxes

The amount of license taxes to be paid to the city by any person engaged in or carrying on any profession, trade, calling, occupation or business hereinafter designated shall be fixed by resolution. Such license tax shall be paid by every person engaged in carrying on or maintaining any such profession, trade, occupation, calling or business in the city. For every person engaged in carrying on or maintaining any profession, trade, occupation, calling or business the license tax shall be as set forth by resolution of the city council.

(Prior code § 13-72)

A. Any person engaged in or carrying on any profession, trade, calling, occupation or business hereinafter designated shall pay an annual registration tax of twenty dollars ($20.00). All license taxes provided for in this chapter for the privilege of engaging or carrying on any profession, trade, calling, occupation or business are imposed in addition to the annual registration tax. The annual registration tax shall be nonrefundable but shall be prorated for that portion of a licensing period to which the tax applies. The annual registration tax is due and payable at the time the application described in Sections 5.04.210, 15.04.220 and 5.04.230 is made to the director of finance.

B. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, an annual registration tax shall not be charged for branch establishments of licensed businesses as set forth in Section 5.04.120, provided the business transacted by such branch is classified hereunder in the same category as the primary or principal licensed business.

(Prior code § 13-73)

The following businesses are designated classification I for the purpose of assessing fees and the specific fees shall be fixed by resolution:

A. Retail Sales and Miscellaneous. Every person conducting or carrying on the business of selling at retail any goods, wares and merchandise or commodities, or conducting, maintaining or carrying on any trade, occupation, calling or business at a fixed place of business within the city not otherwise specifically licensed by other subdivisions of this chapter.

B. Transporting Persons. Every person conducting or carrying on the business of transporting persons for hire, picking up and or discharging passengers within the city.

C. Deliveries of petroleum products.

D. Distribution of Stamps, Coupons, Etc. Every person who distributes any stamps, coupons, tickets, cards or other devices to be issued to purchasers of goods, wares, merchandise, services or any other thing of value, which stamps, coupons, tickets, cards or other devices shall entitle such purchaser to procure from the person issuing the stamps, coupons, tickets, cards or other devices, or from any other person, any goods, wares, merchandise, services, money or any other thing of value free of charge upon the presentation of one or a number of such stamps, coupons, tickets, cards or other devices.

E. Amusements—Games, Devices, Etc.

1. Bowling, skee ball or bat ball alley, shuffleboard, pinball machines or any other similar devices, equipment or means of entertainment requiring the deposit of a coin, slug or other device.

2. Sundry games or devices including shuffleboard, skee ball or other games of like character not operated by the insertion of a coin or slug.

3. Pool hall or billiard parlor.

4. Ice or roller skating rink; this shall not apply to any exhibition given in a restaurant, cafe, hotel or theater when the public is not permitted to participate in such exhibition.

5. Jukeboxes, devices for playing of records, or music automatically upon the deposit of a coin, slug or other device, or any other mechanical musical device or machine of like character not licensed hereunder.

6. Shooting gallery.

7. Public bowling alley.

8. Public swimming pool or plunge.

F. Golf Courses, Concerts, Lectures, Riding Academies, Etc.

1. Golf course, miniature golf course, bicycle course, golf practice driving course or archery range.

2. Concerts, lectures, motion pictures, indoor tennis matches, theatrical performances, vaudeville performances or any similar type of entertainment not otherwise specifically licensed hereunder, where an admission fee is charged.

3. Riding academy where instructions in horseback riding are given, or horses or other animals are maintained for hire, or a feed or livery stable.

G. Advertising, Outdoor, Etc. Erecting, installing, maintaining or operating outdoor advertising, advertising structures, billboards, signboards or similar devices.

H. Ambulance Service. Any person engaged in or carrying on the business of providing ambulance service in the city:

1. Shall make presentation of a valid, unexpired county of Riverside license, as set forth in Riverside County Ordinance No. 577.2, regulating ambulance services, as prima facie evidence that such person is so licensed by the county.

