Downey Municipal Code Part 2 Schedule of License Fees

The fee for any license required by this chapter shall be that set forth in this part for the particular business involved. The fee and the duration of the license shall be annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly, or daily as set forth in this part.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57)

(a) For advertising by means of permanently constructed billboard or by bill posting on other than permanent billboard, there shall be a license fee of $25 per year for the first panel, plus $15 for each additional panel. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st.

(b) For advertising by means of handbills, dodgers, stickers, advertising samples, or similar devices there shall be a license fee of $2 per person, per day, or, in lieu thereof, $150 per year shall be paid for any number of such persons so distributing such advertising items. The annual license fee of $150 shall be automatically adjusted on October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st. The annual license fee shall not be prorated, and any prior license fees paid on a daily basis shall not apply toward the payment of such annual license fee.

(c) For advertising by means of searchlight or any similar device there shall be a license fee of $10 per month for each such device or $100 per year for any number of such devices. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st.

(d) For advertising by means of courtesy benches placed at bus stops, there shall be a license fee of $25 per year for the first bench, plus $3 for each additional bench. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st.

(Amended by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; Ord. 369, adopted 8-26-69; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

For any amusement center under one operation and one ownership and of a permanent character, the business license fee therefor shall be computed upon the gross receipts of said business in the manner set forth in Section 6255 of this part.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57)

For all amusements and amusement devices other than as provided in Section 6227 of this part, the following license fees are established:

(a) For each ride for children or similar concession, including miniature trains, merry-go-rounds, pony rides, speedways (small electric automobiles), small gasoline automobiles, pig slides, and the like, $15 per quarter;

(b) For each ride for adults or similar concession, including carousels, loop-o-planes, airplanes, Ferris wheels, sky flyers, scooters, ships, toonervilles, motorcycle rides, globes of death, magic carpets, rides-in-dark, or rides or devices of similar character, $30 per quarter;

(c) For each show or exhibition, including sideshows, mysteries, illusions, street telescopes, and animals, birds, minstrels, and the like, $25 per day for each show or exhibition;

(d) For each carnival, circus or tent show, $200 for the first day and $100 for each additional day; provided, however, when the carnival license fee is paid, no additional fee shall be required for shows or devices within the carnival. These fees shall be automatically adjusted on October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st. For the purposes of this section, "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 other than shows included in Subsection (c) of this section.

Before any license may be issued hereunder, there shall be a fee of $500 deposited to guarantee that the premises shall be left in a clean, safe, and sanitary condition. In the event such premises are not left in such condition as approved by the Director of Public Works within two days from the closing of such carnival, circus, or tent show, the sum so deposited shall be forfeited to the City for the purpose of placing such premises in such condition as may be approved by the Director of Public works.

No license shall be issued for any carnival, circus, or tent show until a permit therefor has been issued, as provided in this article; and

(e) For sundry games or other devices, including shuffleboard, skeeball, or other games of like character, not operated by the insertion of a coin or slug, $35 per year for each unit.

(Amended by Ord. 142, adopted 3-8-60; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

For the first day of auction, there shall be a license fee of $50 and for each subsequent day in any one month there shall be a license fee of $10; provided, however, any regularly established livestock auction or establishment at a fixed place of business for the auction of objects of art or used items originating in the City shall be subject only to the gross receipts tax in the manner set forth in Section 6255. This license fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.

No license shall be issued for any auction until a permit therefor has been issued, as provided in this article.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; repealed by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72)

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; repealed by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72)

For businesses that consist of more than six vendors in an open area that is either enclosed in a building or outside and where the vendors operate from individual stalls or spaces, the general operator of such an operation shall pay an annual license tax of $30 per vendor stall or space. This tax shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending August 31st.

If there is no general operator of the open-area, multi-vendor operation, then the person or organization to whom the individual vendors pay rent for such space will be responsible for the annual tax.

(Added by Ord. 840, adopted 1-13-87)

For open area businesses which operate for 30 days or less the general operator shall pay a license tax of one and no/100ths dollars ($1.00) per vendor stall or space per day. Provided, however, in no event shall the tax paid by the general operator of a multiple vendor open area operation be less than thirty and no/100ths dollars ($30.00) regardless of the number of vendors or the duration of the event. This tax shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.

