Ordinance No. 1043
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ORDINANCE NO.1 043
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON AMENDING SECTIONS 15.36, 15.36-1, 15.37,
AND 15.37-1 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF VERNON
CONCERNING BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES AND ADDING
SECTION 15.38 TO SAID CODE RELATING TO THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A BUSINESS LICENSE TAX FOR
BUSINESSES ENGAGED IN RECYCLING LEAD-ACID
BATTERIES AND ESTABLISHING A DATE FOR AN ELECTION
TO BE HELD TO APPROVE THE LEVY OF THE BUSINESS
LICENSE TAXES CONTAINED HEREIN
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WHEREAS, Sections 15.36 and 15.36-1 presently apply to the
recycling of hazardous wastes; and
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WHEREAS, California Health and Safety Code Section 25173.5
currently prohibits a gross receipts tax or a user fee on that
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portion of the gross receipts of a hazardous waste facility that
derives from the recycling of hazardous wastes or the treatment of
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infectious wastes, except for an existing hazardous waste facility
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as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 25149.5; and
WHEREAS, Sections 15.37 and 15.37-1 provide for a business
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license tax of one dollar and sixty cents per ton per calendar year
of incoming material; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council is desirous of reducing the
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business license tax in sections 15.37 and 15.37-1 to eighty-five
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cents per ton per calendar year of incoming material; and
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WHEREAS, Sections 15.37-1(d) (2) currently defining "recycle
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or recycling" currently includes recyclers who manufacture products
using used materials; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council is desirous of excluding from
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Section 15.37-1(d) (2) those manufacturers who manufacture products
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through an industrial process using used or recycled materials and
1 further to clarifying the definition of the words "recycle or
2 recycling; and
3 WHEREAS, the State of California has adopted Health and
4 Safety Code Section 25215, et seq. to promote the recycling of lead-
S acid batteries; and
6 WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary to adopt
7 Section 15.38 in order to provide for a business license tax which
8 is equitable and which will promote facilities engaged in the
9 recycling, treatment, storage, or disposal of lead-acid batteries;
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11 WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish a separate
12 business license tax based upon a flat fee per estimated tonnage of
13 lead-acid batteries received at a facility for recycling, treatment,
14 storage or disposal; and
15 WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 25215(g) defines
16 the contents of lead-acid batteries including lead, sulfuric acid,
17 and polypropylene as hazardous waste; and
18 WHEREAS, recycling lead-acid batteries will reduce the
19 consumption of energy resources and related pollution; and
20 WHEREAS, the business of hazardous waste handling and
21 recycling results in special costs and increased burdens on the City
22 which are associated with such facilities; and
23 WHEREAS, these costs or burdens include, but are not
24 limited to, the improvement and maintenance of roads and bridges,
25 fire protection, emergency medical response, law enforcement, air
26 and groundwater monitoring, epidemiological studies, emergency
27 response training, and equipment related to the hosting of such
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1 WHEREAS, it will benefit the health, safety and welfare of
2 residents, employees and businesses in the City of Vernon to promote
3 the recycling of lead-acid batteries and to impose a reasonable tax
4 on the recycling of lead-acid batteries in order to defray City of
5 Vernon costs associated with such facilities; and
6 WHEREAS, the proceeds from these business license taxes
7 will be used for special City purposes only and will not be utilized
8 for general City purposes or be placed in the City's general fund;
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10 WHEREAS, section 4.3 of the Charter of the City of Vernon
11 allows an ordinance to be introduced and adopted at one and the same
12 meeting if it relates to an election; and
13 WHEREAS, the City Council further desires to submit these
14 proposed business license taxes to the voters of the City for
15 approval pursuant to Government Code Sections 50076, et seq. and
16 53720, et seq.
17 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON HEREBY ORDAINS:
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SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
19 finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are
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SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
22 amends Chapter 15 of the Code of City of Vernon, California 1959, by
23 amending sections 15.36,15.36-1,15.37, and 15.37-1 to read as
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25 Sec. 15.36.
