Ordinance No. 234ORDINANCE NO. 234
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 82
OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS LICENSING THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESSES,
TRADES, PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS AND SERVICES IN THE CITY OF
CYPRESS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING REVENUE AND PROVIDING A
PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS•
ORDINANCE NO. 82 is amended to read as follows.
SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS.
The following words and phrases whenever used in this or the following
Sections shall be construed as defined in this Section unless from the context
a different meaning is intended, or unless a different meaning is specifically
defined and more particularly directed to the use of such words and phrases:
A Gross Receipts
"Gross Receipts' means the gross receipts of the preceding
fiscal year and is The total amount of the sale price of
all sales, the total amount charged or received for the
performance of any act, service, or employment of whatever
nature it may be whether such service, act, or employment is
done as a part of or in connection with the sale of goods
or not, for which a charge is made or credit allowed,
including all receipts, cash, credits, and property of any kind
or nature any amount for which credit is allowed by the seller
to the purchaser without any deduction therefrom on account of
the cost of the property sold, the cost of the materials used,
labor or service costs interest paid or payable losses or
other expenses whatsoever, provided, that cash discounts
allowed or taken on sales shall not be included and this or
the following Sections shall not be construed to impose any
tax upon any business or transaction which the City is not
authorized to license or tax under the laws of the State
or of the United States Any tax required by law to be included
in or added to the purchase price and collected from the consumer
or purchaser, and such part of the sales price of any property
previously sold returned by the purchaser to the seller which is
refunded by the seller by way of cash or credit allowance given
or taken as part payment on any property so accepted for resale
shall be deducted for the purpose of determining the gross
receipts hereunder
B. Gross Payroll
"Gross Payroll" means the gross payroll of the preceding fiscal
year and is. The total gross payroll before deductions of any
kind are made
C License Periods
The annual license period commences on the 1st day of July of
each year and ends on June 30th of the subsequent year The
daily license period commences at the hour of 8:00 o'clock A M
of any day and ends at 8:00 o'clock A M of the next day. The
quarter -annual license periods commence on any day of issuance
of such license and ends three months after such day
D. Unpaid License Fee
"Unpaid License Fee" means not only all license fees owing for
licenses therefore issued, but also any such or amount which the
City would have received had a license been issued as required
by this or the following Sections.
Words and phrases used in this or the following Sections not
specifically defined shall be construed according to the context
and approved use of the language
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SECTION 2. REVENUE MEASURE
This and the following Sections are enacted solely to raise revenue
for municipal purposes, and are not intended for regulation
SECTION 3 UNLAWFUL BUSINESS•
No license issued under the provisions of this or the following Sections
shall be construed as authorizing the conduct of or continuance of any illegal
or unlawful business.
SECTION 4. LICENSE AMOUNT, A DEBT
The amount of any license imposed by this or the following Sections
together with any penalties accruing thereon shall be deemed a debt due to
the City from the person required to pay the same and an immediate cause
of action shall accrue to the City for the collection thereof in any court
of competent jurisdiction.
SECTION 5 SUBSTITUTE FOR OTHER REVENUE ORDINANCES•
Any person required to pay a license tax for transacting and carrying
on any business under this or the following Sections shall be relieved from
the payment of any license tax for the privilege of doing such business which
has been required under any other Ordinance of the City of Cypress but shall
remain subject to the regulatory provisions of such other Ordinance This
section shall not apply to inspection fees
SECTION 6. EFFECT OF ORDINANCE ON PAST ACTIONS AND OBLIGATIONS PREVIOUSLY
ACCRUED.
Neither the adoption of this or the following Sections nor its
superseding of any portion of any other ordinance of the City of Cypress shall
in any manner be construed to affect prosecution for violation of any other
ordinance committed prior to the effective date hereof nor be construed as
a waiver of any license or any penal provision applicable to any such
violation, nor be construed to affect the validity of any bond or cash
deposit required by any ordinance to he posted, filed or deposited, and all
rights and obligations thereunto appertaining shall continue in full force
and effect
SECTION 7. LICENSE REQUIRED•
There are hereby imposed upon the businesses, trades, professions,
callings and occupations specified in this or the following Sections,
license taxes, in the amounts hereinafter prescribed and it shall be unlaw-
ful for any person to commence or to transact, or to carry on any business,
trade, profession, calling or occupation in the City of Cypress without
first having procured a license from said City so to do or without complying
with any and all applicable provisions of this or the following Sections.
