Resolution No. 6171
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RESOLUTION NO. 6171
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF VERNON SUPERSED!NG RESOLUTION
NOS. 6014, 6047, and 6153 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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7 WHEREAS, pursuant to Vernon City Code section 15.8, the
8 City Council of the City of Vernon is authorized to set business
9 license taxes, related fees and deposits by resolution; and
10 WHEREAS, the City Council has established business license
11 fees pursuant to Resolution No. 6014, adopted on November 9, 1991,
12 as amended by Resolution No. 6047 on February 4, 1992, and by
13 Resolution No. 6153 on September 1, 1992; and
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WHEREAS, the cost of living and general prices have
15 increased due to inflation, and the fees established herein reflect
16 the previous fees adjusted for the rate of inflation occurring
17 during the intervening time period; and
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WHEREAS, the City Administrator-Finance Director has
19 recommended that the business license taxes, related fees, and
20 deposits be revised as set forth herein.
21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
22 CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
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SECTION 2: Transfer Fees (V.C.C. Sec. 15.9).
27 When a business relocates within the City of Vernon, there
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SECTION 3: Business License Fees (V.C.C. Sec. 15.18).
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 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:
ANNUAL FEE
FOR EVERY PERSON EMPLOYING:
0 or 1 employee (warehousing with no employees
in the City of Vernon shall pay the minimum of
$105.00 per year)
2 to 10 employees
11 to 25 employees
26 to 50 employees
51 to 75 employees
76 to 100 employees
101 to 150 employees
151 to 200 employees
201 to 250 employees
251 to 300 employees
301 to 400 employees
401 to 500 employees
501 to 600 employees
601 to 700 employees
701 to 800 employees
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$ 105.00
160.00
200.00
305.00
400.00
505.00
605.00
705.00
800.00
900.00
1,000.00
1,105.00
1,205.00
1,400.00
1,600.00
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1 ANNUAL FEE
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15 SECTION 4: Penalties and Delinquent charges (V.C.C. Sec.
16 15.20).
17 Delinquent business licenses, including new businesses
18 which have failed to obtain a license, shall be charged a delinquent
19 fee of ten percent (10%) for the first month and ten percent (10%)
20 per month thereafter up to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of their
21 annual business license fee for each year of delinquency in addition
22 to the annual business license fee for each such year.
23 SECTION 5: Central station Industrial Protective Service
24 (V.C.C. Sec. 15.28).
25 Every person conducting a central station protective
26 signaling system shall pay the following fees:
27 (a) The applicant shall pay a minimum license fee of
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FOR EVERY PERSON EMPLOYING:
801 to 900 employees $1,810.00
901 to 1,000 employees 2,005.00
1,001 to 1,100 employees 2,205.00
1,101 to 1,200 employees 2,405.00
1,201 to 1,300 employees 2,610.00
1,301 to 1,400 employees 2,810.00
1,401 to 1,500 employees 3,005.00
1,501 to 1,600 employees 3,210.00
1,601 to 1,700 employees 3,410.00
1,701 to 1,800 employees 3,610.00
1,801 to 1,900 employees 3,810.00
1,901 and more employees 4,010.00
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2 (b) The licensee shall pay to the City of Vernon two
3 percent (2%) of the gross receipts of business arising from
4 licensee's operations conducted in the City of Vernon, less the
5 minimum previously paid.
6 SECTION 6: Persons without a Fixed Place of Business
7 (V.C.C. Sec. 15.29).
8 (a) Every person, firm or corporation engaged in or
9 carrying on the business of an auctioneer for the sale at auction of
10 any real or personal property shall pay a fee of $100.00 each day
11 unless exempted by state law;
12 (b) Every person, firm, or corporation engaging in the
13 business of commercial still photography shall pay a fee of $50.00
14 each day;
15 (c) Every person, firm, or corporation providing taxicab
16 service in the city other than from a taxicab stand, as such terms
17 are defined in Chapter 23 of the Code, shall pay a fee of $150.00
18 each year;
19 (d) Every person, firm, or corporation providing vehicle
20 towing services in the city shall pay a fee of $150.00 each year.
21 SECTION 7: License Fees for Peddlers (V.C.C. Sec. 15.30).
22 (a) Every peddler shall pay a minimum fee of $185.00 per
23 year, or portion thereof;
24 (b) Every peddler who calls attention to his wares, or
25 advertises the same by use of music, entertainment, speech, fancy or
26 grotesque dress, or otherwise, upon any public street, alley or
27 other public place, doorway of any room or building, unenclosed or
28 vacant lot or parcel of land within the City of Vernon, shall pay
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$525.00 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 a fee
of $200.00 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 $160.00 per year;
(e) Catering vehicles not otherwise licensed, operating in
the City of Vernon to serve an auction or other special event, shall
pay a fee of $40.00 per day for each day or portion thereof for said
operation.
