All persons in Classification "A" shall pay an annual business license fee in the amount of $75 for the first person employed, which shall include the manager, principal employer, one partner or owner, plus $9 for each additional partner, owner or employee. Classification "A" shall consist of the following:
(A) Manufacturing, processing and wholesaling. Any person engaging in the business of manufacturing, processing or wholesaling;
(B) Retail businesses. The following, and other similar business or persons not listed, maintaining an established business in the city and selling tangible personal property at retail or conducting a business of a retail nature;
(1) Appliance stores, gas and electric;
(2) Automobiles, new and used;
(3) Automobiles, accessories;
(4) Automobile service stations and garages;
(5) Bakeries;
(6) Clothing stores;
(7) Coffee, tea and extracts;
(8) Department stores;
(9) Drugstores;
(10) Dry goods;
(11) Electrical supplies and appliances;
(12) Feed and fuel;
(13) Fish and poultry;
(14) Five and ten and variety stores;
(15) Florists and nurseries;
(16) Fruit and vegetable stands;
(17) Furniture;
(18) Furnishings;
(19) General merchandise;
(20) Gift and novelty shops;
(21) Groceries and meats;
(22) Hardware, paint and appliances;
(23) Jewelry stores and repairs;
(24) Laundries;
(25) Lumber and building materials;
(26) Motion picture theaters and drive-ins;
(27) Musical instruments;
(28) Newspapers;
(29) Paint stores;
(30) Pet shops, pet food and pet supplies;
(31) Photographers;
(32) Plumbing supplies and appliances;
(33) Printing;
(34) Public dance halls;
(35) Shoe stores;
(36) Skating rinks;
(37) Sporting goods;
(38) Stationery and office equipment; and
(39) Supplies and equipment.
(C) Services. The following, and other similar businesses or persons not listed, which are considered to be of a service nature;
(1) Advertising and advertising agencies (excluding billboards);
(2) Accountants (excluding certified public accountants) and auditors;
(3) Artists;
(4) Auto washing;
(5) Auto rentals;
(6) Auto parking lots;
(7) Barber shops;
(8) Beauty parlors;
(9) Dancing academies and schools;
(10) Dressmaking and tailoring;
(11) Gardeners (excluding landscaping);
(12) Gymnasiums and health studios;
(13) Hospitals (all types);
(14) Interior decorators;
(15) Laboratories (all types);
(16) Musical instructors and schools;
(17) Newspapers and newspaper distributors;
(18) Nursery day schools;
(19) Printing establishments;
(20) Public stenographers, mimeographing and multigraphing;
(21) Repair services;
(22) Massage establishments; and
(23) Out-call massage services.
(D) Cafes and restaurants. Cafes, restaurants, drive-in cafes, ice cream parlors and any similar place of business preparing and serving food, beverages or refreshments for consumption on the premises; and
(E) Real estate businesses. Any person engaged in the real estate business as a real estate broker, real estate salesperson, realtor, business opportunity broker or salesperson or licensee, or mineral or oil and gas broker, salesperson or licensee, as defined by the Real Estate Law, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 10000 et seq., and having an office or place of business in the city; provided, however, any such person who sells or offers to sell, lease or rent real property located in the city, business opportunity contracts or mineral or oil and gas leases pertaining to any real property located in the city, while not having an office or place of business in the city, shall pay a business license fee of $40 per year.
('65 Code, § 3-1.302) (Ord. 810, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 197-C.S., passed - - ; Am. Ord. 275-C.S., passed - - ; Am. Ord. 356-C.S., passed - - )
('65 Code, § 5-7.03) (Ord. 657, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 197-C.S., passed - - ; Am. Ord. 654, passed 10-1-19)