SECTION 8. BRANCH ESTABLISHMENTS
A separate license must be obtained for each branch establishment or
location of the business engaged in and each license shall authorize the
licensee to engage only in the business licensed thereby at the location
or in the manner designated in such license, provided that warehouses
and distributing plants used in connection with and incidental to a business
licensed under the provisions of this or the following Sections shall not
be deemed to be separate places of business or branch establishments
Every person who operates any business, whether upon a cost rental or
commission basis as a concession or upon rented floor space in or upon the
premises of any person licensed under any provision of this or the following
Sections, shall be required to obtain a separate and independent license
pursuant to the appropriate provisions of this or the following Sections, and
shall be subject to all of the provisions of this or the following Sections
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SECTION 9. PARTNERSHIPS
In the event that any business conducted, managed, or carried on in the City
of Cypress is organized as a partnership or joint venture, the scheduled license
fee need be paid only by said partnership or joint venture, and not be each
individual partner or joint venture
SECTION 10. TWO OR MORE BUSINESSES, SAME LOCATION:
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this or the following Sections
any person conducting, managing, or carrying on two or more businesses, licensed
by this Ordinance at the same location shall be required to apply for and obtain
a license for only one of such businesses, provided, however, that if the amount
of such license differs for such businesses, such person shall obtain a license
for that business for which the largest amount or fee is provided by this or
the following Sections, provided, further, that in cases where the license tax
upon two or more businesses is based upon the gross annual receipts of such
businesses, then, one license shall be issued on the basis of the combined total
gross receipts of the several businesses.
SECTION 11 EXEMPTIONS, CONSTITUTION OR STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES OR OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA:
Nothing in this or the following Sections shall be deemed or construed to
apply to any person transacting and carrying on any business exempt by virtue of
the Constitution or applicable statutes of the United States or of the State of
California from the payment to municipal corporations of such taxes as are herein
prescribed
A Charitable Organizations
The provisions of this or the following Sections shall not be
deemed or construed to require the payment of a license fee to
conduct, manage, or carry on any business, occupation or activity
from any institution or organization which is conducted, managed,
or carried on wholly for the benefit of charitable purposes
or from which profit is not derived, either directly or indirectly,
by any individual, firm or corporation, nor shall any license fee
be required for the conducting of any entertainment, concert
exhibition, or lecture on scientific, historical, literary, religious,
or moral subjects within the City of Cypress, whenever the receipts
of any such entertainment, concert, exhibition or lecture on
scientific historical literary religious or moral subjects within
the City of Cypress are to be appropriated to any church or school
or to any religious or benevolent purpose, nor shall any license fee
be required for the conducting of any entertainment, dance concert,
exhibition or lecture by any religious charitable, fraternal,
educational, military, state, county, or municipal organization or
association, whenever the receipts of any such entertainment,
dance, concert, exhibition or lecture are to be appropriated for the
purpose and objects for which such organization or association was
formed, and from which profit is not derived, either directly or
indirectly by any individual firm or corporation; provided however
that nothing in this Section shall be deemed to exempt any such
organization or association from complying with the provisions of
any ordinance of the City of Cypress requiring a permit from the
City Council or any commission or officer to conduct, manage, or
carry on any profession, trade, calling, or occupation.
B. Claim for Exemption
Any person claiming an exemption pursuant to this Ordinance shall
file a verified statement with the Director of Finance stating the
facts upon which the exemption is claimed
C License
The Director of Finance shall, upon a proper showing contained in
the verified statement, issue a license to such person claiming
exemption under Section 11 without payment to the City of the
license tax required by this or the following Sections
D. Revocation
The Director of Finance may revoke any license granted pursuant
to the provisions of this or the following Sections upon
information that the licensee is not entitled to the exemption
as provided herein
E. Exemption. Farmers
Farmers and horticulturists who sell exclusively products
actually produced or grown by them shall be exempt from the
provisions of this Ordinance
SECTION 12. APPLICATION. CONTENTS OF LICENSE
Every person required to have a license under the provisions of this or the
following Sections shall make application for the same to the Director of Finance
of the City of Cypress upon forms prescribed by the City The Director of Finance
shall issue to such person a license which shall contain:
The name of the person to whom the license is issued.
The business licensed.
