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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA-2/18 OCCUPATION LICENSE RATES r LI '� J �. � !� t r' I r If ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR DEFINITIONS TO BE USED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF LICENSE F , TAX REGULATIONS FOR BUSINESSES AND OCCUPA- TIONS; TO PROVIDE FOR PENALTIES FOR DOING BUSINESS WITHOUT PAYING THE PRESCRIBED LICENSE FEE; TO SET OUT CERTAIN EXEMPT- TIONS FROM THE NECESSITY OF OBTAINING THE LICENSE AS PROVIDED FOR THEREIN;. TO ESTABLISH WHEN VARIOUS LICENSE TAXES FOR BUSINESSES AND OCCUPATIONS ARE DUE AND PAYABLE; TO PROVIDE, IN CERTAIN IN- STANCES, FOR THE SEMI-ANNUAL PRORATING. OF SUCH LICENSE TAXES; TO ESTABLISH THAT SUCH LICENSE. TAXES ARE PAYABLE TO THE CITY CLERK; TO SET OUT THE FORM AND CON- TENTS OF EACH SUCH LICENSE ISSUED; TO PROVIDE THAT EVERY LICENSEE SHALL CONSPI- CUOUSLY DISPLAY SUCH LICENSE AS IS ISSUED HIM; TO PROVIDE THAT MONEYS COLLECTED BY THIS LICENSE TAX REGULATION SHOULD BE PAYABLE TO THE GENERAL FUND;; TO PROVIDE WHEN SUCH LICENSES WILL EXPIRE; TO PRO- VIDE THAT AN AFFIDAVIT OF INVENTORY BE EXECUTED BY A PERSON OR ENTITY TAXED ON INVENTORY BASIS; AND TO PROVIDE A. SCHE- DULE OF THE VARIOUS LICENSE FEES; AND TO REPEAL ANY OF THE ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS EFFECTIVE DATE. Be It Enacted and Ordained by the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida: Section 1. That the words , "Who pay no other license tax" as herein used shall be defined and construed to mean i I those who pay no other license tax to the City of Zephyrhills � I provided for in this Ordinance. Section 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person,) firm, or corporation to engage in or manage within the 'said City of Zephyrhills, any business , profession or occupation mentioned in this Ordinance without having first obtained a. license to do so from the City of Zephyrhills, Florida, in the manner as hereinafter set forth, and without paying the license tax as hereinafter set forth opposite the name of such business , profession, or occupation. � I � II 1 Section 3. That all confirmed cripples or invalids , physically incapable of manual labor, who have been resident s of the City of Zephyrhills , Florida, for at least one (1) year, or all Confederate Veterans of the Civil War, or veterans of World War I, or World War II or the Spanish American War, fal- ling within any exemption otherwise provided by law, and widows who are dependent upon their own exertions, shall be allowed to peddle without paying a license, using their own capital only; provided such exemptions shall be allowed upon the certificate of the county physician or other reputable physician of the disability herein named, provided this exemption shall not apply to the sale of sprituous , vinous, or malt liquors, lightening rods and cigarettes, "operators and location operators of coin operated devices". Section +. That all licenses shall be payable on or before the 1st day of October of each year. Section 5. That no license shall be issued for any fractional portion of a year, except as otherwise provided in this ordinance, and except that any license not otherwise spe- cified herein may be issued after the 1st day of April to ex- pire September 30th, upon payment of one-half (Z) the amount fixed as a price for such license for one (1) year. Section 6. That all license taxes shall be paid to the City Clerk of the City of Zephyrhills , Florida, and the said City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to collect said license tax. Section 7. That upon 'the payment of the license tax in the amount and in the manner as herein provided, the City Clerk of the said City of Zephyrhills shall issue a li- tense to the person, firm, or corporation paying the required license tax, and said license shall be in the form adopted ; and approved by the City Council of the said City of Zephyrhills, , and shall state the name of the City of Zephyrhills, the name of the person or firm or corporation! to whom the license is issued, the nature of the business, profession or occupation to be engaged