Ordinance - 1016ORDINANCE NO. 1016
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE WEST
COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO BUSINESS LICENSES.
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as
• follows:
SECTION 1. Section 6201 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
116201. BUSINESS LICENSES REQUIRED.
No person shall commence to carry on or carry on any business,
show, exhibition, game, occupation, profession, or enterprise in
the City, without having first procured from the City a license to
do so, or without complying with all regulations of such business,
show, exhibition, game, occupation, profession, or enterprise con-
tained in this Code; and the carrying on of any such business, show,
exhibition, game, occupation, profession or enterprise without
first having procured a license from said City to do so, or without
complying with any and all regulations of such business, show,
exhibition, game, occupation, profession, or enterprise contained
in this Code shall constitute a separate violation of this Code
for each and every day that such business, show, exhibition, game,
occupation, profession, or enterprise is so carried on."
SECTION 2. Section 6205 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
. 116205. LICENSES NONTRANSFERABLE.
No license granted or issued under the provision of this
Chapter shall be in any manner transferred or assigned, nor shall
it authorize any person other than those therein mentioned or named
to do business, without the written consent of the License Collector
endorsed thereon; at the time any such license is assigned or
transferred, the person applying for such transfer or assignment
shall make application for a license showing that he is continuing
the same business already licensed and paying a transfer fee of
Five Dollars."
SECTION 3. Section 6206 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is.hereby amended to read as follows:
116206. DEFINING A FIXED PLACE OF BUSINESS.
A fixed place of business is, for the purpose of this Chapter,
defined as a location in the City at which is kept a substantial
stock of merchandise or equipment generally kept in connection with
business of like nature or character and upon which city and county
taxes are assessed and paid, or any established physical location
within the City."
SECTION 4. Section 6213 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby amended by the addition thereto of a new subsection (d) reading
as follows:
• ",(d) 'Special Services Officer' as used in this Chapter shall
include 'License Inspector'."
SECTION 5. Section 6214 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
116214. FAILURE TO SECURE A LICENSE. PENALTIES.
The penalty for the failure to secure a license as required
by this Chapter shall be as follows:
Whenever the fee required by this Chapter is not paid on or
• before the date due or within thirty days thereafter, a penalty of
ten percent of the amount due shall be imposed, and an additional
penalty of ten percent of the original fee shall be added at the
close of business of the last day of each calendar month there-
after. Each penalty shall become part of the license fee required
by this Chapter. However, in no case shall the total penalty exceed
one hundred percent of the original fee.
In the case of a newly established business at a fixed place
for which a license is prescribed, no penalty shall be imposed if
the fee shall be paid within fifteen days after the commencement
of operation. Otherwise penalty shall be imposed as in.the case
of any other business."
SECTION 6. Section 6223 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"6223. LICENSE EXEMPTIONS. VETERANS.
Every peddler, solicitor, or other person claiming to be
entitled to exemption from the payment of any license provided for
in this Chapter upon the ground that he is an honorably discharged
or released soldier, sailor or marine of the United States or Con-
federate States who is physically unable to obtain a livelihood by
. manual labor and who shall be a qualified elector of the State, as
provided in the laws of this State, shall, in addition to any other
information required by this Chapter also file with the License
Collector a certificate of a regularly licensed and practicing
physician dated within a month of said application, to the effect
that said applicant is physically unable to obtain a livelihood by
manual labor, and stating the nature of said incapacitation; pro-
vided no license shall be issued to an honorably discharged or
released soldier, sailor or marine of the United States or Con-
federate States who is physically unable to obtain a livelihood
by manual labor, and who shall be qualified for exemption from
payment of the fee as herein provided, except where he or she shall
be actively engaged in the management and conduct of the business
for which said license shall be issued."
SECTION 7. Section 6225 of the West Covina Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
116225. EXEMPTIONS LIMITED.
No business shall be exempt from the payment of any license
fee imposed hereunder except those specifically listed in this
Chapter as exempt and those exempt by Federal or State law."
SECTION 8. Section 6226 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby repealed, and Section 6226.1 is hereby renumbered as Section
6226.
