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Tucson, AZ Code of Ordinances
TUCSON, ARIZONA CHARTER AND GENERAL ORDINANCES
ADOPTING ORDINANCES
PART I CHARTER*
PART II TUCSON CODE
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION*
Chapter 3 RESERVED*
Chapter 4 ANIMALS AND FOWL*
Chapter 5 BICYCLES AND SHARED MOBILITY DEVICES*
Chapter 6 BUILDINGS, ELECTRICITY, PLUMBING, AND MECHANICAL CODE*
Chapter 7 BUSINESSES REGULATED*
Chapter 7A CABLE COMMUNICATIONS*
Chapter 7B COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chapter 7C RESERVED*
Chapter 7D LOCATION AND RELOCATION OF FACILITIES IN RIGHTS-OF-WAY
Chapter 8 CITY COURT*
Chapter 9 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS*
Chapter 10 CIVIL SERVICE--HUMAN RESOURCES*
Chapter 10A COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 10B HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT*
Chapter 10C RESERVED*
Chapter 11 CRIMES AND OFFENSES*
Chapter 11A GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT*
Chapter 11B PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT*
Chapter 12 ELECTIONS*
Chapter 12A BUSINESS SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Chapter 13 FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION*
Chapter 14 LABOR ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION ELECTION PROCEDURE, MEET AND CONFER AND MEET AND DISCUSS*
Chapter 15 ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT*
Chapter 16 NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION*
Chapter 17 HUMAN RELATIONS*
Chapter 18 SELF-INSURED RISK PROGRAM AND TRUST FUND*
Chapter 19 LICENSES AND PRIVILEGE TAXES*
ARTICLE I. OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE TAX
DIVISION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 19-1. Definitions.
Sec. 19-2. License required.
Sec. 19-3. Issuance by tax collector; contents.
Sec. 19-4. When taxes due.
Sec. 19-5. Prorating quarterly taxes.
Sec. 19-6. When taxes delinquent; penalty and interest applied.
Sec. 19-7. Time, place of payment generally.
Sec. 19-8. Mistake not to prevent collecting correct amount.
Sec. 19-9. Notice of termination of business required.
Sec. 19-10. Imposition of license tax; evidence of engaging in business.
Sec. 19-11. Right of entry of tax collector, revenue investigators, police; arrest authority.
Sec. 19-12. Appointment of revenue investigators; general duties.
Sec. 19-13. Tax collector, revenue investigators to file complaints.
Sec. 19-14. Separate licenses required for separate places of business.
Sec. 19-15. Licenses to be displayed; exhibition upon demand.
Sec. 19-16. When certificate or permit from health department required.
Sec. 19-17. Exemption for business engaged in interstate commerce or whom conduct business solely with the United States Government.
Sec. 19-18. Conviction, punishment for failing to have license not to excuse non-payment of tax.
Sec. 19-19. Suspension and revocation.
Sec. 19-20. Application for license; information required.
Sec. 19-21. Rules and Regulations authorized; approval; filing; copies required.
Sec. 19-22. Exemption for low business volume.
Sec. 19-23. Administrative review; petition for hearing or for redetermination; hearing or redetermination; finality of order.
Sec. 19-24. Civil actions.
Sec. 19-25. Collection of taxes when there is succession in and/or succession of business interest.
Sec. 19-26. Successor in Interest Exemptions.
Sec. 19-27. Penalty--Failure to provide number of employees information.
Sec. 19-28. Limitation periods.
Sec. 19-29. Discount for timely advance annual payment of taxes.
Sec. 19-30. Other provisions.
Sec. 19-31. General administration and enforcement.
Sec. 19-32. Director of finance to keep records.
Sec. 19-33. Refund of prepaid license taxes.
Secs. 19-34--19-38. Reserved.
