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ORDINANCE NO. 907
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF VERNON AMENDING
3 THE CODE OF THE CITY OF VERNON, CALIFORNIA
1959, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 15.27, 15.28,
4 15.30, 15.31, 15.32, 15.33, 15.35, 15.42,
15.46 and 15.47 OF SAID CODE REGARDING LICENSES
5 FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVENUE AND REGULATION OF
CERTAIN KINDS OF BUSINESSES AUTHORIZED BY LAW
6 AND CARRIED ON IN THE CITY OF VERNON, INCLUDING
SHOWS, EXHIBITIONS, AND LAWFUL GM1ES; TO FIX
7 AND ESTABLISH THEIR RATES OF LICENSE TAXES AND
TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR COLLECTION BY SUIT OR
8 OTHERWISE; PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE
VIOLATIONS OF ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE,
9 AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH, SPECIFICALLY
10 ORDINANCE NOS. 868 and 871
11 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon adopted
12 Ordinance No. 868 on October 19, 1976 and Ordinance No. 871 on
13 November 16, 1976; and
14 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon finds it
15 necessary for the public peace, health, safety, comfort, con-
venience and general welfare of the City of Vernon and its in-
habitants to require the licensing for the purpose of revenue
and regulation of certain kinds of businesses authorized by law
and carried on in the City of Vernon, including shows, exhibitions,
and lawful games; the fixing and establishing of their rates of
license taxes, and provisions for their collection by suit or
otherwise, and that penalties be prescribed for the violations
of any provision of this Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon finds
it necessary to amend Sections 15.27, 15.28, 15.30, 15.31, 15.32,
15.33, 15.35, 15.42, 15.46 and 15.47 of the Code of the City of
Vernon, California 1959 to revise the existing licensing
regulations and fees; and
1 WHEREAS, this Ordinance is an urgency ordinance and is
2 necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace,
3 health, safety, comfort, convenience and general welfare of the
4 City of Vernon and its inhabitants.
S NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
6 THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
7 SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon
8 hereby finds and determines that the recitals contained herein-
9 above are true and correct.
10 SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereb
11 declares that there exists an urgency in adopting said Ordinance
12 and, therefore, this Ordinance shall be effective immediately
13 upon the approval of a majority of the City Council of the City
14 of Vernon and thenceforth the same shall be in full force and
15 effect.
16 SECTION 3: That Section 15.27 is hereby amended to
17 read as follows:
18 "Sec. 15.27. Fees based on number of employees.
19 Subject to the provisions of all other sections
20 of this chapter, the fees required to be paid for
21 each of the several businesses licensed under the
22 provisions of this chapter are prescribed as
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24 Every person doing business or engaged in any
25 business, profession, trade or occupation, or
26 performing any act, or otherwise dealing in or
27 with goods, wares or merchandise, and not elsewhere
28 specifically licensed by other provisions of this
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chapter, shall pay a license fee for each
calendar year or portion thereof, for the
privilege of doing business in the City as
follows:
(a) Every person employing zero or one
employee shall pay the sum of $65.00 per year
(warehousing with no employees in the city shall
pay the minimum of $65.00 per year);
(b) Every person employing two to ten
employees shall pay the sum of $100.00 per year;
(c) Every person employing eleven to twenty-
five employees shall pay the sum of $130.00 per
year;
(d) Every person employing twenty-six to
fifty employees shall pay the sum of $195.00 per
year;
(e) Every person employing fifty-one to
seventy-five employees shall pay the sum of
$260.00 per year;
(f) Every person employing seventy-six to
one hundred employees shall pay the sum of
$325.00 per year;
(g) Every person employing one hundred one
to one hundred fifty employees shall pay the sum
of $390.00 per year;
(h) Every person employing one hundred fifty-
one to two hundred employees shall pay the sum of
$455.00 per year;
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(i) Every person employing two hundred one
to two hundred fifty employees shall pay the sum
of $520.00 per year;
(j) Every person employing two hundred fifty-
one to three hundred employees shall pay the sum
of $585.00 per year;
(k) Every person employing three hundred one
to four hundred employees shall pay the sum of
$650.00 per year;
(1) Every person employing four hundred one
to five hundred employees shall pay the sum of
$715.00 per year;
(ml Every person employing five hundred one
to six hundred employees shall pay the sum of
$780.00 per year;
(n) Every person employing six hundred one
to seven hundred employees shall pay the sum of
$910.00 per year;
(0) Every person employing seven hundred one
to eight hundred employees shall pay the sum of
$1,040.00 per year;
(p) Every person employing eight hundred one
