Resolution No. 6684
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RESOLUTION NO. 6684
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON SUPERSEDING RESOLUTION NO. 6321 AND
ESTABLISHING THE RATES FOR BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES
AND RELATED FEES AND DEPOSITS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER
15 OF THE VERNON CITY CODE
WHEREAS, pursuant to Vernon City Code section 15.8, the
Council of the City of Vernon is authorized to set business
8 license taxes, related fees and deposits by resolution; and
9 WHEREAS, the City Council has established business license
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WHEREAS, the cost of living and general prices have
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14 cover increased costs and to provide internal consistency between
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WHEREAS, the City Administrator-Finance Director has
17 recommended that the business license taxes, related fees, and
18 deposits be revised as set forth herein.
19 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
20 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).
25 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).
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Every person doing business or engaged in any business,
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profession, trade or occupation, or performing any act, or otherwise
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dealing in or with goods, wares or merchandise, and not
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elsewhere specifically licensed by other provisions of Chapter 15 of
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the Vernon City Code, shall pay a license fee for each calendar year
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or portion thereof for the privilege of doing business in the City
of Vernon as follows:
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ANNUAL FEE
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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
$120.00 per year)
120.00
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11 2 to 10 employees
12 11 to 25 employees
13 26 to 50 employees
14 51 to 75 employees
15 76 to 100 employees
16 101 to 150 employees
17 151 to 200 employees
18 201 to 250 employees
19 251 to 300 employees
20 301 to 400 employees
21 401 to 500 employees
22 501 to 600 employees
23 601 to 700 employees
24 701 to 800 employees
25 801 to 900 employees
26 901 to 1,000 employees
27 1,001 to 1,100 employees
28 1,101 to 1,200 employees
180.00
245.00
345.00
455.00
565.00
675.00
790.00
905.00
1,020.00
1,135.00
1,250.00
1,365.00
1,590.00
1,815.00
$2,040.00
2,265.00
2,490.00
2,715.00
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1 ANNUAL FEE
2 FOR EVERY PERSON EMPLOYING:
3 1,201 to 1,300 employees 2,940.00
4 1,301 to 1,400 employees 3,165.00
5 1,401 to 1,500 employees 3,390.00
6 1,501 to 1,600 employees 3,615.00
7 1,601 to 1,700 employees 3,840.00
8 1,701 to 1,800 employees 4,065.00
9 1,801 to 1,900 employees 4,290.00
10 1,901 and more employees 4,515.00
11 SECTION 4: Penalties and Delinquent Charges (V. C. c. Sec.
12 15.20).
13 Delinquent business licenses, including new businesses
14 which have failed to obtain a license, shall be charged a delinquent
15 fee of ten percent (10%) for the first month and ten percent (10%)
16 per month thereafter up to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of their
17 annual business license fee for each year of delinquency in addition
18 to the annual business license fee for each such year.
19 SECTION 5: Central station Industrial Protective Service
20 (V. C. C. Sec. 15.28).
21 Every person conducting a central station protective
22 signaling system shall pay the following fees:
23 (a) The applicant shall pay a minimum license fee of
24 $355.00 per year at the time of application for or renewal of the
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26 (b) The licensee shall pay to the City of Vernon two
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minimum previously paid.
SECTION 6: Persons without a Fixed Place of Business
(V.C.C. Sec. 15.29).
(a) Every person, firm or corporation engaged in or
carrying on the business of an auctioneer for the sale at auction of
any real or personal property shall pay a fee of $115.00 each day
unless exempted by State law;
(b) Every person, firm, or corporation engaging in the
business of commercial still photography shall pay a fee of $60.00
each day;
(c) Every person, firm, or corporation providing taxicab
service in the city other than from a taxicab stand, as such terms
are defined in Chapter 23 of the Code, shall pay a fee of $170.00
each year;
(d) Every person, firm, or corporation providing vehicle
towing services in the city shall pay a fee of $170.00 each year.
SECTION 7: License Fees for Peddlers (V.C.C. Sec. 15.30).