in or managed, the amount of the license tax paid, the date of issuance and the date of expiration. Section 8. Every licensee shall keep conspicuously posted and displayed in the place of business at all times the license which shall have been issued to him under this Ordinance. Section 9. That all license taxes collected by the City Clerk of the City of Zephyrhills, under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be promptly paid into the general fund of the said City of Zephyrhills . Section 10. That all licenses under the provisions of this Ordinance shall expire on the 30th day of September of each calendar year. Section 11 . That any person, party, firm, or business, who or which intends to make application for a license to carry on an occupation or business in the City of Zephyhills, the license fee for which is to be established upon the inventory of such applicant or his or its business, as hereinafter provided for, shall, not later than the 1st day of September next preceding the October 1st of the year for which such license is to be obtained, furnish to the City Clerk of the said City . f Zephyrhills a sworn affidavit �r gas to. the__inventory of such applicant or his or its business as of the 1st day of the next preceding January or the next preceding 1st day of thle fiscal year under which said applicant is operatr ing his or its business., for which the application for license is made . Provided, however, that in the event of an amergency, the City Clerk may waive the said September 1st time limit for the presenting of such affidavit, provided, however, that it shall be furnished before October 1st of the year for which issued, and that in no instance shall such business, the license tax for which is I I based on its inventory, be issued a license until the City Clerk has received an affidavit as hereinabove provided for. Section 12. Following is' a table or schedule of the different businesses, professions and occupations for the engagement in which city licenses shall be required as herein- above provided, and the amounts to be paid for such licenses shall be as follows : Absent Treatment Healers $ 250 .00 Abstractors of Titles 5.00 Accountants 10.00 Alligators, Dealers in 5.00 Analytical Chemist 10.00 Architects 10.00 Arms, Dealers in (exclusively) 15.00 Artificial Stone Dealers 5.00 Astrologists 5.00 Attorneys at Law:. Per Attorney 10.00 Per Firm or Partnership Member 7.50 Auctioneers 15.00 Automobiles : Dealers 10.00 Filling Stations - 10.00 For Hire 10.00 Garages 10.00 Repair Shops 10.00 Truck Dray (Per Vehicles) 10.00 Bakeries 5.00 -4- i i Ball Games (Professional and Semi-Professional) Per Season 12. 50 Banks, Bankers or Trust Companies 25..00 Barber Shops : Two Chairs or less 10.00 Each Additional Chair 1.00 Barrels, Tubs, and Buckets , 'Manufacturers of 12.50 Barrels, Turpentine, Manufacturers of 12. 50 Baths, Public 10.00 Beauty Parlor: Two operators or less ! 10.00 Each Additional Operator 2. 50 Beverages : (Intoxicating) 50% of State and County License Bicycles : Repair Shops 5.00 Rinks 15.00 Billiard or Pool Halls : Four Tables or less 25.00 Each Additional Table 5.00 Blacksmiths and Horseshoers, 10.00 Boarding Houses, Lodging 'Houses, Hotels, . Tourist Camps, and Motels, (not including right to operate dining room or restaurant) : Four rooms or rental units or less 10.00 Each additional room or rental unit 2. 50 Boiler Inspectors 5.00 Boiler Shops 15.00 Bond Brokers ! 10.00 Book Agents 15.00 Bootblack Stands 2.00 Boots and Shoes, second hand dealers 5.00 -5— Bottling Plants 15.00 Bowling and Baseball Alleys , 1500 Brick Yards or Factories, when paying no other license 15.00 Brokers: Bond 5.00 Cross Ties 10.00 Insurance 20.00 Merchandise ! 