Gilroy Municipal Code Art. II Licensing Periods

The license year for businesses with fixed fees shall be the fiscal year commencing on July 1 and ending on June 30 next succeeding. The license year for licenses based on gross receipts shall be the calendar year commencing on January 1 and ending on December 31 next succeeding. The annual licenses shall be due and payable, and shall constitute a debt due and owing, to the city on the first day of each tax year.

Any person doing business for less than the full fiscal year for which an annual fixed license fee is provided shall be required to pay the full annual rate; provided, that any such person commencing any business after January first of any fiscal year shall be required to pay only one-half of the full annual rate for the balance of such fiscal year.

(Ord. No. 646, § 10; Ord. No. 85-7, § 12, 2-19-1985)

§ 13.23. through § 13.27. (Reserved)

Editor’s note: Ord. No. 85-7, § 13, adopted February 19, 1985, repealed §§ 13.23—13.27 in their entirety. Former §§ 13.23—13.27 were concerned with semiannual, quarterly and monthly licenses and derived from Ord. No. 646, § 10.

The other licenses provided for in this chapter shall be due and payable to the city in advance of the license period.

(Ord. No. 646, § 10; Ord. No. 91-4, § 9, 3-4-1991)

If any license provided by this chapter shall remain unpaid after the last business day of the month due, or if received in the mail with a post-mark after the month due, a penalty of twenty-five (25) per cent shall be added to the amount of such license and be collected by the employee having charge of the collection of the licenses. An additional penalty of ten (10) per cent shall be added for each additional month, or fraction thereof, during which the license remains unpaid.

(Ord. No. 646, § 10; Ord. No. 89-4, § I, 2-21-1989)