to nine hundred employees shall pay the sum of
$1,170.00 per year;
(q) Every person employing nine hundred one
to one thousand employees shall pay the sum of
$1,300.00 per year;
(r) Every person employing one thousand one
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to one thousand one hundred employees shall pay
the sum of $1,430.00 per year;
(s) Every person employing one thousand one
hundred one to one thousand two hundred employees
shall pay the sum of $1,560.00 per year;
(t) Every person employing one thousand two
hundred one to one thousand three hundred employees
shall pay the sum of $1,690.00 per year;
(u) Every person employing one thousand three
hundred one to one thousand four hundred employees
shall pay the sum of $1,820.00 per year;
(v) Every person employing one thousand four
hundred one to one thousand five hundred employees
shall pay the sum of $1,950.00 per year;
(w) Every person employing one thousand five
hundred one to one thousand six hundred employees
shall pay the sum of $2,080.00 per year;
(x) Every person employing one thousand six
hundred one to one thousand seven hundred employees
shall pay the sum of $2,210.00 per year;
(y) Every person employing one thousand seven
hundred one to one thousand eight hundred employees
shall pay the sum of $2,340.00 per year;
(z) Every person employing one thousand eight
hundred one to one thousand nine hundred employees
shall pay the sum of $2,470.00 per year;
(aa) Every person employing one thousand nine
hundred one and more employees shall pay the sum of
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$2,600.00 per year;"
SECTION 4: That Section 15.28 is hereby amended to
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"Sec. 15.28. Central station industrial protective
service.
(a) Every person engaged in conducting a
central station protective signaling system for
watchmen, fire alarm, or supervisory service shall
pay a minimum license of one hundred dollars
($100.00) per annum, to be paid at Jthe time of
applying for or renewal of license.
(b) The licensee shall pay to the city two
percent (2%) of the gross receipts of business
arising from licensee's operations conducted in
the city, less the sum of one hundred dollars
($100.00), when two percent (2%) of the gross
receipts exceeds one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(c) Definitions.
Protective systems include, but are not
restricted to, automatic sprinklers, standpipes,
carbon dioxide systems, automatic covers and
other devices used for extinguishing fires, and
for controlling temperatures or other conditions
dangerous to life or property.
Protective signaling systems are electrically
operated circuits, instruments, or devices, to-
gether with the necessary electrical energy de-
signed to transmit alarms or supervisory or trouble
signals, necessary for the protection of life or
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property.
Central station systems are systems or groups
of systems, the operation of which are signaled to,
recorded in, maintained or supervised from a
central station for the protection of life or
property.
(d) Any license granted under this section
must be approved by the fire and police de-
partment bef0re issuance of the license."
SECTION 5: That Section 15.30 is hereby amended to read
as follows:
"Sec. 15.30. Peddlers' fees.
(a) For every person engaged in or carrying
on the business of a peddler for the purpose of
selling or offering for sale any goods, wares or
merchandise, the license fee shall be one hundred
dollars ($100.00) per year, or portion of year
thereof, except as otherwise specifically set forth
herein.
The first license of any newly established
peddler shall set forth a license fee prorated upon
the basis of calendar quarters, or fractions thereof,
remaining in the current calendar year.
All licenses for persons engaged in or carrying
on the business of a pedle~ shall be annual licenses
only. No refunds shall be granted to any peddler
who terminates his business in the city before the
expiration date of such license.
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Any peddler's business may be transferred
from one person to another during the calendar
year without the purchase of a new license for
the unexpired term of the existing license; pro-
vided, that all requirements of city departments
having jurisdiction are given compliance.
Catering vehicles operating on the streets
of the city which service its businesses shall
comply with the appropriate requirements of all
city departments having jurisdiction. Said
catering vehicles shall first obtain the ap-
propriate clearance and approval of all de-
partments prior to licensing. Catering vehicles
shall be defined and license fees determined as
follows:
(1) Any catering vehicle engaged in the
preparation and sale of hot food and drink items
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from such vehicle: the sum of one hundred~dollars
130. tJ-tJ
($];0'0 .00) per year;
(2) Any catering vehicle engaged in the
preparation and sale of cold food and drink items
only from such vehicle: the sum of one hundred
dollars ($100.00) per year;
(3) Catering vehicle, not otherwise
licensed, operating in the City of Vernon to serve
an auction or other special event, shall pay the
sum of five dollars ($5.00) per day for each day
of such operation.