The place where such business is to be transacted and carried on
The date of the expiration of such license
Such other information as may be necessary for the enforcement of the
provisions of this or the following Sections
SECTION 13 LICENSE. NEW BUSINESS:
A11 annual license fees, under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be due
and payable in lawful money of the United States in advance on the First day of
July of each fiscal year. Any person doing business less than a full year shall
pay a license fee in advance which shall be pro -rated from the date of the
beginning of the fiscal quarter in which said business is commenced in
accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
All persons who are required to pay a license based on a gross receipt or
gross payroll basis who do business less than a full year shall pay in advance
the minimum license fee which shall be pro -rated from the date of the beginning
of the fiscal quarter in which said business is commenced in accordance with
the provisions of this Ordinance At the end of the fiscal year during which the
operation of said business is commenced the license tax for such yearly period
shall be ascertained and due and payable based on a pro -rate from the date
of the beginning of the fiscal quarter in which said business is commenced in
accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 14. AFFIDAVIT. RENEWAL LICENSE.
In all cases, the applicant for the renewal of a license shall submit to
the Director of Finance, for his guidance in ascertaining the amount of the license
tax to be paid by the applicant, a written statement, upon a form to be provided
by the Director of Finance, written under penalty of perjury, or sworn to before
a person authorized to adminster oaths, setting forth such information concerning
the applicant's business during the preceding fiscal year as may be required by
the said Director of Finance to enable him to ascertain the amount of the license
tax to be paid by said applicant pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance
SECTION 15. STATEMENTS NOT CONCLUSIVE•
No statements shall be conclusive as to the matters set forth therein, nor
shall the filing of the same preclude the City of Cypress from collecting by
appropriate action such sum as is actually due and payable hereunder Such state-
ment and each of the several items therein contained shall be subject to audit
and verification by the Director of Finance, his deputies, or authorized employees
of the City, who are hereby authorized to examine, audit, and inspect such books
and records of any licensee or applicant for license, as may be necessary in their
judgement to verify or ascertain the amount of license fee due.
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All licensees, applicants for licenses, and persons engaged in business in
the City of Cypress are hereby required to permit an examination of such books
and records for the purposes aforesaid
The information furnished or secured pursuant to this Section or Section 14
of this ordinance shall be confidential Any unauthorized disclosure or use of
such information by any officer or employee of the City of Cypress shall constitute
a misdemeanor and such officer of employee shall be subject to the penalty pro-
visions of this ordinance, in addition to any other penalties provided by law
SECTION 16. FAILURE TO FILE STATEMENT OR CORRECTED STATEMENT.
If any person fails to file any required statement within the time prescribed,
or if after demand therefor made by Director of Finance, he fails to file a corrected
statement, the Director of Finance may determine the amount of license tax due from
such person by means of such information as he may be able to obtain
If such a determination is made, the Director of Finance shall give a notice
of the amount so assessed by serving it personnally or by depositing it in the
United States Post Office at Cypress California postage prepaid, addressed to
the person so assessed at his last known address. Such person may, within
fifteen (15) days after the mailing or serving of such notice, make application
in writing tothe Director of Finance for a hearing on the amount of the license tax
If such application is made,the Director of Finance shall cause the matter to be
set for hearing within fifteen (15) days before the City Council. The Director of
Finance shall give at least ten (10) days notice to such person of the time and
place of hearing in the manner prescribed above for serving notices of assessment
The Council shall consider all evidence produced, and shall make findings thereon,
which shall be final. Notice of such findings shall be served upon the applicant
in the manner prescribed above for serving notices of assessment
SECTION 17. DUPLICATE LICENSE.
In the event that any licensee loses his license, or the same is destroyed,
he may procure a duplicate license from the Director of Finance by payment to him
of the sum of $2.00.
SECTION 18 ENFORCEMENT.
It shall be the duty of the Director of Finance, and he/she is hereby directed
to enforce each and all of the provisions of this and the following Sections, and
the Police Chief shall render such assistance in the enforcement hereof as may
from time to time be required by the Director of Finance and/or the City Council
The Director of Finance, in the exercise of the duties imposed upon him
or her hereunder, and acting through his deputies or duly authorized assistants
may examine or cause to be examined all places of business in the City to ascertain
whether the provisions of this ordinance have been complied with.