SECTION 9. The first paragraph of Section 6233 of the West
• Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"6233. PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS AND JUNK DEALERS. PERMIT REQUIRED.
Before any person is granted any license as a peddler or
solicitor of any kind, whether entitled to an exempt license or not,
or as a junk dealer, he, and each of his agents or employees who
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will peddle or solicit within the City, shall first furnish to the
City Clerk, or his.authorized assistant or deputy, a written and
signed application for a peddler's or solicitor's permit accompanied
by an application fee of $5.00 to cover costs of investigation.
No person shall peddle or solicit within the City without having
on his person a valid and effective peddler's or solicitor's permit
issued by the City Clerk or License Clerk and an identification
card issued by the Police Department."
SECTION 10. Sections 6235.1 through 6235.6, inclusive, of
the West Covina Municipal Code are hereby amended to read, respectively,
as follows:
116235.1. CATEGORY CODE A. Apartments, Hotels, Motels, Convalescent
Homes, Nursing Homes, Hospitals, and
businesses of a like nature or similar
character, whether any of which are
benevolent or non-profit or not:
Minimum of $40.00 per year for the first five units plus an
additional $3.00 a year for each unit over five in number.
6235.2. CATEGORY CODE R. Retail Businesses listed below, and all
other persons engaged in the business
of making sales at retail where 75%
of the total revenues of such business
are derived from such sales, except as
otherwise provided in this Chapter:
Appliance Stores
Auto Accessories
• Bakeries
Book Stores
Candy Shops
Carpet & Rug Stores
Children's Wear
Department Stores
Drug Stores
Florists
Furniture
Gift Shops
Hardware
Health Food Stores
Ice Cream Stores
Jewelry Stores
Ladies Wear
Liquor Stores
Mattress Shops
Men's Stores
Music Stores
Newspaper Offices
New Car Dealers
Pet Stores
Pool Supply Stores
Printers
TV -Radio Stores
Restaurants
Taverns and Bars
Service Stations
Shoe Stores
Shoe Repair
Sporting Goods
Toy Stores
Variety Stores
Wallpaper & Paint
Yardage & Drapery
Minimum of $40.00 a year (includes one owner, proprietor,
manager or principal) plus:
5.00 for each of first
4.00 for each employee
3.00 for each employee
five employees
between 5 and 31 in number
over 30 in number
6235.3. CATEGORY CODE M. Manufacturers, Wholesalers, Newspaper
Publishing, Grocers, Meat Markets,
Transfer and Storage Companies, and
businesses of. a like nature or similar
character:
Minimum of $40.00 a ear (includes one owner, proprietor,
manager or principal plus:
• 4.00 for each of first 50 employees
3.00 for each employee between 50 and 501 in number
2.00 for each employee over 500 in number
6235.4. CATEGORY CODE P. Professions and Services listed below
and any other business or calling which
is not specified in some other category
in this Chapter:
Stores
Stores
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Attorneys
Accountants
Advertising Counsel
Abstractor of Titles
Agricultural Advisor
Appraiser
Architect
Assayer
Auditor
Bail Bond Broker
Barber Shop
Beauty Shop
Business Management Consultant
Bookkeeper
Car Washing
Certified Public Accountant
Chemical Engineering
Chemist
Chiropodist
Child Nurseries
Chiropractor
Civil Engineering
Claim Adjuster
Construction Engineering
Consulting Engineering
Dancing Academy
Dealers in Securities
Dental Labs
Dentist
Designer
Detective
Detective Agency
Draftsman
Drugless Practitioner
Dry Cleaner
Dry Cleaner Service
Electrical Engineer
Electrologist
Employment Agency
Fine Arts or Music School
Gardener
Geologist
Herbalist
Industrial Relations Consultant
Insurance Adjuster
Insurance Agent or Broker
Interior Decorator
Investment Counselor
Landscape Architect
Escrow Office
Laundries (Professional)
Lapidary
Mechanical Engineer
Mortician
Naturopath
Oculist
Optometrist
Oral Surgeon
Osteopath Physician
Physician
Physician and Surgeon
Private Patrol
Photographer
Real Estate Offices
Sanitation Engineer
Stock and Bond Broker
Surgeon
Surveyor
Swimming Instructor
Taxidermist
Trade or Business School
Travel Bureau
Tree Removing
Tree Surgery
Tree Trimming
Swimming Pool Maintenance
Rental of Vehicles or Equipment
Veterinarian
Watch Repairing
X-Ray Technician
Wholesale Jobbing
Minimum of $40.00 a year (includes one owner, proprietor,
partner, manager or principal) plus:
$25.00 for each additional principal or professional who
is not an employee
$5.00 for each of first 10 employees
$4.00 for each employee over 10 in number
6235.5. CATEGORY CODE C. Contractors
General Contractors - $100 per,;year
Special Contractors, -,including all contractors other than
General Contractors - $50.00 per year
6235.6. CATEGORY CODE S. Special Businesses - Fixed Fees Shall Be
As Stated Below:
