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SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL CODE
PREFACE
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Title 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
Title 4 (Reserved)
Title 5 BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Chapter 5.04 GENERAL LICENSING PROVISIONS AND TAXES
5.04.010 Definitions.
5.04.020 Revenue purpose.
5.04.030 Compliance with additional regulations.
5.04.040 Effect on other provisions.
5.04.050 Tax and license required.
5.04.060 Applicability to individuals.
5.04.070 Separate licenses required for branch establishments.
5.04.080 Separate businesses--License and tax computation.
5.04.090 Establishments extending across city boundaries--Tax computation.
5.04.100 Computation of number of employees.
5.04.110 Exemptions--Constitutional and statutory.
5.04.120 Exemptions--Interstate commerce.
5.04.130 Exemptions--Nonprofit enterprises.
5.04.140 Exemptions--Disabled veterans.
5.04.150 Exemptions--Statement filing.
5.04.160 Application and license contents.
5.04.170 Initial application.
5.04.180 Renewal application.
5.04.190 Application verification and investigation.
5.04.200 Application information confidential.
5.04.210 Assessment determined by tax collector.
5.04.220 Appeals.
5.04.230 Additional powers of tax collector.
5.04.240 License--Nontransferable--Exceptions.
5.04.250 License--Duplicates.
5.04.260 License--Display.
5.04.270 License--Identification tags for devices and machines.
5.04.280 Taxes--Payment due dates.
5.04.290 Taxes--Penalties for delinquencies.
5.04.300 Taxes--Deemed debt to city.
5.04.310 Remedies cumulative.
5.04.320 Promulgation of administrative rules.
5.04.330 Enforcement authority.
5.04.340 Penalty for violation.
5.04.350 Advertising businesses.
5.04.360 Amusements--Vending machines--Kindred operations.
5.04.370 Auctions, auctioneers, and pawnbrokers.
5.04.380 Automobile wreckers.
5.04.390 Circuses and carnival parades.
5.04.400 Coin-operated vending machine rentals or leasing businesses.
5.04.410 Contractors and subcontractors.
5.04.420 Drive-in theaters.
5.04.430 Golf courses, archery ranges, and kindred enterprises.
5.04.435 Off-site hazardous waste management facility and latex splash water treatment facility.
5.04.440 Hospitals.
5.04.450 Junk dealers.
5.04.460 Lectures, theatrical performances, and concerts.
5.04.470 Liquidation and kindred sales.
5.04.480 Manufacturers and processors.*
5.04.490 Motels, hotels, and auto courts.
5.04.500 Motion picture theaters.
5.04.510 Motor vehicle rentals.
5.04.520 Peddlers and solicitors.
5.04.530 Professional and semiprofessional businesses.
5.04.540 Retail agents and delivery vehicles.
5.04.550 Retail and wholesale sales and services - Businesses not otherwise designated.
5.04.560 Stables and riding academies.
5.04.570 Taxi drivers.*
5.04.580 Taxi services.*
5.04.590 Trailer parks.
5.04.600 Trained animal shows.
5.04.610 Transporters of personal property.
5.04.620 Wholesale agents.
Chapter 5.06 SIDEWALK VENDING
Chapter 5.08 SPECIAL BUSINESS PERMITS (REPEALED)*
Chapter 5.12 CRUDE OIL PRODUCERS
Chapter 5.14 FILMING ACTIVITIES
Chapter 5.15 MARIJUANA USES AND ACTIVITIES PROHIBITED
Chapter 5.16 MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS AND PERMITS*
Chapter 5.17 MASSAGE TECHNICIANS
Chapter 5.18 HOTEL AND MOTEL REGULATIONS
Chapter 5.20 PRIVATE PATROL SYSTEMS
Chapter 5.24 PUBLICATION VENDING MACHINES
Chapter 5.28 SOCIAL CLUBS
Chapter 5.32 VEHICLES FOR HIRE
Chapter 5.36 MOBILE FOOD VENDING
Title 6 ANIMALS
Title 7 (Reserved)
Title 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Title 11 (Reserved)
Title 12 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
Title 13 PUBLIC UTILITIES
Title 14 (Reserved)
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Title 16 OIL AND GAS CODE*
Title 17 TRAILER PARKS
Title 18 SUBDIVISIONS*
Title 19 (Reserved)
Title 20 ZONING
Title 21 PUBLIC DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS AND IMPROVEMENT FEES TO BE PAID BY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR CALIFORNIA CITIES
PRIOR CODE CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
ORDINANCE LIST AND DISPOSITION TABLE
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5.04.130   Exemptions--Nonprofit enterprises.