Hazardous waste treatment,
facilities.
storage or disposal
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(a) For every person engaged in or carrying on the business of
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treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste, a business
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1 license tax is established for special city purposes. The business
2 license tax shall be calculated based upon four percent of the
3 facility's annual gross receipts derived from the treatment, storage
4 or disposal of inorganic hazardous waste at the facility, and one
5 percent of the facility's annual gross receipts derived from the
6 treatment, storage or disposal of organic hazardous waste and
7 infectious waste, with a minimum of five thousand dollars total per
8 calendar year. A first time applicant for a business license
9 required by this section shall pay the five thousand dollars minimum
10 tax upon issuance of the business license. The total business
11 license tax for the calendar year shall thereafter be calculated in
12 accordance with section 15.36 paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e).
13 After the first year, the applicants' business license tax payable
14 upon issuance of a business license shall be equivalent to the total
15 amount paid for the prior year, and the final tax for the year shall
16 be calculated in accordance with section 15.36 paragraphs (b), (c),
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18 (b) At the end of the calendar year, the applicant shall
19 furnish to the city clerk a written statement showing the following
20 information: (1) the facility's annual gross receipts for the
21 treatment, storage or disposal of organic and inorganic hazardous
22 waste and infectious waste at the facility; (2) the total number of
23 employees who worked at the facility during the previous calendar
24 year; and (3) the total number of employees who are expected to work
25 at the facility during the forthcoming year. The written statement
26 shall be signed by an officer, director or managing agent of the
27 applicant and shall contain the following certification:
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"I declare, under penalty of filing a false certificate or
return, that this statement is made by me, that I am authorized
to make such statement on behalf of applicant, and that the
number of employees who have worked and will work at the
facility and annual gross receipts received for the treatment,
storage or disposal of organic and inorganic hazardous waste
and infectious waste at the facility are true and correct to
the best of my knowledge and belief."
(c) In the event the amount of tax calculated at the end of the
calendar year is greater than the amount the applicant paid upon
issuance of that year's business license, the applicant shall pay
forthwith to the city said calculated sum, less the amount
previously paid.
(d) In the event the amount of tax calculated at the end of the
calendar year is less than the amount the applicant paid upon
issuance of the license, the applicant shall be granted a credit
against the next year's business license tax, in the amount by which
the sum actually paid exceeds the calculated amount.
(e) Definitions. As used in this section 15.36, the following
terms have the meanings or limitations indicated:
(1) Disposal shall mean either of the following:
(i) The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping,
spilling, leaking, or placing of any waste so that the waste or any
consti tuent of the waste is or may be emitted into the air or
discharged into or on any land or waters, including groundwaters, or
may otherwise enter the environment.
(ii) The abandonment of any waste.
(iii) The transport of any waste for any of the above
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2 (2) Hazardous waste shall mean a waste, or combination of
3 wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical,
4 chemical, or infectious characteristics may either:
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7 incapacitating reversible, illness.
8 (ii) Pose a substantial present or potential hazard
9 to human health or environment when improperly treated, stored,
10 transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed.
11 The term "hazardous waste" shall be understood to also mean
12 those sludges and miscellaneous wastes listed by the Department of
13 Health Services of the State of California pursuant to Health and
14 Safety Code section 25140 as such list may be amended from time to
15 time and as currently shown on the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest
16 (Rev. 9-88) as waste categories 411 through 491 and 511 through 613,
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18 (3) Hazardous waste facility or facility shall mean all
19 contiguous land and structures, other appurtenances, and
20 improvements on the land used for the treatment, transfer, storage,
21 resource recovery, or disposal of hazardous waste. A hazardous
22 waste facility may consist of one or more treatment, transfer,
23 storage, resource recovery, or disposal hazardous waste management
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25 (4) Infectious waste shall mean all of the following:
26 (i) Laboratory wastes, including cultures and
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1 (ii) Pathologic specimens, including human or animal
2 tissues, blood elements, excreta, and secretions which contain
3 etiologic agents, and attendant disposable fomites.
