Siskiyou County Municipal Code Ch. 1 Business Licensing

It shall be unlawful for any person to commence, carry on, engage in, or continue any business, trade, occupation, or employment upon which a license fee is imposed by the provisions of this chapter without first paying such license fee and procuring the license therefore. Every person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be liable for penalties per Sections 1-2.01, 1-5.22, and 1-5.24.

(§ 1, Ord. 129, as amended by § 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966, and § I, Ord. 05-11, eff. September 6, 2005)

Every person, before commencing, carrying on, engaging in, or continuing in any business, trade, occupation, or employment in the County upon which a license fee is imposed, and for which a license is required to be procured, shall pay such license fee to, and procure such license from, the License Collector. Such license shall authorize the licensee to commence, carry on, engage in, or continue in the business, trade, occupation, or employment described in the license during the term for which the license is issued.

(§ 2, Ord. 129, as amended by § I, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966)

A separate license fee shall be paid to, and a separate license procured from, the License Collector for each branch establishment or separate house of any business, trade, occupation, or employment commenced, carried on, engaged in, or continued in the County upon which a license fee is imposed and for which a license is required to be procured.

(§ 2, Ord. 129, as amended by § 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966)

The license fee and any penalties imposed thereon by the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a debt due to the County from any person who commences, carries on, engages in, continues in, or conducts any business, trade, occupation, or employment in the County upon which a license fee is imposed without having first paid such license fee and procured a license. Such person shall be liable for such license fee in a civil action in the name of the County as plaintiff in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(§ 3, Ord. 129, as amended by § 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966)

The County Auditor shall prepare and have printed blank licenses of the classes and kinds required by this chapter, with blank receipts attached for the signature of the License Collector when issued by him, and with stubs to be detached and returned to the County Auditor, showing the business, date, and time for which it is issued and the amount received therefore. The County Auditor shall affix his official seal and number and sign all licenses and from time to time deliver them to the License Collector in such quantity and as often as may be required, taking his receipt therefore, and charging the License Collector therewith, giving in the entry the numbers, classes, and amounts thereof.

(§ 4, Ord. 129, as amended by § 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966, and § II, Ord. 05-11, eff. September 6, 2005)

At least once each month the License Collector shall pay to the County Treasurer all moneys collected for licenses issued by him and deliver the County Treasurer's receipt therefore to the County Auditor, who shall charge the County Treasurer with the amount received by him and credit the License Collector therewith.

(§ 5, Ord. 129, as amended by § 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966, and § III, Ord. 05-11, eff. September 6, 2005)

The License Collector shall furnish to the Board the names of all persons carrying on, engaging in, or conducting any business, trade, occupation, or employment in the County without having first paid the license fee and procured the license required. The License Collector shall make a reasonable attempt to induce such persons to obtain a license before furnishing their names to the Board.

(§ 6, Ord. 129, as amended by § 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966)

The license fee and any penalties imposed by the provisions of this chapter shall become due and payable and shall be paid, without demand therefore, in lawful money of the United States of America to the License Collector at his office.

(§ 7, Ord. 129, as amended by § 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966, and § IV, Ord. 05-11, eff. September 6, 2005)

The term of license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be one year. No license shall be issued for a term less than one year. The license fee for the whole year shall be paid in advance before commencing in business as provided in Section 6-1.02 of this chapter. License renewal fees shall become due and payable fifteen (15) days prior to the expiration of the current license and shall become delinquent if unpaid by 5:00 p.m. on the day of expiration.

(§ 8, Ord. 129, as amended by § 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966)

When directed by the Board, the District Attorney shall institute a suit in the name of the County as plaintiff for the recovery of any and all license fees, as well as any penalties, imposed or required by the provisions of this chapter which have not been paid as provided, and in such suits the District Attorney may make the necessary affidavits, and a writ of attachment may be issued without any undertaking on the part of the plaintiff.

(§ 9, Ord. 129, as amended by § 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966, and § V, Ord. 05-11, eff. September 6, 2005)

In any action brought pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the fact that a person represented himself as engaged in or carrying on any business or employment for which a license fee is imposed or required, or the fact that such person exhibited a sign or notice indicating such business or employment, shall be prima facie evidence of the liability of such person to pay such license fee.

(§ 10, Ord. 129, as amended by § 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966)

Every person who engages in and carries on any business, trade, occupation, or employment specified and licensed by this chapter shall conduct the same in a decent, quiet, and orderly manner so as not to interfere unnecessarily with or cause any damage to the public or to any other lawful business, or to endanger the public health, safety, or property. Such businesses shall submit to all police and sanitary regulations and inspections which may be lawfully required or imposed.

