Dos Palos Municipal Code § 5.04 5.04.290 Rate-Laundries

BUSINESS LICENSES GENERALLY* collectors. 5.04.320 Rate-Campgrounds or trailer Sections: courts.

advance. 5.04.390 Rate-Theaters.

Generally. 5.04.420 Rate-Miscellaneous services.

Penalty. 5.04.440 Rate-Transient

semiprofessions, connected 5.04.500 Rate-Pawn shops. businesses. S.04.510 Rate-Businesses generally.

5.04.170 Rate-Wholesale and retail 5.04.530 Permit-Application. delivery. 5.04.540 Permit-Failure to comply with 5.04.180 Rate-Gasoline and petroleum conditions. products. 5.04.550 Permit-Businesses and fees

parlors. 5.04,560 Gratuitous licenses.

amusement devices. 5.04.590 Civil action.

boardinghouses. For statutory provisions authorizing cities to 1icense for revenue 5.04.260 Rate-Creameries. • and regulation purposes, see Gov, Code§ 37101; for provisions

and Prof. Code§§

shops. !6000-16003.

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5.04.010 Definitions. so shall be liable to an action in the name of the For the purposes of this chapter, the following city in any court of competent jurisdiction, for the te1ms shall have the following meanings: amount of license by this chapter imposed on such A. "City" means the city of Dos Palos, county business, together with all penalties then due thereon of Merced, state of California. in any such action. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) B. "Collector" means the licensed collector of the city, the city clerk, the city administrator, or his S.04.040 License-Issuance. duly authorized agents. It shall be the collector's duty to prepare and C. "Fixed place of business" means the premises issue a license under this chapter for every person in the city occupied for the particular purpose of liable to pay a license, and to state in each license conducting a business thereat and regularly kept the amount thereof, the period of time covered open for that purpose with a competent person in thereby, the name of the person to whom issued, the attendance for the purpose of conducting such busi- type of business licensed and the location or place ness. where such business 'is to be carried on. It shall D. "Garage sales .and yard sales" means sales of further be the duty and responsibility of the collec- goods, wares or merchandise in a garage or yard not tor to see that all new businesses are licensed and to exceed two in any one year in a residential zone. that all changes in location and status are recorded. E. "Outdoor sales" means sales of goods, wares (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) or merchandise upon any public street, alley or public place, unenclosed garage or driveway, vacant 5.04.050 License-Nontransferable. lot or parcel of land in. a commercial zone. No license granted or issued under the provisions E. "Person" means all domestic and foreign cor- of this chapter shall be in any manner transferred or porations, associations, syodicates,joint stock com- assigned, or shall authorize any person other than panies, partnerships of every kind, clubs, trusts, therein mentioned or named to do business under societies and individuals transacting and carrying on such license. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) any business in the city. (Ord. 286 (part), 1988: Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) 5.04.060 License tax-Payment in advance. All license taxes shall be paid in advance at the 5_04-020 License-Required. office ofthe collector. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) There is imposed upon the businesses specified in this chapter, license taxes in the amounts pre- 5.04.070 License-Term. scribed, and it is unlawful for any person to transact All licenses shall be paid in advance in lawful and carry on any such business in the city without money of the United States. The annual license first having procured a license from the city to do provided in this chapter to be paid shall be due and so or without complying with any and all applicable payable on January 1st of each year. When any provisions of this chapter. Each day such business business commences more than three months after is carried on without a license shall constitute a the beginning of the license year, it shall pay three- separate violation of this chapter. (Ord. 220 § 2 quarters of the fee provided. When any business (part), 1978) . commences more than six months after the begin- ning of the license year, it shall pay one-half of the 5-04.030 License-Liability. fee provided. When any business commences more The amount of any license imposed by this chap- than nine months after the beginning of the license ter shall be deemed a debt to the city, and any per- year, it shall pay one-quarter of the fee provided. No son carrying on any business mentioned in this tax shall be prorated for a portion of a quarter (Ord. chapter without having a license from the city to do 220 § 2 (part), 1978)

