Chapter 10
LICENSES
Sections:
10-1. Business defined.
10-2. Tax and license collector – Designation – Duties – Generally.
10-3. Business license – Required.
10-4. Unauthorized acts, etc., prohibited.
10-5. Application for license – Information etc., to be contained.
10-6. Same – May include more than one business, proviso; application to be verified.
10-7. License – Preparation, issuance and contents generally.
10-8. Blank forms for licenses, applications, etc.
10-9. License ledger to be kept by county auditor – Monthly accounting by tax and license collector.
10-10. License periods – Payment of license fees – Generally.
10-11. Licenses – Posting, exhibiting, etc. – Generally.
10-12. Applicability of chapter to certain farmers and manufacturers.
10-13. Licenses – Investigation, suspension, cancellation and revocation – Generally.
10-14. Same – Service of notice provided for in preceding section.
10-15. Schedule of license fees.
10-16. Other licenses.
10-17. Same – Conducting business after license suspended, revoked, etc.
10-18. Conducting business without paying annual license fee unlawful.
10-19. Penalty for delay in obtaining license and paying fee.
10-20. Unpaid license fees recoverable in civil action by county.
10-21. Violations of chapter.
10-22. Transfer of license on sale.
For state law as to licensing by counties generally, see Revenue & Taxation Code Section 7284. As to dog licenses, see §§ 3-13 to 3-24 of this Code. As to licenses and permits for pawnbrokers, junk dealers and secondhand dealers generally, see §§ 15-23 to 15-27. As to sales and use tax, see Ch. 18.
10-1 Business defined.
“Business” as used in this chapter means professions, trades and occupations and every kind of calling carried on for profit or livelihood. (Ord. No. 540, § 2 (part).)
10-2 Tax and license collector – Designation – Duties – Generally.
The regular elected, qualified and acting tax collector of the county shall be known in this chapter as tax and license collector and shall from and after the effective date of this chapter carry out and perform all of the duties and obligations required by this chapter of the tax and license collector. (Ord. No. 540, § 2 (part).)
For state law as to tax collector being ex officio license collector, see Gov. Code § 27400.
The ordinance from which this chapter derives was enacted December 19, 1991.
10-3 Business license – Required.
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain, conduct, carry on, or commence to maintain, conduct or carry on within the county, and outside the limits of any incorporated city thereof, any business for which a license is required by this chapter, without first having obtained a license to do as so provided by this chapter. (Ord. No. 540, § 2 (part).)
For state law as to power of county to levy and collect taxes, see Gov. Code § 23004.
10-4 Unauthorized acts, etc., prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to whom a license has been issued under this chapter to wilfully or knowingly do any act not authorized by such license or to wilfully or knowingly permit or suffer the violation of any provision of this chapter or other ordinance or law in connection with any business for which such license has been issued or upon the premises on which any such business is conducted. (Ord. No. 540, § 2 (part).)
10-5 Application for license – Information etc., to be contained.
Any person desiring to establish, open, keep, maintain, conduct or carry on a business specified in this chapter, whether singularly or in combination with other business, whether specified in this chapter or not shall first procure from the tax and license collector of the county a license to do so, and for the purpose of procuring such license, such person shall file an application in writing therefor with the tax and license collector, which application shall contain the following information:
(1) The name and place of residence of the applicant, if a natural person, and the name and place of business of the applicant, if a corporation.
(2) The exact location of the particular place and premises in which it is proposed to establish, open, maintain or conduct such business, if the same is to be conducted at a fixed place of business, and the routes or territory to be covered if such business is not to be maintained at a fixed place of business.
(3) The nature and particular kind of business which is proposed to be conducted under such license, especially specifying all branches thereof, and if more than one kind of business as specified in this chapter is proposed to be conducted, such application shall especially request that the license include each kind of business required by this chapter to be licensed that the applicant desires to operate.
(4) A statement that the applicant is the only person in any manner interested in conducting or carrying on such business.
(5) A statement of the name and address of the owner and the names and addresses of all lessees of the premises.
