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Title 5 — BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS›Chapter 5.08 — BUSINESS LICENSE RATES

Redlands Municipal Code Art. V No Fixed Place of Business Rates

Redlands Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Redlands

Cite as: Redlands Municipal Code Article V · Text as of 2026-10-04

5.08.135: [RESERVED]:

5.08.140: CANNERY:

Every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or carrying on the business of a cannery, not licensed under any other provision of this chapter and chapter 5.04 of this title, the license shall be twenty five dollars ($25.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2241.2)

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5.08.145: COMMERCIAL ART; SEASONAL:

Every person, firm or corporation operating exclusively in the activity of decorating with impermanent materials, seasonal displays or murals having an intended use of not more than sixty (60) days shall pay a semiannual license tax of fifteen dollars ($15.00). (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2241.3)

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5.08.150: CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY:

Every builder, constructor, contractor, subcontractor, land developer or self-employed person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of construction work in the city shall pay a license tax or taxes as specified in sections 5.08.155 through 5.08.185 of this article, solely for raising revenue for municipal purposes and not in any way intended as regulation. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2242)

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5.08.155: BUILDER, LARGE OPERATION:

For every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or carrying on the business of constructing, repairing, altering, or adding to any houses, buildings, or structures, or maintaining the general supervision of the construction of any houses, buildings or structures, or is licensed by the state as a general contractor or general engineering contractor, the license shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2242.1)

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5.08.160: ELECTRICAL:

For every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing, or carrying on the business of electric wiring, engaged in the business of installing electric wires or electric lighting, heating fixtures or refrigeration, or similar construction activity, or constituting a master electrician within the meaning of the electric code of the city, bidding or submitting a bid for any electrical work, the license shall be twenty five dollars ($25.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2242.2)

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5.08.165: PLUMBING, PLASTERING, MASONRY:

For every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or carrying on the business of plumbing, plumbing and heating combined, lathing or plastering, drywall or drywall and painting combined, cement, concrete, masonry or brick work, cesspool or septic tank construction, paving, surveying, sewer work, swimming pool construction, sandblasting, or similar construction activity, bidding or submitting a bid for any of the same, the license shall be twenty five dollars ($25.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2242.3)

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5.08.170: ROOFING, SHEET METAL, FURNACE, VENTILATING:

For every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or carrying on the business of installing furnaces, sheet metal work, roofing, siding, heating or air conditioning, steam fittings or boilers, evaporative coolers, or similar construction activity, bidding or submitting a bid for any of the same, the license shall be twenty five dollars ($25.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2242.4)

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5.08.175: SUNDRY CONSTRUCTION WORK:

For every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or carrying on any of the businesses enumerated in section 5.08.180 of this article, bidding or submitting a bid for any of the same, the license shall be twenty five dollars ($25.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2242.5)

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5.08.180: CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES ENUMERATED:

The license tax provided for herein shall be paid by every person engaged in the business of installing, fabricating, performing, maintaining, servicing or applying the following:

Awnings.

Cabinets.

Carpentry.

  • Cesspool cleaning.

  • Chemical flameproofing.

  • Chemical toilets.

Door hanging.

Elevators.

Equipment and fixtures.

Excavating.

Fencing.

Flooring.

Glass.

Glazing.

Grading.

Insulation.

Interior decorating.

Iron work.

Landscaping.

Lawn sprinklers.

Marble.

Millwork.

Ornamental metal.

Painting.

Pest control, commercial.

Sewer line cleaning.

Signs: electric, neon, painted.

Steel: reinforcing, structural.

Tile: acoustical, asphalt, ceramic, drainboard, metal, ornamental.

Trenching.

Venetian blinds.

Wallpapering.

Weather stripping.

Well digging.

Well drilling.

Wind machines.

Window shades. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2242.51)

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5.08.185: CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES NOT ENUMERATED:

For every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing, or carrying on any other line of construction business not herein mentioned, bidding or submitting a bid therefor, not otherwise licensed, the license shall be twenty five dollars ($25.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2242.6)

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5.08.190: WHEN LICENSED UNDER TWO OR MORE SECTIONS:

For every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or carrying on a business, the operation of which requires licenses provided for herein under two (2) or more subsections within section 5.08.150 of this article, maximum fee fifty dollars ($50.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2242.7)

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5.08.195: INITIAL LICENSE; ANNUAL:

New or initial licenses issued under the provisions of section 5.08.150 of this article shall be for the annual period to expire at the end of the next succeeding semiannual license period and at a fee twice the respective semiannual license prescribed. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2242.8)

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5.08.200: DELINQUENCY, RENEWAL, NEW OR INITIAL LICENSE:

Licenses issued under the provisions of section 5.08.150 of this article when delinquent and when the business activities within the city by the licensee have been continuous throughout the delinquency the license may be renewed by payment of the semiannual license tax and penalty. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2242.9)

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5.08.205: DOG KENNELS; RATE:

For every person conducting, managing or carrying on a dog kennel business where dogs are boarded or bred for sale, the license shall be six dollars ($6.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2243)

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5.08.210: DOG KENNELS; NO OTHER LICENSE REQUIRED:

Where the dogs of any kennel are held entirely under restraint, no other fee or license under any ordinance of the city shall be required. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2243.2)