(Added by Ord. 840, adopted 1-13-87)

(Repealed by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60)

For each shoe shine parlor there shall be a license fee of six dollars per year per person engaged; provided, however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to persons employed in or conducting their business solely within barber shops or beauty parlors. This license fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

For any boxing or wrestling show exhibition, or contest, there shall be a license fee of $50 per day or $100 per quarter. These fees shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31. No license shall be issued for any such boxing or wrestling show, contest, or exhibition until a permit therefor has been issued, as provided in this article.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

The following license fees shall be paid for the following designated occupations or businesses:

(a) For pawnbrokers, $400 per month;

(b) For bail bond brokers, $250 per year;

(c) For brokers of goods, wares, or merchandise, $75 per year;

(d) For stock and bond brokers, $75 per year, plus four dollars per year for each employee;

(e) For collection agencies, $100, plus $15 per year for each employee;

(f) For employment agencies, $60 per year, plus four dollars per year for each employee;

(g) For detective agencies or private investigators, $40 per year, plus four dollars per year for each employee;

(h) For private patrols or night watch services, $40 per year, plus four dollars per year for each employee;

(i) For all other agencies, agents, or representatives, not including traveling salesmen, $40 per year, plus four dollars per year for each employee.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 191, adopted 2-13-62; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

For canvassing, soliciting or taking orders from house to house or from place to place in the City for any goods, wares, or merchandise, or any article to be delivered in the future, or for services to be performed at the present or in the future, there shall be a license fee of $25 for each quarter for each person so engaged. No person shall be issued a license for carrying on the businesses set forth in this section unless a permit therefor has been issued by the Chief of Police. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provisions of this article, the Tax Collector may issue a principal solicitors' license to every person either employing or contracting with one or more individuals for solicitors' services as hereinbefore defined. If a principal solicitor should elect to use the provisions of this section, no principal solicitors' license shall be issued until the applicant files with the Tax Collector a list of all solicitors employed or retained by the applicant, or with whom the applicant has a contract, and unless the applicant executes an agreement that he will, within five days therefor, notify the Tax Collector in writing of every change in personnel of those soliciting for him. In such event, the license fee for each solicitor shall be included within the principal solicitors' license fee, but each individual solicitor shall obtain a permit in accordance with Chapter 4 of this article relating to permit procedure. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to grant a principal solicitor the privilege of soliciting unless there is maintained in full force and effect for each individual solicitor a permit in accordance with the provisions of said Chapter 4. The license fee for a principal solicitors' license shall be $150 per year, with no proration thereof. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.

(Added by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; amended by Ord. 426, adopted 10-24-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; repealed by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72)

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; repealed by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72)

(a) For the sale of Christmas trees, holly berries, wreaths, or mistletoe, except where such business is conducted in connection with another regularly established place of business for which a license has been issued, there shall be a license fee of $50, plus four dollars for each employee for each location where such items are sold. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.

(b) Before any license may be issued hereunder, there shall be a fee of $250 deposited to guarantee that the premises shall be left in a clean, safe, and sanitary condition. In the event such premises are not left in such condition, as approved by the Director of Public Works, within two days from the date the sale of such items ceases at any such location, such sum shall be forfeited to the City and may be applied by the City for the purpose of placing such premises in such condition as may be approved by the Director of Public Works.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

For any window washer, house cleaner, gardening service, or any service of like nature for hire (except domestic help) there shall be an annual license fee of $30 per year. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.

(Amended by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77; operated 1-1-78; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

For collecting articles to be cleaned, dyed, sponged, pressed, or laundered, there shall be a license fee of $35 per year per vehicle. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

The following license fee schedules shall apply to contractors:

(a) For each General or Engineering Contractor located within the City, there shall be a license fee of $62 per year. For each General or Engineering Contractor, acting as the prime contractor, not located in the City, and doing business within the City, there shall be a license fee of $62 per year, or a quarterly license fee of $19. In addition to this fee, there will be an additional fee based on the valuation of bid price of each project of $0.50 for each $1,000 valuation or fraction thereof.

(b) For all other contractors not specified in this section and located in the City, there shall be a license fee of $50 per year. For all other contractors not specified in this section, not located in the City, and doing business within the City, there shall be a license fee of $50 per year, or a quarterly license fee of $15.

(Amended by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77, operative 1-1-78; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

(a) For the business of conducting or holding public dances at a regular location, there shall be licensee fee $140 per year. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.

(b) For a public dance to which the public is admitted or at which the public is allowed to participate in the dancing carried on at a place other than a regularly licensed dance hall, there shall be a license fee of $15 per day. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.