(6) A statement as to whether any license or order authorizing a license formerly issued to such applicant or any agent thereof, or to any person interested in such business has ever been cancelled or revoked by the board of supervisors.
(7) If the license applied for includes a business wherein the amount of stock in trade carried is material for the purpose of fixing the amount of the license to be paid, a statement of the inventory value of the stock in trade on hand at the time of the application, if such business has been previously conducted by the applicant; and if such business has not been previously conducted by the applicant, a statement of the estimated inventory value of the stock in trade to be carried during the term for which such license is applied for.
(8) A statement that the applicant will not permit or suffer the violation of any provision of this Code or other law or ordinance on the premises on which such business is to be conducted or in connection with the business for which the license is applied for. (Ord. No. 540, § 2 (part).)
10-6 Same – May include more than one business, proviso; application to be verified.
Each application for the issuance of a license under this chapter may include more than one of the businesses specified by this chapter; provided, that such businesses are all to be conducted on the same premises and each application for such license shall be verified by the oath of the applicant or one of the applicants if a natural person, or by the oath of one of the officers of the corporation if a corporation, in the same manner as pleadings in civil actions in this state are required to be verified. (Ord. No. 540, § 2 (part).)
For state law as to verification of pleadings see C.C.P.A., §§ 446 to 449.
10-7 License – Preparation, issuance and contents generally.
Upon the filing of an application for a license pursuant to this chapter, meeting the requirements of this chapter and payment of the sums required to be paid for such license as provided in this chapter, the tax and license collector of the county shall prepare and issue a license to the person filing such application. Each license so issued shall state upon the face thereof:
(1) The person to whom the same is issued;
(2) The kind of business licensed thereby;
(3) The amount paid therefor;
(4) The location of such business;
(5) The date of expiration of such license. (Ord. No. 540, § 2 (part).)
10-8 Blank forms for licenses, applications, etc.
It shall be the duty of the district attorney of the county to cause to be prepared and delivered to the county tax and license collector suitable forms from which the county tax and license collector shall cause to be printed the certificates and blank forms for applications for license, proper for use for the purposes provided for by this chapter, which blank forms shall provide for a statement by the applicant as to whether such application is an original or renewal license, and the county auditor shall cause to be prepared and printed suitable blank licenses with blank receipts attached thereto, for the signature of the county tax and license collector when sold, and with duplicates attached to such license, to be returned to the county auditor showing, among other things, to whom and for what business issued, the date of issuance, and the amount received therefor. Such license shall distinctly specify that the same is subject to suspension, cancellation or revocation by the board of supervisors, and shall distinctly show its date of expiration. Such license shall be so prepared that it may be used as an annual license, certifying the payment of the full annual license fee. (Ord. No. 540, § 2 (part).)
10-9 License ledger to be kept by county auditor – Monthly accounting by tax and license collector.
The county auditor shall keep a ledger in which he shall enter the amount of all license fees received by him from the county tax and license collector, and the number of blank licenses delivered to such tax and license collector. (Ord. No. 540, § 2 (part).)
For requirement as to deposit of public moneys with treasurer, see Cal. Const., Art. XI, § 16. As to business hours of office of county auditor and county treasurer-tax collector, see § 2-2 of this Code.
10-10 License periods – Payment of license fees – Generally.
Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, all licenses shall be issued from the date of issuance to December 31st, and unless otherwise specifically provided for by this chapter, the license fee shall be payable in advance at the time of the issuance of such license. Except as otherwise provided, no license shall be granted or issued under this chapter for a period longer than one year, and all license fees imposed by this chapter shall be paid to the county tax and license collector at his office at the courthouse in the county without demand. The license period is hereby designated as follows: January 1st to December 31st, provided however, that where a new business required to be licensed under this chapter is commenced within the county after the beginning of any annual licensing period and a new license is issued therefor, a pro rata deduction not to exceed fifty percent of the annual fee shall be made in the amount of the fee therefor for each whole calendar month that has expired since the beginning of such annual period up to the time when the licensed business was commenced. (Ord. No. 540, § 2 (part).)
10-11 Licenses – Posting, exhibiting, etc. – Generally.