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5.04.080 License tax-Payment-Generally. operating any other type of business and not Any person carrying on, either as principal or otherwise licensed by· this chapter or any other agent, any business in the city not specifically set ordinance of the city, shall pay an annual license forth shall pay the amount of the license tax fee based upon the average number of persons prescribed in this chapter provided for the busi- employed in such business, according to the fol- ness nearest corresponding to the nature of the lowing schedule: business sought to be licensed, as determined by For the first person employed ..... $ 40.00 the collector. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) For each additional employee . . . . . . I6.00 Provided, that owners and operators of busi-

Every license which is not paid within a period time to conducting or operating the business of thirty days from the time the same becomes shall be classed as employees for the purpose ofdue and payable is declared to be delinquent, and this section, regardless of the number of suchthe collector shall thereupon add to such license owners, or whether or not they receive salaries;and collect an additional sum of fifteen percent provided further, that no owner shall be requiredof said license daily for each day that said license to pay more than the total sum of three hundredis delinquent. (Ord. 286 (part), I988: Ord. 220 § 2 dollars per year as a business license fee or fees,(part), 1978) regardless of the number of persons in his employ, or the multiple nature of the business5.04.100 Application-Required. owned by him, or the fact that the same business Every person required to have a license under in whole or in part is subject to the payment of athe provisions of this chapter shall make· applica- tion for the same to the collector of the city, and, license fee under more than one of the provisions upon payment of the prescribed tax, the collector of this chapter. shall issue to such person a license, unless the In addition, any business requiring an inspec- issuance of such license falls within a classifica- tion, as deemed necessary by the fire department tion requiring approval of the council. (Ord. 220 and/or building department, will pay an adcli- § 2 (part), 1978) tional fee of thirty dollars per hour with an mini- mum of ten dollars per inspection. (Ord. 281, 5.04.110 License-Types. 1987: Ord. 270 § 1, 1985: Ord. 220 § 2 (part), Until modified by council. action, there shall 1978) be four types oflicenses issued, depending upon the kind of business engaged in: that issued to a 5.04.130 Sworn statement required.fued place of business; that issued to no fixed Every person making application for a licenseplace ofbusiness; that issued to a business requir- or any renewal thereof, under the provisions ofing special license and tax; that issued to a busi- this chapter, shall, upon demand, furnish to theness requiring permits to be authorized by the collector for his guidance in ascertaining thecouncil. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) amount of the license to be paid by the applicant,

Every person conducting, managing or carry- authorized to administer oaths, setting forth such ing on any wholesale or retail or jobbing information as may be required and as may be business, or otherwise engaged in the selling of necessary to properly determine the amount of goods, wares, merchandise or other things of the license to be paid by the applicant. (Ord. 220 value, or engaged in conducting, managing and § 2 (part), 1978)

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5.04.140 f~1; 5.04.140 Statement-Failure to provide. Oculist, optician, or optometrist . ' In the event any person shall refuse to furnish Osteopath the written statement provided for in Section Physician 5 .04.130, upon written demand therefor, it shall Real estate broker, commission or otherwise be conclusively presumed that the amountof the Surgeon· license fee for such business is the sum of three Surveyor hundred dollars. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) Taxidermist Undertaker

semiprofessions, connected X-ray, dental, or medical laboratory techni- businesses. cian. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) Every person conducting, managing, or carry- ing on or who shall conduct, manage, or carry on, 5.04.160 Rate-Contractors. within the city, any business in this section enu- A. Every person who engages in the business merated, or any combination thereof, shall pay of a general contractor or general engineering an annual license fee of forty dollars for the busi- contractor shall pay a fee of forty dollars per year ness and first person employed and sixteen dol- for the contractor and sixteen· dollars for each lars for each additional employee. additional employee. Attorney at law Auctioneer • B. Every person who engages in the business Accountant or income tax expert or adviser of a plumbing contractor, or plastering contrac- Advertising counsel tor, or painting contractor or electrical contrac- Appraiser tor or roofing contractor, or brick and cement Architect work contractor, or termite control contractor or Artist service contractor or installation contractor of • Assayer any kind, or other specialty contractor, insula- Bacteriologist tion contractor, or floor sanding and finishing Broker, stock or bond contractor, carpet laying contractor, or tile con- Chemist tractor, or any person engaged in or employed in Chiropodist such work by the day or by the hour and who Chiropractor holds a valid state contractor's license, shall pay Collection agency or mercantile agency an annual license fee of forty dollars for the con- Dentist tractor and sixteen dollars for each additional Designer or decorator employee, for each of the businesses or occupa- Detective or investigation personnel tions engaged in or carried on by such person; Draftsman provided, further, that the license issued to a Drugless practitioner person for one of such businesses or occupations Electrologist shall not entitle the holder thereof to engage in or Engineer, structural, consulting, mechanical, carry on any of the other businesses or occupa- hydraulic ' tions in this subsection mentioned without first Engraver paying the license fee of forty dollars per year in Fee, grain, and fruit broker or buyer advance as provided for in this section for said Geologist business or occupation. Illustrator or show car writer C. If any person transacting one or more of Masseuse or masseur the businesses enumerated in subsection B of this

