Resolution No. 5683
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RESOLUTION NO. 5683
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF VERNON SUPERSEDING RESOLUTION NO.
5381. AND ESTABLISHING THE RATES FOR
BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES AND RELATED FEES AND
DEPOSITS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 15 OF THE
VERNON CITY CODE.
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WHEREAS, the city council of the city of Vernon adopted
Ordinance No. 931 on November 2, 1982, which provided that
business license fees shall be set by resolution; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the city of Vernon adopted
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943 on December 6,
1983, which provided that a
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business license fee per rental unit for mini storage warehouses
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be set by reSOlution; and
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WHEREAS, said ordinances have been incorporated in
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Chapter 15 of the Code of the City of Vernon; and
WHEREAS, the City council has established business
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license fees pursuant to Resolution No.
4956,
adopted on
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December 2, 1982, as amended by Resolutions No. 5072, (December
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20, 1983); and No. 5381 (April 28, 1987).
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WHEREAS, the cost of living and general prices have
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increased due to inflation; and
WHEREAS, the fees established herein reflect the
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previous fees adjusted for the rate of inflation occurring
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during the intervening time period.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That the City Council of the City of Vernon
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hereby finds and determines that the recitals contained
hereinabove are true and correct.
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SECTION 2: Business License Fees (V.C.C. Sec. 15.8).
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Every person doing business or engaged in any business,
profession, trade or occupation, or performing any act, or
otherwise dealing in or with goods, wares or merchandise, and
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not elsewhere specifically licensed by other provisions of
Chapter 15 of the Vernon city Code, shall pay a license fee for
each calendar year or portion thereof for the privilege of doing
business in the City of Vernon as follows:
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ANNUAL FEE
FOR EVERY PERSON EMPLOYING:
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o or 1 employee (warehousing with no employees
in the City of Vernon shall pay the minimum of
$90.00 per year)
$ 90.00
140.00
180.00
275.00
360.00
455.00
545.00
635.00
725.00
815.00
905.00
1,000.00
1,090.00
1,270.00
1,450.00
2 to 10 employees
II to 25 employees
26 to 50 employees
51 to 75 employees
76 to 100 employees
101 to 150 employees
151 to 200 employees
201 to 250 employees
251 to 300 employees
301 to 400 employees
401 to 500 employees
501 to 600 employees
601 to 700 employees
701 to 800 employees
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ANNUAL FEE
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FOR EVERY PERSON EMPLOYING:
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4 801 to employees $1,640.00
900
5 901 to 1,000 employees l,820.00
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to 1,100 employees 2,000.00
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2,180.00
8 1,201 to 1,300 employees 2,365.00
9 1,301 to 1,400 employees 2,545.00
10 1,401 to 1,500 employees 2,725.00
11 1,501 to 1,600 employees 2,910.00
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employees 3,090.00
13 1,701 to
1,800 employees 3,270.00
14 1,801 to 1,900 employees 3,450.00
15 1,901 and employees 3,635.00
more
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SECTION 3: Fee For
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For every person or on
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business of warehousing and where said warehouse activity is not
performed in conjunction with a manufacturing business located
in the city of Vernon, the fee per unit shall be as follows:
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ANNUAL FEE
First 200 sq. ft.
$ 20.00
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All footage over 200 sq. ft.
0.03 per sq. ft.
in addition to
the $20.00
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(b) The minimum warehousing license fee shall be
$150.00 and the maximum warehousing fee shall be $1,500.00; and
(c) If the warehousing facility is less than 4,550
square feet, then the minimum rate applies.
SECTION 4: Central station Industrial Protective
Service (V.C.C. Sec. 15.28).
Every person conducting a central station protective
signalling system shall pay the following fees:
(a) The applicant shall pay a minimum license fee of
$300.00 per annum at the time of application for or renewal of
the license.
(b) The licensee shall pay to the City of Vernon two
percent (2%) of the gross receipts of business arising from
licensee's operations conducted in the City of Vernon, less the
minimum previously paid.
SECTION 5: License Fees for Peddlers (V.C.C. Sec.