15.00 Real Estate 15.00 Stocks 15.00 Broom or Brush Manufacturers 15.00 Bucket Manufacturers 12.50 Builders and Contractors 25.00 Building and Loan Associations 20.00 Cafes : Seats for 15 or More 15.00 Seats for Less Than 15 10.00 Candy and Confectionery, Manufacturers of 15.00 Canning Factories 15.00 Canvassers, selling merchandise retail for non-resident dealers 15.00__ Carriage and Wagon Factories 15.00 Cash Registers, Dealers in 15.00 Cedar Slats or Pencils, ""ahufacturers 15.00 Cement: Contractors (exclusively) 15.00 . i Manufacturers of 15.00 Chemist, Analytical 10.00 Chiropractor 10.00 Cigars and Tobaccos , Dealers in (exclusively) 15.00 -6- Circus or Carnivals , Each Day 25.00 Civil Engineers ' 10.00 Clairvoyants 250.00 Clay Products 1'anufacturers of 15.00 Clothing, Second hand dealers in 10.00 Coal Tar, Manufacturers of 15.00 Cold Storage Plants or Ice Factories 25.00 Commission Merchants 15.00 Concrete: Contractors (exclusively) 15.00 Manufacturers of 15.00 Contractors : General 25.00 All kinds not otherwise specified 15.00 Crates, Vegetable or Fruit, ;Manufacturers of 15.00 Cross Tie Brokers and Dealers 15.00 Curios, Dealers in (exclusively) 5.00 Cutting and Engraving 5..00 Dance Academy 15.00 Dance Halls: One Night 10.00 Annual 50.00 Dentist .10.00 Detective: Agency 12. 50 Private 5.00 Dictaphone Dealers 15.00 Directories, Dealers in 5.00 Doctors 10.00 Draymen, per vehicle 10.00 Drovers and Horse Traders 250.00 Druggists: First $1,000.00, Inventory Value 5.00 Each Additional $1,000.00 1. 50 Dry Cleaners and Steam Cleaners, Local 10.00 Dye Works 10.00 Electric. Engineers 10.00 Light and Power Companies 75..00 Electrical Machinery or Supplies: Dealers In: First $1,000.00, Inventory Value 5.00 Each Additional $1,000.00 1.50 Employment Agents or Intelligence Offices 10.00 Engineers: Civil 10.00 Electric 10.00 Hydraulic 10.00 Mechanical 10.00 Exhibitions: (If not otherwise provided for) Each Day 25.00. Express Companies or Agents 25.00 Feeds, Hay, and Grain: First $1,000.00, Inventory Value /" 5.00 Each Additional $1,000.00 1. 50 Fertilizer , Manufacturers of 50.00 Fibre, Manufacturers of 15.00 I i Filling Stations 10.00 Firearms, Repair Shop (exclusively) 5.00 Florists 5.00 Fortune Tellers 250.00 Foundariesy Boiler or Machine Shops 25.00 Furnitures Dealers In 10.00 Manufacturers of (cypress excluded) 25.00 Repair Shops 10.00 Brokers & Commissioned Agents 15.00 Garages 10.00 Gas, Dealers in (no reference to gasoline) 10.00 Gravel and Sand, Dealers in (exclusively) 15.00 Gypsies 250.00 Hay, Grain, and Feed: First $1,000.00, Inventory Value 5.00 Each Additional $1,000.00 1. 50 Hawkers and Street Vendors 15.00 Horse Trading and Selling Live Stock 250.00 Hospitals and Sanitariums 12. 50 Hotels: See Boarding Houses' etc. Hydraulic Engineers 10.00 Hypnotists 250.00 Ice Factories, Including Distribution of ice with: Two Delivery Units or Less 25.00 Each Additional Delivery Unit 5.00 Ice Distributor, ' (eclusively) Per Delivery Unit 5.00 -9- Ice Cream: Carts, or Wagons, Selling at Retail 1. 50 Manufacturers of 15.00 � I Parlors (Ice Cream exclusively) 2.50 Insurance: Agents . 20..00 Intoxicating Beverages 50% of State and County Licence Investment Companies 25.00 Itinerant Agents 25.00 Itinerant, Medicine Vendors ! 50.00 Jewelers and Watch Repairmen 10.00 Junk Dealers 25.00 Knife Racks, Ball Throwing Games , and Concession Stands: Per Day 12. 50 Laundries, Steam, Local 10.00 Lawyers 10.00 Per firm or partnership member 7.50 Live Stock, Dealers or Traders 250.00 Loans, Small: Agencies 25.00 Locksmiths and Trunk Repairmen 2. 50 Lodging Houses : See Boarding Houses, etc. Lumber Dealers: First $1,000.00, Inventory Value 5.00 Each Additional $1,000.00 1. 50 -100 Lunch Stands or Stalls 5.00 Machine Shops, Foundries and Boiler Shops 15.00 Manicurists' (exclusively) 5.00 Meat Dealers: Wholesale 5.00 Meat Market: Retail (exclusively) 10.00 Mechanical Engineer 10.00 Medicine Peddlers 25.00 Medicine Vendors, Itinerant 50.00 Mental Healers 250.00 Mercantile Agencies 25.00 Merchandise Peddlers ! 15.00 Merchants: First $1,000.00, Inventory Value 5.00, " ! Each Additional $1,000.00 1. 50 Merchants, Selling or Trading Fruit or Vegetables from Railroad Cars15.00 ! Merry-go®rounds , Managers or Owners of (excl. ) Per Day 12.50 Minstrel Shows; Per Day ! 