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Home My WebLink AboutCC Ord 452 1954-06-22 .. , . - , ... ~',-', i' -~ ::-~::-1 ORDINANCE NO. LfSJ; ~ onIS!!~:\. 0-,l&_IAL C?~~ 'j NOT 1i2 :.;~ 7i".':;::~ F ,r ~ INANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEAQI Ii nl::,...' ',' c_:.1'~':5 L '. c ING SECTICJtlS 41 AlIB ,(8 OF CRDINANCE 'r- ~. 3 ..JlIQ.,,! 225 AND DECLARING THIS TO BE AN -- - ," - URGENC\('amINANCE. 4 5 The City Council of the City of Seal Beach ordains as follows: 6 ~EcrI~ 1: That Section 41 of Ordinance No. 225 of the City III · z o 0" ~ .J- -z =~'", ~.D =~~,.- "-- ~I"i~~ l!: .. Q u~ ill . ~ ":Imi :11\:.", ....... .. .z :ll wD < t.J ill ~ I, PAGE One , ,-~~r If f' ArJ D;;1 ~ ~ I~ ~,t.:/ Y. 7 of Seal Beach is hereby amended to read as follows: .Section 41. - 8 Every firm, person or corporation conducting, managing, or .arrying 9 on the business of selling at retail any goods, wares or merchandis 10 not otherwise specified in this ordinance, at a fixed place of bus- II iness in the City of Seal Beach and every person, firm or corporat 12 ion carrying on any business, trade, calling, occupation, art or 13 profession not otherwise licensed by this Ordinance shall pay 14 license fees as follows: gross receipts of $10,000.00 or less, 15 $15.00 per annum; gross receipts of more than $10,000.00 and less I 16 than $25,000.00, $25.00 per annum; gross receipts of more than 17 $25,000.00 and less than $40,000.00, $40.00 per annum; gross 18 receipts of more than $40,000.00 and less than $50,000.00, $50.00 19 per annum; gross receipts of more than $50,000.00 and less than 20 $75,000.00, $75.00 per annum; gross receipts of $75,000.00 or 21 more, $100.00 per annum. 22 The term agross receipts. as used in this Ordinance shall - 23 mean the gross receipts of the calendar year preceding the begin- 24 ning of the annual license period and is defined as follows: The 25 total amount of the sale price of all sales, the total amount 26 charged or received for the performance of .any act, service or 27 employment of whatever nature it may be, whether such service, act 28 or employment is done as a part of or in connection with the sale 29 of materials, commodities, gOOds, wares, merchandise or not, for 30 which a charge is made or credit allowed, including all receipts, 31 cash, credits and property of any kind or nature, any amount for 32 which credit is allowed by the seller to the purChaser without any I III · {,) ~e ~ "- -z =~'"' ~.D =5~~: tt-::J..Iot <Ie.. X l!: .~ O Xu '" III ~o ~ 'm f :ill=~" po(~z ~ IIID < ~.J III iJ I PAGE Two OLdinance Number (' .f . . deduction therefrom on account of the cost of the property sold, 2 the cost of the materials used, labor or service costs, interest 3 paid or payable, losses or other expense whatsoever; provided, 4 that cash discounts allowed or taked on sales shall not be include , 5 and this Ordinance shall not be construed to impose any tax or 6 license upon any business or transaction which the City of Seal 7 Beach is not authorized to tax or license under any law of the 8 State of California, or of the United States. Any tax required by 9 law to be included in or added to the purchase price and collected 10 from the consumer or purchaser, and such part of the sales price II of any property previously sold returned by the purchaser to the 12 seller by way of cash or credit allowances given or taken as part 13 payment on any property so accepted for resale, shall be deducted 14 for the purpose of determining the gross receipts hereunder. 