The Director of Finance and each and all of his assistants, 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
an exhibition of its license certificate Any person having such license certi-
ficate theretofore issued, in his possession or under his control, who wilfully
fails to exhibit the same on demand, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject
to the penalties provided for by the provisions of this or the following Sections
It shall be the duty of the Director of Finance and each of his/her assistants to
cause a complaint to be filed against any and all persons found to be violating
any of said provisions
SECTION 19. LICENSE. MANNER OF PAYMENTS•
All licenses shall be paid for in lawful money of the United States of America
All daily license fees shall be paid in advance on each day.
All quarter -annual license fees shall be paid at the time of application
All annual licenses on a flat rate basis become due and payable on July 1st
All annual licenses on a gross receipts basis become due on July 1st,
but are payable any time prior to the following September 1st without
penalty.
SECTION 20. ZONING AND OTHER REGULATION•
No license shall be issued to any person failing to present any land use permit
required by the Zoning Ordinance, or who has failed to comply with the provisions
of any other regulation having to do with trade business or occupation
SECTION 21. LOANING LICENSE PROHIBITED.
No person shall loan his license to another.
SECTION 22 NO LICENSE TRANSFERABLE. AMENDED LICENSE FOR CHANGED LOCATION -
No licensed issued pursuant to this or the following Sections shall be
transferable, provided, that where a license is issued authorizing a person
to transact and carry on a business at a particular place such licensee may,
upon application therefor and paying a fee of $2.00 have the license amended
to authorize the transacting and carrying on of such business under said license
at some other location to which the business is or is to be moved.
SECTION 23. ADDITIONAL POWER OF DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
In addition to all other power conferred upon him, the Director of Finance
shall have the power, for good cause shown, to extend the time for filing any
required sworn statement for a period not exceeding thrity (30) days, and in such
case to waive any penalty that would otherwise have accrued, and shall have the
further power, with the consent of the Council, to compromise any claim as to
amount of license tax due.
SECTION 24. APPEAL:
Any person aggrieved by any decision of an administrative officer or agency
with respect to the issuance or refusal to issue such license may appeal to the
Council by filing a notice of appeal with the City Clerk of such Council The
Council shall thereupon fix a time and place for hearing such appeal The Clerk
of the Council shall give notice to such person of the time and place of hearing
by serving it personally or by depositing it in the United States Post Office at
Cypress, California, postage prepaid, addressed to such person at his last known
address
SECTION 25. LICENSE TO BE POSTED IN CONSPICUOUS PLACE.
Any licensee engated in a business at a fixed place of business shall keep
the license issued to him posted in a conspicuous place upon the premises where
such business is conducted. Any licensee not operating from a fixed place of
business shall keep the license issued to him upon his person at all times
while engaged in the business within the City
SECTION 26. PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO PAY TAX WHEN DUE:
The Licenses in this and the following Sections shall be due and payable to
the Director of Finance or his/her representative, and a penalty of ten percent
(10%) shall be added to each license remaining unpaid thirty (30) days after it
becomes due. On the first day of each month thereafter that such fee remaind un-
paid, an additional penalty of ten percent (10%) of such unpaid fee shall be
added, provided that the maximum amount shall trot exceed an amount equal to the
amount of such fee, and provided that penalty of ten percent (10%) will be added
on September 1st for those unpaid license fees based on a gross receipts basis and
an additional ten percent (10%) on the first day of each month thereafter
SECTION 27.
BOTH CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTION AUTIIORIZED FOR FAILURE TO PAY LICENSE
FEE.
The conviction and imprisonment of any person for engaging in any business
without first obtaining a license to conduct such business shall not relive such
person from paying the license tax to conduct such business, nor shall the payment
of any license tax prevent a criminal prosecution for the violation of any of the
provisions of this or the following Sections All remedies prescribed hereunder
shall be cumulative and the use of one or more remedies by the City shall not
bar the use of any remedy for the purpose of enforcing the provisions hereof
SECTION 28. LICENSE FEE. DURATION OF LICENSE.