DIVISION 2. EMPLOYEE BASED OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE TAX*
DIVISION 3. SWAP MEET PROPRIETORS, OUTDOOR VENDORS, AND SPECIAL EVENT OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE TAX
DIVISION 4. LIQUOR AND VENDING MACHINE LICENSE TAX*
DIVISION 5. TAX ON HOTELS RENTING TO TRANSIENTS*
DIVISION 6. TAX ON SECONDHAND DEALERS AND PAWNBROKERS
ARTICLE II. PRIVILEGE AND EXCISE TAXES*
ARTICLE III. PUBLIC UTILITY TAX*
ARTICLE IV. RESERVED*
Chapter 20 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC*
Chapter 21 PARKS AND RECREATION*
Chapter 22 PENSIONS, RETIREMENT, GROUP INSURANCE, LEAVE BENEFITS AND OTHER INSURANCE BENEFITS*
Chapter 23 LAND USE CODE*
Chapter 23A DEVELOPMENT COMPLIANCE CODE*
Chapter 23B UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE*
Chapter 24 SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL*
Chapter 25 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS*
Chapter 26 FLOODPLAIN, STORMWATER, AND EROSION HAZARD MANAGEMENT*
Chapter 27 WATER*
Chapter 28 TUCSON PROCUREMENT CODE*
Chapter 29 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 30 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION*
DISPOSITION TABLE - 1953 CODE
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE
Tucson, AZ Unified Development Code
Tucson Administrative Directives
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Sec. 19-17. Exemption for business engaged in interstate commerce or whom conduct business solely with the United States Government.
No license levied under this article upon practice, transaction or carrying on of any profession, trade, calling, occupation or business licensed by the city shall be presumed to apply to any part of such practice, transaction or carrying on of any profession, trade, calling, occupation or business which is a part of interstate commerce; or in which such practice, transaction, calling, occupation or business is conducted as an agency or department of the United States Government for which such government has failed to make provisions allowing states and municipalities to so tax.
(Ord. No. 7885, § 2, 8-3-92)
Sec. 19-18. Conviction, punishment for failing to have license not to excuse non-payment of tax.
The conviction and punishment of any person for transacting any trade, calling, profession, occupation or business without a license shall not excuse or exempt such person from the payment of any license due or unpaid at the time of such conviction.
(Ord. No. 7885, § 2, 8-3-92)
Sec. 19-19. Suspension and revocation.
Any license issued under the provisions of this article may, for good cause, be suspended or revoked. The determination of suspension or revocation is subject to the provisions of section 19-23, relating to hearings or to the provisions of Chapter 7, relating to businesses regulated.
(Ord. No. 7885, § 2, 8-3-92; Ord. No. 9240, § 3, 6-21-99)
Sec. 19-20. Application for license; information required.
At a minimum, the applicant shall provide the following information to the tax collector:
   (1)   The name of the person to whom the license is issued;
   (2)   The business licensed;
   (3)   The place where such business is to be transacted and carried on;
   (4)   The place where such business is to be carried on, and if the same is not to be carried on at any permanent place of business, the places of residence of the owners of same;
   (5)   In the event that application is made for the issuance of a license to a person doing business under a fictitious name, the application shall set forth the names and places of residences of those owning said business;
   (6)   In the event that the application is made for the issuance of a license to a corporation or a partnership, the application shall include the names and places of residences of the officers or partners thereof;
   (7)   Any further information which the tax collector may require to enable the issuance of a license applied for;
   (8)   Such other information as may be necessary for the enforcement of this article.
(Ord. No. 7885, § 2, 8-3-92)
Sec. 19-21. Rules and Regulations authorized; approval; filing; copies required.
The tax collector is hereby authorized and directed to formulate rules and regulations and prescribe forms and procedures necessary to the efficient enforcement of this article; when approved by the mayor and council, such rules and regulations, forms, and procedures, shall be binding upon and obeyed by all persons taxed by this article, after three (3) copies of any such rules and regulations shall have been filed in the office of the city clerk and there kept for the use of any such taxpayer and the public at any time during regular office hours of that office. A printed copy of all rules and regulations shall be furnished to any person taxed by this section at minimal cost upon request.
(Ord. No. 7885, § 2, 8-3-92)
Sec. 19-22. Exemption for low business volume.
There shall be an exemption of half (fifty (50) percent) of the license tax as set out in section 19-41A of this article for persons who are actively engaged in business and whose gross income or gross receipts do not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for the previous quarter. The licensee shall have the burden of applying for the exemption hereby authorized and of establishing the level of gross income or gross receipts derived during that quarter to the satisfaction of the tax collector.
(Ord. No. 7885, § 2, 8-3-92)
Sec. 19-23. Administrative review; petition for hearing or for redetermination; hearing or redetermination; finality of order.
The determination of the tax collector of any amount due pursuant to this article is subject to the provisions of section 19-570 of article II, relating to hearings or appeals.
(Ord. No. 7885, § 2, 8-3-92)
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