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section also carries on a retail, wholesale or job- vehicle in bulk orin cans, drums, ortanks, within bing business, or any other business, he shall be the city shall pay a license fee in accordance with required to obtain a license therefor and pay the Section 5.04.120. (Ord. 220_§ 2 {part), 1978) sum of forty dollars per year in addition to the license fee specified in subsection B of this sec- 5.04.190 Rate-:-Pool and billiard parlors. tion. Every person engaged in the business of oper- D .. Whenever a general contractor or general ating a pool and/or billiard parlor within the city engineering contractor engages a subcontracto.r shall pay a license fee in accordance with Section to perform work within the city, the general con- 5.04.120. {Ord. 220 § 2 (part,) 1978) tractor or general engineering contractor shall immediately notify the collector of the name and 5.04.200 Rate-Bowling. address of the subcontractor. Such notice shall be Every person engaged in the business of keep-, given prior to the commencement of work by the ing or maintaining a,bowling alley shall pay a subcontractor. Should the general engineering sum in accordance with Section 5.04.120. {Ord." contractor or general contractor fail to notify the 220 § 2 (part), 1978) collector of the names and addresses of sub- contractors as above, the general engineering . 5.04.210 Rate-Outdoor sales. contractor shall be liable for all license fees of the Every person having a fixed place of business subcontractor as provided in this section (Ord. making outdoors sales shall pay a license fee in 220 § 2 (part), 1978) accordance with Section 5 .04.120. (Ord. 286 (part), 1989)

delivery. 5.04.220 Rate-Vending machines and Every person not having a fixed place of busi- amusement devices. ness within the city, making wholesale and retail Every person engaged in the business of rent- deliveries from house to house or business over ing out, placing or servicing, within the city, any regular routes to regular customers or otherwise automatic vending machine, or coin-operated shall pay a fee in accordance with Section phonograph or other musical device, or any pin- 5.04.120. (Ord. 286 (part), 1989: Ord. 220 § 2 ball machine or other mechanical game shall pay (part), 1978) a license fee in accordance with Section 5 .04.120. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978)

products. 5.04.230 Rate-Telephone companies. Every person engaged in the business of dis- Every person engaged in the business of oper- tributing or delivering or soliciting or obtaining ating or conducting a telephone exchange or orders for the distributing or delivering of oil, telephone company within the city shall pay a kerosene, gasoline, grease, butane, propane, die- license fee computed in the manner set forth in sel fuel, or other petroleum products from any Section 5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978)

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5.04.240 Rate-Hotels and motels. 5.04.310 Rate-Junk dealers and collectors. Every person engaged in the business of con• Every person who conducts or operates a busi- ducting or operating a hotel or motel within the ness for the purchase or sale of junk, shall pay a city shall pay a license fee computed in the man- license fee in accordance with Section 5 .04.120. ner set forth in Section 5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § 2 (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) (part), 1978)

courts. 5.04.250 Rate-Lodging and boardinghouse. Every person who conducts the business of Every person engaged iri the business of con• keeping or operating a campground or trailer ducting or operating a lodginghouse, court for the accommodation of motorists or boardinghouse, ot lodging and boardinghouse, others shall pay a license fee in accordance with or apartment house within the city shall pay a Section.5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) license fee in accordance with Section 5.04.120. (Ord; 220 § 2 (part), 1978)