The fee for any license required by any section of this Ordinance shall be
that set forth for the particular business involved. The fee and the duration
of the license shall be annual, quarterly,monthly, weekly, or daily as indicated
in this Ordinance All amounts shown are in dollars
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SECTION 29. ADVERTISING•
A. By distributing samples or handbills, provided that
this subsection shall not apply to any person,
employee, agent, or representative of any person who
already has a City license as provided elsewhere in
this Ordinance . . . $ 25.00 Annually
By sign posting or bill posting, but not including
sign painting 50.00 Annually
By vehicle containing amplifier, phonograph, loud
speakers, etc For each vehicle 50.00 Annually
Or at the option of the licensee, for each vehicle 10 00 Daily
If any such vehicle is used by a city licensee to
advertise solely his own licensed business and such
vehicle is regularly registered and licensed by
the State to such licensee, then the fee for such
vehicle
Or at the option of the licensee, for each such vehicle
By means of stereoptican, biograph, moving picture,
or similar device (Not motion picture theaters),
used outdoors
Or used indoors
B Billboards
For every person conducting, managing, or carrying
on the business of sign advertising by means of
billboards that have a total square footage of
sixteen feet or more
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed as
applying to the owners of real estate or their agents in
advertising their property for sale or lease by means of
billboards situated upon property advertised for sale or
lease by such billboards
SECTION 30. AMUSEMENTS.
A For any room, business, or parlor containing pool
tables, and/or billiard tables, and/or bowling
alleys, for each such table or alley
B Boxing or wrestling exhibition, per exhibition . .
C Carnival, tent show or open-air show,or in hall or
building constructed for theatrical purposes
D. Circus
E Juke Box, phonograph, motion picture device, or
pinball machine operated by insertion of coin,
per machine
(The owner of the business wherein the machine
located shall be held responsible for the full
of the license fee if the owner of the machine
not paid the fee when due and payable )
is
amount
has
15 00 Annually
5.00 Daily
125 00 Annually
50 00 Annually
35 00 for the
first billboard
& $25.00 per
each billboard
thereafter
Annually.
15 00 Annually
15 00
150 00
15.00 Annually
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F. Vending Machines - Every person conducting, managing, operating,
or maintaining on his premises any weighing, amusement or mer-
chandise machine or device, not otherwiselicensed under this
Ordinance and not prohibited by law, wherein a sum of money is
charged or collected for such machine or device by means of a coin
slot or otherwise
For each machine or device charging lC to and
including 4C . $ 2.00
Annually
For each machine or device charging 5C to and
including 9c 4.00
Annually
For each machine or device charging 10C and over 6 00
Annually
Stamp vending machines selling U.S stamps for mailing
purposes are hereby exempt from the terms and provisions hereof.
The above license shall not be required where such machine or
device is operated and owned by a person already licenses to
conduct a business, the gross receipts of which are used to
measure the amount of license payable
The owner of the business wherein the machine or device is
located shall be held responsible for the full amount of the
license fee if the owner of the machine or device has not paid
the full fee when due and payable
G Dancing
Public Dance Hall 200.00
Annually
Or at the option of the licensee, per dance
SECTION 31. AUCTIONEER.
For the business of auctioneer
10.00
Daily
25 00
Daily
SECTION 32. CONTRACTING OR SUBCONTRACTING BUSINESSES ( OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF):
As contractor or sub -contractor, including building, constructing, plumbing,
electrical, painting, plastering, masonry, floor finishing, interior decorating,
landscaping, lawn renovating, wall papering, or any other work on buildings or
grounds requiring a license by the State of Califonira . . . . 40 00
Annually
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$25 00 Annually or 10c per milking cow, whichever amount is the greater.
SECTION 34. FEE YARDS:
$200.00 Annually plus 20c for each animal delivered from the premises
exceeding 1,000 head per year. A deposit shall be made at the beginning of the
fiscal year based on the number of animals delivered in the preceding year.
SECTION 35. GROSS RECEIPTS LICENSE:
For every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing, or carrying
on the business of selling at retail any goods, services, wares, or merchandise
not otherwise specifically licensed by other sections of this Ordinance shall pay
an annual license fee based on the gross annual receipts as follows:
Gross annual receipts up to $25,000 00 25 00 Min
For additional gross receipts of $25,000 00 up to $100,000 00 30c/$1,000
For additional gross receipts of $100,000.00 to $500,000 00 20C/$1,000
For all additional gross receipts of $500,000 00 and over . . . . 10C/$1,000
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SECTION 26, HORSE RACING:
For each person holding, managing, or conducting any meeting within the
City whereat horse racing with wagering on the results thereof by the system
known as the pari-mutital is permitted by the laws of the State $ 20 00 Daily
SECTION 37, HOUSEMOVING:
Housemoving or wrecking of buildings and/or structures
SECTION 38. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS:
50 00 Annually
For every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing, or carrying
on a business consisting mainly of manufacturing, packing, processing, canning,
or selling at wholesale, goods, wares, produce, or merchandise, shall pay an
annual license fee based on its gross annual payroll before deductions as follows'
Gross annual payroll
For additional gross
For additional gross
up to $20,000 00
payroll of $20,000.00 up to $100,000.00.
payroll of $100,000 00 up to $500,000 00
For all additional gross payroll of $500,000.00 and over .