4 (iii) Surgical specimens, including human or animal
5 parts and tissues removed surgically or at autopsy, which, in the
6 opinion of the attending physician or veterinarian, contain
7 etiologic agents and attendant disposable fomites.
8 (iv) Equipment, instruments, utensils, or any other
9 disposable material which is likely to transmit etiologic agents.
10 (v) Human dialysis waste materials including
11 arterial lines and dialyzate membranes.
12 (vi) Carcasses of animals infected with etiologic
13 agents which may present a substantial hazard to public health if
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15 (vii) Any other material which presents a significant
16 danger of infection because it is contaminated with, or may
17 reasonably be expected to be contaminated with, etiologic agents.
18 (5) Inorganic waste shall mean those waste categories listed
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20 pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 25140 as such list may be
21 amended from time to time and as currently shown on the Uniform
22 Hazardous Waste Manifest (Rev. 9-88) as waste category numbers 121
23 through 181.
24 (6) Organic waste shall mean those waste categories listed
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26 pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 25140 as such list may be
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2 (7) storage shall mean the holding of any used, reused or
3 reclaimed hazardous wastes for a temporary period.
4 (8) Treatment shall mean any method, technique, or process
5 which changes or is designed to change the physical, chemical, or
6 biological character or composition of any used, reused or reclaimed
7 hazardous waste or any material contained therein, or removes or
8 reduces its harmful properties or characteristics for any purpose.
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Hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal by
or on behalf of related corporate entities.
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(a) For every person or entity engaged in or carrying on the
business of treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste for or
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on behalf of a related corporate entity, including, without
limitation, a parent company, division or subsidiary, a business
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license tax is established for special city purposes. The business
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license tax shall be calculated based upon thirty cents per gallon
of hazardous waste treated at the facility, with a minimum of five
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thousand dollars total per calendar year; provided, however, that if
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the person or entity has paid the minimum five thousand dollar tax
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in connection with obtaining a business license pursuant to section
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15.36 of this Code, the minimum fee will not be required.
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receipts, if any, received from the treatment of hazardous wastes
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from a related corporate entity need not be included as "gross-
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receipts" for the purpose of calculating any business license tax
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due pursuant to section 15.36.
A first time applicant for a
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business license required by this section shall pay the minimum five
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thousand dollars minimum tax upon issuance of the business license,
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except as heretofore noted. The total business license tax for the
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1 calendar year shall thereafter be calculated in accordance with
2 sections 15.36-1(b), (c), (d) and (e). After the first year, the
3 applicant's business license tax payable upon issuance of a business
4 license shall be equivalent to the total amount paid for the prior
5 year, and final tax for the year shall be calculated in accordance
6 with sections 15.36-1(b), (c), (d) and (e).
7 (b) At the end of the calendar year, the applicant shall
8 furnish to the City Clerk a written statement showing the following
9 information: (1) the total gallonage of hazardous waste treated,
10 stored or disposed of for, or on behalf of, related corporate
11 entities. The written statement shall be signed by an officer,
12 director or managing agent of the applicant and shall contain the
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14 "I declare under penalty of filing a false certificate or
15 return, that this statement is made by me, that I am authorized
16 to make such statement on behalf of applicant, and that the
17 total gallonage received for the treatment, storage or disposal
18 of hazardous waste at the facility is true and correct to the
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20 (c) In the event the amount of tax calculated at the end of
21 the year is greater than the amount the applicant paid upon issuance
22 of that year's business license, the applicant shall pay forthwith
23 to the city said calculated sum, less the amount previously paid.
24 (d) In the event the amount of tax calculated at the end of
25 the year is less than the amount the applicant paid upon issuance of
26 the license, the applicant shall be granted a credit against the
27 next year's business license tax, in the amount by which the sum
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1 (e) Definitions. The terms defined in section 15.36(e)
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5 Sec. 15.37. Waste to energy facilities.