(c) No license shall be issued hereunder unless a permit as required by this article has been obtained.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

For carrying on the business of instruction in dancing where no charge is made for admission and dancing is not allowed other than in classes, there shall be a license fee of $25 per year, plus four dollars per year for each employee. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 412, adopted 11-23-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

For conducting any concert, lecture, motion picture, basketball game, indoor tennis match, theatrical performance, vaudeville performance, or any similar type of entertainment not otherwise specifically licensed hereunder where an admission fee is charged and the same is conducted on an occasional basis, there shall be a fee of fifteen and no/100ths dollars ($15.00) per day. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

(a) For any person or company maintaining functional corporate or regional administrative offices within the City where there are no direct sales or any goods, wares, or merchandise manufactured or processed, there shall be an annual license fee based upon the number of persons employed, including the proprietor, manager, officers, or other directing personnel, as follows:

(b) The fees in this section shall be automatically adjusted on October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77, operative 1-1-78; repealed by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84; repealed by Ord. 1304, adopted 9-25-12)

(a) For every person operating a hotel, motel, apartment house, or any similar type of business offering living quarter rentals, there shall be a license fee as follows: for four rental units, $20 per year and six dollars for each unit over four in number.

(b) For the purpose of computing the fee required to be paid by this section, the provisions of Section 6204 notwithstanding, a person shall include in the measure of the tax the number of units from all businesses licensed by this section engaged in by him or her within the City, whether at one or more than one location. A rental unit, when owner occupied, shall not be included in such computation. The fees in this section shall be automatically adjusted on October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st.

(Added by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; amended by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77, operative 1-1-78; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

For every person who shall operate any temporary location or place of business of any kind, and not otherwise specifically licensed under this chapter, for the sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise, or services, there shall be a license fee of $50 per month. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

No person shall engage in the business of, or engage in the collection of, solid waste, recycled waste, green waste, or any discarded item unless a license has been issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(a) For each recycled waste, green waste, or discarded item collector who collects waste for possible reuse, there shall be a license fee of $123.57 per year for each vehicle used in such business.

(b) For each solid waste collector who collects waste for disposal, there shall be a license fee of $231.70 per year for each vehicle.

(c) For businesses that operate the same vehicles to conduct business in subsections (a) and (b), the fee shall be $231.70 per year for each vehicle.

(d) These fees shall be automatically adjusted on October 1st of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31st.

(e) No person shall operate a solid waste, green waste, or discarded item collector vehicle within the City unless there is in effect a valid and existing public liability and property damage insurance policy on file with the City Clerk providing coverage as defined in a City Council Resolution.

(Amended by Ord. 53, adopted 9-10-57; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 421, adopted 5-23-72; Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77, operative 1-1-78; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84; Ord. 1029, adopted 10-8-96)

All businesses that receive solid waste for the purpose of transferring such waste for disposal or processing such waste for recycling or other uses shall pay an annual license fee indicated in Section 6251.2.

(a) Solid waste is all putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste and semi-solid wastes, generated in or upon, related to the occupancy or, remaining in or emanating from any premises, including without limitation, recyclable materials, garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, demolition and construction wastes, home and industrial appliances, manure or animal solid or semi-solid wastes and other solid and semi-solid wastes. Solid waste shall not include purchased materials.

(b) Gross receipts is all income generated from the sale of recyclable materials.

(Added by Ord. 1008, adopted 10-10-95)

(a) For loaning money, advancing credit, or loaning credit, whether or not security of any kind is taken for such loan or advance, or purchasing or discounting any obligation of money due or to become due, or any evidence of any obligation of money due or to become due, there shall be an annual license fee of $300 per year; provided, however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to any person, firm, or corporation conducting a banking business under the laws of the State, or to any holder of a pawnbroker's license, or to real estate brokers or mortgage loan companies separately covered in this chapter.

(b) This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

For selling services or goods by means of vending machines or for operating any amusement machine or device, or the entrance thereto or therein, is effected by the insertion of a coin or slug or opening, there shall be a license fee as follows:

(a) If locked boxes for storage, two dollars per year per lock or latch;

(b) For each music, sound, or other coin or slug-operated machine of like nature, $35 per year;

(c) For each amusement device, $35 per year;

(d) The fees in Section 6253(a), (b), and (c) shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31; and

(e) For owners of vending machines of goods or services other than as specified above, there shall be a total annual license fee for all such machines operated within the City measured by the gross receipts derived therefrom as set forth in Section 6255 of this Code.

(Amended by Ord. 142, adopted 3-8-60; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 426, adopted 10-24-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

For each manufacturer or processor of any goods, wares, or merchandise, there shall be an annual license fee measured by gross receipts as follows:

(Amended by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 426, adopted 10-24-72; Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77, operative 1-1-78)

(a) Every person who engages in the business of producing oil from any well located in the City shall pay an annual license tax, the amount of which shall be equal to the greater of the following:

(1) A tax based upon the number of employees engaged in the operation of such person's oil wells and computed in the manner set forth in Section 6254 of this part. Such amount shall be referred to in this section as "the minimum tax"; or

(2) Three cents times the number of barrels of oil in excess of 300 produced and shipped from each well during each calendar quarter of the calendar year. Such amount shall be referred to in this section as "the per barrel tax."