SECTION 39. PAWN BROKER.
25 00 Minimum
SOC/$1,000
20c/$1,000
10C/$1,000
For the purpose of this Section the term "pawn broker" includes every
person conducting, managing, or carrying on the business of loaning money either
for himself or for any other person, upon any personal property, personal security,
or purchasing personal property and reselling or agreeing to resell such property
to the vendor or Other assignee at prices previously agreed upon. Nothing in this
Section shall be deemed to apply to the loaning of money on personal property or
personal security by any bank authorized to do so under the laws of the State or
of the United States
SECTION 40. PETROLEUM STORAGE TANK FARMS:
Each tank under 50,000 barrels • . 2 50 Annually
Each tank 50,000 to 100,000 barrels 5 00 Annually
EAch tank over 100,000 barrels . . 7.50 Annually
$300 00 Annually
SECTION 41. PROFESSIONAL BUSINESSES AND SERVICES:
(OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF) 40 00 Annually
Abstrator of titles
Accountant
Advertising Counsel
Agricultural advisor or counselor
Appraiser
Aquarian
Architect
Assayer
Attorney-at-law
Auditor
Bail Bond Broker
Claims Adjuster
Certified Public Accountant
Chemical Engineer
Chemist
Chiopodist
Chiropractor
Chirothesian
Civil Engineer
Construction Engineer
Consulting Engineer
Dance Teacher
Dental Laboratory
Dentist
Desginer
Detective
Detective Agency
Draftsman
Drugless Practitioner
Electrical Engineer
Electrologist
Employment Agency or Bureau
Geologist
Herbalist
Insurance Adjuster
Insurance Broker
Interior Decorator
Investment Counselor
Landscape Architect
Lapidary
Mechanical Engineer
Mortician
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Naturopath
Oculist
Optician
Optometrist
Oral Sugeon
Orchard Care
Osteopath Physician
Physician
Physician and Surgion
Real Estate Broker
Sanitation Engineer
Sign Painter
SECTION 42. PUBLIC UTILITIES:
Stock and Bond Broker
Dealing in Stocks, Bonds, or Securities
Surgeon
Taxidermist
Travel Bureau
Tree Surgery
Tree Removing
Tree Trimming
Veterinarian
Any other professional business or
service determined by the Director of
Finance to be of a character substantially
the same as any of the previously speci-
fied business and services
Any Public Uitlity operating in the City under a franchise or franchises
from the City, or applicable therein, and who makes franchise payments thereunder
is subject to the provisions of this Ordinance only to the extent it engages in
retail merchandising not covered by the franchise in the City.
SECTION 43. ROOMING HOUSE. APARTMENT HOUSE OR BUNGALOW COURT:
For every person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of
operating an apaitnent house, rooming house, bungalow court, motel or auto
court consisting of four or more units, for the first 4 units $ 15.00 Annually
For each additional unit over four, per unit 3.00 Annually
SECTION 44. SOLICITOR. HOUSE TO HOUSE:
Every person or firm conducting, managing, or carrying on the business
of soliciting, vending, or peddling from house to house shall pay an annual
fee of $25.00 for each salesman.
Every applicant claiming to be entitled to exemption from the payment
of any license provided for in this ordinance upon the ground that such license
casts a burden upon his right to engage in commerce with foreign nations
or among the several states, or conflicts with the United States Constitution
or the regulations of the United States Congress respecting interstate
commerce or any other matter, shall file a verified statement with the
Director of Finance of the City of Cypress, disclosing the interstate or other
character of his business entitled to such exemption. Such statement shall
state the name and address of the company or firm or group for which the
orders are to be solicited or secured or the sale made, the name of the nearest
local or state manager, if any, and his address, the kind of goods, wares, or
merchandise to be delivered, the place from which the same are to be shipped
or delivered, the method of solicitation or taking orders, the location of any
warehouse, factory or plant in California, the method of delivery, the name and
address of the applicant, and any other facts hearing on the issues of exemption.
