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ORDINANCE NO. 1311
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA AMENDING SECTIONS 6218, 6219,
6220, 6226.5, 6227, 6233, 6234, 6235.1 AND
6312 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 6218 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is amended to read:
"6218. LICENSE ENFORCEMENT. DUTY OF CITY TREASURER.
It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to act as
License Collector and he is hereby directed to enforce each
and all of the provisions of this Chapter, and the Chief of
Police and Special Services Officer shall render such
assistance in the enforcement thereof as may from time to
time be required by the City Treasurer or the City Council.
The Chief of Police or the Special Services Officer may issue
a notice to appear in court or secure the issuance of a
complaint against.any person who is carrying on or conducting
any business in violation of any of the provisions of this
Code."
SECTION 2.. Section 6219 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is amended to read:
"6219. INSPECTIONS OF BUSINESSES.
The License Collector in the exercise of the duties
imposed upon him hereunder, and acting through his deputies,
the Special Services Officer, or duly authorized assistants,
shall examine or cause to be examined all places of business
in the City to ascertain whether the provisions of this
Chapter have been fully complied with."
SECTION 3. Section 6220 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is amended to read:
116220. DEMANDING PROOF OF LICENSE CERTIFICATE.
The License Collector and each and all of his assistants,
the Special Services Officer, and any police officer shall have
the power and authority to enter, free of charge and at any
reasonable time, any place of business required to be licensed
herein, and demand the exhibit of the license certificate.
Any person having such license certificate theretofore issued
in his possession or under his control, who willfully fails
to exhibit the same on demand shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."
SECTION 4. Section 6226.5 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is amended to read:
"6226.5. NON-PROFIT CORPORATIONS.
Subject to the approval of the City Council, a license
may be obtained without the payment of the fee required under
the provisions of this Chapter by any non-profit corporation
which is organized for recreational, social or educational
purposes for the maintenance and operation of recreational,
social or educational facilities within the City of West
Covina.
Section 6227 shall apply to the issuance of non -fee
licenses under this section, except that if the License
• Collector determines that the applicant qualifies for a non -
fee license, he shall refer the application to the City Council
for final approval or rejection."
SECTION 5. Section 6227 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is amended to read:
"6227. ISSUANCE OF FREE PERMIT.
All applications for free licenses and permits shall be
referred to the License Collector, and he shall have the
power in the first instance to determine the merits of such
applications,,and to approve or reject the same. If he
finds that said application should be approved, he shall
issue to said applicant a free permit or license. If he
shall reject the said license, the said applicant shall have
the right of appeal to the City Council. A separate permit
shall be required for each person intending to exercise any
right hereunder. A charge of One Dollar shall be made for
each free permit issued, which shall be used to defray the
expenses of issuing the same."
SECTION 6. Section 6233 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is amended to read:
• "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 will peddle or solicit within the
City, shall first furnish to the License Collector, or his
authorized assistant or deputy, a written and signed appli-
cation 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 License Collector and an
identification card issued by the Police Department.
The Police Department shall,within a period of twenty-
one days after the filing of such application, make such
investigation of the applicant, agents and employees as it.
deems necessary, and may in connection therewith require any
such person to file a clear recent photograph of himself and
be fingerprinted; and the Police Department within said period
of time shall file a report of its investigation with the
License Collector. The photographs, fingerprints and all
data shall be filed with the permanent records of the Police
Department.
• If such investigation report reveals that any applicant
or agent or employee has been convicted in any court of any
State of the United States or in any court of the United
States of: (1) Robbery; (2) Burglary; (3) Fraud or Embezzle-
ment; (4) Grand theft; (5) Offenses involving narcotic drugs;
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(6) Contributing to the delinquency of a minor, no peddler's
or solicitor's permit shall be issued to such person and
no peddler's,solicitor's or junk dealer's license shall be
issued covering the activities of such person. If such
report does not so reveal or if the Police Department so
recommends, the requested permit and license shall be
• issued immediately. If no report is received within said
period, the permit and license shall be issued."
SECTION 7. Section 6234 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is amended to read:
"6234. LICENSE COLLECTOR TO SIGN LICENSES.
All licenses issued under and by virtue of this Chapter
shall be signed by the License Collector and for the purposes
of this Chapter, the City Treasurer is designated as License
Collector. The License Collector shall set forth in said
license the name of the party to whom the license is issued,
the nature of the trade or business licensed to be pursued,
the time for which the same is granted, the date thereof,
the amount paid therefor and the location where said business,
trade or profession is to be carried on."
SECTION 8. Section 6235.1 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is amended to read:
"6235.1. CATEGORY CODE A. -
Apartments, hotels, motels, mobile home parks, con-
valescent homes, nursing homes, hospitals and businesses of
• a like nature or similar character:
Minimum of $40.00 per year for the first five units plus
an additional $3.00 per year for each unit over five in
number.
Any hospital, the property of which is exempt from
taxation pursuant to Section 1 c of Article XIII of the
Constitution of the State of California, shall be exempt
from the payment of the license fee prescribed by this section.
An application for exemption shall be filed annually during
the month of January. The application shall declare whether
or not the property of the hospital was exempted from the
payment of property taxes for the current fiscal year. The
License Collector shall transmit the application to the City
Council. If the application meets the requirements for
exemption, the exemption shall be allowed by the City Council."
SECTION 9. Section 6312 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is amended to read:
"6312. FIREWORKS STANDS.
Stands may be erected ten days prior to the start of
sale and must be removed, and the debris removed, no later than
ten days after the last day of sale. A fee of $25.00 shall
• be posted for each stand with the License Collector at the
time of issuance of the permit. This fee will be returned
if the debris and stand described above are removed within
the stated time,. otherwise the fee will be used to defray
the cost of cleaning up the area and will not be returned.
Violation of the dates of sale will mean immediate cancellation
of the permit and forfeiture of the bond."
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SECTION 10. This ordinance shall become operative on
the first day of the month following the month in which it becomes
effective. From and after its operative date, the City Treasurer
shall be and shall perform the duties of License Collector.
SECTION 11. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as
required by law.
Passed and approved
Attest:
v City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
this 9th day of August 1976.
Mayor
I, LELA W. PRESTON, City Clerk of the City of West Covina,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1311 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting
of the City Council on the 26th day of July 1976. That,
thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 9th day of August 1976,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Miller, Chappell, Shearer, Tice, Browne
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT : Councilmen : None
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APPROVED AS T/O, FORM:
City Attorney
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