(b) Such license tax shall be payable and, if not paid, shall become delinquent as follows:

(1) An amount equal to the minimum annual tax shall be payable at the time, and shall become delinquent if not paid within the time, set forth in Section 6214 of Part 1 of this chapter for the payment of annual license taxes generally.

(2) The amount, if any, by which the sum of the cumulated amounts of the per barrel tax is in excess of the minimum tax, plus the per barrel tax theretofore paid, shall be payable on the first day of the month next succeeding each calendar quarter and shall become delinquent if not paid on or before the last day of said month.

(c) For the purpose of determining the tax:

(1) A well is deemed located within the City if any portion of the wellhead is located within the City, irrespective of the subsurface location of the well or the producing interval thereof.

(2) The calendar quarters of each year shall consist of the following: first quarter, January, February, and March; second quarter, April, May, and June; third quarter, July, August, and September; and fourth quarter, October, November, and December.

(3) A barrel of oil shall consist of 42 United States gallons of crude petroleum substances corrected for temperature variations in accordance with methods generally approved in the petroleum industry. "Petroleum substances" shall mean crude oil remaining after the removal therefrom of water and other impurities by preliminary processing in the vicinity of the well site preparatory to the shipment thereof.

(4) If oil produced from two or more wells shall be commingled without the production of the respective wells being separately measured, each well whose production has been so commingled shall be considered as having produced an equal part of the total.

(5) Oil "produced and shipped during a calendar quarter" shall mean oil produced from a well either before or during said calendar quarter which oil either has been sold to another or shipped from the well site during said calendar quarter.

(d) The license tax imposed under this section shall apply to that portion of the calendar year 1963 beginning on the effective date of this section, and to each calendar year thereafter.

(e) Every person required to have a license under this section shall on or before the last day of April, July, October, and January of each year file with the Tax Collector a report, upon the form provided by the Tax Collector, setting forth such information as the Tax Collector shall require, including:

(1) The name or other identification of all oil wells located in the City operated by him during the calendar quarter involved.

(2) The number of barrels of oil produced and shipped from each of said wells during the preceding quarter.

(3) The computation of said per barrel tax with respect to such production due the City.

(f) Every person required to have a license under this section shall keep full, true, and accurate records of the amount of oil produced and shipped or sold by him from wells located within the City and shall upon the demand of the Tax Collector, make said records, together with any shipping documents or sales invoices, pertaining to such oil, available for the inspection of the Tax Collector at all reasonable times.

(g) In the event any person required to have a license under this section fails to file a report of the quarterly production and shipment of oil from his wells as hereinabove provided, or the information filed in such report is insufficient to enable the Tax Collector to compute the license tax liability of such persons, the Tax Collector, by such method as he may deem appropriate, shall estimate the amount of the tax due from said person. Notice thereof may be sent by the Tax Collector to such person by registered mail to his latest address as shown on the City's records, and unless within thirty days thereafter a proper statement is filed by such person with the Tax Collector, said estimate shall become a final and binding determination of the amount of the tax due.

(Added by Ord. 227, adopted 7-8-63)

For every person conducting, managing, or carrying on any business or profession, whether as mentioned or otherwise, or in any manner doing business within the City and not otherwise specifically licensed by this chapter, there shall be an annual license fee measured by gross receipts as follows:

(Amended by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71; Ord. 412, adopted 11-23-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77, operative 1-1-78)

Each peddler or person selling or offering for sale any goods, wares, or merchandise from house to house or place to place within the City, shall pay a license fee in an amount as set forth hereinafter:

(a) When peddling at retail on a regularly established business route, there shall be a tax of $56.07 per year for each vehicle;

(b) When peddling at retail on an irregular business route, there shall be a license fee of $100 per year;

(c) When peddling exclusively at wholesale to any established business within the City, for the use of such place of business in conducting their respective businesses, or by rendering any service in connection with such established business, there shall be a license fee of $50 per year for each vehicle;

(d) These license fees shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31;

(e) If the peddler operation consists of three of more vehicles then, without regard to the ownership of the vehicles, the person or organization who organizes the peddler operation or provides the merchandise to the individual peddlers will be responsible for the annual tax.