   The provisions of this ordinance shall not be deemed or construed to require the payment of a license tax to conduct, manage, or carry on any business, occupation, or activity from any institution or organization which is conducted, managed, or carried on wholly for the benefit of charitable purposes or from which profit is not derived, either directly or indirectly, by any individual; nor shall any license tax be required for the conducting of any entertainment, concert, exhibition, or lecture on scientific, historical, literary, religious, or moral subjects within the city whenever the receipts of any such entertainment, concert, exhibition, or lecture are to be appropriated to any church or school or to any religious or benevolent purpose; nor shall any license tax be required for the conducting of any entertainment, dance, concert, exhibition, or lecture by any religious, charitable, fraternal, educational, military, state, county, or municipal organization or association whenever the receipts of any such entertainment, dance, concert, exhibition, or lecture are to be appropriated for the purpose and objects for which such organization or association was formed and from which profit is not derived, either directly or indirectly, by any individual; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to exempt any such organization or association from complying with any of the provisions of this chapter requiring a permit from the city council or any commission or officer to conduct, manage, or carry on any profession, trade, calling, or occupation.
(Prior code § 5.04.100(F) (Ord. 494 § 9(f), 1960))
5.04.140   Exemptions--Disabled veterans.
   No license tax payable under this chapter shall be payable by any person who has received an honorable discharge or release from active duty in one of the United States armed services, who is physically unable to obtain a livelihood by manual labor, and who is a voter of this state.
(Prior code § 5.04.100(G) (Ord. 494 § 9(g), 1960))
5.04.150   Exemptions--Statement filing.
   A.   Any person claiming an exemption pursuant to Sections 5.04.110 through 5.04.140 shall file a verified statement with the tax collector stating the facts upon which the exemption is claimed.
   B.   The tax collector shall, upon a proper showing contained in the verified statement, issue a license to such person claiming exemption under Sections 5.04.110 through 5.04.140 without payment to the city of the license tax required by this chapter.
   C.   The tax collector, after giving notice and a reasonable opportunity for hearing to a licensee, may revoke any license granted pursuant to the provisions of Sections 5.04.110 through 5.04.140 upon information that the license is not entitled to the exemption as provided in this chapter.
(Prior code § 5.04.100(C--E) (Ord. 494 § 9(c)--(e), 1960))
5.04.160   Application and license contents.
   A.   Every person required to have a license under the provisions of this chapter shall make application for the same to the tax collector of the city.
   B.   If the application is sufficient in form and content, the tax collector shall issue to such person a license which shall contain the following:
   1.   The name of the person to whom the license is issued;
   2.   A description of the business licensed;
   3.   The place where such business is to be transacted and carried on;
   4.   The date of the expiration of such license;
   5.   Such other information as may be necessary to the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
   C.   In all cases in which the license tax is payable in advance, the tax collector shall not issue the license until the tax is paid.
(Prior code § 5.04.110 (Ord. 533 § 1 (part), 1962: Ord. 494 § 10(a), 1960))
5.04.170   Initial application.
   No license provided for in this chapter shall be initially issued to any person unless such person has filed with the tax collector a written application upon a form to be provided by the tax collector, signed under penalty of perjury or verified under oath before a person authorized to administer oaths by the applicant or a managing agent or officer of the applicant, wherein is set forth all information required by the tax collector in order to enable him to determine the proper license to be issued and the correct amount of the license tax payable therefor.
(Prior code § 5.04.120 (Ord. 494 § 10(b), 1960))
5.04.180   Renewal application.
   No license provided for in this chapter shall be renewed or reissued to any person unless such person has filed with the tax collector a written application upon a form to be provided by the tax collector, signed under penalty of perjury or verification under oath before a person authorized to administer oaths by the applicant or a managing agent or officer of the applicant, wherein is set forth all information required by the tax collector in order to enable him to determine the proper license to be issued and the correct amount of the license tax payable therefor.
(Prior code § 5.04.130 (Ord. 494 § 10(c), 1960))
5.04.190   Application verification and investigation.
   No statement contained in an application for a license or for a renewal of a license shall be conclusive as to the matters set forth therein, nor shall the filing of the same preclude the city from collecting by appropriate action such sum as is actually due and payable under this chapter. Such applications and each of the several items therein contained shall be subject to audit and verification by the tax collector, his deputies, or authorized employees of the city, who are authorized to examine, audit, and inspect such books and records of any licensee or applicant for a license, as may be necessary in their judgment to verify or ascertain the amount of license fee due. All licensees, applicants for licenses, and persons engaged in business in the city are required to permit an examination of such books and records for the purposes set forth in this section.
(Prior code § 5.04.140(A) (Ord. 494 § 11(a), 1960))
5.04.200   Application information confidential.
   The information furnished to or secured by the tax collector, his deputies, or other employees of the city pursuant to Sections 5.04.160 through 5.04.190 shall be confidential. Any disclosure or use of such information by any officer or employee of the city which is not reasonably and directly related to the enforcement or administration of this chapter is unauthorized and shall constitute a misdemeanor for which such officer or employee shall be subject to the penalty provisions of this chapter in addition to any other penalties provided by law.
(Prior code § 5.04.140(B) (Ord. 494 § 11(b), 1960))
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