For the privilege of selling tangible personal property at retail, a tax is hereby imposed upon all retailers in the city at the rate of one per cent of the gross receipts of the retailer from the sale of all tangible personal property sold at retail in the City of La Puente on and after the operative date of this chapter.
(Ord. 1 § 6604 (a) (1), added by Ord. 4; August 20, 1956)