Chapter 5.04
BUSINESS LICENSES

Sections:

5.04.010    Purpose.

5.04.020    Scope.

5.04.030    Definitions.

5.04.040    Exemptions.

5.04.050    License—Application and issuance.

5.04.060    Denial of application—Appeal.

5.04.070    License—Fee.

5.04.080    License—Term—Fees.

5.04.085    Temporary licenses.

5.04.090    License—Posting or carrying upon person required.

5.04.100    Transfer—Assignment.

5.04.110    Rebate of license fees.

5.04.120    Multiple businesses at one location.

5.04.130    Same businesses—Multiple locations.

5.04.135    Reserved.

5.04.137    Reserved.

5.04.140    License revocation—Appeal and hearing.

5.04.150    Method of service of required notices.

5.04.160    License—Renewal.

5.04.170    Violation—Penalty.

5.04.010 Purpose.

The ordinance codified in this chapter is an exercise of the police power of the city and is necessary for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Mattawa, through the regulation of businesses in Mattawa.

(Ord. No. 647, § 1, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 619, § 1, 10-4-18; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 7-2-15; Ord. No. 529, § 1, 7-19-12; Ord. 168 §1, 1982).

5.04.020 Scope.

The ordinance codified in this chapter is intended to license and regulate all business within the city.

(Ord. No. 647, § 1, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 619, § 1, 10-4-18; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 7-2-15; Ord. No. 554, § 1, 8-7-14; Ord. No. 529, § 1, 7-19-12; Ord. 168 §2, 1982).

5.04.030 Definitions.

The following definitions shall apply to all provisions of this chapter, unless the context of such provision indicates otherwise:

A.    “Authorized city official or employee” means and is limited to the city police chief, city mayor and such other regular city official or employee as is designated by the mayor on a case-by-case basis.

B.    “Business, trade or profession” means any activity or venture carried on for profit or held out as a service for fees whether paid in cash or by means of barter or trade.

C.    Engaging in Business.

1.    The term “engaging in business” means commencing, conducting, or continuing in business, and also the exercise of corporate or franchise powers, as well as liquidating a business when the liquidators thereof hold themselves out to the public as conducting such business.

2.    This section sets forth examples of activities that constitute engaging in business and establishes safe harbors for certain of those activities so that a person who meets the criteria may engage in de minimis business activities in the city without having to pay a business license fee. The activities listed in this section are illustrative only and are not intended to narrow the definition of “engaging in business” in subsection (C)(1) of this section. If an activity is not listed, whether it constitutes engaging in business in the city shall be determined by considering all the facts and circumstances and applicable law.

3.    Without being all inclusive, any one of the following activities conducted within the city by a person, or its employee, agent, representative, independent contractor, broker or another acting on its behalf, constitutes engaging in business and requires a person to register and obtain a business license:

a.    Owning, renting, leasing, maintaining, or having the right to use, or using, tangible personal property, intangible personal property, or real property permanently or temporarily located in the city.

b.    Owning, renting, leasing, using, or maintaining an office, place of business, or other establishment in the city.

c.    Soliciting sales.

d.    Making repairs or providing maintenance or service to real or tangible personal property, including warranty work and property maintenance.

e.    Providing technical assistance or service, including quality control, product inspections, warranty work, or similar services on or in connection with tangible personal property sold by the person or on its behalf.

f.    Installing, constructing, or supervising installation or construction of real or tangible personal property.

g.    Soliciting, negotiating, or approving franchise, license, or other similar agreements.

h.    Collecting current or delinquent accounts.

i.    Picking up and transporting tangible personal property, solid waste, construction debris, or excavated materials.

j.    Providing disinfecting and pest control services, employment and labor pool services, home nursing care, janitorial services, appraising, landscape architectural services, security system services, surveying, and real estate services including the listing of homes and managing real property.

k.    Rendering professional services such as those provided by accountants, architects, attorneys, auctioneers, consultants, engineers, professional athletes, barbers, baseball clubs and other sports organizations, chemists, psychologists, court reporters, dentists, doctors, detectives, laboratory operators, teachers, and veterinarians.

l.    Meeting with customers or potential customers, even when no sales or orders are solicited at the meetings.

m.    Training or recruiting agents, representatives, independent contractors, brokers or others, domiciled or operating on a job in the city, acting on its behalf, or for customers or potential customers.

n.    Investigating, resolving, or otherwise assisting in resolving customer complaints.

o.    In-store stocking or manipulating products or goods, sold to and owned by a customer, regardless of where sale and delivery of the goods took place.

p.    Delivering goods in vehicles owned, rented, leased, used, or maintained by the person or another acting on its behalf.