(f) When a license for a peddler's vehicle or for a
catering vehicle is transferred from vehicle to vehicle, there shall
be a transfer fee of $50.00.
SECTION 8: Motion Picture Production (V.C.C. Sec. 15.31).
Every person engaged in motion picture production in the
City of Vernon shall pay the fees set forth in the filming permit
guidelines as approved by the city council.
SECTION 9: Selling Fruits and Vegetables (V.C.C. Sec.
15.32).
Every person selling fruits and vegetables from a vehicle
shall pay a fee of $160.00 per year, or portion thereof.
SECTION 10: Dealers in Junk, Metal, Rags, Paper, Etc.
(V.C.C. Sec. 15.33)
(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
$790.00 per year;
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A secondhand pipe dealer shall pay the sum of
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SECTION 11: Business License Fee For Warehousing (V.C.C.
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(a) The minimum warehousing license fee shall be $160.00
6 per year and the maximum warehousing fee shall be $1,680.00 per
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year.
Warehousing shall include distributing and wholesale
8 businesses which are not conducted in conjunction with a
9 manufacturing business;
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For every person engaged in or carrying on the
11 business of warehousing in the City of Vernon, the fee per unit
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13 ANNUAL FEE
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First 200 sq. ft.
$25.00
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All footage over
200 sq. ft.
$ 0.03 per sq. ft.
in addition to
the $25.00
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(c) Each additional offsite warehousing facility which a
18 business may have in the City of Vernon shall have a business
19 license and the fee per unit shall be as follows:
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First 200 sq. ft.
$25.00
All footage over
200 sq. ft.
$ 0.015 per sq. ft.
in addition to
the $25.00
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If the warehousing facility is 4,700 square feet or
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(e) Every person engaged in or carrying on the business of
27 warehousing in conjunction with a manufacturing business and where
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1 business license fee will be based on the number of employees, and
2 the warehousing activity at the same location is exempt from the
3 square footage fee.
4 SECTION 12: Shows, Circuses, Rodeos and Other Amusements
5 (V.C.C. Sec. 15.35).
6 Every person engaged in the business of conducting a show,
7 circus, rodeo, or other type of amusement shall pay the following
8 fees:
9 (a) $150.00 per day for such show, circus, rodeo, or other
10 type of amusement; and
11 (b) $100.00 per day for each sideshow for which an
12 admission fee is charged, and which is operated as a side attraction
13 to a show, circus, rodeo, or other type of amusement licensed under
14 subparagraph (a) above.
15 SECTION 13: Permit for Moving of Structures (V.C.C. Sec.
16 15.42) .
17 The sum of $250.00 shall be deposited with the City Clerk,
18 payable to the City of Vernon, and a permit fee of $15.00 shall be
19 paid for each structure moved into, in, or through the City of
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21 SECTION 14: Used Car and Automobile Dealers Bond (V.C.C.
22 Sec. 15.44).
23 The applicant for a used car or automobile dealership shall
24 file with the City Clerk along with the application, a bond for
25 $5,000.00 executed on behalf of the City of Vernon by a duly
26 authorized surety corporation subject to approval by the City
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SECTION 15:
Junk, Secondhand Meta 1, Rags, Paper, or
2 Secondhand Steel, Pipe and Fittings Dealers' Bond (V.C.C. Sec.
3 15.45).
4 The applicant for a junk, secondhand metal, rags, paper, or
5 secondhand steel, pipe and fittings dealership shall file with the
6 City Clerk along with the application, a bond for $5,000.00 executed
7 on behalf of the City of Vernon by a duly authorized surety
8 corporation subject to approval by the City Attorney.
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SECTION 16: In addition to the foregoing, the licensee or
10 permittee shall pay all other necessary fees or deposits which may
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12 or applicable State laws in effect.
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SECTION 17:
The fees provided for herein shall be
14 effective January 1, 1993. All other resolutions in conflict with
15 this resolution are hereby repealed and Resolution Nos. 6014, 6047,
16 and 6153 are specifically superseded and declared void.
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SECTION 18:
The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall
18 certify to the passage of this resolution and thereupon and
19 thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
20 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of October 20, 1992.
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3 I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of Vernon,
4 do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution
5 No. 6171, was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon
6 at a regular meeting of the City Council duly held on Tuesday,
7 October 20, 1992, and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor of the
8 City of Vernon.
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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