6 (a) For every person engaged in or carrying on the business
7 of converting waste to energy, a business license tax is established
8 for special city purposes. The business license tax shall be
9 calculated based upon eighty-five cents per ton per calendar year of
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11 (b) The business license tax shall be payable in advance
12 each year prior to the issuance of a business license, except as
13 otherwise provided. The license tax shall be calculated based on
14 the applicant's written estimate of tonnage of incoming material to
15 be processed during the ensuing calendar year. The estimate shall
16 be filed with the city clerk along with the application for business
17 license or renewal. The estimate must be signed by an officer,
18 director or managing agent of the applicant. At the end of the
19 calendar year the applicant shall furnish to the city clerk a
20 written statement showing the following information:
21 (1) Actual tonnage of incoming material processed for the
22 calendar year;
23 (2) The total number of employees who worked at the facility
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2 "I declare under penalty of filing a false certificate or
3 return, that this statement is made by me, that I am authorized
4 to make such statement on behalf of applicant, and that the
5 number of employees who have worked and will work at the
6 facility and the annual tonnage figures of incoming material
7 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief."
8 (c) In the event the actual annual tonnage exceeds the
9 estimated tonnage for the calendar year, the applicant shall pay to
10 the city a sum calculated by multiplying eighty-five cents times the
11 number of tons by which actual annual tonnage exceeded estimated
12 tonnage. In the event actual annual tonnage is less than the
13 estimated tonnage for the calendar year, the applicant shall be
14 granted a credit against the next year's business license tax in an
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16 of tons by which such estimated tonnage exceeded actual annual
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18 (d) Definitions. As used in the section 15.37 the following
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20 (1) Waste-to-energy facility shall mean a facility
21 designed and operated for the purpose of converting refuse to usable
22 energy. The facility may receive, sort, reduce and burn household
23 and other nonhazardous waste materials. Equipment typically
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Sec. 15.37-1. Solid waste materials processing and recycling
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(a) For every person engaged in or carrying on the business of
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solid waste materials processing, storing and recycling, as defined
herein, a business license tax is established for special city
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The business license tax shall be calculated based upon
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eighty-five cents per ton per calendar year of incoming material.
(b) The license tax shall be payable in advance each year prior
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This written estimate shall be filed with
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the city clerk along with the application for business license or
renewal.
The estimate must be signed by an officer, director or
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At the end of the calendar year
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the applicant shall furnish to the city clerk a written statement
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showing the actual tonnage of incoming material processed for the
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calendar year.
This written statement shall be signed by an
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officer, director or managing agent of the applicant and shall
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"I declare under penalty of filing a false certificate or
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return, that this statement is made by me, that I am authorized
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to make such statement on behalf of applicant, and that the
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annual tonnage figures of incoming material are true and
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correct to the best of my knowledge and belief."
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estimated tonnage for the calendar year, the applicant shall pay to
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number of tons by which actual annual tonnage exceeded estimated
tonnage. In the event actual annual tonnage is less than the
estimated tonnage for the calendar year, the applicant shall be
granted a credit against the next year's business license tax in an
amount calculated by multiplying eighty-five cents times the number
of tons by which such estimated tonnage exceeded actual annual
tonnage.
(d) Definitions. As used in this section 15.37-1, the
following terms have the meanings or limitations indicated:
(1) Processing shall mean the reduction, separation,
recovery, conversion or recycling of solid waste.
(2) Recycle or recycling shall mean the collection,
treating, cleansing, separating, shredding, storing or transferring
of a solid waste in a manner that results in retaining substantially
the same physical properties of the original materials. Recycle or
recycling as used herein shall not include solid waste or used
materials that are incorporated in a manufactured product through an
industrial process so that they may be reused or sold as new, reused
or reconstituted products which meet the quality standards necessary
to be used in the market place.
(3) Storing shall mean the holding of solid wastes for a
temporary period.
(4) Solid waste shall include scrap materials but does not
include hazardous waste.
(5) Scrap material shall mean secondhand materials,
including metals of any kind, rags, papers, bottles, wooden pallets,
other comparable materials and junk vehicles or junk equipment.