All claims for such exemptions shall be referred to the City Attorney of the
City of Cypress for investigation and recommendation.
SECTION 45. CONSTRUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS:
Every person who constructs two or more residential units within one
fiscal year shall pay a fee of $50 00 per residential unit.
A residential unit shall be a building or portion thereof designed
exclusively for residential occupancy and consisting of any number of rooms
but including bathroom and kitchen facilities
Moving a building or structure from one lot or premises to another shall be
deemed the construction of such building or structure for purposes of this
Ordinance.
The fees imposed by this section shall not preclude the imposition of other
business license fees by other sections of this Ordinance.
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SECTION 46. TAXICABS
For the transportation of passengers when driven by the owner or a
representative of the owner, or by the person or persons hiring or renting
the same at rates per mile, per trip, or per time, and such vehicle is routed
under the direction of the passenger or passengers or of such persons hiring
the same, for each such vehicle
SECTION 47. TELEPHONE COMPANIES
$20.00 Annually
Every person engaged in the business of providing telephone services shall
pay an auual license fee pased upon its gross annual receipts as follows.
(a) Such fee shall be computed as follows:
(b)
(c)
(1) $25,000 00 or less of gross
receipts per year or fractional
part thereof
(2) Additional gross receipts in excess
of $25,000.00 up to the including
$100,000 00 per year or fractional part
thereof
(3) Additional gross receipts in excess
of $100,000.00, up to and including
$500,000 00 per year or fractional part
thereof . . •
(4) In excess of $500,000.00 per year or
fractional part thereof
. $25.00
30 cents for
each $1,000 or
fractional part
thereof
20 cents for
each $1,000 or
fractional part
thereof
10 cents
each $1,000 or
fractional part
thereof
For the purposes of this Section, "gross receipts"
shall have the same meaning as that defined in Section
1 (A) hereof, except that only those receipts
derived from providing telephone services within
the City of Cypress shall be included, and further
excepting that only receipts resulting from intra-
state telephone services shall be included
For the purposes of this Section, a "person engaged in
the business of providing telephone services" shall mean
a "telephone company" as that term is used in Article
XIII, Section 14 of the Constitution of the State of
California
SECTION 48. TIP SHEETS.
For every person who by any means engages in the business of practice of
disseminating, distributing, passing out, giving away, handing out, selling,
offering for sale, or soliciting for the sale of any sheet, dodger, handbill,
circular, letter, booklet, or any other printed, typewritten, mineographed or
written matter of any kind, pertaining or any horse race, choice of a horse
or horses, recommending any horse or horses, or giving or conveying any infor-
mation about any horse race or contest of endurance or speed between horses or
beasts whether at a fixed place of business within the City or otherwise,
provided the number of persons allowed to distribute such material under any
one license shall not exceed six persons during any day.
$100 00 Annually
Ordinance No. 234
for
SECTION 49. TRAILER PARKS.
For every person conducting, managing, or carrying on the business of a
trailer park $ 50.00 Annually
SECTION 50, DELIVERY BY VEHICLE.
Every person not having a fixed place of business within the City of
Cypress, who delivers goods, wares, or merchandise of any kind by vehicle
or who provides any service by the use of vehicles in the City of Cypress,
shall pay a license tax of $25 00 per year.
SECTION 51. SEVERABILITY.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the de-
cision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of
the City hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each
section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective
of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases, or
portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional
SECTION 52. REPEALS.
All other Ordinances or parts of Ordinances, insofar only as any of the
provisions of same conflict herewith are hereby repealed; provided, however,
that any such repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution and punishment
of any person, firm or corporation for any act done or committee prior to the
effective date hereof, in violation of any Ordinance which is repealed hereby.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a regular
meeting held on the llth day of January, 1965
MAYOR OF THE CI`fY(OF CYPRESS
ATTEST
CITY CLERK 0 THE CIT OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA) SS
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the said
City Council held on the llth day of January, 1965, by the following roll call
vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCILMEN: Gorzeman, Kanel, McCarney, Wright, and Noe
NOES: Q COUNCI LMEN : None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEN* None
Ordinance No. 234
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CITY CLERK OF E CITY OF CYPRESS