15.30).
(a) Every peddler shall pay a minimum fee of $175.00
per year, or portion thereof;
(b) Every peddler who calls attention to his wares, or
advertises the same by use of music, entertainment, speech,
fancy or grotesque dress, or otherwise, upon any public street,
alley or other public place, doorway of any room or building,
unenclosed or vacant lot or parcel of land within the City of
Vernon, shall pay $500.00 per year, or any portion thereof.
(c) Every catering vehicle engaged in the preparation
and sale of hot food and drink items from said vehicle shall pay
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a fee of $180.00 per year;
(d) Every catering vehicle engaged in the preparation
and sale of cold food and drink items only from said vehicle,
shall pay a fee of $140.00 per year;
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catering vehicles not otherwise licensed,
operating in the City of Vernon to serve an auction or other
special event, shall pay a fee of $35.00 per day for each day or
portion thereof for said operation;
SECTION 6: Motion Picture Production (V.C.C. Sec.
15.31).
Every person engaged in motion picture production
without a fixed place of business in the city of Vernon shall
pay a fee of $150.00 per day.
SECTION 7: Selling Fruits and Vegetables (V.C.C. Sec.
15.32).
Every person selling fruits and vegetables from a
vehicle shall pay a fee of $150.00 per year, or portion thereof.
SECTION 8:
(V.C.C. Sec. 15.33)
Dealers in Junk, Metal, Rags, Paper, Etc.
(a)
Every person carrying on the business commonly
known as junk or scrap metal dealer shall pay a fee of $1,200.00
per year;
(b) A secondhand rag or paper dealer shall pay a fee
of $750.00 per year;
(c) A secondhand pipe dealer shall pay the sum of
$1,200.00 per year.
SECTION 9:
Shows, Circuses, Rodeos and Other
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Amusements (V.C.C. Sec. 15.35).
Every person engaged in the business of conducting a
show, circus, rodeo, or other type of amusement shall pay the
following fees:
(a) $150.00 per day for such show, circus, rodeo, or
other type of amusement; and
(b) $100.00 per day for each sideshow for which an
admission fee is charged, and which is operated as a side
attraction to a show, circus, rodeo, or other type of amusement
licensed under subparagraph (a) above.
SECTION 10: Permit for Moving Structures (V.C.C. Sec.
15.42).
The sum of $200.00 shall be deposited with the City
Clerk, payable to the City of Vernon, for each and every
structure to be moved and a permit fee of $100.00 shall be paid
for each structure moved into, in, or through the City of
Vernon.
SECTION 11: Used Car and Automobile Dealers Bond
(V.C.C. Sec. 15.44).
The applicant for a used car or automobile dealership
shall file with the City Clerk along with the application, a
bond for $5,000.00 executed on behalf of the City of Vernon by a
duly authorized surety corporation subj ect to approval by the
City Attorney.
SECTION 12: Junk, Secondhand Metal, Rags, Paper, or
Secondhand Steel, Pipe and Fittings Dealers' Bond (V.C.C. Sec.
15.45).
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The applicant for a junk, secondhand metal, rags,
paper, or secondhand steel, pipe and fittings dealership shall
file with the city Clerk along with the application, a bond for
$5,000.00 executed on behalf of the City of Vernon by a duly
authorized surety corporation subject to approval by the City
Attorney.
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SECTION 13: In addition to the foregoing, the licensee
or permitee shall pay all other necessary fees or deposits which
may be required by other ordinances or resolutions of the City
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of Vernon or applicable state laws in effect.
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SECTION 14:
The fees provided for herein shall be
effective January 1, 1990.
All other resolutions in conflict
with this resolution are hereby repealed and Resolution No. 5381
is specifically superseded and declared void.
SECTION 15: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall
certify to the passage of this resolution and thereupon and
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thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of October, 1989.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of
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Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being
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Resolution No. 5683, was duly adopted by the city Council of the
City of Vernon at an adjourned regular meeting of the City
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Council duly held on Tuesday, October 17.
1989 and thereafter
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duly signed by the Mayor of the city of Vernon.
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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