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1 No license shall be issued to a peddler or
2 to a catering vehicle until such catering vehicle
3 or peddler's vehicle has been inspected and
4 approved by the fire department and the health
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6 (b) For every peddler who calls attention to
7 his wares, or advertises the same by the use of
8 music, entertainment, speech, fancy or grotesque
9 dress, or otherwise, upon any public street, alley
10 or other public place, doorway of any room or
11 building unenclosed or vacant lot or parcel of
12 land within the city, the fee shall be three hundred
13 ninety dollars ($390.00) per year, or any monthly
14 portion thereof."
15 SECTION 6: That Section 15.31 is hereby amended to
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17 "Sec. 15.31. Motion picture production fees.
18 For every person conducting, managing or
19 carrying on the business of taking or producing
20 one or more motion pictures or photoplays, having
21 no fixed place of business in the city, the license
22 fee shall be one hundred thirty dollars ($130.00)
23 per day."
24 SECTION 7: That Section 15.32 is hereby amended to
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26 "Sec. 15.32. Fees for selling fruit and vegetables.
27 For every person conducting, managing or
28 carrying on the business of selling fruits or
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2 place of business in the city, the license fee
3 shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) per year,
4 or portion thereof."
5 SECTION 8: That Section 15.33 is hereby amended to
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7 "Sec. 15.33. Junk, etc., dealers' fees.
8 (a) For every person having a fixed place of
9 business in the city, and engaged in conducting,
10 managing or carry~ng on the business of buying or
11 selling, at wholesale or retail, any old metal,
12 such as old iron, brass, copper or other metals,
13 commonly known as junk or scrap metal, the license
14 fee shall be nine hundred forty dollars ($940.00)
15 per year.
16 (b) For every person engaged in the business
17 of buying or selling, or otherwise dealing in used
18 or second rags or paper, and who is commonly known
19 as a secondhand rag or paper dealer, maintaining
20 a fixed place of business in the city, the license
21 fee shall be the sum of five hundred fifty dollars
22 ($550.00) per year.
23 (c) Every person engaged in the business of
24 conducting or operating, at wholesale or retail,
25 any secondhand steel or cast iron oil pipe, water
26 pipe, oil-well casing and fittings for the same,
27 and who is commonly known as a secondhand pipe
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2 nine hundred forty dollars ($940.00) per year."
3 SECTION 9: That Section 15.35 is hereby amended to
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5 "Sec. 15.35. Fees for circuses and other amusements.
6 Every person engaged in the business of
7 conducting a show, circus, rodeo or other type of
8 amusement in the city, for a period of less than
9 thirty days at one location, for which an admission
10 fee is charged to or in any wise collected from the
11 persons attending the same, shall pay a license fee
12 for each day or portion thereof during which the
13 show, circus, rodeo or other type of amusement is
14 conducted or carried on, for the privilege of doing
15 business in the city, as follows:
16 (a) One hundred thirty dollars ($130.00) per
17 day for such show, circus, rodeo or other type of
18 amusement.
19 (b) Sixty-five dollars ($65.00) per day for
20 each sideshow for which an admission fee is charged,
21 and which is operated as a side attraction to a
22 show, circus, rodeo or other type of amusement
23 licensed under subparagraph (a) above.
24 No license shall be issued for businesses
25 pursuant to this section unless the city council
26 shall have first authorized the issuance of such
27 license. "
28 SECTION 10: That Section 15.42 is hereby amended to
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"Sec. 15.42. Permit to move buildings over streets.
Before moving any structure upon and along
the streets in the city, a permit to do so must be
secured from the city clerk. The sum of sixty-
five dollars ($65.00) must be deposited with the
city clerk, payable to the city, for each and
every structure to be moved. In the event that
any damage is caused by the moving of said
structure, the city council shall have the power
to order such damage to be repaired or replaced
from the money deposited by the applicant and the
balance may be returned after repairing or re-
placing such damage. In the event any damage
caused is greater than sixty-five dollars ($65.00),
the city shall have the right to collect any
amount due it.