4.    If a person, or its employee, agent, representative, independent contractor, broker or another acting on the person’s behalf, engages in no other activities in or with the city but the following, it need not register and obtain a business license:

a.    Meeting with suppliers of goods and services as a customer.

b.    Meeting with government representatives in their official capacity, other than those performing contracting or purchasing functions.

c.    Attending meetings, such as board meetings, retreats, seminars, and conferences, or other meetings wherein the person does not provide training in connection with tangible personal property sold by the person or on its behalf. This provision does not apply to any board of directors member or attendee engaging in business such as a member of a board of directors who attends a board meeting.

d.    Renting tangible or intangible property as a customer when the property is not used in the city.

e.    Attending, but not participating in, a “trade show” or “multiple vendor events.” Persons participating at a trade show shall review the city’s trade show or multiple vendor event ordinances.

f.    Conducting advertising through the mail.

g.    Soliciting sales by phone from a location outside the city.

5.    A seller located outside the city merely delivering goods into the city by means of common carrier is not required to register and obtain a business license; provided, that it engages in no other business activities in the city. Such activities do not include those in subsection (C)(4) of this section.

The city expressly intends that engaging in business include any activity sufficient to establish nexus for purposes of applying the license fee under the law and the constitutions of the United States and the state of Washington. Nexus is presumed to continue as long as the taxpayer benefits from the activity that constituted the original nexus-generating contact or subsequent contacts.

D.    “Home occupation” means any business conducted within a home, residence or upon property associated with a home or residence, and as further defined in Section 17.10.335.

E.    “License” means a certificate issued under the authority of the city clerk allowing the conduct of a designated and regulated business for a definite period of time at a specific location within the city, and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

F.    “Nonresident business” means and includes any business conducted in the city from an office or location outside the city, but which business performs work or carries on business within the city.

G.    “Peddler” means any person, whether a resident of the city of Mattawa or not, traveling by foot, wagon, automotive vehicle or any other type of conveyance, from place to place, from house to house, or from street to street, carrying, conveying or transporting goods, wares, merchandise, meats, fish, vegetables, fruits, garden truck, farm products or provisions, offering and exposing the same for sale, or making sales and delivering articles to purchasers, or who, without traveling from place to place, shall sell or offer the same for sale from a wagon, automotive vehicle, railroad car or other vehicle or conveyance; and further provided, that one who solicits orders and as a separate transaction makes deliveries to purchasers as a part of a scheme or design to evade the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a peddler subject to the provisions of this chapter. However, persons who regularly exhibit samples only for the purpose of securing orders for future delivery only shall not be defined as a peddler. The word “peddler” shall include the words “hawker” and “huckster.”

H.    “Person” means the singular and the plural and shall also mean and include any person, firm or corporation, association, club, copartnership, joint venture or society or any other organization.

I.    “Resident business” means and includes a business occupying a fixed place of operation within the city and not otherwise classified above.

J.    “Transient merchant,” “itinerant merchant” or “itinerant vendor” means any person, firm or corporation, whether as owner, agent, consignee or employee, whether a resident of the city or not, who engages in a temporary business of selling or delivering goods, wares and merchandise within the city, and who, in the furtherance of such purpose, hires, leases, uses or occupies any building, structure, motor vehicle, tent, railroad boxcar, boat, public room in hotels, lodging houses, apartments, shops or any street, alley, lot, yard or any other place within the city, for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares and merchandise, either privately or at public auction; provided, that such definition shall not be construed to include any person, firm or corporation who, while occupying such temporary location, does not sell from stock, but exhibits samples only for the purpose of securing orders for future delivery only. The person, firm or corporation so engaged shall not be relieved from complying with the provisions of this chapter merely by reason of associating temporarily with any local dealer, trader, merchant or auctioneer, or by conducting such transient business in connection with, as a part of, or in the name of any local dealer, trader, merchant or auctioneer.