SECTION 3: The city Council of the city of Vernon hereby
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amends Chapter 15 of the Code of City of Vernon, California 1959, by
adding Section 15.38 to read as follows:
Sec. 15.38. Lead-acid battery recycling facilities.
(a) For every person or entity engaged in or carrying on the
business of recycling of lead-acid batteries, a business license tax
is established for special city purposes. The business license tax
shall be calculated based upon thirty cents per ton based on the
gross weight of incoming material to the facility.
(b) The license tax shall be payable in advance each year prior
to the issuance of a business license, except as otherwise provided.
The license tax shall be calculated based on the applicant's written
estimate of tonnage of incoming material to be processed during the
ensuing calendar year. This written estimate shall be filed with
the city clerk along with the application for business license or
renewal. The estimate must be signed by an officer, director or
managing agent of the applicant. At the end of the calendar year
the applicant shall furnish to the city clerk a written statement
showing the actual tonnage of incoming material processed for the
calendar year. This written statement shall be signed by an
officer, director or managing agent of the applicant and shall
contain the following certification:
"I declare under penalty of filing a false certificate or
return, that this statement is made by me, that I am authorized
to make such statement on behalf of applicant, and that the
annual tonnage figures of incoming material are true and
correct to the best of my knowledge and belief."
(c) In the event the actual annual tonnage exceeds the
estimated tonnage for the calendar year, the applicant shall pay to
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the city a sum calculated by multiplying thirty cents times the
number of tons by which actual annual tonnage exceeded estimated
tonnage. In the event actual annual tonnage is less than the
estimated tonnage for the calendar year, the applicant shall be
granted a credit against the next year's business license tax in an
amount calculated by multiplying thirty cents times the number of
tons by which such estimated tonnage exceeded actual annual tonnage.
(d) Definitions. As used in this section 15.38, the following
terms have the meanings or limitations indicated:
(1) Lead-acid battery shall mean a battery as defined in
the state of California Health and Safety Code Section 25215 as such
section may be amended from time to time.
(2) Lead-acid battery recycling facilities shall mean
facilities which process, store, treat or recycle lead-acid
batteries in order to convert them as raw materials for recycled
products or in order to convert them and manufacture a product made
wholly or partly from recycled lead-acid batteries or components
thereof.
(3) Recycle or recycling shall mean the collection or
sorting of lead-acid batteries in order to redirect or utilize the
batteries or a substance from the batteries, and includes recovery
of resources from the batteries for the purpose of conversion to a
raw material andlor making a recycled product.
(4) storage shall mean the holding of used or recycled
lead-acid batteries for a temporary period.
(5) Treat or treatment shall mean any method, technique or
process which changes or is designed to change the physical,
chemical or biological character or composition of any lead-acid
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1 batteries or any material contained therein, or removes or reduces
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3 (e) As an alternative to the procedure for calculating the
4 business license tax contained in sections 15.38(a), (b) and (c),
5 above, the applicant may, for reasons of administrative convenience,
6 request that the city establish a flat annual business license tax
7 based upon the applicant's verified estimate of annual tonnage for
8 the calendar year, multiplied by the per-ton amount contained in
9 section 15.38(a). The city administrator may grant or deny such
10 request in his sole discretion. If the applicant disagrees with any
11 decision of the city administrator made hereunder, an appeal may be
12 taken to the city council.
13 SECTION 4: The business license taxes established herein:
14 (a) are special taxes for special city purposes which may include,
15 but are not limited to, the improvement and maintenance of roads and
16 br idges, f ire protection, emergency medical response, law
17 enforcement, air and groundwater monitoring, epidemiological
18 studies, emergency response training, and equipment related to the
19 hosting of such facilities; (b) shall be in the amounts specified in
20 sections 15.36, 15.36-1, 15.37, 15.37-1 and 15.38; and (c) shall be
21 collected annually as a condition of obtaining a required business
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23 SECTION 5: The City council orders that the business
24 license taxes established herein be put to a vote of the people at
25 an election to be held on December 10, 1996, said election date to
26 be formally established by a resolution of the City Council.