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5.08.215: EMPLOYMENT BUREAU; RATE:

Every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or carrying on the business of employment bureau, the license fee shall be twelve dollars ($12.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2244)

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5.08.220: EMPLOYMENT BUREAU; DEFINED:

For the purpose of this chapter and chapter 5.04 of this title, the term "employment bureau" is defined as the business of securing employment for any person or persons for a fee or compensation of any kind or furnishing information regarding situations or employment for a fee or compensation. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2244.1)

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5.08.225: HOUSE MOVING; RATE AND PERMIT FEE:

Every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing, carrying on, or engaged in the business of house moving, salvaging or house wrecking shall pay a license fee of twelve dollars ($12.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2245)

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5.08.230: HOUSE MOVING; LICENSE PREREQUISITE FOR STREET USE:

It shall be unlawful for any person except a house mover duly licensed by the city, to move any building over, across, or along any street or public place in the city. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2245.1)

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5.08.235: HOUSE MOVING; PERMIT PREREQUISITE TO MOVING:

It is unlawful for any person to move any building over, across or along any street or other public place in the city, without first obtaining a permit from the appropriate departments. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2245.2)

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5.08.240: HOUSE MOVING; FORM OF PERMIT:

Such permit shall specify the building to be moved and the route to be taken in the moving thereof which shall be designated by the appropriate department. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2245.3)

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5.08.245: MANUFACTURERS, PROCESSORS AND MILLERS:

Every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing, or carrying on a business consisting mainly of manufacturing or processing goods, wares or merchandise or a milling operation, together with every other association of persons maintaining a place of business wherein the products of its members are received and prepared for shipment or sale, not otherwise especially licensed by any other section of this chapter and chapter 5.04 of this title, the annual gross receipts of such business for the calendar year preceding which a license tax is due amounts to less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) shall pay the semiannual tax of fifteen dollars ($15.00), one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) and over shall pay the semiannual tax of fifteen dollars ($15.00) plus one dollar twenty five cents ($1.25) for each additional ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) annual gross receipts or fraction thereof. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2246)

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5.08.250: NEWSPAPERS:

For every person, firm or corporation engaged in printing and publishing of any newspaper within the city, or for every agency for any newspaper not printed and published in the city, the license fee shall be nine dollars ($9.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2246.1)

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5.08.255: PACKINGHOUSE:

For every fruit packinghouse, buying, packing, shipping, or selling citrus or deciduous fruits or melons or other similar commodities, either for their own account or that of any other person, the license shall be twenty five dollars ($25.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2247)

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5.08.260: PEDDLING; FISH AND MEAT:

For every peddler of fish or meat, from house to house by means of wagon, truck, vehicle, tray or basket, after permission has been secured from the city meat inspector, the license shall be twelve dollars ($12.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2247.1)

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5.08.265: PEDDLING; FOOD PRODUCTS:

Every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or carrying on the business of selling or offering for sale, bread, pastries, food products, or any other goods, wares, or merchandise by wagon, truck, vehicle, tray, or basket and not licensed under any section of this chapter and chapter 5.04 of this title, for each such wagon, truck, vehicle, tray or basket, the license shall be twelve dollars ($12.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2247.2)

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5.08.270: PEDDLING; MERCHANDISE:

Every person, firm or corporation selling or offering for sale, gasoline, oil, grease, tires, tubes, batteries, goods, wares, or merchandise from wagons, trucks, tankers or other vehicles, and not licensed under any other provision of this chapter and chapter 5.04 of this title, the license shall be twelve dollars ($12.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2247.3)

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5.08.275: POPCORN WAGON:

For every popcorn, peanut or lunch wagon operated on any street, or public way or place, after permission from Redlands city council, the license shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2247.4)

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5.08.280: READY CUT HOUSES:

For every person, firm or corporation selling, offering for sale, or contracting for the sale of ready cut buildings, the license fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2247.5)

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5.08.285: ROLLER OR ICE SKATING RINK:

For every person, firm or corporation conducting or operating a roller or ice skating rink, the license fee shall be twenty five dollars ($25.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2247.6)

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5.08.290: TREE SURGERY, TOPPING AND TRIMMING:

For every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or carrying on the business of tree surgery, topping or trimming, the license tax shall be twelve dollars ($12.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2247.7)

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5.08.295: TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS:

For every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or carrying on the business of auto livery, bus, taxi, cab, or other vehicle, for the transportation of passengers for hire, license for four (4) vehicles or less, twenty dollars ($20.00) semiannually and five dollars ($5.00) semiannually for each additional vehicle. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2248)

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5.08.300: TRANSPORTATION OF BAGGAGE OR GOODS:

For every person, firm or corporation operating or carrying on the business of driving any automobile, truck or other vehicle for transportation of baggage, express, freight, household goods, materials, goods, wares, or merchandise, and receiving compensation, either directly, or indirectly for such operation, shall pay a license fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) semiannually for the first vehicle and seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) semiannually for each additional vehicle. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2248.1)

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5.08.305: JANITORIAL SERVICES:

Every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or carrying on the business of window washing, commercial janitorial services, building or house renovating not otherwise provided, shall pay a license tax of twelve dollars ($12.00) semiannually. (Ord. 2980 § 1, 2025: Prior code § 2249)

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