2. Shall make presentation of a valid, unexpired California Highway Patrol certification that all minimum requirements of the state regulating ambulance services have been met.

I. Automobile Parking Lot.

1. It is further provided that before any license shall be issued the applicant therefor shall file with the traffic engineer plats and plans of the grounds or parcel of land to be used as an automobile parking lot indicating thereon the boundaries, adjoining houses, or structures of any nature whatever, also the number of square feet used and the arrangement for parking automobiles. A schedule of prices to be charged for parking and the hours of parking shall be shown on such application. Before a license can be issued, such application must be approved in writing by the city manager and the chief of the Coachella fire district. Such application may be rejected by the city manager if the location or the proposed arrangement of automobiles to be parked on the parking lot is, in the opinion of the chief of the Coachella fire district, a fire hazard, or otherwise incompatible with the public safety, or if the prospective operator has previously had his or her license to operate a parking lot in the city revoked.

2. Every person conducting, managing or carrying on such business of storage or parking automobiles shall post signs in conspicuous places at or near the point of entrance, indicating thereon in figures not less than ten (10) inches in height the exact amount to be charged and the hours during which attendants will remain to watch parked cars.

3. It is unlawful for any person to park or cause to be parked any automobile where any part of such machine extends over any sidewalk or walkway. It is further provided that a barrier or guard rail be placed on the parking lot preventing automobiles from rolling back or going over any portion of the sidewalk other than a driveway built expressly to carry weight of automobiles.

4. It is unlawful for any person operating a parking lot or space to solicit patronage by standing on the streets or sidewalks and asking or requesting or ballyhooing members of the public to use such parking space or to make any other unnecessary noise or disturbance whatever.

5. Plank entrances or exits shall not be allowed except on permission from the traffic engineer.

6. Every parking lot or space shall be equipped with fire extinguishing equipment as provided in the Fire Prevention Code of the city.

7. On every parking lot or space the dust must be laid by sprinkling water or other dust-settling fluid on the ground or surface as often as may be necessary to lay such dust.

8. Upon five days' notice and a hearing before the city manager, the city manager may revoke the license of any operator of a parking lot who violates any of the provisions of this section.

J. Automobile, Truck, Trailer, Motor Scooter, Motorcycle, Etc., Rentals. Renting automobiles, trucks, motor scooters, motorcycles or trailers for a period of two weeks or less.

K. Automobile body shop or repair shop.

L. Barber shop or beauty shop.

M. Barber or beauty school.

N. Business Services. Stenographic, typing and business services of like or similar character.

O. Cold storage or refrigeration plant.

P. Collection agency.

Q. Commercial printing.

R. Credit reporting bureau.

S. Dance school.

T. Gardener.

U. Health studio, physical fitness studio or reducing salon.

V. Hospital, sanitarium, rest home, nursing home or asylum.

W. Hotels, Motels, Apartment Houses, Rooming Houses, Etc. Hotel, motel or rooming house, boardinghouse, apartment house, house court or bungalow court having three or more rental units; also, persons engaged in the business of renting or letting rooms, apartments or other accommodations for dwelling, sleeping, housekeeping or lodging, where such persons have a total of three or more such units, Section 5.04.120 notwithstanding.

X. Janitorial service.

Y. Lawnmower, tool, scissor sharpening or saw filer.

Z. Locksmith.

AA. Masseur and masseuse.

BB. Messenger service.

CC. Newspaper distributor.

DD. Notary public.

EE. Nursery school.

FF. Piano, musical instrument or singing lessons.

GG. Ticket agency.

HH. Trade School or College, Business School or College.

1. Where instruction is given in any trade, profession, calling or occupation, and a fee is charged for such instruction.

2. Where any trade, profession, calling or occupation is carried on in connection with any of the trade schools, trade colleges, business colleges or schools licensed hereunder, a separate license must be obtained for the conduct of such trade, profession or occupation.

II. Trailer (house) or mobilehome park.

JJ. Travel bureau.