(§ 11, Ord. 129, as amended by § 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966)

All licenses shall be issued to and accepted by all persons receiving the same with the express understanding that the Board may revoke the same at any time if satisfied that any of the conditions of the license or the terms and provisions of this chapter have been violated, that the license was obtained by fraudulent representation, or that the holder of such license is an unfit person to be trusted with the privileges granted by such license; provided, however, no license shall be revoked without first having given the holder thereof an opportunity to appear before and be heard by the Board in his own behalf. Notice of such hearing shall be given by the Board to such person by citation at least five (5) days prior to such hearing, the time of which shall be fixed by order of the Board and specified in the citation. On the revocation of a license, no part of the license fee paid therefore shall be returned, but such license fee shall be forfeited to the County, and no other or further license shall be issued to the person whose license has been revoked within six (6) months from the date of such revocation.

(§ 12, Ord. 129 as amended by § 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966, and § VI, Ord. 05-11, eff. September 6, 2005)

No license shall be required and no license fee shall be collected from, nor penalty for the nonpayment thereof enforced against, any person carrying on any activity exclusively for fund raising for charitable purposes or any nonprofit organization.

(§ 13, Ord. 129, as amended by § 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966)

Every person receiving a license shall place the same in a conspicuous place in his place of business. All peddlers or other persons who have no fixed place of business shall produce and show their license whenever required to do so by the License Col

lector, Code Enforcement Officer, or any peace officer of the County, or by any person with whom they may transact their business.

(§ 14, Ord. 129, as amended by § 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966, and § VII, Ord. 05-11, eff. September 6, 2005)

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be considered or construed as imposing any license fee to be paid by, or requiring the issuance of any license to, or in any manner affecting any person commencing, carrying on, engaging in, or continuing any business, trade, occupation, or employment within the corporate limits of any incorporated town or city within the County; provided, however, should any such person establish, maintain, conduct, or operate any branch or separate house or establishment of such business, trade, occupation, or employment outside the corporate limits of any incorporated town or city within the County, such license fee shall be paid and such license procured for, or by, each such branch or separate establishment or house as may be imposed or required by the provisions of this chapter.

(§ 16, Ord. 129, as amended by § 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966)

Where, from such evidence as he sees fit to require, the License Collector finds that a license has been lost, he shall issue a duplicate license to the holder thereof upon the payment of Five and no/100ths ($5.00) Dollars.

(§ 17, Ord. 129, as amended by § 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966, and § I, Ord. 91-20, eff. July 25, 1991)

Every person desiring a license to conduct any business provided for in this chapter shall file an application with the License Collector, upon a form to be provided by the License Collector, and at such time pay the required fee and penalty, if any. Every application for a license shall be signed by the applicant and shall contain:

(a) The name and address of the applicant. If the applicant is a corporation, the name shall be exactly as set forth in its articles of incorporation. If the applicant is a partnership, the name and address of each general partner shall be stated;

(b) If the applicant is a corporation, the name and address of an officer who is duly authorized to accept the service of legal process;

(c) The street address of the place of business;

(d) A description of the type of business to be conducted;

(e) The date the applicant wishes the license to become effective;

(f) The name by which the business is to be known; and

(g) Approvals of various Siskiyou County Departments, i.e., Planning, Health, Building, and/or Sheriff's Departments, if applicable.

Every person having a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall notify the License Collector in writing of any change in the facts required by the provisions of this section within ten (10) days thereafter.

(§ 18, Ord. 129, as amended by § 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966, and § VIII, Ord. 05-11, eff. September 6, 2005)

(Repealed)

(§ 17(p), Ord. 129, as amended by Ord. 133, and § 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966; repealed by § II, Ord. 91-20, eff. July 25, 1991)

If any person shall conduct a business for which a license is required pursuant to the provisions of this chapter without first obtaining such license, or if any fee required pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is not paid prior to the delinquency date as defined in Section 6-1.09 of this chapter, such person shall pay a penalty of Ten and no/100ths ($10.00) Dollars in addition to such fee.

(§ 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966, as amended by § III, Ord. 91-20, eff. July 25, 1991)

Every person conducting or maintaining any business, occupation, or service set forth in this section shall pay an annual license fee in the amount of Seventy-six ($76.00) Dollars:

(a) Accounting and bookkeeping services;

(b) Aircraft sales and services;

(c) Animal Husbandry, except when male and female are raised by owner;

(d) Appliance sales;

(e) Art Galleries;

(f) Attorneys;

(g) Auctioneers;

(h) Auto parts or accessories;

(i) Auto repair shops;

(j) Automobile painting and body works;

(k) Automobile, truck, and trailer rental, sales and service;

(l) Bakeries and pastry shops;

(m) Barber shops;

(n) Bars;

(o) Beauty parlors;

(p) Bed and breakfast inns;

(q) Beverage distributors (nonalcoholic);

(r) Book stores;

(s) Building contractors;

