16.1.
Porterville Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Porterville
Fortune teller. The business license fee for "fortune telling" for pay, as defined in subsection15-20F of this chapter, shall be fifty
dollars ($50.00) per year.
Handyman shall be licensed under the gross receipts section 15-23, classification B, of this article.
Hotels, motels, auto courts, etc., shall be licensed under the gross receipts section15-23, classification B, of this article.
- Insurance broker shall be licensed under the gross receipts section 15-23, classification B, of this article.
- Itinerant vendor, itinerant merchant, the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day per person for each person so employed, with a
minimum fee of twenty five dollars ($25.00).
Junk dealer and/or collector shall be licensed under the gross receipts section15-23, classification B, of this article.
Maintenance service: building, janitorial, yard, etc., shall be licensed under the gross receipts section 15-23, classification B, of
this article.
Newspapers, daily, with offices within the city, the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) semiannually.
Newspapers, other than daily, with offices within the city, shall be licensed under the gross receipts section15-23, classification
B, of this article.
Newspaper agents and/or distributors, the sum of twenty five dollars ($25.00) semiannually.
Paid promoters, the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) semiannually.
Pawnbrokers. For any person conducting, carrying on or managing a pawnshop or acting as pawnbrokers, the sum of one
hundred dollars ($100.00) semiannually.
Peddler, the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) per day per person so employed, with a minimum fee of twenty five dollars ($25.00).
Photographer, itinerant, the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) semiannually for each person so employed.
Private police, private patrol service shall be licensed under the gross receipts section15-23, classification B, of this article.
Real estate broker, who maintains an office or place of business within the city and who engages in the activities of acting as a
real estate broker in the sale or lease of any property within the city, the license fee shall be under the gross receipts section 15-23, classification A, of this article. Said gross receipts shall include gross commissions of the broker and gross commissions of all salespersons acting as agents of the broker.
- Real estate broker, out of city, who does not maintain an office or place of business within the city but who engages in the
activities of acting as a real estate broker in the sale or lease of any property within the city, the license fee shall be under the gross receipts section 15-23, classification A, of this article. Said gross receipts shall include gross commissions of the broker and gross commissions of all salespersons acting as agents of the broker.
- Reserved.
- Shoeshine parlors or persons engaged in the business of shining shoes, the sum of twenty five dollars ($25.00) for the initial application fee inclusive of license fee for first semiannual license period. Thereafter the renewal license fee shall be the sum of seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) semiannually.
Solicitor, the sum of twenty five dollars ($25.00) per day per person so employed.
Solicitor, by means of telephone, the sum of twenty five dollars ($25.00) semiannually per person so employed.
Stamp redemption shall be licensed under the gross receipts section 15-23, classification B, of this article.
Stockbroker shall be licensed under the gross receipts section 15-23, classification A, of this article.
Stock salesman, shall be licensed under the gross receipts section 15-23, classification A, of this article.
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