KK. Vending Machine. Merchandise and/or service.

(Prior code § 13-74)

The following businesses are designated classification II for the purpose of assessing fees and the specific fees shall be fixed by resolution:

A. Wholesaling and Newspaper Publications. Every person conducting or carrying on the business consisting of newspaper publication or selling, handling and storing at wholesale any goods, wares and merchandise or commodities at a fixed place of business in the city.

B. Deliveries of Petroleum Products. Every person conducting or carrying on the business of making deliveries of petroleum products either from within the city limits and/or from outside the city limits to places within the city limits.

(Prior code § 13-75)

The following businesses are designated classification III for the purpose of assessing fees and the specific fees shall be fixed by resolution:

A. Manufacturing, Packing and Processing. Every person conducting or carrying on a business consisting of manufacturing, packing or processing any goods, wares or merchandise at a fixed place of business within the city.

For the purposes of this subsection, the tax shall be applicable to the value of the manufactured or processed product, as reflected by the licensee's method of accounting, using generally accepted principles of accounting consistently applied, less the cost of purchased raw materials or, in the alternative, less the value of the raw materials or the value of the partially completed product at the time it enters the manufacturing process within the city.

B. Public Utility. Except any public utility which makes an annual payment to the city under a franchise or similar agreement.

(Prior code § 76)

The following businesses are designated classification IV for the purpose of assessing fees and the specific fees shall be fixed by resolution:

(Prior code § 13-78)

For every person conducting or carrying on any business described in this section, the license tax shall be as set forth by resolution:

A. General Contractors, Subcontractors and Specialty Contractors.

1. Every person conducting or carrying on the business of house moving, grading, paving, wrecking, sewer, pipeline, trenching, excavating contractor or conducting or carrying on the business of general contractor constructing, altering, repairing, wrecking or salvaging buildings, highways, roads, railroads, excavations or other structures, projects or improvements.

2. Every person conducting or carrying on the business of electrical, plumbing, painting, masonry, glazier, cement, floor, heating, plastering, roofing, sash, sheet metal, tile, lathing and any other contractor or subcontractor not specifically mentioned in this section.

The election to obtain an annual license or quarterly license shall be at the sole discretion of the applicant and shall be exercised upon application for a first license as described in Section 5.04.200. Upon application for a renewal license, an applicant shall elect to obtain either an annual license or a quarterly license. No license shall be issued for any period extending beyond December 31st of the current calendar year as provided in Section 5.04.100.

This section shall apply to any person who for himself or herself shall engage in the business of erecting or constructing houses for the purpose of leasing, renting or selling the same and who does not employ a contractor who shall act as superintendent.

Any contractor conducting or carrying on the business of selling goods, wares or merchandise as a retailer in addition to his or her contracting business shall, in addition to the contractor's license provided therein, secure a license for such retail business as required in this chapter.

B

Transportation, Trucking and Towing.

1. Every person not having a fixed place of business within the city who makes wholesale or retail deliveries of goods or services by motor vehicle within the city or who maintains, installs, or repairs goods, wares or merchandise or equipment inside the city or who provides a service not otherwise covered in this section, including but not limited to towing services.

2. The license fee for businesses subject to this section shall be graduated according to gross receipts attributable to work or service provided within the city.

3. Businesses subject to this section shall remit quarterly reports of their gross receipts attributable to work or service provided within the city along with payment of the respective fee.

C. Dance Halls, Etc. Public dance hail, night club, or any place where dancing is permitted.

D. Amusement—Circus, Menageries, Tent Shows and Theatricals.

1. Circus, carnival or other similar exhibition; each circus or menagerie parade or procession on, over or along any public street or highway of the city, by any person not having a license to exhibit such circus, carnival or other similar exhibit in the city. When the carnival, circus or tent show license tax is paid, no additional license shall be required for shows, exhibitions, rides or devices within the carnival, circus or tent show.

Carnival Defined. For the purpose set forth in this chapter, "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.

