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Home My WebLink AboutCC Reso No 1982-80RESOLUTION N0. 82-80 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLTSHING BUSINESS LICENSE FEES FOR THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE. WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elsinore has not made any adjustment in its business license fee structure since 1961; and WHEREAS, the new license fees will be phased in over a two-year period; and WHEREAS, after this two-year period the rates will still be at or below the current area averages, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL~ED, by the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore, California that: SECTION 1: Effective November 15, 1982, annual business license fees in the following categories as defined by City Ordinance 657 will be: A. General B. Professional C. Contractor D. Broker E. Rentals F. Vending Machines Annual Gross Receipts -- 0 - $50,000 In excess of $50,000 $ 55.00 $ 72.00 for each professional employed $ 83.00 (See Section 4) $ 45.00 for each broker, salesman or agent employed One (1) to three (3) units or spaces $ 30.00 flat - Each unit or space in excess of three (3) will be charged $5.00 per unit or space. Fees will be based on Gross Receipts as follows: G. Miscellaneous 1. Motor Vehicle License Fees 2. Pawn Shop 3. Dance 4. Carnival, Circus,Rodeo 5. Wrecking Yard or Junk Yard 6. Bowling Alley & lst Lane Each Additional Lane 7. Pool Hall 8. Swap Meet 9. Arcade having twenty-one (21) or more games 10. Detective Agency or Night Watch Service 11. Games - twenty (20) or less games 12. Merry-Go-Round 13. Shooting Gallery 14. Medicine Show Annual License Fee $45.00 $ 1.00 per thousand (1,000) $25.00 per vehicle/per year (For Route Salesmen)* $250.00 per year $ 10.00 per day $250.00 per day $250.00 per year $ 50.00 per year $ 15.00 per lane/per year $ 50.00 per table per year $1,000.00 per year $1,200.00 per year $250.00 per year $ 50.00 per year/per game $ 20.00 per day $ 20.00 per day $250.00 per day * All contractors shall pay $1.00 for each additional vehicle above the $25.00 fee. SECTION 2: In addition to the above stated fees, each business will be re- quired to pay the following uniform employee schedule: 10 to 14 employees $ 70.00 per year 15 to 20 employees 100.00 per year 21 to 30 employees 120.00 per year 31 to 40 employees 150.00 per year 41 to 50 employees 200.00 per year 51 or more 200.00 per year plus $5.00 per employee over fifty (50) SECTION 3; Effective July 1, 1983, the following categories will be adjusted to the fees indicated below: A. General $ 66.00 B. Professional $ 86.00 for each professional employed C. Contractor $ 100.00 D. Broker $ 64.00 for each broker, salesman or agent employed. SECTION 4: Each general building or engineering contractor shall furnish the license collector with a list of all sub-contractors upon forms furnished by the license collector prior to obtaining inspection of the work performed by such sub-contractors. It shall be the responsibility of every gerreral building and engineering contractor to require sub-contractors under his control or direction to obtain a business license as herein provided before permitting said sub- contractor to begin or perform services for said general building or engineering contractor. Every person engaged in the business of contracting and/or sub-contracting shall be required to have a city license for doing the type of work authorized before obtain- ing a city building permit. Group 1 Every person engaged in a business or acting as a general or engineering contractor (B-1 or A)--$83.00 per annum. Group 2 -- Every person engaged in a business or acting as a subcontractor per classifications established by state contractors board as set forth under the group in the Municipal Code, and other persons that do jobs less than $200.00 in value -- $50,00 per annum. Each general building contractor shall furnish the license collector with a list of each subcontractor upon forms furnished by the license collector. (C-4, C-6, C-8, C-19, C-45, C-11, C-12, C-16, C-15, C-23, C-17, C-21, G2, C-26, C-27, C-29, C-33, C-34, C-35, C-36, C-38, C-39, C-42, C-43, C-50, C-51, C-53, C-20, C-57, C-60). Group 3-- (1) A business license shall be required of every person acting as an owner-builder who builds any building or structure for the purpose of sale or as rental units, (i.e., three (3) or more units). The license tax for such owner-builder shall be $75.25 per year. (2) It shall be the responsibility of every owner-builder to require all subcontractors under his control or direction to obtain a business license as herein provided before permitting such sub- contractor to begin work or perform any service for the owner- builder. Each owner-builder shall furnish the license department with a list of subcontractors, as mentioned above prior to the starting of any work. It shall be the responsibility of every -Z- owner-builder to determine that all subcontractors have obtained a.proper business license before such owner-builder shall request and/or receive any city building department inspection. (3) The license tax provisions for owner-builder shall not apply when a one or two-family dwelling being built is on property owned by the owner-builder and such building or structure is for the use of the owner-builder, except that all subcontractors shall comply with the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection. SECTION 5: Posting, display, etc., of licenses All licenses must be kept and posted in the following manner: (a) At a fixed place of business in the city the license shall be kept and posted in a conspicuous place upon the premises where such business is conducted. (b) Business not conducted from a fixed place in the city the license shall be kept at all times in the possession of the person while conducting the business within the city. (c) For the use of any vehicle a license tag or plate or other satisfactory means of identification shall be issued by the license collector. It shall be conspicuously attached to every vehicle, used in the conduct of the person's business within the city. The fee for such tag or plate or other satis- factory means of identification shall be as set forth in Section 1 (G) 1. (d) For each coin-operated vending, cigarette, music and amusement machine a license tag or other satisfactory means of identifi- cation shall be issued by the license collector. Said identifi- cation shall be conspicuously attached to each such machine. SECTION 6: Other Businesses - A. Other persons, companies or corporations conducting business in the City of Lake Elsinore but not having their principal place of business in the City shall be assessed the same fees, zoning requirements and regulations as are applicable to other such businesses which are located in the City. B. Examples of this category include but are not limited to Real Estate brokers, auctioneers, salesmen, and agents who conduct business in the City on weekends and/or after the normal workday. C. The Code Enforcement Officer shall conduct special weekend enforcement efforts to insure that proper licenses have been obtained or that notices and citations are issued to persons conducting such business in the City. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 9th Day of November , 1982, by the following roll call vote: AYES: KNIGHT, MACMURRAY, TORN, VALENZUELA, UNSWORTH NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE ABSTENTIONS: NONE n ~ ~f ~/ ~ ~ o /2~-~-~.c,., HN G. UNSWORTH, MAYOR ATTEST: ~ ^D~BORAH A.~~ARRING ON, CITY~~ APPROVED AS TO FORM: S,/c ,lnhn M Pnr+ar JOHN M. PORTER, CITY ATTORNEY