Chapter 5. BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES AND OTHER CITY TAXES.  


Article I. General Provisions.
§ 5.1. Definitions.
§ 5.2. License does not authorize illegal business.
§ 5.3. License required; application for license.
§ 5.4. Preparation and issuance of licenses; contents.
§ 5.5. Not to be issued to persons owing license taxes to city; exceptions.
§ 5.6. Amended or duplicate licenses.
§ 5.7. Payment of taxes in lawful money in advance.
§ 5.8. Branch establishments.
§ 5.9. Two or more businesses at the same location.
§ 5.10. When license taxes due and payable.
§ 5.11. When payment becomes delinquent.
§ 5.12. Written statement as to number of employees.
§ 5.13. Licenses for newly established businesses.
§ 5.14. Renewals.
§ 5.15. Posting and retention of license.
§ 5.16. Effect of acceptance of secondhand goods as part payment for new merchandise.
§ 5.17. License tax for contractors payable quarterly.
§ 5.18. to 5.19. Reserved.
Article II. General Taxes.
§ 5.20. Purpose.
§ 5.21. Business license taxes imposed.
§ 5.22. Business license tax rates.
§ 5.23. Central station industrial protective service.
§ 5.24. Persons without a fixed place of business.
§ 5.25. License taxes for peddlers, caterers, and street vendors.
§ 5.26. [RESERVED]
§ 5.27. Dealers in junk, metal, rags, paper, etc.
§ 5.28. [REPEALED]
§ 5.29. Shows, circuses, rodeos and other amusements.
§ 5.30. Penalties.
§ 5.31. Adjustment for inflation.
§ 5.32. Effective date of article.
§ 5.33. to 5.34. Reserved.
Article III. Special Taxes.
§ 5.35. Hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facilities.
§ 5.36. Hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal by or on behalf of related corporate entities.
§ 5.37. Waste to energy facilities.
§ 5.38. Solid waste materials processing and recycling facilities.
§ 5.39. Lead-acid battery recycling facilities.
§ 5.40. Setting license tax rates by resolution; annual adjustment of tax rates; penalties.
§ 5.41. to 5.44. Reserved.
Article IV. Special Parcel Tax.
§ 5.45. Special parcel tax on warehouses, truck terminals, freight terminals and other distribution facilities.
§ 5.46. Public safety special parcel tax.
§ 5.47. Apportionment of special tax.
§ 5.48. to 5.49. Reserved.
Article V. Enforcement.
§ 5.50. Enforcement of chapter; examination of business premises; right of entry; complaints.
§ 5.51. Rules and regulations.
§ 5.52. Remedies not to bar collection; remedies to be cumulative.
§ 5.53. Assessment of license tax upon failure to file statement, etc.
§ 5.54. Compromise of claim for tax.
§ 5.55. Accepting greater or lesser sums than required by chapter prohibited.
§ 5.56. Amount of tax deemed debt to city; recovery of debt; integration of permit and payment requirements.
§ 5.57. False or misleading statements in application.
§ 5.58. False returns and certificates.
§ 5.59. Discontinuance of operations before expiration date.
§ 5.60. Prohibited acts; validity of chapter; violations a misdemeanor; repeal of conflicting ordinances but saving certain clauses therein.
§ 5.61. Chapter not to burden interstate or foreign commerce.
§ 5.62. Adjustments, refunds and exemptions - procedure.
§ 5.63. Investigations of peddlers.
§ 5.64. Permit for moving structures.
§ 5.65. Motion picture production.
§ 5.66. Used car and automobile dealers.
§ 5.67. Junk, secondhand metal, rags, paper, secondhand steel, pipe and fittings dealers.
§ 5.68. Revocation and suspension of licenses - hearing.
§ 5.69. Same - Notification of licensee.
§ 5.70. Same - Failure to pay taxes as grounds for revocation.
§ 5.71. Same - Resumption of business.
§§ 5.72 - 5.79. [RESERVED]
Article VI. Business Permit Regulations for Adult or Sexually Oriented Businesses or Similar Businesses.