2. Lecture or traveling theatrical performance under or surrounded or partially enclosed by canvas, such as comedy, spoken drama, opera or concert; any dance, where the public is permitted to dance, not covered in subsection C of this section; performances held in any public hall, club room, assembly hall or theatre, where moveable scenery and theatrical appliances are used, whether or not an admission fee is charged. The holder of a theatre license shall not be required to procure an additional license to conduct, maintain or carry on any theatrical or vaudeville performance when such performance is conducted at any such theatre so licensed.

3. Any place to which the public is admitted and an ad mission fee is charged, at which any boxing or wrestling match or exhibition is conducted, presented or carried on.

4. Arcade consisting of one general enclosure in which is conducted the business of operating or exhibiting a phonograph, projector scope or any other instrument or machine of like character, or exhibiting, showing or letting the use of any microscope, galvanic battery, weighing machine or similar lung tester, muscle tester, machine of like character, or letting the use of coin machines simulating the playing of soccer, baseball, basketball, boxing and similar games.

5. Concession or rides for children, including miniature trains, merry-go-rounds, pony rides, speedway (small electric automobiles), small gasoline automobiles, pig slides, etc.

6. Rides other than carnivals for adults or concessions, including carrousel, loop-o-plane, aeroplane, ferris wheel, sky flier, scooter, shop, toonerville, motorcycle ride, globe of death, magic carpet, ride-in-the-dark, or rides or devices of similar character.

7. Street musicians.

E. Advertising on Vehicles.

1. Sound. Operating any vehicle equipped with music or musical device, loudspeaker, or other device for attracting attention.

2. Signs. Operating any vehicle for advertising purposes and to which vehicle there are attached signs, placards, billboards or other advertising matter. Each license for advertising on vehicles shall be subject to the following regulations:

a. The only sound permitted is music or human speech.

b. Sound advertising is permitted only between nine a.m. and sunset.

c. The vehicle with the sound device shall not proceed at a speed of less than ten (10) miles per hour nor shall sound be issued while the vehicle is not in motion.

d. No sound shall be issued within one hundred (100) yards of a hospital, school, church, funeral parlor and/or funeral home.

e. Human speech amplified by the sound device shall not be lewd, indecent or slanderous, nor shall it be specifically addressed to individual pedestrians or motorists as distinguished from the public in general.

f. The volume of sound shall be controlled so that it is not audible for a distance in excess of one hundred (100) yards.

g. The license fee on display advertising shall not apply to signs painted, rather than affixed, on delivery trucks or other vehicles used by the firms making the display for purposes other than advertising in excess of twelve (12) hours per week.

h. The chief of police shall monitor the operation of vehicles with sound devices and shall report to the city manager violations of the above regulations. If the city manager reasonably finds that a licensee has violated the regulations, he or she shall direct the director of finance to refuse the issuance of a new license to the licensee until further order of the city manager and he or she may revoke the license already granted.

3. Searchlight. Operating any vehicle equipped with searchlight for attracting attention.

F. Advertising, Handbills, Etc. Distributing handbills, advertising throw-aways and other similar types of advertising materials.

G. Airplane Rental and Lessons. Airplane rental and flying lessons.

H. Auctions and Auctioneers. Auction sales or auctioneer.

I. Bankrupt Closeout Sales, Etc.

1. Owning, operating, opening, establishing, managing, maintaining, or having charge of any location or place of business of any kind for the sale of any insolvent, bankrupt, fire damage, closeout or other similar goods, wares or merchandise.

In the event that the business conducting and/or carrying on a forced removal, closing out or similar sale is located within the boundaries of an approved redevelopment project area and is being forced to vacate business location due to eminent domain proceeding the license fee provided for in this section shall be waived.