(Amended by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77, operative 1-1-78; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84; Ord. 843, adopted 1-27-87)

(a) For photographing, soliciting, or taking orders for photographs of photographic work, or selling or giving coupons for photographic work, and having no fixed place or business within the City, there shall be a license fee of $100 per year per person. If requiring a deposit in advance of the final delivery of any such work or services, the applicant shall, before obtaining a license as required by this chapter, file with the License Collector a bond in the penal sum of $1,000, executed by an established surety company, or, in lieu thereof, shall make a cash deposit in the sum of $1,000, conditioned upon making final delivery of the finished photographic work in accordance with the terms of such order, or, failing therein, that the advanced payment on such order be refunded and conditioned, further, that any person aggrieved by this action, for any such person soliciting or taking orders for photographic work or selling coupons for photographic work, as hereinbefore in this section set forth, shall have a right of action on the bond for the recovery of money or damages, or both. Said bond shall be retained by the City for a period of 30 days after the expiration of the license granted at the time of the filing of said bond.

(b) The license fees set forth in this section shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

(a) Every person practicing a profession in the fields of medicine, law, dentistry, and engineering within the City shall pay a license fee of $75 per year, plus four dollars per year for each employee. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31. Shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending August 31.

(b) For the purpose of this section, "person" shall mean each natural person practicing his or her profession pursuant to a license issued by the State, whether as an employee of a professional corporation, in a partnership, association, or otherwise, and "employee" shall mean each nonprofessional person working for such individual as described above, professional corporation, partnership, or association.

(c) A licensed professional, as designated in this section, practicing only as an employee and where the employer is not a professional corporation and whose employer is licensed under some other provision of this chapter, shall not be required to be licensed pursuant to the provisions of this section. A licensed professional, as designated in this section, employed by a professional corporation, but not a stockholder therein, shall not be required to be licensed pursuant to the provisions of this section.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 446, adopted 12-26-73; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

For every person engaged in the business of sign writing, sign painting, sign hanging, or sign maintenance or repair (other than neon or electric signs) within the City, there shall be a license fee of $30 per year. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

(Added by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; repealed by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72)

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; repealed by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72)

For taxicabs or other motor propelled vehicles for hire with drivers, there shall be a license fee of thirty-five and no/100ths dollars ($35.00) per year for each vehicle. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; repealed by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72)

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; repealed by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72)

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; repealed by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72)

Every person not having a fixed place of business within the City, and not being otherwise subject to licensing herein, who delivers or transports goods, wares, or merchandise of any kind by vehicle within the City shall pay $25 per year for each vehicle. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to carriers subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission of the State.

(Amended by Ord. 360, adopted 2-10-69; Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77, operative 1-1-78; Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

For selling at wholesale any goods, wares, produce or merchandise, there shall be an annual license fee measured by gross receipts as follows:

(Repealed by Ord. 154, adopted 11-22-60; reenacted by Ord. 410, adopted 10-26-71, operative 1-1-72; amended by Ord. 534, adopted 10-25-77, operative 1-1-78)

(a) For wrecking or salvaging automobiles or vessels, there shall be a license fee of $200 per year. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31. "Wrecking" shall mean the business of buying or trading in secondhand used or wrecked automobiles or vessels and reselling the parts thereof, or building automobiles or vessels from the salvaged parts of such automobiles or vessels and selling the same, or the wrecking or salvaging of automobiles or vessels on a contract basis.

(b) No license shall be issued hereunder unless a permit therefor has been issued by the Chief of Police.

(Added by Ord. 34, adopted 6-10-57; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

For any studio requiring a permit under Sections 6581 et seq. of this Code, the license fee shall be $400 per year. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.

(Added by Ord. 343, adopted 3-11-68; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

For any massage business or parlor requiring a permit under Sections 6553 et seq. of this Code, the license fee shall be $400 annually. This fee shall be automatically adjusted on October 1 of each year equivalent to the percentage change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, All Urban Consumers, Consumer Price Index for the prior 12-month period ending on August 31.

(Added by Ord. 420, adopted 5-23-72; amended by Ord. 771, adopted 11-23-84)

The amounts of money established and required to be paid by Sections 6225 through 6270 are hereby increased by 10%, but no such increase shall exceed $100 per annum. This section shall not be operative after midnight, December 31, 1980.

(Added by Ord. 607, adopted 10-23-79; amended by Ord. 629, adopted 8-26-80)

Each person selling fireworks at wholesale to any fireworks stand in the City shall pay a license fee of $100, plus $0.50 for each $1,000 of gross receipts, with no proration thereof.

(Added by Ord. 545, adopted 5-30-78)