It shall be the duty of any person conducting a business required to be licensed under this chapter to post in a conspicuous place at his place of business the license granted to such person or such business and to keep the same posted until its date of expiration and then to remove the same, and it shall be unlawful for any such licensee to conduct or permit to be conducted the business for which such license has been issued while such license is not so posted. Every person having such a license and not having a fixed place of business shall carry such license with him at all times while carrying on the business, exhibition or occupation for which the same was granted. Every person having a license under the provisions of this chapter shall produce and exhibit the same, when applying for a renewal thereof, and whenever requested to do so by any peace officer or officer authorized to issue, inspect or collect licenses. Every licensee operating a vehicle from which the business covered by such license is conducted shall keep posted in a conspicuous place on each such vehicle a certificate issued by the county tax and license collector, setting forth the name and address of such licensee, the business for which such vehicle is licensed, the number of such license, and the period for which such license is issued. (Ord. No. 540, § 2 (part).)
10-12 Applicability of chapter to certain farmers and manufacturers.
No license pursuant to this chapter shall be required of any farmer selling his own products in the county, nor of any manufacturer whose gross sales are less than one thousand dollars annually who sells his own products retail or wholesale where such products are exclusively manufactured or produced in this county. (Ord. No. 540, § 2 (part).)
10-13 Licenses – Investigation, suspension, cancellation and revocation – Generally.
(a) All licenses issued under this chapter shall be subject to investigation, suspension, cancellation and revocation, and each license shall contain a statement that such license is subject to investigation, suspension, cancellation or revocation by the board of supervisors.
(b) The board of supervisors at any time may, on their own motion, and shall, upon the filing of a complaint in writing verified as complaints in civil actions of this state are required to be verified and filed with such board, cause an investigation to be made of any business for which a license has been issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and shall for such purpose fix a time for the hearing of all matters in connection therewith, and shall give ten days’ notice, in writing, of such hearing to the person against whom such complaint has been made of the time and place of such hearing, and if it should appear to the board at such hearing and if such board shall find that such person to whom such license has been issued under this chapter has wilfully or knowingly done any act not authorized by such license or has wilfully or knowingly permitted or suffered the violation of any provisions of this Code or other ordinance or law in connection with any business for which such license has been issued or upon the premises on which any such business is conducted, or if any fraud or misrepresentation has been used in the obtaining of a license for such business, or if the holder of such license wilfully fails or refuses to appear and answer all pertinent questions of such board at such hearing in relation to the past or present conduct and conditions in and about such business or premises, the board of supervisors may suspend, cancel or revoke such business license. If such license is cancelled or revoked, no further license shall be issued to such person under this chapter within one year from the date of such cancellation or revocation. If such license is suspended, the period of suspension shall be for such time as the board may direct and no further license under this chapter shall be issued to such person during such period of suspension. (Ord. No. 540, § 2 (part).)
10-14 Same – Service of notice provided for in preceding section.
The notice provided for in the preceding section may be served in the same manner as is provided by the laws of the state for the service of summons in civil actions; provided, however, that in the event that the person against whom such complaint has been made is absent from the county or should endeavor to avoid service of such notice, then such notice may be served by leaving the same with the person in charge of such place of business, or if no person is in charge, by leaving it at the place of business, at least ten days before the time fixed for such hearing. (Ord. No. 540, § 2 (part).)
10-15 Schedule of license fees.
