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Ordinance No. 1043 1 ORDINANCE NO.1 043 2 3 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 4 5 6 7 8 9 WHEREAS, Sections 15.36 and 15.36-1 presently apply to the recycling of hazardous wastes; and 10 11 WHEREAS, California Health and Safety Code Section 25173.5 currently prohibits a gross receipts tax or a user fee on that 12 13 portion of the gross receipts of a hazardous waste facility that derives from the recycling of hazardous wastes or the treatment of 14 15 infectious wastes, except for an existing hazardous waste facility 16 as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 25149.5; and WHEREAS, Sections 15.37 and 15.37-1 provide for a business 17 18 license tax of one dollar and sixty cents per ton per calendar year of incoming material; and 19 20 WHEREAS, the City Council is desirous of reducing the 21 business license tax in sections 15.37 and 15.37-1 to eighty-five 22 cents per ton per calendar year of incoming material; and 23 WHEREAS, Sections 15.37-1(d) (2) currently defining "recycle 24 or recycling" currently includes recyclers who manufacture products using used materials; and 25 26 WHEREAS, the City Council is desirous of excluding from 27 Section 15.37-1(d) (2) those manufacturers who manufacture products 28 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; 10 and 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 28 facilities; and -2- 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; 9 and 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: 18 SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 19 finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are 20 true and correct. 21 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 24 follows: 25 Sec. 15.36. Hazardous waste treatment, facilities. storage or disposal 26 (a) For every person engaged in or carrying on the business of 27 treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste, a business 28 -3- 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), 17 (d) and (e). 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: 28 III -4- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 "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 -5- 1 purposes. 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: 5 (i) Cause, or significantly contribute to an 6 increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or 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, 17 respectively. 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 24 units, or combinations of these units. 25 (4) Infectious waste shall mean all of the following: 26 (i) Laboratory wastes, including cultures and 27 etiologic agents, which pose a substantial threat to health due to 28 their volume and virulence. -6- 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 14 improperly managed. 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 19 by the Department of Health Services of the State of California 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 25 by the Department of Health Services of the State of California 26 pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 25140 as such list may be 27 amended from time to time and as currently shown on the Uniform 28 Hazardous Waste Manifest (Rev. 9-88) as waste category numbers 211 -7- 1 through 351. 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. 9 Sec. 15.36-1. Hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal by or on behalf of related corporate entities. 10 11 (a) For every person or entity engaged in or carrying on the business of treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste for or 12 13 on behalf of a related corporate entity, including, without limitation, a parent company, division or subsidiary, a business 14 license tax is established for special city purposes. The business 15 16 license tax shall be calculated based upon thirty cents per gallon of hazardous waste treated at the facility, with a minimum of five 17 thousand dollars total per calendar year; provided, however, that if 18 the person or entity has paid the minimum five thousand dollar tax 19 in connection with obtaining a business license pursuant to section 20 15.36 of this Code, the minimum fee will not be required. Gross 21 receipts, if any, received from the treatment of hazardous wastes 22 from a related corporate entity need not be included as "gross- 23 receipts" for the purpose of calculating any business license tax 24 due pursuant to section 15.36. A first time applicant for a 25 business license required by this section shall pay the minimum five 26 thousand dollars minimum tax upon issuance of the business license, 27 except as heretofore noted. The total business license tax for the 28 -8- 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 13 following certification: 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 19 best of my knowledge and belief." 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 28 actually paid exceeds the calculated amount. -9- 1 (e) Definitions. The terms defined in section 15.36(e) 2 along with the definitions thereof, are incorporated herein by this 3 reference and shall be applicable for all purposes to this section 4 15.36-1. 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 10 incoming material to the facility. 