Every person engaged in the business of con-

Everyperson-whoconductsacreamery, cream repair of automobiles, trucks, or other motor receiving station, skimming station, whole milk vehicles, in the city, shall pay a license fee in plant or dry milk factory, or cheese factory in the accordance with the provisions of Section city, shall pay a license fee in accordance with 5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) . Section 5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978)

5.Q4.270 Rate-Nurseries .. Every person engaged in the business of selling Every person who engages in the business of or dealing in new or secondhand automobiles in selling or soliciting orders for. nursery stock, the city shall pay a license fee in accordance with trees, shrubs, vines, plants, etc., shall pay a Section 5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) license fee in accordance with Section 5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) 5.04.350 Rate-Hauling. Every person engaged in the business of oper- ating or running any truck, dray, job wagon or5.04.280 Rate-Barber and beauty shops. other vehicle, horse or motor-driven, used for Every person engaged in the business of con- commercial operation within the city, excepting ducting or operating a barbershop and/or beauty common carriers, shall pay a license fee in shop shall pay a fee in accordance with Section accordance with Section 5.04. 120. (Ord. 220 § 2 5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) (part), 1978)

Every person engaged in the business of con- -.£very person lawfully engaged in the business ducting or operating a laundry or wash house, or of bill posting or in maintaining boards or struc- who solicits within the city, laundry work or tures for the posting of bills, or other outdoor orders therefor, the work to be done out of the advertisements within the city shall pay a license city, shall pay a license fee in accordance with fee in accordance with Section 5.04. 120. (Ord. Section 5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part,} 1978) 220 § 2 (part), 1978)

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5.04.370

5.04.370 Rate~Warehouses. following: lawnmower and tool sharpeners; key Every person engaged in the business of con- makers; safe repairman; equipment service and ducting or operating any warehouse in the city, installation; appliance maintenance, repair and used for the storage of grain, hay or other fann installation; ambulance service; bail bond bro- products, merchandise, or other goods belonging ker; dancing school in a public building; delivery to other persons, for profit, shall pay a license fee service; distributing advertising; handcraft; in accordance with Section 5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § house cleaning; house moving or wrecking; 2 (part), 1978) instructor (private); pest control; piano tuner; public bookkeeper; public stenographer; travel

Every person conducting a job printing busi- pay a license fee in accordance with Section ness or establishment in the city shall pay a 5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) license fee in accordance with Section 5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) 5.04.430 Rate-Signs. Every person engaged in the business of solic-

Every person engaged in the business of con- maintaining neon signs or any electrical or ducting or operating a theater or moving picture mechanical signs within the city shall pay a show within the city, whether in or out of doors, license fee in accordance with Section 5 .04 .120. shall pay a license fee in accordance with Section (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) 5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978)

Every person engaged in the business of solic- tographer who has no fixed place of business iting or taking orders for dry cleaning, pressing, within the city shall pay a license fee in accord- or dyeing clothes within the city, with no fixed ance with Section 5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), place of business therein, the work to be done 1978) outside the city, shall pay a license fee in accord- ance with Section 5.04.120. Additionally, if any

Every person carrying on the business of fur-business with the businesses referred to in this nishing loudspeaker and/or sound advertising,section, a total fee in accordance with Section whether traveling or stationary, shall pay a5.04.120 shall be paid by such person in lieu of all license fee in accordance with Section 5.04.120.other license fees provided for in this section. •(Ord. 220 § 2 (part), I 978)(Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978)

Every person engaged in the business of con- Every person conducting a business of buying, ducting a tailor shop shall pay a license fee in selling or dealing in fish, game. shellfish. or sea- accordance with Section 5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § 2 food shall pay a license fee in accordance with (part), 1978) Section 5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978)

Every person transacting and carrying on the Every person commencing, transacting, and functions or business in this section similar to the carrying on in the city any business whatsoever in

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a home shall be required to obtain and display a wine, beer or liquor is sold shall pay a license fee license, the fee which shall be in accordance with in accordance with Section 5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § Section 5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) 2 (part), 1978)