K.    “Transient business” or “itinerant business” means a business operated by a transient merchant, itinerant merchant or itinerant vendor.

L.    “Bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization” means any tax exempt nonprofit corporation, association, or organization recognized by the state of Washington and federal government.

M.    “City” means the city of Mattawa.

N.    “Annual fire and life safety inspection” means an inspection as authorized under Section 106 of the International Fire Code (IFC) as adopted by the city of Mattawa or as hereafter amended, and conducted in a manner consistent with Section 104.3 of the IFC, as adopted by the city of Mattawa or as hereafter amended. The purpose of such inspection is to ensure compliance with the provisions of the IFC.

O.    “Business Licensing Service” or “BLS” means the office within the Washington State Department of Revenue providing business licensing services to the city.

(Ord. No. 647, § 1, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 619, § 1, 10-4-18; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 7-2-15; Ord. No. 529, § 1, 7-19-12; Ord. 168 §3, 1982).

5.04.040 Exemptions.

To the extent set forth in this section, the following persons and businesses shall be exempt from the registration, license and/or license fee requirements as outlined in this chapter:

A.    Any person transacting and carrying on any business which is exempt from a license fee by virtue of the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the state of Washington, or the laws of the United States or the state of Washington is exempt from the city business license fee. Burden of proof is on the applicant.

B.    A person is exempt from the licensing requirements of this chapter when making casual or isolated sales of goods or merchandise, not in the course of a business, at a flea market, rummage sale, yard sale, garage sale, farmer’s market, bazaar or like sale, when such sales, markets or bazaars are conducted on a Friday, Saturday, Sunday or any city-recognized holiday; and provided also, that such flea markets, bazaars or the like shall be licensed by the city of Mattawa for operation at the particular location indicated on that license.

C.    Sales conducted by students of public or private primary and secondary schools are exempt from the license required under this chapter.

D.    Farmers or gardeners selling their own unprocessed farm produce grown exclusively upon lands owned or occupied by them are exempt from the license required under this chapter.

E.    Charitable or nonprofit organizations or corporations which have been granted tax-exempt status under a provision of 26 USC § 501(c), as adopted or as hereafter amended, must obtain a city business license, but will be exempt from the city license fee therefor, provided any such person claiming an exemption under this subsection must file with the city clerk or designee a copy of the tax exemption determination letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service. The city clerk or designee will maintain a list of all organizations who have claimed exemption from the city license fee.

F.    Any person or business whose annual value of products, gross proceeds of sales, or gross income of the business in the city is equal to or less than two thousand dollars and who does not maintain a place of business within the city must obtain a business license registration from the city clerk or designee, but will be exempt from the city fee therefor. The threshold does not apply to regulatory license requirements or activities that require a specialized permit.

G.    Religious organizations, such as are assumed tax exempt by the Internal Revenue Service under 26 USC § 501(c)(3), are exempt from the license requirement of this chapter when conducting their core religious activities. Such religious organizations conducting business activities within the city in addition to their core religious activities must comply fully with all requirements of this chapter when conducting such other business activities.

(Ord. No. 647, § 1, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 619, § 1, 10-4-18; Ord. No. 614, § 1, 7-5-18; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 7-2-15; Ord. No. 529, § 1, 7-19-12; Ord. 168 §4, 1982).

5.04.050 License—Application and issuance.

A.    Anyone wishing to engage in business in the city must obtain a business license from the city. Application for the city business license is made through the Business Licensing Service, and must include all information required for all licenses requested, the fees due for all licenses, and the handling fee required by RCW 19.02.075. The city may also separately request additional information from the applicant such as verification the business location has had a successful annual fire and life safety inspection, and/or that the business premises are in compliance with any deficiencies noted in the inspection report. The inspection noted here must be obtained and paid for by the business owner and the inspection must be conducted by a qualified inspector.