Every person managing, conducting and/or carrying on a sale as specified in this chapter shall make a written application to the city director of finance so to do. Such application shall be signed and sworn to by such applicant and shall state all the facts in regard to the contemplated sale, the period of time during which such sale shall be held, together with a statement that no goods, wares or merchandise have been purchased and/or received during the period of thirty (30) days immediately preceding the date of such application for the purpose of adding same to that in stock for sale, the reason for such sale and an inventory of such goods.

2. General Provisions.

a. The director of finance shall file such application and shall endorse thereon the date such license is granted or refused.

b. It is unlawful for any person to make a false statement in such application.

c. A license issued under the provisions in this chapter hereof shall be valid only for the inventoried goods.

d. A license issued under the provisions in this chapter shall not be transferable.

e. It is unlawful for any person managing, conducting, and/or carrying on a sale as specified herein to secure goods other than those enumerated in such inventory for the purpose of selling same at such sale.

f. It is unlawful for any person having a license hereunder to add any goods to the inventoried stock, and no goods shall be sold except that included in the original inventory.

g. The provisions in this chapter shall not apply to public or court officers or to any person acting under the direction of state or federal courts in the course of their official duties.

J. Christmas Trees, Greens or Card Sales. Sale of Christmas trees, holly, berries, cards or other seasonal items, except where business is conducted in connection with another regularly established place of business for which a license has been issued, or is conducted by and solely for the benefit of a charitable or nonprofit organizations.

K. Finance companies.

L. Junk Dealers or Dealers in Old and/or Used Articles.

1. Every person, at a fixed place of business in the city, engaged in the business of carrying on or collecting, buying or selling at either retail or wholesale or otherwise dealing in junk and/or rubbish, waste material, refuse and/or any old rags, sacks, bottles, cans, papers, metals, jewelry, precious metals, rubber, bric-a-brac, cordage, truck or automobile tires, truck or automobile accessories, and truck or automobile parts, and other like articles, whether the same can be sold or otherwise disposed of for the purpose of being treated, repaired or prepared so as to be used again in some other form.

2. Every person who does not maintain a fixed place of business in the city, engaged in the business of collecting, buying or otherwise dealing in junk, and/or rubbish, waste material, refuse and/or any old rags, sacks, bottles, cans, papers, metals, jewelry, precious metals, rubber, bric-a-brac, cordage, truck or automobile tires, truck or automobile parts, truck or automobile accessories and other like articles, whether the same can be sold or otherwise disposed of for the purpose of being treated, repaired or prepared so as to be used again in some other form.

3. Every person who maintains a fixed place of business in the city for wrecking or salvaging motor vehicles. "Wrecking" means the business of buying or trading in secondhand, used or wrecked motor vehicles, and selling the parts thereof or building motor vehicles from the salvaged parts of such motor vehicles and selling same, or the "wrecking or salvaging" of motor vehicles on a contract basis.

M. Pawnbrokers.

N. Searchlight. Searchlights not mounted on vehicles.

O. Shoe shining.

P. Itinerant Merchant. An itinerant merchant under this chapter shall be deemed to mean and include any person or persons, firm or corporation, either principle or agent, employer or employee who engages in a temporary business in the city by selling or offering for sale goods, wares, merchandise, or things or articles of value for a period of not more than one hundred ninety (190) days in any calendar year, and who, for the purpose of carrying on such business, hires, leases or occupies any room, building, structure or stand on any real property or on or adjoining any street or public place in the city. The person, firm or corporation so engaged shall not be relieved from the provisions of this subsection by reason of associating temporarily any local dealer, trader, merchant or auctioneer, or by reason of conducting such temporary business in connection with or as part of any local business, or in the name of any local dealer, trader, merchant or auctioneer. Such definition shall not include any person who sells, offers to sell, operates, engages in, or carries on a food or merchandise vending business from a pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase, rack, or other non-motorized conveyance, or from one's person, upon a public sidewalk, property, or other pedestrian path in compliance with Chapter 12.50 of Title 12 of this Municipal Code.