The businesses for which licenses are required by this chapter, and the amounts to be paid therefor respectively are as follows:
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Accounting, bookkeeper, income tax preparation, etc.; annually |
$20.00 |
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Aeronautical services, such as crop-dusting, etc.; annually |
20.00 |
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Air conditioning and heating, parts and repairs; annually |
20.00 |
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Airports, air schools, and air transportation companies; annually |
20.00 |
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Ambulance services; annually |
20.00 |
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Apiaries, bee keepers, supplies, etc.; annually |
20.00 |
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Auctioneers. Must be licensed by state. |
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Auto bicycles or bicycles, for rent; annually |
20.00 |
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Automobile and truck sales and service, new or secondhand, or both, whether carried on in connection with another business or independently; annually |
30.00 |
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Automotive parts, sales and services; annually |
20.00 |
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Automobile racing, prize fights, football games, rodeos, motorcycle meets, where not held in a stadium, or on grounds having an annual license under this chapter; daily |
20.00 |
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Automobile repair, including repair shops, maintained for the purpose of repairing automobiles and machinery; annually |
20.00
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Automobile storage, in connection with other automobile business; annually |
20.00 |
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Automobile storage, independently of any other business; annually |
20.00 |
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Automobile towing; annually |
20.00 |
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Automobile wrecking, including the purchasing of wrecked cars, dismantling thereof, and buying and selling of new and used automobile parts. See Junk Dealers, section 15-16. |
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Automotive parts, sales and service, etc.; annually. See Junk Dealers, section 15-16. |
20.00 |
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Backhoe service; annually |
20.00 |
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Bakeries; annually |
20.00 |
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Barbershops; annually |
20.00 |
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Baths and swimming tanks, maintained as a business opened to the public; annually |
20.00 |
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Beauty parlors, with or without manicuring and hairdressing; annually |
20.00 |
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Billiard parlors, poolhalls; annually |
20.00 |
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Blacksmith shop and welding, or either; annually |
20.00 |
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Body repairing and auto painting; annually |
20.00 |
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Bowling alleys and other similar amusements, not otherwise herein classified; annually |
20.00 |
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Building materials, sand and gravel, both new and used, annually |
20.00 |
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Butane gas (and other liquefied petroleum products), sales, appliance dealers and service; annually |
20.00 |
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Cabinet and woodworking shops; annually |
20.00 |
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Canneries |
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For those canneries having a gross volume of business of not more than $25,000.00; annually |
20.00 |
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More than $25,000.00 but less than $50,000.00; annually |
30.00 |
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More than $50,000.00 but less than $100,000.00; annually |
40.00 |
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More than $100,000.00 but less than $200,000.00; annually |
60.00 |
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More than $200,000.00 but less than $300,000.00; annually |
80.00 |
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More than $300,000.00 but less than $400,000.00; annually |
100.00 |
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More than $400,000.00 but less that $500,000.00; annually |
120.00 |
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More than $500,000.00; annually |
150.00 |
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Cardrooms – Needs Justice Department clearance; annually |
20.00 |
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Carnivals, not included as side shows; per day |
50.00 |
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Each concession additional; per day |
10.00 |
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But in no event to exceed a total of, per day |
200.00 |
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Chemical and fertilizer sales, includes farm supplies; annually |
20.00 |
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Child care centers; annually |
20.00 |
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Circus. When not on grounds having an annual license under this chapter. |
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One ring without sideshow; per day |
100.00 |
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More than one ring without sideshows; per day |
150.00 |
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One ring with sideshows for circus; per day |
100.00 |
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For each sideshow; per day |
20.00 |
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More than one ring with sideshows; for circus; per day |
150.00 |
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For each sideshow; per day |
20.00 |
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Cleaning, dyeing and pressing, or either; annually |
20.00 |
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Consultants; annually |
20.00 |
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Confectionery, when operated independently of any other business or as a principal portion of any other business herein specified; annually |
20.00 |
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Contractors, general or special; annually |
20.00 |
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Doctors and dentists; annually |
20.00 |
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Dog kennels, pet shop, grooming; annually |
20.00 |
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Distributors; annually |
20.00 |
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Drugstores, pharmacies; annually |