(t) Cabinet makers and woodworkers;

(u) Car wash (manual or automatic);

(v) Carpet cleaning services;

(w) Catering services;

(x) Cement block and concrete works;

(y) Chain Installers;

(z) Chiropractors;

(aa) Cleaning and dyeing plants;

(ab) Cleaning Services;

(ac) Computer sales and service;

(ad) Contractors;

(ae) Creameries and cheese factories;

(af) Curio shops;

(ag) Delicatessens;

(ah) Delivery Services;

(ai) Disc Jockeys;

(aj) Distributors of food, meat, and dairy products at wholesale except when products are derived from one's own ranch or farm within the County;

(ak) Drafters;

(al) Drugstores;

(am) Electrical supplies;

(an) Equipment operators;

(ao) Equipment sales and service;

(ap) Every person who sells, solicits, or takes orders for goods, wares, merchandise, periodicals, subscriptions, or photographs from house to house or person to person;

(aq) Fertilizer sales except when products are derived from one's own ranch or farm within the County;

(ar) Firearms and Ammunition Dealers;

(as) Fitness Centers;

(at) Florists;

(au) Frozen food lockers;

(av) Fruit and vegetable stands except when products are derived from one's own ranch or farm within the County;

(aw) Furniture repair;

(ax) Furniture sales (new or used);

(ay) Gardening and landscaping services;

(az) Gas Stations;

(ba) Golf courses;

(bb) Grocery stores;

(bc) Guide Services;

(bd) Handyman Services;

(be) Hardware sales;

(bf) Hay, grain, seed, feed, and wood sales except when products are derived from ne's own ranch or farm within the County;

(bg) Hotels;

(bh) Ice factories;

(bi) Indoor/Outdoor Events Coordinator;

(bj) Insurance agencies;

(bk) Internet Consultants;

(bl) Internet Marketing;

(bm) Internet Retail Sales;

(bn) Janitorial and housecleaning services;

(bo) Jewelry stores;

(bp) Laundrettes and laundries;

(bq) Lawyers;

(br) Locksmiths;

(bs) Loggers;

(bt) Lumber mills;

(bu) Lumber yards;

(bv) Machine shops;

(bw) Manufacturing plants;

(bx) Marketing Services;

(by) Massage Therapists;

(bz) Meat markets;

(ca) Medical doctors;

(cb) Motels;

(cc) Music stores;

(cd) Natural Wellness Services;

(ce) News and magazine dealers;

(cf) Nurseries (flowers, plants, and shrubs);

(cg) Optometrists;

(ch) Outdoor advertising;

(ci) Paint stores;

(cj) Petroleum products distribution;

(ck) Pharmacies;

(cl) Photography shops and services;

(cm) Planing mills;

(cn) Plumbing supplies;

(co) Pool and billiard halls;

(cp) Professional Consultants;

(cq) Property management;

(cr) Radio and television sales and services;

(cs) Ready mix concrete;

(ct) Real estate agencies;

(cu) Recreational Services;

(cv) Restaurants;

(cw) Saw mills;

(cx) Service stations;

(cy) Sewing machine sales and services;

(cz) Shoe repair;

(da) Shoe sales;

(db) Sign painting;

(dc) Sporting goods;

(dd) Stationery supplies;

(de) Storage Units;

(df) Surveyors;

(dg) Tailoring;

(dh) Tattooists and Tattoo and Piercing Parlors;

(di) Taverns;

(dj) Theaters;

(dk) Timber Fallers;

(dl) Tire sales and repair;

(dm) Tobacco stores;

(dn) Towel and linen supply services;

(do) Trailer parks;

(dp) Transportation Services;

(dq) Trucking firms;

(dr) Upholstery shops;

(ds) Vacation rentals;

(dt) Variety stores;

(du) Vending machine distributors;

(dv) Veterinarians;

(dw) Watch repair;

(dx) Web Design and Development;

(dy) Well drilling;

(dz) Wrecking yards.

(§ 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966, as amended by § IV, Ord. 91-20, eff. July 25, 1991, and §§ IX, X and XI, Ord. 05-11, eff. September 6, 2005)

(Ord. No. 09-11, § I, 7-7-2009)

The License Collector shall issue a license without fee to every soldier, sailor, or marine of the United States who has received an honorable discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions from such service to hawk, peddle, and vend any goods, wares, or merchandise owned by him, except spirituous, malt, vinous, or other intoxicating liquor. (RE: Section 16101, Business and Professions Code of the State.)

(§ 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966)

No license fee may be collected from, nor any penalty for the nonpayment thereof enforced against, any commercial traveler whose business is limited to good, wares, and merchandise sold or dealt in at wholesale. (RE: Section 16102, Business and Professions Code of the State.)

(§ 1, Ord. 429, eff. July 1, 1966)