Ordinance No. 1009
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ORDINANCE NO. 1009
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON AMENDING SECTIONS 15.9, 15.20 AND 15.30 OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF VERNON REGARDING FEES FOR
CONDUCTING BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY OF
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WHEREAS, the City Council has the authority to require
6 license fees for businesses operating within the corporate boundaries
7 of the City of Vernon whether or not such businesses have a fixed
8 place of business within the City; and
9 WHEREAS, Vernon City Code Section 15.20 requires that annual
lO license fees be paid, "On or before the close of business on the last
II day of February of each year," and does not specify when licenses for
l2 new businesses should be obtained; and
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WHEREAS, as a matter of practice notices to pay business
l4 license fees are sent out by the City Clerk during the November
l5 preceding each license year; such license fees have mostly been paid
l6 by the first day of February of each year; and it is reasonable to
l7 conform Vernon City Code Section 15.20 to such practice; and
l8 WHEREAS, Vernon City Code Section 15.20 assesses penalties
19 for delinquent license fee payments on existing businesses, and such
20 penal ties should also be assessed on new businesses which fail to
2l obtain business licenses; and
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WHEREAS, Vernon City Code Section 15.20 should also be
23 amended to require that such penalties be assessed for each year of
24 delinquency and that the assessment be paid at ten percent (10%) per
25 month up to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of the original fee for
26 each year; and
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WHEREAS, catering vehicles operating within the City of
28 Vernon on a regular basis are required to obtain an annual business
1 license pursuant to Vernon City Code section 15.30, "License fees for
2 peddlers"; and
3 WHEREAS, section 15.30 provides that such licenses "may be
4 transferred from one person to another during the calendar year
5 without the purchase of a new license" which is an exception to
6 section 15.9 which prohibits transfers of businesses; and
7 WHEREAS, the exception for such transfers from person to
8 person is unnecessary and can be deleted since most transfers occur
9 from vehicle to vehicle; and
lO WHEREAS, transfers from vehicle to vehicle occur frequently
II and impose considerable demands on the finance department, but no
l2 fees are charged for such transfers; and
13 WHEREAS, Vernon city Code Section 15.9, "Fees for amended or
l4 duplicate licenses" authorizes transfer of a business license from
l5 one location to another, but not from one vehicle to another, and no
l6 fees are currently imposed for such transfers; and
17 WHEREAS, it is reasonable to require persons and businesses
l8 utilizing services provided by the City of Vernon for conducting
19 businesses in the City to pay their fair share of such services; and
20 WHEREAS, it benefits the health, safety, and welfare of the
2l City of Vernon, its residents, businesses, and their employees, to
22 maintain reasonable business license fees and to require that said
23 fees be paid in a timely fashion.
24 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON DOES ORDAIN AS
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1 SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
2 finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true
3 and correct.
4 SECTION 2: section 15.9 of the Code of the City of Vernon,
5 1959, is hereby amended to read as follows:
6 Sec. 15.9. Fees for &mended or duplicate licenses.
7 No license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be
8 transferable except as otherwise provided. When a license
9 is issued authorizing a person to conduct a business at a
10 particular place, such license may, upon application
II therefor and by paying the established fee have the
l2 previously issued license amended so as to authorize the
l3 conduct of such business from some other location.
14 Duplicate licenses may be issued by the city clerk to
l5 replace any previously issued license which has been lost or
l6 destroyed, upon applicant I s filing an affidavit attesting to
l7 such fact. At the time of filing such affidavit, applicant
l8 shall pay the established fee.
19 SECTION 3: Section 15.20 of the Code of the City of Vernon,
20 1959, is amended to read as follows:
21 Sec. 15.20. When payment becomes delinquent.
22 (a) Delinquency date. All license fees required by this
23 chapter shall be deemed delinquent if not paid on or before
24 the time hereinafter prescribed:
25 (1) ANNUAL LICENSES. On or before the close of
26 business on the first day of February of each year.
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1 (2) DAILY LICENSES. On or before the close of
2 business on each day for which the same becomes due.
3 (3) NEW BUSINESS LICENSES. Prior to opening for
4 business.