§ 5.80. Legislative purpose.
§ 5.81. Definitions.
§ 5.81.1. Purposes of definitions; words defined.
§ 5.81.2. Definitions (A - B).
§ 5.81.3. Definitions (C - D).
§ 5.81.4. Definitions (E - L).
§ 5.81.5. Definitions (M - O).
§ 5.81.6. Definitions (P - Q).
§ 5.81.7. Definitions (R - S).
§ 5.81.8. Definitions (T - Z).
§ 5.82. Prohibition.
§ 5.83. Adult or sexually oriented business permit required.
§ 5.84. Adult or sexually oriented business permits.
§ 5.85. Investigation and action on application for an adult or sexually oriented business permit.
§ 5.86. Adult or sexually oriented business permit denial.
§ 5.87. Transfer and renewal of adult or sexually oriented business permits.
§ 5.88. Adult or sexually oriented business employee permit.
§ 5.89. Investigation and action on application for an adult or sexually oriented business employee permit.
§ 5.90. Suspension or revocation of adult or sexually oriented business regulatory permits.
§ 5.91. Appeal of denial, suspension or revocation.
§ 5.92. Adult or sexually oriented business development and performance standards.
§ 5.93. Registration of new employees.
§ 5.94. Register of entertainers.
§ 5.95. Display of permit and identification card.
§ 5.96. Employment of and services rendered to persons under the age of eighteen (18) years prohibited.
§ 5.97. Inspection.
§ 5.98. Time limit for filing application for permit.
§ 5.99. Regulations nonexclusive.
§ 5.100. Separate offense for each day.
§ 5.101. Administrative remedies.
§ 5.102. Violation and penalty.
§ 5.103. Civil injunction.
§ 5.104. Public nuisance.
§§ 5.105. to 5.106. Reserved.
Article VII. Business Permit Regulations for Massage Businesses
§ 5.107.00. PurposeAuthority.
§ 5.107.01. Definitions.
§ 5.107.02. Exemptions.
§ 5.107.03. Requirements.
§ 5.107.04. Permit Application.
§ 5.107.05. Permit issuance and Registration; or Denial, Suspension, Revocation.
§ 5.107.06. Permit Duration and Renewal.
§ 5.107.07. Posting and Recordkeeping.
§ 5.107.08. Facility Requirements.
§ 5.107.09. Inspections; Violations and Penalties; Notice and Appeals.
§ 5.107.10. Hours of Operation.
§ 5.107.11. Department Coordination with CAMTC.
§ 5.107.12. Property Owner Responsibility.
§§ 5.108. and 5.109. Reserved.
Article VIII. Utility Users’ Tax.
§ 5.110. Title.
§ 5.111. Purpose.
§ 5.112. Definitions.
§ 5.113. Effective date; maximum rate; sunset date.
§ 5.114. Electricity users’ tax.
§ 5.115. Gas users’ tax.
§ 5.116. Water users’ tax.
§ 5.117. Telecommunications users’ tax.
§ 5.118. Video users’ tax.
§ 5.119. Substantial nexus; minimum contacts.
§ 5.120. Bundling taxable items with nontaxable items.
§ 5.121. Exemptions.
§ 5.122. Rate of utility users’ tax; termination, reduction or suspension of utility users’ tax.
§ 5.123. Duty to collect; procedures.
§ 5.124. Collection penalties.
§ 5.125. Actions to collect.
§ 5.126. Deficiency determination and assessment; tax application errors.
§ 5.127. Administrative remedy; non-paying service users.
§ 5.128. Additional powers and duties of the Tax Administrator.
§ 5.129. Records.
§ 5.130. Refunds.
§ 5.131. Appeals.
§ 5.132. Interaction with California Public Utilities Commission.
§ 5.133. Amendment.
§ 5.134. Future amendments to cited statutes.
§ 5.135. Independent audit of tax collection, exemption, remittance and expenditure.
§ 5.136. No injunction or writ of mandate.
§ 5.137. Remedies cumulative.
§ 5.138. [REPEALED]