20.00 |
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Energy plant, power generation |
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Having gross sales under $500,000.00; annually |
None |
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Having gross sales of more than $500,000.00; annually |
200.00 |
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Having gross sales of more than $1,000,000.00; annually |
300.00 |
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Equipment rentals; annually |
20.00 |
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Farm equipment repair; annually |
20.00 |
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Firearms sales and service; annually |
20.00 |
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Floor sales and installation; annually |
20.00 |
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Florists; annually |
20.00 |
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Food delivery; catering trucks with no fixed place of business; annually |
20.00 |
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Fortunetellers, clairvoyants, palm readers, spiritualists, mediums, and other prognosticators; per day |
50.00 |
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Frozen food lockers |
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Under one hundred lockers; annually |
20.00 |
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More than one hundred lockers but less than five hundred; annually |
50.00 |
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More than five hundred; annually |
75.00 |
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Furniture stores, either new, used or antique furniture, or both; annually |
20.00 |
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Garbage service; annually |
20.00 |
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General merchandise, grocery stores, dry goods, hardware stores, or combination of two or more of such stores |
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When the value of inventory is less than $5,000.00; annually |
None |
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More than $7500.00, but less than $10,000.00; annually |
60.00 |
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More than $10,000.00 but less than $20,000.00; annually |
100.00 |
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More than $20,000.00; annually |
120.00 |
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Handyman, general repair, carpentry etc.; annually |
20.00 |
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Hobby, sales and supplies (crafts, etc.); annually |
20.00 |
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Horse stables; annually |
20.00 |
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Hunting clubs and associations; annually |
20.00 |
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Ice cream, parlors and vendors |
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When sold plain with street vendors; annually |
20.00 |
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When sold in connection with soda fountain, or used to manufacture drinks; annually |
20.00 |
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Itinerant peddlers, who have no fixed place of business in the county as defined by this chapter, shall pay a license to the county when using a vehicle for each such vehicle; weekly |
16.00 |
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Janitorial and housekeeping; annually |
20.00 |
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Landscape, gardening services; annually |
20.00 |
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Laundry; annually |
20.00 |
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Livestock auction yards; annually |
100.00 |
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Or if temporary, per day |
20.00 |
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Lodginghouses, hotels, motels, auto-courts and roominghouses. |
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Having less than four rooms or units |
None |
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Those having four or more rooms or units and less than ten; annually |
30.00 |
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Those having ten or more rooms or units and less than fifteen; annually |
40.00 |
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Those having fifteen or more rooms or units and less than twenty; annually |
50.00 |
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Those having twenty or more rooms or units and less than thirty; annually |
60.00 |
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Those having thirty or more rooms or units; annually |
80.00 |
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Lounges and bars; annually |
50.00 |
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Lumber dealers, lumberyards |
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For those lumber dealers having a gross volume of business of not more than $25,000.00; annually |
20.00 |
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More than $25,000.00 but less than $50,000.00; annually |
30.00 |
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More than $50,000.00 but less than $100,000.00; annually |
40.00 |
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More than $100,000.00 but less than $200,000.00; annually |
60.00 |
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More than $200,000.00 but less than $300,000.00; annually |
80.00 |
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More than $300,000.00 but less than $400,000.00; annually |
100.00 |
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More than $400,000.00 but less than $500,000.00; annually |
120.00 |
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More than $500,000.00; annually |
150.00 |
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Lunch stands, sandwich stands and lunch counters, not serving regular meals, when having a fixed place of business; annually |
20.00 |
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Lunch stands for temporary purposes only, except such as are maintained for temporary purposes for the benefit of charitable, fraternal, educational, religious or benevolent association; per day |
15.00 |
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Not to exceed, per year |
150.00 |
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Machinery sales and farm equipment sales; annually |
20.00 |
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Mail order and telephone sales; annually |
20.00 |
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Manufacturers, all kinds |
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For those manufacturers having a gross volume of business of not more than $25,000.00; annually |
20.00 |
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More than $25,000.00 but less than $50,000.00; annually |
30.00 |
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More than $50,000.00 but less than $100,000.00; annually |
40.00 |
