Ordinance Number 594ORDINANCE NO. 594
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 1,
"BUSINESS LICENSES;' OF TITLE 3, "FINANCE," OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Amendmentsto Chapter 1� "Business Licenses;'
of Title 3, "Finance;' of the Municipal Code.
A. Section 3-1.109. "Licenses: More than one business at the same
location," is hereby amended to read as follows:
"In the event any person is operating more than one business required to
be licensed at the same location and under the same management, the
license tax to be paid by such person shall be the full license tax for each
business."
B. Section 3-1.111. "Licenses: Duplicates." is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"The license collector shall make a charge of five ($5.00) dollars for each
duplicate license issued to replace any license which has been lost or
destroyed."
C. Section 3-1.114. "Taxes: Payment," is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"All license taxes shall be due on January 1 of each year, or upon first
doing business with the City. Annual renewals shall be due on or before
thirty (30) days after the expiration date of the previous year's license.
All license taxes shall be paid in lawful money of the United States at
the office of the license collector. The first annual license shall be
issued for the unexpired period of such year, except as otherwise
specifically provided in this chapter."
D. Section 3-1.115. "Taxes: Delinquencies," is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"A penalty of fifty (50%) percent shall be added to each license tax
remaining unpaid thirty (30) days after it becomes due, and, on the first
day of each month thereafter that such tax remains unpaid an additional
penalty of ten (10%) percent of such unpaid tax shall be added; provided,
however, the maximum amount of such penalty shall not exceed an
amount equal to the amount of such tax. No penalty fees will be waived
under any circumstances."
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E. Section 3-1.118. "Canvassing and soliciting without fixed places of
business: Identification certificates," is hereby
deleted in its entirety.
F. Section 3-1.206. "Auctioneering and auction sales," is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(a) License Taxes.
"The license tax for auctioneering shall be the same as any service
business within the City."
(b) Permits Required.
"No license shall be issued without a permit being first obtained
from the City. Application for auctioneering shall be made to the
City Manager or his designee. The City Manager, in the exercise of
sound and reasonable discretion, may grant or deny such application
or revoke or suspend permits already granted."
G. Section 3-1.211. "Taxes for businesses with limited City activity,"
is hereby added to read as follows:
"Out -of -City businesses conducting limited business within the City of
San Juan Capistrano may request the license collector to pro -rate the
business tax based upon the level of activity being conducted in the City
as evidenced by an audited financial statement of gross receipts. Such
statement shall show the total gross receipts for the previous year as
compared to the gross receipts received, or expected to be received from
doing business in San Juan Capistrano for the current year. This pro-
ration does not apply to the processing/ renewal fee. The minimum tax
apportionment from any pro -ration shall be five ($5.00) dollars."
H. Section 3-1.212. "Processing/renewal fees," is hereby added to read
as follows:
"All new businesses shall pay a processing fee in addition to the business
tax to cover the administrative costs of processing the application. All
businesses renewing their business license shall pay a renewal fee. These
fees shall be:
$40.00 New Businesses
$10.00 Renewals"
SECTION 2. City Clerk's Certification.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the
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same to be published and posted as required bylaw.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this
Of- March ,1987.
ATTEST:
3rd
'KENNETH E. FRIESS t �qR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
day
I, MARY ANN HANOVER, City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano,
California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of
Ordinance No. 594 which was introduced at a meeting of the City Council of the City
of San Juan Capistrano, California, held on February 17 , 1987 , and adopted
at a meeting held on March 3 , 1987, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Schwartze, Bland, Buchheim,
Hausdorfer, and Mayor Friess
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
(SEAL)
MARY ANN 1p, OVF-Rp CITY CLERK
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