25.00 Milk Vendors j 15.00 Money Lenders 25.00 Mortgage Companies 25.00 Moss Procdssors or Moss Packers , 5.00 Moving Picture Shows 25.00 Music Boxes, Owners and Managers of: Per Box 10.00 11� I , I ! Naturopath 10.00 Novelty Works 15.00 Oculists 10.00 Oil Wells , Stock Salesman 50.00 Oil, Dealears: Wholesale H 25.00 Retail 10.00 Opticians 10.00 Optometrists 10.00 � I Osteopath 10.00 - . Packing Houses Meats T bacc O Fruits or Vegetables ' 25.00 Painting and Paperhanging Contractors 15.00 Palmists 250.00 Pawnbroker 50.00 Peddlers : Clocks and Stoves 15.00 Fruits or vegetables from a wagon or truck, etc. Itinerate 15.00 Resident 10.00 Meat and Fish (exclusively) 15.00 Medicine ! 25.00 Merchandise, not otherwise specified 15..00 Pencil or Cedar Slats, Manufacturers of 15.00 Photographers : Non-resident 15.00 Resident 5.00 Physicians and Surgeons 10.00 Piano and Organ Dealers 15.00 Piano Tuners 5.00 -12a I i Picture .Agents 25.00 Planing and Saw Mills: Daily Capacity 10,000 feet or less 40.00 Daily Capacity 10,000 feet to 25,000 feet 50.00 Daily Capacity 25,000 feet to 50,000 feet 100.00 Daily Capacity 50,000 feet or over 200.00 Plumbers , Contracting 15.00 Pressing Clubs : See Dry Cleaners Printing , Publishers of Newspapers, Magazines 15.00 Professions, not otherwise specified 10.00 Public Stenographers 2. 50 Publishers of News Periodicals, including Job Printing 15.00 Radio and Television Dealers (exclusively) First $1,000.00, Inventory Value 5.00 Each Additional $1,000.00 1. 50 Radio Repair Shops (exclusively) 5.00 Railroad Companies 25.00 Real Estates Dealers, Brokers or Agents 15.00 Restaurants: Seating 15 or more 15.00 Seating less than 15 10.00 Drive'In 25.00 Roofing, Dealers in: See Merchants Sales Stables 250.00 Sand andGravel, Dealers in, (Exclusively) 15.00 Sanitariums and Hospitals 12. 50 -13- Sash, Door and Blinds , Manufacturers of 10.00 Saw Mills: See Planing Mills Shoe Repair Shops 5.00 Shows of all kinds, unless otherwise provided for: Each Day 25.00 Skating Rinks 12. 50 ' Slaughter Pens lO0 00 Soda Fountains (exclusively) 10.00 Solicitors, Selling Merchandise at Retail for non-resident dealers 15.00 Steam Cleaners and Dye Works 10.00 Stock Brokers 15.00 Storekeepers: First $1,000.00, Inventory Value 5.00 Each Additional $1,000.00 1. 50 Surveyors 10.00 Taxi Cabs: Per Vehicle 10.00 Termite Exte±minators 15.00 Terra Cotta, Earthenware, Pottery, or other Clay Products, Manufacturers of 15.00 Theatres, Owners and Managers 25.00 Theatrical Shows : Each Day 25.00 Tile Manufacturers of 15.00 Tobacco and Cigar Dealers, (exclusively) 15.00 Tourist Camps See Boarding Houses, etc. Trust Companies, (Also See Banks) 25.00 -14® Typewriter Repairmen's Resident 5.00 Transits 10.00 Undertakers and Embalmers 25.00 Upholsterers 10.00 Vaudeville Shows: I " Each Day 25.00 Watchmakers and Jewelers 10.00 .Section 13. That any person, firm or corporation, violating : a provision of this Ordinance' upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) , nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) , or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a period of not more than thirty (30) days , or by both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the Municipal Judge of the said City of Zephyrhills , Florida. Section 14. If any section, clause or provision of this ordinance shall for any cause be held void and of no effect, that it shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this ordinance. • The foregoing Ordinance No. c2— was read and passed on its first reading by the City Council of Zephyrhills , Florida on the A day of _' 1953• , President of City Council Atte it Clerk The foregoing Ordinance No. L was read and passed) 'on its second reading by the City Council of Zephyrhills, Florida, on the q , day of h4--- , 19 53. �. President of City Council Attest: City Clerk The foregoing Ordinance No. was read and passed upon its third reading by e City Council of Zephyrhills , Florida on the / day of t . 1953. President of City Council Attest:; City Ierk The foregoing Ordinance No. was approved by me this the ,' day of ��w � , 1953. I, FRED G. BOEGE, as City Clerk of the City of Zephyr- hills do hereby certify that a copy of the bove Ordinance was posted at the City Hall and 'at on the) —. day of , , nd that the same remained posted fit- each of said places until the day of ,� 1953. Ci y Clerk The foregoing Ordinance 'No. 2 was approved by me this 2nd day of October, 1953. Mayo ATTESTQ - _: City Clerk I �