5 (b) Penalties. Whenever the license fee required by this
6 chapter is not paid on or before the delinquency date, a
7 penal ty of ten percent (10%) of the amount due for the
8 license fee shall be imposed, and an additional penalty of
9 ten percent (10%) of the original license fee shall be added
lO at the close of business on the last day of each calendar
II month thereafter. Every penalty shall become a part of the
l2 license fee required by this chapter. In no case shall the
l3 total penalty for delinquent license fees exceed fifty
l4 percent (50%) of the original license fee for each year.
l5 SECTION 4: Section 15.30 of the Code of the city of Vernon,
l6 1959, is hereby amended to read as follows:
l7 Sec. 15.30. License fees for peddlers.
l8 (a) For every person engaged in or carrying on the business
19 of a peddler for the purpose of selling or offering for sale
20 any goods, wares or merchandise, a fee each year, or portion
2l of year thereof, except as otherwise specifically set forth
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23 The first license of any newly established peddler
24 shall set forth a license fee prorated upon the basis of
25 calendar quarters, or fractions thereof, remaining in the
26 current calendar year.
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All licenses for persons engaged in or carrying on the
business of a peddler 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 said
license. No such license may be transferred from one person
to another.
(b) 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
appropriate clearance and approval of all such departments
prior to licensing.
(1) Catering vehicles shall be defined and license
fees determined for each of the following:
(i) Any catering vehicle engaged in the
preparation and sale of hot food and drink items from said
vehicle.
(ii) Any catering vehicle engaged in the
preparation and sale of cold food and drink items only from
said vehicle.
(2) Catering vehicles, not otherwise licensed,
operating in the city to serve an auction or other special
event, shall pay a daily fee for each day of said operation.
(c) No license shall be issued to a peddler or to a
catering vehicle until such catering vehicle or peddler's
vehicle has been inspected and approved by the fire
department and the health department.
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1 (d) A license for a peddler's vehicle or a catering vehicle
2 may be transferred from vehicle to vehicle upon payment of
3 the established transfer fee; provided, however, that all
4 requirements of city departments having jurisdiction are
5 given compliance.
6 (e) For every peddler who calls attention to his wares, or
7 advertises the same by use of music, entertainment, speech,
8 fancy or grotesque dress, or otherwise, upon any public
9 street, alley, or other public place, doorway of any room or
10 building, unenclosed or vacant lot or parcel of land within
II the city, shall pay a fee each year, or any monthly portion
l2 thereof.
l3 SECTION 5: Any ordinance, part of an ordinance, or code
14 section in conflict with this Ordinance is hereby repealed.
l5 SECTION 6: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or
l6 phrase or word of this ordinance is for any reason held to be void or
17 unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
l8 remaining portions of this ordinance; it being the intention of the
19 City Council of the City of Vernon to adopt and pass this ordinance
20 and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof
21 irrespective of the fact that one or more of the sections,
22 subsections, clauses, sentences or phrases thereof may be declared
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24 SECTION 7: There being no newspaper printed, published or
25 circulated in the City of Vernon, the City Clerk is hereby directed
26 to certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall post the same,
27 or cause the same to be posted, within fifteen (l5) days after its
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1 passage in accordance with section 36933 of the Government Code, in
2 three (3) of the most public places in the city of Vernon, to wit:
3 the northwest corner of 38th street and Santa Fe Avenue, the
4 northeast corner of Leonis Boulevard and Pacific Boulevard, and on
5 the bulletin board in the lobby of the City Hall of said City,
6 located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in the City of Vernon, County of
7 Los Angeles, State of California.
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SECTION 8: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
9 thirty (30) days from and after its passage.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this
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- EONIS C. MALBU G, Mayor
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MAL~ENHORST, City Clerk
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I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, city Clerk of the City of Vernon,
4 do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance No.
5 1009, was duly and regularly introduced at a regular meeting of the
6 City council of the City of Vernon, held on Tuesday, August 18, 1992,
7 and thereafter was finally adopted at a regular meeting of said City
8 Council held on Tuesday, September 1, 1992, by the following vote and
9 thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor of the city of Vernon:
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Councilmen: Ybarra, McCormick, Davis
Gonzales
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councilmen: None
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Councilmen: Malburg
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, city Clerk
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CITY OF VERNON
I, GLORIA J. OROSCO, CHIEF DEPUTY CITY CLL~K of the
City of Vernon, do hereby certify that I did, on the 3rd day of
Septeber, 1992 have posted three (3) copies of:
ORDINANCE NO. 1009 OF THE CITY OF VERNON
one in each of the following places, to wit: at the northwest
corner of 38th street and Santa Fe Avenue; the northeast corner
of Leonis Boulevard and Pacific Boulevard; and on the bulletin
board in the lobby of the City Hall of the City of Vernon,
located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in said City, there being no
newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the
e: September 3, 1992
Subscribed and sworn to before me
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thlS ~ day of ,:R,":>\'Q\,\.'oQR, 1992.
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Notary Public in and for the County
of Los Angeles, State of California
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