1. Finance Companies - $7s00.00/yr.
2. Savings and Loan Associations - $100.00/yr.
3. Dance Permit (a) Public, (b) Cabaret Dancing - $200.00/yr.
$25.00/dance
4. Skating and Roller Rink - $100.00/yr.
5. Land Fills and Dumps - $500.00/yr.
6. Theatres and Movies - $.10/seat per year for first 500 seats
plus 5� for each seat over 500 in number
7. Gyms and Figure Salons - $60.00/yr.
8. Billiard Parlors - $25.00 + $5.00 per table
9. Bowling Alleys - $25.00 - $5.00 per alley
10. Mailing and Telphone Service - $40.00
11. Washing Machines and Dryers - $2.00 each if coin operated
12. Vending Machines, each: 1� - $2.00/yr.; 5� - $4.00/yr.;
10� or more - $6.00/yr. prorated semi-annually
13. Peddlers and Solicitors - $10.00/day or $100.00/yr.
14. Junk Dealers - $10.00/day or $200.00/yr.
15. Bankruptcy, liquidation and like sales: 30-day sale - $25.00;
60-day sale - $50.00; 90-day sale - $75.00 (shall not apply
to a licensed business conducted for at least one year
immediately_ preceding such sale)
16. Carnivals and Circuses - $200.00 for first day + $100.00
succeeding days
17. Game or Amusement Machines - $20.00 each/yr. prorated quarterly
18. House Movers - $100.00/yr. or $25.00/day
19. Taxicab Operators - $20.00 per cab or $200.00/yr. per company
20. Retail Delivery Trucks (place of business not in City) -
$20.00/yr. or $200.00/yr. per company
21. Wholesale Delivery Trucks (place of business not in City) -
$15.00 yr. or $150.00/yr. per company
22. Vendors of Foods on Foot or by Vehicle - $40.00/yr.
23. Shoe Shine Stand - $10.00/yr. if not inside other business
• 24. Laundromat -coin operated - $40.00/yr. + $1.00 for each
machine over 30 in number
25. Utility Company Service Vehicles, except utilities which may
fall into other categories - $20.00/yr. per vehicle to maximum
of $500.00/yr. per company."
SECTION 11. Sections 6235.7 through 6235.20, inclusive, of
the West Covina Municipal Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 12. The West Covina Municipal Code,is hereby amended
by the addition thereto of a new Section 6240 reading as follows:
"6240. EXEMPTIONS FROM REGULATIONS. -'
Section 6239 and all regulatory provisions of this
Chapter shall not apply to those businesses which it is
unlawful for a city to regulate because of Federal or State
law."
SECTION 13. This being an ordinance relating to taxes for the
usual and current expenses, the same shall take effect immediately upon
its passage.
SECTION 14. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of
this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by
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Passed and approved this 27th day Y/
ovember, 1967
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF WEST COVINA
I, LELA W. PRESTON, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1016 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the
City Council on the 13th day of November , 1967. That, thereafter,
said ordinance was du�yradopted and passed at a regular meeting of the
City Council on the 27th day of November , 1967, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Gillum, Gleckman, Krieger
NOES: Councilmen: Nichols
ABSENT:Councilmen: Snyder
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