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More than $100,000.00 but less than $200,000.00; annually |
60.00 |
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More than $200,000.00 but less than $300,000.00; annually |
80.00 |
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More than $300,000.00 but less than $400,000.00; annually |
100.00 |
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More than $400,000.00 but less than $500,000.00; annually |
120.00 |
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More than $500,000.00; annually |
150.00 |
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Marinas and boat docks; annually |
20.00 |
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Merry-go-rounds, and other riding devices of all kinds and descriptions other than state licensed auto bicycles when not operated as part of a carnival or circus; per day |
20.00 |
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For each merry-go-round or riding device, where such merry-go-round or riding device is operated in the county for more than two days; such license fee shall be annually, for each machine or riding device |
50.00 |
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As to resident-owner operators whose gross annual revenues do not exceed the sum of $1,000.00, the license fee shall be; annually |
20.00 |
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Nurseries; flowers, shrubs, trees, etc.; annually |
20.00 |
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Oil and gasoline service stations, with one to three pumps; annually |
20.00 |
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For each additional pump; annually |
10.00 |
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Where operated in connection with a grocery store, merchandise store or cafe, etc., the license fee for each gasoline pump over two shall be, per pump; annually, in addition to the regular license fee |
10.00 |
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Oil and gasoline (wholesale) and other petroleum products distributing plants |
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For those plants having a gross volume of business annually of less than $25,000.00; annually |
20.00 |
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More than $25,000.00 but less than $50,000.00; annually |
30.00 |
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More than $50,000.00 but less than $100,000.00; annually |
40.00 |
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More than $100,000.00 but less than $200,000.00; annually |
60.00 |
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More than $200,000.00; annually |
80.00 |
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Pawnbrokers; annually |
150.00 |
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Peddlers, who have a permanent residence in the county, or who maintain a fixed place of business in the county, as defined in this section, shall pay a license to the county, when using a vehicle, for each such vehicle; annually |
20.00 |
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“Fixed place of business” is defined for the purpose of this chapter as a business house separate and distinct from any other business or residence, regularly kept open with an agent in exclusive attendance therein between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. for at least six hours per day, for at least five days per week. |
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Photographers, itinerant; per day |
10.00 |
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Photographers, with a fixed place of business in the county; annually |
20.00 |
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Planing mills |
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For those planing mills having a gross volume of business of not more than $25,000.00; annually |
20.00 |
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More than $25,000.00 but less than $50,000.00; annually |
25.00 |
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More than $50,000.00 but less than $100,000.00; annually |
40.00 |
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More than $100,000.00 annually |
60.00 |
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Poultry and livestock supplies and feed; annually |
20.00 |
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Printer, graphic design, sign painting; annually |
20.00 |
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Private investigators; annually |
20.00 |
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Processors and fruit-packing houses or processors, including slaughterhouses |
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For those processors having a gross annual volume of business of not more than $25,000.00; annually |
20.00 |
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Over $25,000.00 but less than $50,000.00; annually |
30.00 |
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Over $50,000.00 but less than $100,000.00; annually |
40.00 |
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More than $100,000.00 but less than $200,000.00; annually |
60.00 |
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More than $200,000.00 but less than $300,000.00; annually |
80.00 |
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More than $300,000.00 but less than $400,000.00; annually |
100.00 |
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More than $400,000.00 but less than $500,000.00; annually |
120.00 |
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More than $500,000.00; annually |
150.00 |
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Pumps and pumping machine dealers, sales and service; annually |
20.00 |
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Radio and appliance sales and service when operated independently of any other business; annually |
20.00 |
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Real estate brokers, etc.; annually |
20.00 |
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Rental cars and taxis, per car; annually |
20.00 |
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Restaurants, cafes, cafeterias, tamale parlors, and other eating places; annually |
20.00 |
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Retail meat or fish markets; annually |
20.00 |
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Secondhand dealers in clothing, hardware, lumber, or machinery, other than junk dealers; annually (for junk dealers, See section 15-22) |
20.00 |
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Secretarial services; annually |
20.00 |
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Septic tanks, sales, service or installation; annually |
20.00 |
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Shippers and shipping offices, whether product is sold within or without the state; annually |
50.00 |
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Shoe repair shops; annually |
20.00 |