1. Any itinerant merchant who, as a seller of any article, is required to obtain a state vendor's permit, pursuant to the provisions of Revenue and Taxation Code; Section 6066 et seq., shall, prior to the issuance of a permit by the city, produce satisfactory proof of possession of such a state vendor's permit.

2. Every sale in the normal course of business of such itinerant merchant within the city shall be recorded or memorialized on sequentially numbered receipts, which shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:

a. The name of the seller;

b. The dale of sale;

c. The price paid;

d. A description of the item(s) sold.

It shall be the duty of the itinerant merchant to retain such records for the period of three years from the date of sale or the period prescribed by law for the retention of records for federal income tax purposes, whichever is longer.

3. The city council finds and declares that it would have passed and enacted each subpart of this subsection independently of the others, and if any subpart of this subsection is found unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall have no effect on the remaining subparts.

Q. Peddler. "Peddler" shall be defined as any person who sells and makes immediate delivery or offers for sale and immediate delivery any goods, wares, merchandise, service or thing in the possession of the seller, at any place in the city other than at a fixed place of business, but shall not include salesmen or agents for wholesale houses or firms who sell to retail dealers for resale or sell to manufacturers for manufacturing purposes or to bidders for public works or supplies. It shall include the use of a "pushcart," which shall be defined as any wagon, cart or similar wheeled container, not a "vehicle" as defined in the Vehicle Code of the state of California, from which food, beverage, or product is offered for sale to the public. Such definition shall not include any person who sells, offers to sell, operates, engages in, or carries on a food or merchandise vending business from a pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase, rack, or other non-motorized conveyance, or from one's person, upon a public sidewalk, property, or other pedestrian path in compliance with Chapter 12.50 of Title 12 of this Municipal Code.

The chief of police shall, based upon the information supplied by the finance department, investigate the backgrounds of all applicants. If such investigation by the chief of police reveals that the applicant has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude or any crime of a nature associated with the type of business for which the application is submitted, he or she shall notify the director of finance, who shall deny the license application.

R. Solicitor. "Solicitor" shall be defined as any person who engages in the business of going from house to house, place to place, on or along the streets within the city and/or by telephone selling or taking orders for or offering to sell or take orders for goods, wares, or merchandise or other things of value for future delivery, or for services to be performed in the future. Such definition shall not include any person who sells, offers to sell, operates, engages in, or carries on a food or merchandise vending business from a pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase, rack, or other non-motorized conveyance, or from one's person, upon a public sidewalk, property, or other pedestrian path in compliance with Chapter 12.50 of Title 12 of this Municipal Code.

1. All solicitors requiring cash deposits or taking orders for cash on delivery purchases (C.O.D.), or who require a contract of agreement to finance the sale of any goods, services or merchandise for future delivery, or for services to be performed in the future shall furnish to the city a bond in an amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), executed by cash or corporate surety. Such bond shall be conditioned upon the making of final delivery of the goods ordered, or services to be performed, in accordance with the terms of such order or failing therein that the advance payment on such order shall be refunded within sixty (60) days from the contract delivery date.

2. Other persons not maintaining a fixed place of business in the city, but who regularly render personal or other services or products either by appointment, call, referral or otherwise from place to place or house to house in the city, are likewise subject to the provisions of subsection a. above.

3. Any person aggrieved or damaged by the action of such solicitor shall have the right of action on the bond for recovery of money or damages or both. Such bond shall remain in full force and effect for a period of ninety (90) days after the expiration of such license, unless sooner released by action of the city council.

4. All solicitors, while so employed, shall wear upon their person, plainly visible, an identification card containing at a minimum their name and employer. Such cards shall be provided by the solicitor or the solicitor's employer.

5. Every person engaged in the business of soliciting shall submit to the department of finance a completed application, supplying such information as the finance department shall require upon the form. Any person failing to comply and submit such requested information shall be denied a soliciting permit.

6. The chief of police shall, based upon the information supplied to the finance department, investigate the background of all applicants. If such investigation by the chief of police reveals that the applicant has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude or any crime of a nature associated with the type of business for which the application is submitted, he or she shall notify the director of finance, who shall deny the license application.