B.    After receipt of the information from a completed application, the clerk will review the information and submit the application to the building inspector of the city for approval of the location where the licensee is to carry on the business, trade or profession. If the clerk finds the application acceptable, and the location is in compliance with building and fire codes of the city as those codes relate to existing and/or new structures, the clerk will authorize issuance of the license by the Business Licensing Service.

C.    Nothing in this section or any other section of this chapter prevents the city clerk or any other authorized city official from requiring from the applicant any information necessary to ascertain whether the applicant is, or will be, in compliance with all city ordinances and/or state laws applicable to the operation and conduction of business.

(Ord. No. 647, § 1, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 619, § 1, 10-4-18; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 7-2-15; Ord. No. 529, § 1, 7-19-12; Ord. 168 §5, 1982).

5.04.060 Denial of application—Appeal.

A.    The city clerk shall deny any application for a business license when the clerk has knowledge that the applicant is not in compliance with all ordinances of the city and/or statutes of the state applicable to the operation and conduction of business. The clerk shall, upon denial, inform the applicant in writing of the reason for denial, shall cite the ordinance or statute of which the applicant is in violation, and shall refund the tendered license fee.

B.    A business person engaged in an established business and not in compliance with such ordinances and/or statutes as stated in writing by the city clerk may have a condition placed on their business for a term of ninety days to allow the continuation of business while the applicant takes such steps as are necessary to bring the applicant into compliance. In the event of continued noncompliance upon the expiration of the ninety-day period, the person must cease business in the city, and the city clerk shall deny any application or reapplication for a license until the business is in compliance.

C.    Any person denied a license by the city clerk shall have a right of appeal to the city council. The applicant shall, within ten days of mailing by the clerk of notice of the denial, give a notice of appeal to the city clerk in writing. The clerk shall place the applicant’s appeal on the agenda of the next regularly scheduled city council meeting, and forthwith inform the applicant in writing of the date, time and location of the meeting.

D.    The city council shall hold a public hearing at which the applicant may present testimony as to his compliance with the state statutes or city ordinances with which he is alleged not to be in compliance.

E.    After the close of the public hearing, the city council shall either grant the license or sustain the denial. The city council shall make findings of fact, which shall be incorporated in its minutes, as to the basis for its decision.

(Ord. No. 647, § 1, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 7-2-15; Ord. No. 529, § 1, 7-19-12; Ord. 168 §6, 1982).

5.04.070 License—Fee.

The fee for the license required by this chapter shall be established from time to time by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. No. 683, § 1, 4-6-23; Ord. No. 647, § 1, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 619, § 1, 10-4-18; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 7-2-15; Ord. No. 529, § 1, 7-19-12; Ord. No. 506, § 1, 11-4-10; Ord. 406 §1, 2001: Ord. 330 §1, 1995: Ord. 168 §7, 1982).

5.04.080 License—Term—Fees.

A.    All licenses, unless otherwise specifically provided, are for a period of one year and will expire on the date established by the Business Licensing Service.

B.    Any applicant who intends to conduct a business temporarily and/or may be otherwise classified as an uninvited peddler or itinerant merchant must also apply for the normal license as herein provided.

(Ord. No. 647, § 1, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 619, § 1, 10-4-18; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 7-2-15; Ord. No. 529, § 1, 7-19-12; Ord. No. 509, § 1, 11-18-10; Ord. 406 §2, 2001: Ord. 168 §8, 1982).

5.04.085 Temporary licenses.

A.    Licenses issued for the following business types will be considered temporary in nature, and will be not be viewed as a permanently issued license until the business provides proof directly to the city clerk of having been approved by the Grant County health district, which approval must be obtained within thirty days after the issuance of said temporary license, or the temporary license will be cancelled:

1.    Bakeries;

2.    Cafes and restaurants;

3.    Confectioneries;

4.    Grocery stores;

5.    Meat markets;

6.    Produce stores (wholesale and retail);

7.    Soda fountains;

8.    Taverns.

B.    If at any time any of the business types noted in subsection A of this section, holding a city business license, do not meet with the approval of the Grant County health district, the city business license will be revoked and will not be reissued until such business again meets with the approval of the Grant County health district.

(Ord. No. 647, § 1, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 619, § 1, 10-4-18; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 7-2-15).