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Shooting galleries, doll racks, and games of skill not otherwise herein specified, not regularly maintained and conducted at a fixed place of business; per day |
20.00 |
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Those not otherwise herein specified, regularly maintained and conducted at a fixed place of business; annually |
20.00 |
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Skating rinks; annually |
20.00 |
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Small engine, repairs and parts; annually |
20.00 |
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Soft drinks or stands, when not sold in connection with any other businesses; annually |
20.00 |
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Soft drink stands erected or maintained for temporary purposes; per day |
12.00 |
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Sporting goods, includes supplies and repairs; annually |
20.00 |
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Stadiums and other places of entertainment where auto racing, prizefights, football games and other sports are conducted |
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For those with a seating capacity of less than five thousand; annually |
100.00 |
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For those with a seating capacity of more than five thousand; annually |
200.00 |
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Storage – self-store; annually |
20.00 |
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Theaters and shows at a fixed place of business, annually |
50.00 |
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Theatrical performances. |
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For every person engaged in the business of conducting a theater or show in the open air, in a tent, in a hall or building not specifically constructed for theatrical purposes, wherein vaudeville, comic, dramatic or operatic productions or performances are given, motion pictures shown, or exhibited, as an independent business or entertainment, unless otherwise provided for in this chapter, the license fee shall be; per day |
20.00 |
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Provided, that the board of supervisors may, in its discretion, issue a license without cost for exhibitions or entertainments given for the benefit of churches, schools, local clubs, or charitable entertainment or benefit given by any local organization of this county; and further provided that the board of supervisors may, in its discretion, issue a license without cost to disabled war veterans who are residents of this county and who own and operate their own business exclusively within this county; provided further, that a license issued under this paragraph for more than two days for a business owned and operated by the same person exclusively within this county shall not exceed; annually |
50.00 |
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Tires; service, sales and repairs; annually |
20.00 |
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Trailer courts and labor camps |
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Having less than twenty spaces for hire; annually |
20.00 |
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Twenty or more spaces but less than thirty spaces; annually |
30.00 |
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Thirty or more spaces but less than fifty; annually |
50.00 |
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More than fifty spaces; annually |
60.00 |
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Trucking, hauling agricultural commodities, etc.; annually |
20.00 |
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Tutoring; annually |
20.00 |
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Upholstery and furniture refinishing; annually |
20.00 |
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Vegetable and fruit stands. |
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When merchandise sold is other than that personally raised or produced by the person selling the same, when sold at a fixed place of business, and not sold in connection with some other business; annually |
20.00 |
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When sold by peddlers. See Peddlers. |
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Veterinary; annually |
20.00 |
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Video rentals and sales; annually |
20.00 |
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Warehouses and rice dryers |
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Having a gross volume of business of not more than $25,000.00; annually |
20.00 |
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More than $25,000.00 but less than $50,000.00; annually |
30.00 |
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More than $50,000.00 but less than $100,000.00; annually |
40.00 |
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More than $100,000.00 but less than $200,000.00; annually |
60.00 |
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More than $200,000.00 but less than $300,000.00; annually |
80.00 |
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More than $300,000.00 but less than $400,000.00; annually |
100.00 |
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More than $400,000.00 but less than $500,000.00; annually |
120.00 |
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More than $500,000.00; annually |
150.00 |
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Watch and jewelry repair, when operated independently of any other business; annually |
20.00 |
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Wood yards; annually |
20.00 |
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For carrying on the business of soliciting orders or making deliveries of agricultural products (requires health department permit), goods, wares, or merchandise of every kind, character or description, for present or future delivery; annually |
20.00 |
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Provided that nothing herein shall apply to salesmen or solicitors regularly employed by any wholesale house or jobber who take or solicit orders from retailers or other merchants conducting a regularly established place of business in the county, nor shall anything herein apply to salesmen or solicitors regularly employed by retailers or other merchants whose fixed place of business is within the county, but outside of the incorporated limits of any city thereof. Other businesses. As to any business not herein enumerated, the annual license fee shall be |
20.00 |
(Ord. No. 540, § 2 (part).)
As to license fees for junk dealers and junk collectors, see §§ 15-23 through 15-26 of this Code.
10-16 Other licenses.
Certain businesses required to obtain a business license hereunder are also required to obtain other permits or licenses. The issuance of a business license as herein provided shall not be deemed to excuse the requirement for any other permit or license. Nor shall the issuance of any other permit or license be deemed to excuse the requirement for a business license. (Ord. No. 540, § 2 (part).)