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ORDINANCE NO. '1310
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH,
IFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR A BUSINESS
LICENSE TAX FOR TELEVISION BROADCASTING,
COMMUNITY ANTENNA TELEVISION SERVICE,
,CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE, OR CATV.
The City ,Council of the City of Seal Beach, California, does
ordain as follows:
Section 1. Every person, individual, corporation, partnership,
'or others engaged in or carrying on the business of a television
broadcasting service, community antenna television service, cable
television service, or CATV in the City of Seal Beach shall pay
an annual sum equal to three.per cent (3%) of the annual gross
receipts of the business. In the event of a business that has
been operating for less than one year preceding the due date of
the license, the applicant for the license shall reasonably I
estimate the annual gross receipts for the first year of operation"
and the required fee shall be established, on the basis of such
estimate. Every person engaged in or carrying on the afore-
mentioned business who shall be granted a franchise by the City
as provided by ordinance shall be allowed credit in computing a
business license fee, in an amount equal to any franchise fee paid
to and retained by the City of Seal Beach for the same service.
This section shall not apply to closed circuit television broad-
casting within educational institutions and business firms.
Gross receipts for the purpose of this section shall include all
income or receipts from subscriptions, rentals, service, or other
activities excepting state and local sales taxes and federal
excise tax, if any.
Section 2'. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence,
clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance, or the application
thereof to any person, firm, corporation, or circumstance, is
for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the
decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this I
ordinance. The Council of the City of Seal Beach hereby declares I
that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, sub- I
section, sentence, clause phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective
of the fact that anyone or more sections, subsections, sentence, I
clause, phrase, or portion be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adop-
tion of this ordinance and shall he same to be posted as
required by law.
ATTEST:
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STATE OF 'CALIFORNIA .)
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I, Jerdys Tofte Weir" Deputy City Clerk of the City of' .seal Beach,
hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was passed, approved,
and adopted by the ,City Council of the City, of ,Seal Beach at a
,meeting thereo'f held on the c:?7"" day o.f '7l~....p~ , 1967,
,by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
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