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 24 during the previous calendar year; and 25 (3) The total number of employees who are expected to work 26 at the facility during the forthcoming year. 27 The written statement shall be signed by an officer, director 28 or managing agent of the applicant and shall contain the following -10- 1 certification: 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 15 amount calculated by multiplying eighty-five cents times the number 16 of tons by which such estimated tonnage exceeded actual annual 17 tonnage. 18 (d) Definitions. As used in the section 15.37 the following 19 terms have the meanings or limitations indicated: 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 24 associated with such a facility includes weighing scales, storage 25 pits, furnaces and boilers, scrubbers, turbine and/or other 26 generating equipment, and vehicles required to service the facility. 27 III 28 III -11- 1 Sec. 15.37-1. Solid waste materials processing and recycling facilities. 2 3 (a) For every person engaged in or carrying on the business of 4 solid waste materials processing, storing and recycling, as defined herein, a business license tax is established for special city 5 6 purposes. The business license tax shall be calculated based upon 7 eighty-five cents per ton per calendar year of incoming material. (b) The license tax shall be payable in advance each year prior 8 9 to the issuance of a business license, except as otherwise provided. 10 The license tax shall be calculated based on the applicant's written 11 estimate of tonnage of incoming material to be processed during the 12 ensuing calendar year. This written estimate shall be filed with 13 the city clerk along with the application for business license or renewal. The estimate must be signed by an officer, director or 14 15 managing agent of the applicant. At the end of the calendar year 16 the applicant shall furnish to the city clerk a written statement 17 showing the actual tonnage of incoming material processed for the 18 calendar year. This written statement shall be signed by an 19 officer, director or managing agent of the applicant and shall 20 contain the following certification: 21 "I declare under penalty of filing a false certificate or 22 return, that this statement is made by me, that I am authorized 23 to make such statement on behalf of applicant, and that the 24 annual tonnage figures of incoming material are true and 25 correct to the best of my knowledge and belief." 26 (c) In the event the actual annual tonnage exceeds the 27 estimated tonnage for the calendar year, the applicant shall pay to 28 the city a sum calculated by multiplying eighty-five cents times the -12- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 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 -13- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 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 -14- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 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 -15- 1 batteries or any material contained therein, or removes or reduces 2 its harmful properties or characteristics for any purpose. 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 22 license. 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 28 established by this ordinance shall not become effective and shall -16- 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 27 declared void or unconstitutional. 28 /11 -17- 1 SECTION 10: This ordinance shall be in full force and 2 effect thirty (30) days from and after its passage of the same. 3 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of August, 1996. 4 " 5 --,/~ 6 ATTEST: Y/Y;~ 7 K 8 BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -18- 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) )ss COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) 2 3 4 I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, 5 do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 6 1043, was duly and regularly introduced at a regular meeting of the 7 City Council of the City of Vernon, held on Tuesday, August 20, 8 1996, and thereafter finally adopted at a regular meeting of said 9 City Council held on Tuesday, August 20, 1996, and thereafter was 10 duly signed by the Mayor of the city of Vernon, by the following vote: 11 12 AYES: 5 councilmen: Malburg, Ybarra, Davis McCormick, Davis 13 14 5 Councilmen: None NOES: 15 16 5 Councilmen: None/.,. . ~ K t//;11/t~ BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk ABSENT: 17 18 19 20 (SEAL) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -19- SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS 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. /' t</1AY;1~rj) Chief Deputy I I (c}.-.. Date:9/3/96 ~i;r~tA-E<J . _ Gloria J. Oros~, City Clerk State of California ) ) ss County of Los Angeles) On ~be.~ 6,\'iq{o before me, Q'"\C\.RO\i"....LX~__d(\j.., c R-~ (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. j ~ : .~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~fWITNESS my hand and o. fficial @'......SHARONLDUCKWORTH ~ ill D ~ ; It.;.:~::.;: . COMM.# lQ61~ I\..~"I- ., \ :Afdvtpst . L..... ". ~=-=-- ~ . '''.' My Comm. Expires JUN 9. 1999 J . . ~~~~~~~~~~~ seal 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 ~ 1/ j~fLLJ'tC..) , e. Malkenhor t ' ~ 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