5.04.090 License—Posting or carrying upon person required.

A business license shall be conspicuously posted at the business for which it was issued, and shall be produced for inspection upon the request of any authorized city official; provided, however, that when the licensee has no permanent place of business, then such license must be carried on the person of such licensee or attached to and conspicuously displayed on any personal property which is an integral part of the business in which the licensee is engaged. The license shall be produced for inspection upon the request of any authorized city official.

(Ord. No. 647, § 1, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 619, § 1, 10-4-18; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 7-2-15; Ord. No. 529, § 1, 7-19-12; Ord. 168 §9, 1982).

5.04.100 Transfer—Assignment.

No license issued under the provisions of this chapter may be transferred or assigned. In the event of death of the licensee, the surviving spouse, estate or other heir may operate the business under the existing license until the normal expiration of such license, or as otherwise directed by the Washington Department of Revenue for the disposition of the business. In the event of the sale of a business, the new owner must obtain their own license prior to commencing business in the city with the acquired business.

(Ord. No. 647, § 1, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 619, § 1, 10-4-18; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 7-2-15; Ord. No. 529, §1, 7-19-12; Ord. 168 §10, 1982).

5.04.110 Rebate of license fees.

Except as provided in Section 5.04.060(A), the city business license fee is not refundable.

(Ord. No. 647, § 1, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 619, § 1, 10-4-18; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 7-2-15; Ord. No. 529, § 1, 7-19-12; Ord. 168 §11, 1982).

5.04.120 Multiple businesses at one location.

Any person engaged in two or more types of businesses at the same location is required to obtain a separate license for each such separate business type. The license fee for an additional type of business conducted at the same location is established at twenty-five dollars each per year, and may be reestablished from time to time by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. No. 647, § 1, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 619, § 1, 10-4-18; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 7-2-15; Ord. No. 529, § 1, 7-19-12; Ord. No. 509, § 1, 11-18-10; Ord. 406 §3, 2001: Ord. 333 §1, 1995: Ord. 168 §12, 1982).

5.04.130 Same businesses—Multiple locations.

Any person conducting business at two or more permanent locations is required to obtain a separate license for each place of business. The fee for each additional license is established at fifty dollars each per year, and may be reestablished from time to time by resolution of the city council per license per year.

(Ord. No. 647, § 1, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 619, § 1, 10-4-18; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 7-2-15; Ord. No. 529, § 1, 7-19-12; Ord. No. 509, § 1, 11-18-10; Ord. 406 §4, 2001: Ord. 168 §13, 1982).

5.04.135 Reserved.

    Editor’s note—Ord. No. 564, § 1, adopted July 2, 2015, repealed Section 5.04.135, which pertained to temporary location licenses and derived from Ord. No. 295, 1993, and Ord. No. 529, 2012.

5.04.137 Reserved.

    Editor’s note—Ord. No. 509, § 2, adopted November 18, 2010, repealed Section 5.04.137, which pertained to license; concessionaire and derived from Ord. No. 323, 1995.

5.04.140 License revocation—Appeal and hearing.

Unless such disciplinary measures in regard to a given profession, vocation or occupation are solely within the jurisdiction of the state, the following rules shall apply for any business not otherwise exempt by state law.

A.    The mayor is authorized to revoke the license of any person, when there is reasonable evidence that the business is being conducted in violation of any ordinance of the city or any statute of the state applicable to the operation and conduction of business. The mayor or an authorized city employee shall secure the license and post notice of revocation on the premises. Written notice of the revocation of the license shall be given to the holder of the license, which shall inform the licensee of the reason for revocation and cite the ordinance or statute of which the licensee is in violation.

B.    If the license is for more than one type of business and the license of less than all the business is revoked, the mayor or an authorized city employee shall affix a notice of revocation to the license. The city clerk shall, as soon as practicable after the revocation, cause issuance of a new business license as may be needed for those permitted types of businesses, which license shall be substituted for the license previously issued.

C.    If the mayor determines that summary revocation of a business license, pursuant to subsection A of this section, is not necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare, the mayor may refer the question of whether to revoke a particular business license to the city council. Notice of the reference by the mayor of the question to the city council for decision shall be given to the licensee, pursuant to the terms of this chapter. The clerk shall place the question on the agenda of the next regularly scheduled council meeting. The council shall act upon the question of revocation in accordance with the terms of subsections F and G of this section.