(a) Every peddler shall pay a minimum fee of $210.00 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
$595.00 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 $225.00 per year;
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1 (d) Every catering vehicle engaged in the preparation and
2 sale of cold food and drink items only from said vehicle, shall pay
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4 (e) Catering vehicles not otherwise licensed,. operating in
5 the City of Vernon to serve an auction or other special event, shall
6 pay a fee of $50.00 per day for each day or portion thereof for said
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8 (f) When a license for a peddler's vehicle or for a
9 catering vehicle is transferred from vehicle to vehicle, there shall
10 be a transfer fee of $60.00.
11 SECTION 8: Motion Picture Production (V.C.C. Sec. 15.31).
12 Every person engaged in motion picture production in the
13 City of Vernon shall pay the fees set forth in the filming permit
14 guidelines as approved by the City Council.
15 SECTION 9: Selling Fruits and Vegetables (V. C. C. Sec.
16 15.32).
17 Every person selling fruits and vegetables from a vehicle
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19 SECTION 10: Dealers in Junk, Metal, Rags, Paper, etc.
20 (V.C.C. Sec. 15.33)
21 (a) Every person carrying on the business commonly known
22 as junk or scrap metal dealer shall pay a fee of $1,355.00 per year;
23 (b) A secondhand rag or paper dealer shall pay a fee of
24 $890.00 per year;
25 (c) A secondhand pipe dealer shall pay the sum of
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(a) The minimum warehousing license fee shall be $190.00
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per year and the maximum warehousing fee shall be $1,895.00 per
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year.
Warehousing shall include distributing and wholesale
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manufacturing business;
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For every person engaged in or carrying on the
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business of warehousing in the City of Vernon, the fee per square
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foot shall be as follows:
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ANNUAL FEE
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First 5,000 sq. ft.
$190.00
All square footage over
5,000 sq. ft.
$ 0.0330 per sq. ft.
in addition to the
$190.00
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(c) Each additional offsite warehousing facility which a
14 business may have in the City of Vernon shall have a business
15 license and the fee per square foot shall be as follows:
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First 5,000 sq. ft.
$190.00
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All square footage over
5,000 sq. ft.
$ 0.0165 per sq. ft.
in addition to the
$190.00
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If the warehousing facility is 5,000 square feet or
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less, then the minimum rate applies;
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(e) Every person engaged in or carrying on the business of
warehousing in conjunction with a manufacturing business and where
said business has 100 employees or more at the same location, the
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business license fee will be based on the number of employees, and
the warehousing activity at the same location is exempt from the
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square footage fee.
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SECTION 12: Shows, Circuses, Rodeos and Other 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) $170.00 per day for such show, circus, rodeo, or other
type of amusement; and
(b) $115.00 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 13: Permit for Moving of Structures (V.C.C. Sec.
15.42) .
The sum of $275.00 shall be deposited with the City Clerk,
payable to the city of Vernon, and a permit fee of $15.00 shall be
paid for each structure moved into, in, or through the City of
Vernon.
SECTION 14: 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 subject to approval by the City
Attorney.
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Secondhand Steel,
15.45) .
15: Junk, Secondhand Metal, Rags, Paper, or
Pipe and Fittings Dealers' Bond (V.C.C. Sec.
The applicant for a junk, secondhand metal, rags, paper, or
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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 16: In addition to the foregoing, the licensee or
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permittee shall pay all other necessary fees or deposits which may
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be required by other ordinances or resolutions of the City of Vernon
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or applicable State laws in effect.
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SECTION 17:
The fees provided for herein shall be
10 effective January 1, 1996 All other resolutions in conflict with
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this resolution are hereby repealed and Resolution No. 6321 is
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SECTION 18: The City Clerk of the city of Vernon shall
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thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of September, 1995.
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ATTEST:
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
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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 Resolution, being Resolution
No. 6684, was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon
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at a regular meeting of the city Council duly held on Tuesday,
September 19, 1995, and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor of
the City of Vernon.
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