27 SECTION 6: The amended and new business license taxes
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1 not be levied on any business unless and until it receives the
2 approval of two-thirds of the votes cast by voters voting on this
3 issue at the December 10, 1996 election.
4 SECTION 7: There being no newspaper printed, published or
5 circulated in the City of Vernon, the City Clerk is hereby directed
6 to certify to the fact of this Ordinance and shall post the same, or
7 cause the same to be posted, within fifteen (15) days after its
8 passage in accordance with section 36933 of the Government Code, in
9 three (3) of the most public places in the City of Vernon, to wit:
10 the northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe Avenue, the
11 northeast corner of Leonis Boulevard and Pacific Boulevard, and on
12 the bulletin board in the lobby of the City Hall of said City,
13 located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in the City of Vernon, County
14 of Los Angeles, State of California.
15 SECTION 8: That any ordinance or parts of ordinances in
16 conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed effective on the
17 date this ordinance is approved by a majority vote of the electors
18 voting at the election specified herein.
19 SECTION 9: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
20 phrase, or word of this ordinance is for any reason held to be void
21 or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of
22 the remaining portions of this ordinance; it being the intention of
23 the City Council of the city of Vernon to adopt and pass this
24 ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase,
25 or word thereof irrespective of the fact that one or more of the
26 sections, subsections, clauses, sentences or phrases thereof may be
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This ordinance shall be in full force and
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3 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of August, 1996.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of Vernon,
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do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance No.
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1043, was duly and regularly introduced at a regular meeting of the
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City Council of the City of Vernon, held on Tuesday, August 20,
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City Council held on Tuesday, August 20, 1996, and thereafter was
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duly signed by the Mayor of the city of Vernon, by the following
vote:
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councilmen: Malburg, Ybarra, Davis
McCormick, Davis
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SUPPORTING
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss
CITY OF VERNON )
I, GLORIA J. OROSCO, Chief Deputy City Clerk of the City of
Vernon do hereby certify that I did, on the 3rd day of September,
1996, have posted three (3) copies of:
Ordinance No. 1043 of the City of Vernon Amending
Sections 15.36, 15.36-1, 15.37, and 15.37-1 of the
Code of the City of Vernon Concerning Business
License Taxes and Adding Section 15.38 to said
Code Relating to the Establishment of a Business
License Tax For Businesses Engaged in Recycling
Lead-Acid Batteries and Establishing a Date for an
Election to be Held to Approve the Levy of the
Business License Taxes Contained Herein.
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
Blvd. and Pacific Blvd; 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 City of Vernon.
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Chief Deputy
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Date:9/3/96 ~i;r~tA-E<J . _
Gloria J. Oros~,
City Clerk
State of California )
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County of Los Angeles)
On
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(name)
personally appeared
Gloria J. Orosco
(name of signatory)
personally known to me (or known to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence) to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the
within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the
same in his/her/their authorized capacity, and that by his/her/their
signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon be-
half of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
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NOTICE OF CONTINUANCE OF PUBLIC HEARING
IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 1043
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD AUGUST 8,
1996 AT APPROXIMATELY 5 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE CITY
HALL LOCATED AT 4305 SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA TO
CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 1043 WAS CONTINUED TO AUGUST
20, 1996 AT APPROXIMATELY 5 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE
CITY HALL LOCATED AT 4305 SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA
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City Cl rk
BY:
Clerk
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
NOTICE OF CONTINUANCE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss
CITY OF VERNON )
I, GLORIA J. OROSCO, Chief Deputy City Clerk of the City of
Vernon, do hereby certify that I did, on the 7th day of August
1996, have posted:
The above Notice of Continuance of Public Hearing.
Said Notice was posted at a conspicuous place near
the door of the room at which said meeting was
held, within 24 hours of said adjournment.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is
true and correct.
Gen:Contph