12.24.010 Wrestling, boxing, dance halls, ballrooms, etc.

Every person conducting, managing, carrying on or operating a wrestling match, dance hall, ballroom, or other place of public entertainment for which an admission fee is charged, collected or received, shall pay a license tax of $0.01 for each ticket sold, payable monthly on or before the tenth day of the succeeding month.

12.24.020 Bowling, pool, cards, etc.

A. Bowling Alleys. For bowling alleys, skee ball alleys and box ball alleys the license tax is $5.00 per quarter per alley.

B. Pool Tables. For pool or billiards tables the license tax is $5.00 per quarter per table.

C. Card Tables. For card tables the license tax is $5.00 per quarter per table.

D. Shuffleboards. For each shuffleboard the license tax is $5.00 per quarter.

E. Shooting Galleries. For conducting a shooting gallery the license tax shall be $5.00 per lane per quarter.

12.24.030 Vending machines.

For every person owning, leasing or controlling vending machines with vend tobacco, cigars, cigarettes or other forms of tobacco, candy or other types of merchandise, the license tax shall be as follows: Machines operated by the deposit of a coin or coins of the value of $0.05 or less, deposited in any slot, crevice or other openings, the sum of $3.00 per year per machine; by the deposit of a coin or coins in excess of $0.05, the sum of $5.00 per year per machine.

12.24.040 Weighing and stamp vending machines.

For every person owning, leasing or controlling a weighing or stamp vending machine for hire, the license tax shall be the sum of $3.00 per year per machine.

12.24.050 Mechanical musical instruments.

For every person maintaining or operating or permitting to be maintained or operated upon his premises, which premises are open to the public, any mechanical musical instrument or other apparatus or device designed or constructed for the purpose of producing or reproducing any musical tones, the operation of which is permitted, controlled or made possible by the deposit or placing of any coin, plate, disc, slug or key into any crevice or opening, the license tax shall be the sum of $15.00 per year per machine.

12.24.060 Pinball, amusement machines with replay feature.

For each pinball and other coin-operated game of amusement having a replay feature, conducted, managed, carried on or controlled in the City, and available or open to the general public, the license tax shall be the sum of $25.00 per quarter per machine.

12.24.080 Laundry or cleaning and dyeing routes having an established location outside the City.

Every person owning or operating a route for a laundry, cleaning or dyeing service and not having a fixed place of business within the City shall pay an annual license tax of $150.00 per truck operated within the City.

12.24.090 Wholesale business located outside the City.

Every person, firm or corporation, owning, operating or conducting any wholesale business outside the City, and who carries on or engages in the business of selling or delivering to retailers the goods, wares, merchandise or services of said business on the City, directly or indirectly, individually or by agent, representative or otherwise, shall pay an annual license tax of $68.00.

12.24.100 Contractors.

Every person carrying on the business of contractor shall pay an annual license tax of $58.00. (Ord. 1613)

12.24.110 Bankrupt stock.

For conducting a sale of goods, wares, or merchandise purchased of any bankrupt estate in the City, and offered for resale by a purchaser thereof, the license tax shall be the sum of $58.00 per day, payable in advance; provided, that the foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to judicial sales or to sales made by executors or administrators of the estates of deceased persons, or to sales made upon execution, or by virtue of any process issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, nor to any sale made by any public officer in his official capacity, required to be made under the laws of the United States or of the State of California, or under any ordinance of the City.

12.24.120 Hotels, motels, courts and apartment hotels.

A. Every person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of hotels, motels, courts or apartment hotels shall pay an annual license tax in the amount of $46.00 or $3.00 per rental unit, whichever sum is greater.

B. None of the businesses mentioned in subsection A of this section shall pay any license tax for conducting, as a part of their business, dining rooms, cigar stands, soda fountains, dormitories, or annexes operated in connection therewith.

C. The tax provided for in this section shall apply to each separate hotel, motel, court or apartment hotel.

12.24.130 Printed advertising.

Every person conducting the business of and/or distributing posters, dodgers or printed advertising of any kind shall pay a quarterly license tax of $114.00.

12.24.140 Advertising vehicles.

Every person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of advertising by means of any vehicle containing amplifiers, phonograph loudspeaker, microphones, broadcasting radio, or a device for public address, and/or carrying advertising signs and which is used for announcing or advertising in the City shall pay a daily license tax of $24.00.

12.24.150 Taxicab, sightseeing.

Every person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of running or operating any taxicab or sightseeing automobiles with drivers shall pay an annual license tax of $112.00 per vehicle. Notwithstanding CMC 12.12.050, that portion of license tax corresponding to any full quarter of the year that any taxicab or sightseeing automobile is eliminated from use may be refunded. (Ord. 1970 § 1, 2005)

12.24.160 Vehicles let without drivers.

Every person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of letting the use of any motor vehicle without a driver shall pay an annual license tax of $54.00 per vehicle.

12.24.170 Vehicles let with drivers.

Every person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of letting the use of any limousine with a driver for the same shall pay an annual license tax of $54.00 per vehicle.

12.24.180 Driving schools.

Every person conducting a school teaching driving of motor vehicles shall pay an annual license tax of $46.00.

12.24.190 Junk dealers.

Junk dealers shall pay an annual license tax of $577.00.

12.24.200 Pawnbrokers.

Pawnbrokers shall pay a quarterly license tax of $114.00.

12.24.210 Solicitors.

Every person engaged in the business of a solicitor shall pay a monthly license tax of $12.00. The fact that a solicitor is employed by a business already licensed under this title shall not reduce the amount of applicability of the license tax on a solicitor.

12.24.220 Searchlights.

Every person who conducts the business of advertising by means of a searchlight or searchlights shall pay a daily license tax of $24.00.

12.24.230 Auctioneer.

Every person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of an auctioneer shall pay an annual license tax of $75.00.

12.24.240 Class A auction.

Every person conducting, managing or carrying on a class A auction shall pay a monthly license tax of $75.00.

12.24.250 Class B auction.

Every person conducting, managing or carrying on a class B auction shall pay a daily license tax of $10.00.

12.24.260 Class C auction.

Every person conducting, managing or carrying on a class C auction shall pay a monthly license tax of $75.00.

12.24.270 Class A dance.

Every person conducting a class A dance within the City shall pay a quarterly licensing tax of $75.00 per quarter or $300.00 per year.

12.24.280 Class B dance.

Every person conducting a class B dance within the City shall pay a quarterly licensing tax of $50.00 or $200.00 per year.

12.24.290 Transient business.

Every person conducting, managing, carrying on or operating a business as a transient shall pay a monthly license tax of $100.00 for the first month or fraction thereof and $80.00 per month, or fraction thereof, for every month thereafter, plus, in all cases, $1.00 per month for each $100.00 of retail inventory value of goods, wares, and merchandise held by the transient merchant to be sold or exhibited within the City.

12.24.300 Peddling.

Every person who conducts the business of peddling shall pay a quarterly license tax of $79.00 for each person and vehicle utilized in such activity. The license fee is waived for disabled veterans, commercial travelers clearing wholesale, and those engaged in taking orders for goods to be shipped through interstate commerce.

12.24.310 Food delivery.

Any person maintaining a regular route of established deliveries of food products shall pay an annual license tax of $114.00 per person or vehicle.