7. Any solicitor who claims to be entitled to an exemption from the payment of any license provided for in this chapter upon the grounds that he or she or she is employed by a nonprofit, charitable or fraternal organization shall file a written, notarized affidavit disclosing, upon a form to be provided by the finance department, the minimum necessary information as required upon the form. The finance director, at his or her discretion, may also require further reasonable proof of status of the nonprofit entity. Failure to provide such information or a finding that the applicant is not a nonprofit, charitable or fraternal organization shall constitute grounds for denial of such application.

S. Prohibition against soliciting or peddling in public places. After December 31, 1994, it is unlawful for any person or entity to sell or distribute, or to solicit any orders for the sale of any food, goods, items, products, wares or services on any public street, sidewalk, right-of-way, park or building or on any private property without the written consent of the property owner provided that such prohibition shall not apply to the sale or distribution, but not the solicitation of any order for the sale, of the following:

1. Any newspaper anywhere within the city; or

2. No more than any five items of food or food products accomplished through motorized vehicles provided that they shall not operate on any public street prior to ten am. or after nine p.m. and provided that they shall not locate on private property without the written consent of the property owner. Any such motorized vehicle shall prominently display the owner's name, address, phone number and city business license number. Any such motorized vehicle may not stop or park on any public street or right-of-way except for the sole purpose of consummating a sale but not for the purpose of establishing a permanent or temporary sales location to initiate or solicit sales. A motorized vehicle shall include one trailer hauled by such a motorized vehicle.

T. Photographers—Transient. "Transient photographers" shall be defined as any person who solicits to take orders for photographs or photographic work, or selling or giving coupons for photographic work, and requiring a deposit in advance of the final delivery or any such work or services and having no fixed place of business within the city.

1. The chief of police shall, based upon the information supplied by the finance department, investigate the applicant's business background and moral character as he or she deems necessary to protect the public welfare. If as a result of such investigation the applicant's character or business responsibility is found to be unsatisfactory the chief of police shall notify the director of finance, who shall deny the license application.

2. All transient photographers requiring cash deposits or taking orders for cash on delivery purchases (C.O.D), or who require a contract of agreement to finance the sale of photographic work shall furnish to the city a bond in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00), executed by cash or corporate surety. Such bond shall be conditioned upon making final delivery of the finished photographic work, in accordance with the terms of such order, or failing therein, that the advance payment of such order be refunded and conditioned further, that any person aggrieved by this action of any such person soliciting or taking orders for photographic work or selling coupons for photographic work shall have a right of action on the bond for the recovery of money or damages or both. Such bond shall be retained by the city for ninety (90) days after the expiration of the license. If contractual obligations remain outstanding at the conclusion of the ninety (90) day period, the bond shall remain with the city until such obligations have been discharged.

U. Radio Broadcasting, Television and/or Soliciting Advertising For. Radio and television broadcasting or soliciting for radio or television broadcasting.

The conducting or carrying on the business of producing or generation of electromagnetic uses within the city for the purpose of broadcasting by radio transmission or television is hereby declared to be a local business. The business of soliciting advertising within the city for radio or television transmission in intrastate broadcasting is declared to be a local business.

V. Fortuneteller, Palmistry Astrologer.

1. All persons who conduct, engage in, carry on, participate in or practice fortunetelling, palm reading or astrology shall furnish to the city a surety bond in an amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00).

2. Any person aggrieved or damaged by the action of such fortunetellers, palm readers or astrologers shall have the right of action on the bond for recovery of money or damages or both. Such bond shall remain in full force and effect for a period of ninety (90) days after the expiration of such license, unless sooner released by action of the city council.

W. Administrative Office. Major businesses within the city that perform essentially administrative functions in connection with sales or services performed or rendered elsewhere shall be subject to an administrative office business tax.

(Prior code § 13-78; Ord. No. 1209, §§ 2—4, 3-13-24)