5.04.500 Rate-Pawn shops. 5.04.480 Rate-Cabarets. Every person engaged in the business of oper- Every person owning or operating a business ating a pawn shop shall pay a license fee in on premises to which has been issued a general accordance with Section 5.04.120. (Ord. 220 § 2 on-sale liquor license by the State Alcoholic Bev- (part), I978) erage Control Board and who furnishes, makes available, or permits thereon· music or entertain- 5.04.510 Rate-Businesses generally. ment either vocally, by orchestra, music box, Any business which is not specifically named radio or other musical entertainment devices, in this chapter, and which is not required to be shall pay an annual license fee in accordance licensed by another section of this chapter, shall with Section 5.04.120. In addition to the pay a license tax in accordance with the provi- aforesaid payment, any such person shall pay to sions of Section 5.04.120, expressly including, • the city an additional sum to be established by • but not thereby limiting, the following: bakery, the chief of police for each occasion when live service station, cafe, restaurant, bar, grocery, fur- music is furnished for the entertainment of niture, dry goods, hardware, feeds, lumberyard, patrons, which sum, at the option of the city, drug and sundries, food lockers, implement,shall be used for the purpose of policing such auto and machine parts, welding shop, cabinet occasions, but in the event no officer is assigned shop, shoe (sale or repair), women or men'sto police the premises, the amount so paid for clothing, refreshments, variety. (Ord. 220 § 2such occasion shall be refunded by the city; pro- (part), I978)vided, however, that such license shall be issued subject to the further terms and conditions, the 5.04.520 Permit-Required when.violation ofany of which is declared to constitute Certain business activities shall be carried ona public nuisance: within the city only upon performance of reason- A. That no loud, boisterous or disorderly con- able conditions imposed by the council to safe-duct that disturbs the peace or quiet of the neigh- guard the health and welfare of its citizens; andborhood shall be permitted therein; after receiving a permit issued upon authoriza- B. That no loud music, noise or entertain- tion of the council to conduct the business inment that disturbs the peace or quiet of the neigh- accordance with the provisions of this chapter.borhood shall be permitted therein; (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) C. That said business shall not be operated while music or entertainment as aforesaid is fur- 5.04.530 Permit-Application.nished, available or permitted between the hours Written application must be filed with the col-of two a.m. and six a.m. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), lector by the prospective permittee on a form1978) provided by the collector, and when filed, the applicant shall pay one dollar as a filing fee and as

Every person maintaining and operating card ule set forth in Section 5.04.550. No application tables or who permits the playing of card games shall be considered by the council unless said fees within or in connection with any pool or billiard have been paid. The council, when authorizing parlor or lunch counter or restaurant or wherein the collector to issue the request permit, may

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prescribe reasonable conditions and require reason- bers of such organizations, post or branch, and able acts to be perfonned by the applicant in the where such boxing or wrestling match is conducted conduct of the activity proposed to be engaged in directly by, in the name of and subject to the control or, if the council deems it in the best interests of the of such organization, post or branch. city, the application may be denied, in which case, G. Peddlers and solicitors; the license fee deposited, but not the application fee, H. Outdoor sales. (Ord. 286 (part), 1989; Ord. shall be returned to the applicant. (Ord. 220 § 2 245 (part), 1981; Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) (part), 1978)

conditions. lector when authorized by the council in the same A pennittee who fails to conduct his business in manner as other licenses are issued by him subject confonnity with the conditions imposed by the to the conditions of this section, and as follows: council shall forfeit both his permit and the license A. To persons living in or within a reasonable fee, unless such permit runs by the year, in which distance of the city to sell produce they actually case he shall have thirty days within which to com- raise; ply, and, failing to do so, both his license fee and B. To persons to sell goods at retail who, by his pennit shall be forfeited. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), infinnities of age, loss of limbs, or total disabling 1978) causes, are incapacitated from earning a living by physical labor;

