Victorville Municipal Code Art. 5 Fees

All business license fees specified in this Chapter are regulatory fees, which are due and payable at the time of application and prior to the processing of the application , and each person required to have a license shall be liable for payment of the fee for the full term; no greater or lesser amount shall be charged or received than is provided in this Chapter.

(Ord. No. 2305, § 1, 12-17-13; Ord. No. 2459, § 6, 11-18-25)

(a) The amount of business license fee to be paid to the City by any person seeking any business license listed in Article 6 of this Chapter shall be as set forth in the master fee schedule adopted by City Council resolution.

(b) For each business license application, there shall be imposed a business license fee which is due and payable to the City at the time the business license application is submitted, prior to the processing of the application.

(c) Fees. The fee rate for a business license is as follows:

(1) All business license fees shall be based on an annual (twelve-month) rate.

(2) The business license fee shall be non-refundable once the processing of the application has commenced, regardless of whether the license is ultimately issued, denied, or withdrawn.

(3) The business license fee shall not be transferable.

(Ord. No. 2459, § 6, 11-18-25)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2459, § 6, adopted Nov. 18, 2025, repealed the former Art. 5., § 16-7.05.020, and enacted a new § 16-7.05.020 as set out herein. The former § 16-7.05.020 pertained to application—fee and derived from Ord. No. 2305, § 1, 12-17-13.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2459, § 6, adopted Nov. 18, 2025, repealed § 16-7.05.030, which pertained to business license—fee and derived from Ord. No. 2305, § 1, 12-17-13.

(a) A duplicate license fee may be imposed by the Building Official to replace any license previously issued hereunder which has been lost or destroyed.

(b) Provided that no new license or license modification is required, an updated license fee may be imposed by the Building Official upon the licensee submitting a Business License Update Record Form.

(Ord. No. 2305, § 1, 12-17-13; Ord. No. 2459, § 6, 11-18-25)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2459, § 6, adopted Nov. 18, 2025, repealed § 16-7.05.050, which pertained to fixed license fee rates and derived from Ord. No. 2305, § 1, 12-17-13.

Any person carrying on a business in the City that is not specifically listed in Article 6 of this Chapter shall pay the license fee applicable to the category most closely matching the nature of the business, as determined by the, Building Official.

(Ord. No. 2305, § 1, 12-17-13; Ord. No. 2459, § 6, 11-18-25)

Any person required to pay a license fee for transacting and carrying on any business under this Chapter shall not be relieved from the payment of any other license fee, permit, certificate, entitlement or land use approval when the provisions of some other ordinance requires any other license fee, permit, certificate, entitlement or land use approval to be obtained as a prerequisite for the privilege of doing such business which has been required under any other ordinance of the City, and shall remain subject to the regulatory provisions of such other ordinance.

(Ord. No. 2305, § 1, 12-17-13)

Failure to pay an annual license fee within thirty (30) days of the expiration date, shall result in a penalty of fifty percent (50%) of the amount thereof; and if such license fee is not paid within sixty (60) days from the date it becomes due and payable, an additional sum of fifty (50%) percent of the amount due shall be added to the license fee due . The delinquent penalty shall not exceed one hundred percent of the annual business license fee.

(Ord. No. 2305, § 1, 12-17-13; Ord. No. 2459, § 6, 11-18-25)