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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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5.04.250   License--Duplicates.
   A duplicate license may be issued by the tax collector to replace any license previously issued under this chapter which has been lost or destroyed upon the licensee filing a statement of such fact, and at the time of filing such statement paying to the tax collector a duplicate license fee of five dollars.
(Prior code § 5.04.200 (Ord. 494 § 17, 1960))
5.04.260   License--Display.
   All licenses must be kept and posted in the following manners:
   A.   Any licensee transacting and carrying on business at a fixed place of business in the city shall keep the license posted in a conspicuous place upon the premises where such business is carried on.
   B.   Any licensee transacting and carrying on business but not operating at a fixed place of business in the city shall keep the license upon his person at all times while transacting and carrying on such business.
(Prior code § 5.04.210(a), (b) (Ord. 494 § 18(a), (b), 1960))
5.04.270   License--Identification tags for devices and machines.
   The tax collector shall issue license identification tags with each license covering one or more coin-operated vending machines, amusement devices, music boxes, and weighing scales. Each tax shall show the number of the license with which it is issued, the date thereof, and the address where such machine is located and the fee paid, and one tag shall be securely affixed to each machine so as to be prominently displayed. Each tag shall apply only to the location for which it is issued.
(Prior code § 5.04.210(c) (Ord. 494 § 18(c), 1960))
5.04.280   Taxes--Payment due dates.
   Unless otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, all license taxes imposed by this chapter shall be due and payable as follows:
   A.   Annual license taxes shall be due and payable in advance on the first day of January of each year; provided, however, that the annual license tax due for any business started subsequent to said date in any year shall be due and payable on the date such business is started; and provided, further, that if the date such business is started is on or after the first day of July, the taxes for the remainder of the year shall be one-half of the annual tax prescribed for the business.
   B.   Semiannual license taxes shall be due and payable in advance on the first day of January and the first day of July of each year; provided, however, that the tax due for any business started after the commencement of the semiannual periods shall be payable without proration on the date such business is started and shall cover the remainder of the semiannual period.
   C.   Daily flat-rate license taxes shall be paid in advance and shall be delinquent if not paid before the close of business of the day prior to the date for which the license is required.
(Prior code § 5.04.220 (Ord. 494 § 19, 1960))
5.04.290   Taxes--Penalties for delinquencies.
   A.   Annual and semiannual taxes shall become delinquent if not paid on the last day of the calendar month during which they become due and payable.
   B.   If any license tax provided in this chapter is not paid before it becomes delinquent, a penalty equal to ten percent of the tax shall be added to the tax and become payable therewith on the first day of each calendar month during which the delinquency exists; provided, however, that the amount of such penalty to be added shall in no event exceed fifty percent of the license tax due.
(Prior code § 5.04.230 (Ord. 494 § 20, 1960))
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