designated. found by the council to merit exception for the Toe following are the businesses requiring special provisions of any section thereof. permits from the council, who shall pay a license All applications for gratuitous licenses shall be in fee in accordance with Section 5.04.120 of this writing and must state the fact relied upon by the chapter: applicant, and be signed by him. Toe action of the A. Shows, and entertainment generally, offered council shall be endorsed upon the back of said in a regular building; license so issued, and signed by the clerk of the B. Medicine shows in tents; council. Toe collector shall enter such endorsement C. Shooting gallery; in the license books kept by him and no such li- D. Palmistry, tea reading, fortunetelling, charac- cense shall be in force until such entry is made. All ter reading, phrenology, card reading, and other licenses granted by the council, under this section, similar activity; shall expire at the end of the term for which they E. Carnivals; were issued, provided that the council may at any F. Wrestling or boxing; provided, however, that time revoke the same, and such revocation must be any charitable or fraternal organization or any orga- entered on the license book or the record of the nization of veterans of any branch of the United collector upon notice thereof. No.gratuitous licenses States Armed Forces operating on a national scale are or shall be assignable, and the fact that a person and having a local post or branch of such organiza- may come within a class that may entitle him to tion, and any active unit of the National Guard have a gratuitous license issued to him shall not having local headquarters, shall not be required to pennit such person to do business without such pay the license tax set forth above, where the net license. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) income from such boxing or sparring match or wrestling match, does not inure in whole or in part 5.04.561 Gratuitous licenses-Waivers. to the benefit of private individuals or private mem- The city manager shall have the authority to

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pelTI1it and waive business license fees for concerns plant within the state, the method of delivery, the which are both local and nonprofit, conducting one- name and location of the residence of the applicant day-only, non-alcoholic, fundraising events includ- and any other facts necessary to establish such claim ing but not limited to: barbecues, food or beverage of exemption. A copy of the order blank, contract sales; car washes; and garage, rummage or yard fo1TI1 or other papers used by such person in taking sales. orders shall be attached to the affidavit for the infor- Toe city manager acting in the best interests of mation of the council. If it appears that the applicant the city, may impose more restrictive conditions is entitled to such exemption, the council shall forth- including but not limited to: date, time, hours of with issue a gratuitous license. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 'operation, litter and nuisance control. (Ord. 343, 1978) 1997)

It is declared to be the intention of the council to deemed a debt due the city from and against any make the provisions of this chapter apply to all person who maintains, carries on, engages in, or businesses, trades, professions, and callings now conducts in the city, any business, occupation, trade, actually in existence, or at present being operated, profession or employment upon which license tax and to all businesses, trades, professions, and call- is imposed, or for the commencing, engaging in, ings which may hereafter be commenced within the carrying on, or conducting of which a license is city or over which the city may exercise a proper required to be procured without first having paid the jurisdiction for licensing purposes. A person shall license tax and procured the license according to the be deemed to have commenced the operation of any terms and provisions of this chapter, and such per- such business and to be liable for the payment of sons shall be liable in a civil action in the name of the license fee by any one or more transactions the city as plaintiff in any court of competent juris- within the city, (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), 1978) diction for the amount of the license tax imposed by this chapter and for the costs of suit and for any 5.04,580 Interstate commerce. attorney's fee in the sum of one hundred dollars. Every peddler, solicitor or other person claiming The license tax imposed by this chapter shall be- to be entitled to exemption from the payment of any come due and payable in lawful money of the Unit- license provided for in this chapter upon the ed States of America to the collector. (Ord. 220 § grounds that such license casts a burden upon his 2 (part), 1978) right to engage in commerce with foreign nations or among the several states, or conflicts with the regu- 5.04.600 Posting license. lations of the United States Congress respecting Every person having a license under the provi- interstate commerce, shall file a verified statement , sions of this chapter shall keep such license posted with the council, disclosing the interstate or other and exhibited while the same is in force, in some character of his business entitling such exemption. conspicuous place therein. (Ord. 220 § 2 (part), Such statement shall state the name and location of 1978) the company or fiffi1 for which the orders are to be solicited or secured, the name of the nearest local or 5.04.610 Amendment. state manager, if any, and his address, the kind of The council may from time to time, in its discre- goods, wares or merchandise to be delivered, the tion and by ordinance, fix, alter, change, amend or place from which the same are to be shipped or revise the schedule of fees for procuring a license forwarded, the method of solicitation or taking from the city. (Ord. 208 § I, 1978) orders, the location of any warehouse, factory or

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5.04.620

5.04.620 Regulatory measure. The provisions of this chapter are enacted for municipal or regulatory purposes and are not in- tended to raise revenue. (Ord. 208 § 2, 1978)

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5.06.010

Chapter 5,06 5.06.030 Participation by minor prohibited.
No minor shall be allowed. to participate in
BINGO GAMES any bingo game. (Ord. 191 § 1 (part), 1976)