~part from the sixty-five dollar ($65.00)
deposit required above, the permit fee for each
structure moved into, in or through the city
shall be thirty-five dollars ($35.00)."
SECTION 11: That Section 15.46 is hereby amended to
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"Sec. 15.46. Prohibited acts; validity of chapter;
penalties.
(a) Prohibited acts. Whenever in this
chapter any act or omission is made unlawful it
shall include causing, permitting, aiding, abetting,
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suffering or concealing the fact of such act
or omission.
(b) Validity of chapter. If any section,
subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion
of this chapter is for any reason held to be in-
valid or unlawful by the decision of any court
of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this chapter. The city council hereby declares
that they would have adopted this chapter and
each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that
anyone or more sections, subsections, clauses,
phrases, or portions be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
(c) Violations a misdemeanor. It shall be
unl1aw.6ul for any person to violate any of the
provisions, or to fail to comply with any of the
requirements of this chapter. Any person
violating any of the provisions or failing to
comply with any of the mandatory requirements of
this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Any person conticted of a misdemeanor under the
provisions of this chapter, unless provision is
otherwise herein made, shall be punishable by
f. To . d ($ 0)
a lne notAexceed flve hundre dollars 500. 0 ,
or by imprisonment in the city jail, or the
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for a period of not to exceed three (3) months,
or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each
such person shall be guilty of a separate
offense for each and every day during any
portion of which any violation of any provision
of this chapter is committed, continued or
permitted by such person, and such person shall
be punishable accordingly. In addition to the
penalties hereinabove provided, any condition
caused or permitted to exist in violation of
any of the provisions of this chapter shall be
deemed a public nuisance, and may be summarily
abated as such by the city, and each day that
such condition persists shall cause such con-
dition to be regarded as a new and separate
offense.
(d) Repeal of conflicting ordinances;
saving clause on repeal.
Ordinance Nos. 710, 735, 765, 770, 774, 775,
785, 802, 868 and 871 of the city, and all other
ordinances or portions or ordinances in conflict
with the provisions of Ordinance No. 907 are
hereby repealed, except as to violations of such
ordinances and offenses committed before this
chapter takes effect. As to such violations and
offenses, and for the punishment of parties
guilty thereof, and for the collection of any
delinquent taxes, licenses, fees or penalties
levied, assessed, due or delinquent pursuant to
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the provisions thereof, the repealed provisions
of such ordinances shall continue to be in full
force and effect."
SECTION 12: That Section 15.47 is hereby amended to
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"Sec. 15.47. Effective date of chapter.
This chapter shall take effect for all
purposes on the 1st day of January, 1981."
SECTION 13: There being no newspaper of general
10 circulation printed, published and circulated in the City of
11 Vernon, the City Clerk is hereby directed to certify to the
12 passage of this Ordinance, and shall post the same, or cause the
13 same to be posted, in three of the most public places in said
14 City, to wit: the northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe
15 Avenue; the northeast corner of Leonis Boulevard and Pacific
16 Boulevard; and on the bulletin board in the lobby of the City
17 Hall of said City, located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in the
18 City of Vernon, Los Angeles County, California.
19 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of December, 1980.
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C. MALBVRG, Mayor
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ATTEST:
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
2 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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4 I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of
5 Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being
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Ordinance No.
907
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at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Vernon,
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held on November 18 1980 , and thereafter finally adopted
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atl:e regular meeting of said City Council held on Thursday,
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December 4 , 1980
, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmen: McCormick, Gonzales, Ybarra, Malburg
NOES:
Councilmen: None
ABSENT:
Councilmen: Kaeser
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Bruce V. Malkenhorst, City Clerk
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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3 COUNTY OF LOS, ANGELES) SS
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4 CITY OF VERNON )
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I, BRUCE V. ~1ALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City
6 of Vernon, do hereby certify that I did, on the 4th
day of
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December
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8 License and regulation of certain kinds of businesses, etc.
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9 one in each of the following places, to wit: At the northwest
10 corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe Avenue, at the northeast.cor-
11 ner of Leonis Boulevard and Pacific Boulevard, and on the bulletin
12 board in the lobby of the City Hall of the City of Vernon, locat-
13 ed at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in said City ,there being no
14 newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City
15 of Vernon.
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Signed this 4th day of
December
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20 Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 4th day 0 f Dpc:pmhpY' , 1980 .
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or the County 0
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