D.    Conduct of business after notice of revocation of the license is given shall be unlawful. It shall also be unlawful for any person with actual knowledge of the revocation to transact any business with any person whose license has been revoked.

E.    Upon revocation, the licensee shall have a right of appeal to the city council. The licensee shall, within ten days of the notice of the revocation, give notice to the city clerk, in writing, of his intent to appeal the revocation to the city council. The clerk shall place the licensee’s appeal on the agenda of the next regularly scheduled city council meeting, and forthwith inform the licensee, in writing, by registered mail return receipt requested, of the date, time and location of the meeting.

F.    The city council shall hold a public hearing, at which the licensee may present testimony as to his compliance with the state statutes or city ordinances which he has allegedly violated.

G.    After the close of the public hearing, the city council shall make findings of fact, which shall be incorporated in its minutes, as to the basis of its decision. The city council may sustain the revocation of the license, reinstate the license with conditions, reinstate the license after a specified period of time, or immediately reinstate the license.

(Ord. No. 647, § 1, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 619, § 1, 10-4-18; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 7-2-15; Ord. No. 529, § 1, 7-19-12; Ord. 168 §14, 1982).

5.04.150 Method of service of required notices.

Unless otherwise specifically provided, any written notice required by this chapter to be given to any licensee or applicant shall be sent by certified mail to the address of, or hand delivered by the city clerk or designee to, the licensee or applicant as shown on the license application.

(Ord. No. 647, § 1, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 619, § 1, 10-4-18; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 7-2-15; Ord. No. 529, § 1, 7-19-12; Ord. 168 §15, 1982).

5.04.160 License—Renewal.

A.    The business licenses issued under this chapter expire on the date established by the Business Licensing Service, and must be renewed on or before that date to continue to conduct business in the city after that date.

B.    Application for renewal is made to the Business Licensing Service, and must include all information required to renew all licenses involved, the fees for all licenses being renewed, and the handling fee required by RCW 19.02.075. In addition, the licensee must provide written verification directly to the city that the annual fire and life safety inspection has been successfully conducted prior to the renewal date.

C.    The term of the license and respective fee amount may be prorated in order to synchronize the license expiration with the expiration date of the business license account maintained by the Business Licensing Service.

D.    Failure to complete the renewal by the expiration date will incur the late renewal penalty required by RCW 19.02.085 in addition to the renewal fees due.

E.    Failure to complete the renewal within one hundred twenty days after the expiration date will result in the cancellation of the license, and will require submitting a new license application as provided in this chapter to continue to engage in business in the city.

F.    If the clerk/treasurer determines that any license should not be renewed, for reason of noncompliance with any of the license terms of this chapter, the clerk/treasurer will notify the licensee in writing, no later than sixty days prior to expiration and immediately notify the Business Licensing Service of that determination. The licensee may appeal the clerk/treasurer’s decision in accordance with the procedure set forth in Section 5.04.060.

G.    In the event the license is not renewed within thirty days after the expiration, the city may assess the following penalties in addition to those previously noted:

1.    If the license is not renewed within thirty days after expiration, the sum of twenty percent of the required license fee will be assessed as a penalty;

2.    If the license is renewed between thirty and sixty days after the expiration, the sum of forty percent of the required renewed license fee will be assessed as a penalty.

3.    The penalty fees noted in subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2) of this section are separate from any of the other fees and penalties noted in this section, are assessed and imposed by the city, and are payable directly to the city.

(Ord. No. 647, § 1, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 619, § 1, 10-4-18; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 7-2-15; Ord. No. 529, § 1, 7-19-12; Ord. 389 §§1, 2, 2000: Ord. 168 §16, 1982).

5.04.170 Violation—Penalty.

Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be deemed to have committed a civil infraction and be subject to a C-13 penalty. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.

(Ord. No. 647, § 1, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 619, § 1, 10-4-18; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 7-2-15; Ord. No. 529, § 1, 7-19-12; Ord. No. 506, § 1, 11-4-10; Ord. 168 §17, 1982).