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Retail, service, or wholesale business
License fees for retail, service, and wholesale businesses with a fixed place of business in the city shall be according to the following gross receipts schedule unless otherwise specified in this code:
| Annual Gross Receipt | Fee |
|---|---|
| $0-$10,000.00 | $30.00 |
| $10,001.00-$25,000.00 | $45 |
| over $25,000.00 | $45.00 plus $0.30 for each $1000.00 or fractional part thereof to $1,000,000; plus $0.20 for each $1000.00 or fractional part thereof to $5,000,000.00, plus $0.15 for each $1000.00 or fractional part thereof in excess of $5,000,000.00 |
Professional and semi-professional business
License fees for professional and semi-professional businesses with a fixed place of business in the city shall be according to the following:
| Annual Gross Receipts | Fee |
|---|---|
| $0-$10,000.00 | $35.00 |
| over $10,000.00 | $35 plus $0.40 for each additional $1,000.00 |
Manufacturing business
License fees for manufacturing businesses with a fixed place of business in the city shall be according to the following schedule: A. For the first person employed, fifty dollars B. For the next ninety-nine persons employed, four dollars and fifty cents each; C. For all other persons employed, three dollars and fifty cents each.
Multiple Dwelling
Every person engaged in the business of owning and/or operating an apartment house, hotel apartment house, duplex, apartment court or bungalow court, and other multiple dwellings shall pay an annual license fee of thirty dollars plus one dollar per one thousand dollars of annual gross rental receipts, exclusive of utility charges and service fees. (Prior code § 6401.04)
Single-family dwelling
Every person engaged in the business of renting five or more single-family dwellings, either on the same parcel or separate parcels in the city, shall pay an annual license fee of thirty dollars plus one dollar per thousand dollars of annual gross rental receipts exclusive of utility charges and service fees. (Ord. 795 § 3 (part), 1989)
Commercial Property
Every person engaged in the business of renting or leasing land, vacant lots, offices, stores, industrial plants, or any building or structure of any kind on land located in the city and rented to a tenant for purposes other than dwelling, sleeping, or lodging shall pay an annual license fee as follows:
| Annual Rental Receipts | Fee |
|---|---|
| $0-$25,000.00 | No fee |
| above $25,000.00 | $100 plus two dollars per $1,000.00 of annual receipts over $25,000.00 |
Hotel, motel, sanitarium, rest home, home for the aged
The license fee for conducting or maintaining a hotel, motel, auto court, rooming house, boardinghouse, infirmary, sanitarium, convalescent home or hospital, rest home or home for the aged, as defined in this title or Title 18 of this code, shall be as follows: thirty dollars plus one dollar per one thousand dollars of annual gross rental receipts, exclusive of utility charges and service fees.
Outdoor advertising, billposting
Every person conducting or carrying on the business of outdoor advertising in the city by means of bill posting, sticking, tacking, affixing, or painting bills or signs to or upon posts, fences, walls, billboards, vehicles, buildings or other structures shall pay an annual license fee of three hundred dollars or thirty dollars per day, whichever is the lesser sum.
Contractor, developer, or subdivider
Every person conducting the business of contracting, subcontracting, developing, and/or subdividing within the city shall pay an annual license fee according to the following annual gross receipts schedule: The term “gross receipts” shall include only receipts from jobs or projects located within the city limits; provided that any contractor, developer, and/or subdivider maintaining a fixed place of business within the city shall be required to pay the annual license fee as set forth in this section.
| Annual Gross Receipts | Fee |
|---|---|
| $0-$25,000.00 | $75.00 |
| over $25,000.00 | $75.00 plus $0.30 per each $1,000.00 or fractional part thereof to $1,000,000.00, plus $0.20 for each $1,000.00 or fractional part thereof in excess of $1,000,000.00 |
License for less than a year
When any business shall be commenced more than three months after the beginning of the license year, the applicant shall pay three-fourths of the annual license fee as provided in this chapter. If commenced more than six months afterward, the applicant shall pay one-half of the fee provided, and if commenced more than nine months afterward, the one-fourth of such fee.