15 In the case of a newly established business where the license 16 fee required under the provisions of this Ordinance is based on 17 gross receipts, the licenseee shall at the time of making applicat 18 ion for the license, pay the minimum amount required for an annual 19 license, and at the expiration of three months thereafter pay 20 21 22 such additional sums as may be found to be due based on the gross receipts estimated at four times the amount of gross receipts for the first three months of said business operations, and at the expiration of the first full annual license period immediately following the establishment of said business, proper adjustment either for additional fees, refunds or credits on subsequent license fees, as the facts may warrant, shall be made by the City Clerk.. 23 24 25 26 27 28 ll,ECT..1OJ1l 2: That Section 43 of Ordinance No. 225 of the City 29 of Seal Beach is hereby amended to read as follows: .Section 43. - 30 Every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or carrying 31 on a hotel, rooming house, lodging house, motel or any similar 32 business consisting of two er more rental units, including apart- , . 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P<~z :ll .0 -< t.J III ~ I . / , Ordinance N\illIber' . . ~ 1 ments, shall pay license fees as follows: gross receipts of 2 $10,000.00 or less, $1~.00 per annum; gross receipts of more than 3 $10,000.00 and less than $25,000.00, $25.00 per annum; gross 4 receipts of more than $25,000.00 and less than $40,000.00, $40.00 5 per annum; gross receipts of more than $40,000.00 and less than 6 $~O,OOO.OO, $50.00 per annum; gross receipts of more than 7 $50,000.00 and less than $75,000.00, $75.00 per annum; gross 8 receipts of $75,000.00 or more, $100.00 per annum.. 9 pEqr~: That the City Council of the City of Seal Beach 10 does hereby find, determine and declare this to be an emergency 11 ordinance, the passage and adoption of which is required for the 12 protection of the public health, morals, safety and welfare, and 13 the grounds for its urgency are as follows: that the license fees \4 for general business licenses need to be equalized and likewise 15 those for motels and similar businesses; that there are businesses \6 not presently covered by license ordinances; that the fiscal year \7 for the City commences J'uly 1, 1954 and therefore it is essential \8 that this ordinance be adopted immediately in trder that such \9 equalizations take place prior to another fiscal year and that 20 businesses not covered be included in a license measure in order 2\ that the City receive revenue therefrom; that this Ordinance, being 22 an emergency measure, shall take effect and be in full force 23 immediately upon its passage and adoption; that the City Clerk 24 shall cause this ordinance to be printed and published once in the 25 5~BEACH POSl-& WAVE, a newspaper of general circulation printed, 26 published and circulated in the City of Seal Beach; the City Clerk 27 shall certify to the passage and ado;tion of this ordinance by a 28 four-fifths majority of the City Council. 29 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City 30 of Seal Beach at an adjourned meeting thereof held on the 22nd 3\ day of June, 1954. 32 ATTEST' , . , /",.6'T. ' "'~"'~ J....~'..'~,'_:._._., City Clerk . ~..i'; -1.~-/d~; 7-L MAY~ THE CITY OF SEAL BEAQI PAGE Three ......... I I I I till . z \;) 00( ;;l .- -z lIb'.. 7"0 "",jl-I&." .... 11_'- ~I-:::J..J... ..... .,~a: C'" ... 'D g t !.E" C .X. It,. " ,<( D '0.'" · .... ~m II. r.:I~. "0(" ... .Z :ll .e -< ~.J !IJ il Ordinance Number 1 STATE OF CALIFOONIA I COONTY OF tRANGE , 2 CITY OF SEAL BEAQI SSe 3 I, F.W. HICl<MAN, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach and ex-officio clerk of the City council1.do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 'IG was passed, approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Seal Beach at an adjourned meeting thereof held on the 22nd day of June, 1954t by the following vote: AYES, eouncilmen: e.AJ,.&I~.c. Jl6q"lf~ J.AW#GA-9 c:.L"" 124' NOES, Councilmen: AN1.IYG ABSENT, Councilmen: P.l..,f .vAl: A.v PASS, Councilmen: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Dated: June .23, 1954. PAGE Four 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 , 30 31 32