HomeMy WebLinkAbout1907 OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 1907
AN ORDINANCE relating to business licenses and regulations and
amending Title 5 of the Pasco Municipal Code by amending
Sections 5.04.120, 5.04.140, 5.04.160, 5.04.170, and
5.04.180 of Chapter 5.04; by repealing Sections 5.04.130
and 5.04.210 of Chapter 5.04; by amending Sections
5.08.040 and 5.08.050 of Chapter 5.08; by adding to
Chapter 5.12 a new Section to be known and designated as
Section 5.12.060; by amending Sections 5.16.040 and
5.16.050 of Chapter 5.16; by amending Section 5.28.050
of Chapter 5.28; by amending Sections 5.44.020 and
5.44.070 of Chapter 5.44; by amending Section 5.48.060
of Chapter 5.48; by amending Section 5.60.120 of Chapter
5.60; by amending Sections 5.64.010 and 5.64.030 of
Chapter 5.64; by amending Section 19.12.030 of Chapter
19.12; providing for the automatic expiration of the
rates prescribed in this ordinance and the reinstatement
of the 1977 rates on January 1, 1979.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 5.04.120 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
5.04.120 MAXIMUM FEE. No annual license fee shall exceed
two hundred fifty dollars per year.
Section 2. That Section 5.04.120 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
5.04.140 SQUARE FOOTAGE CHARGES. The first three thousand
square feet of floor space is included in the basic fee.
The sum of fifteen dollars shall be added for each additional
three thousand square feet of floor space, or any fraction
thereof.
Section 3. That Section 5.04.160 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
5.04.160 .FEES. (a) Apartments. Any person renting
apartments to the public and who has four or more such
units available shall pay twenty-five dollars, plus three
dollars per unit for each unit over eight; provided, that
if a person owns or controls apartments and/or sleeping rooms,
and/or commercial rentals, all units shall be added together
in computing the license fee.
(b) Auction Sales. All auction sales shall pay one
hundred fifty dollars per day and all auctioneers conducting
or crying any sale shall pay fifty dollars per day.
Provided, however, that the fee requirements of this
subsection shall.not be applicable to persons, firms or
corporations having established places of business in
the city and having valid business licenses issued by the
city, who wish to hold an auction for the purpose of
disposing of excess inventory, damaged goods, or for
promotion; provided, however, that any auction conducted
under this provision shall not exceed one day in length,
and the person, firm or corporation holding such auction
shall, as a condition precedent, file written notice with
the city clerk of the date, time, place and nature of
the goods to be auctioned and the reason(s) for conducting
the auction. Notice as required herein shall be filed
with the city clerk at least five days prior to the date
the auction is to be held, and provided further, that no
person, firm or corporation shall be entitled to hold
more than one auction each calendar year under this
provision without being required to pay the fee required
above. This provision shall not apply in the following
cases:
(1) Judicial sales held pursuant to an order of the
court; or
(2) Nonjudicial sales held under the authority of and
pursuant to a federal or state statute; or
(3) Wholesale auctions and stockyard auctions which
will be required to pay the regular license fee; or
(4) Those auctions having a permanently established
place of business within the city; maintaining regular
business hours; and open to the general public on a regular
basis of five or more days each week which will be required
to pay the regular license fee.
(c) Banks and Finance Agencies. All banks and finance
agencies shall pay two hundred fifty dollars per year.
Each branch shall be construed to be a separate bank for
purposes of this chapter.
(d) Bowling Alleys. Bowling alleys shall pay annually.
fifty dollars for the first alley and ten dollars for each
additional alley.
(e) Commercial Rentals. Any person renting or subletting
any type of property, unimproved or improved, other than
apartments and sleeping rooms, and who has four or more such
properties or units available shall pay twenty-five dollars
plus three dollars per unit'per year. Each separate tenant
in a building or of a tract of land shall constitute a separate
unit for purposes of this chapter.
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(f) Dray and Transfer. All persons engaged in the
business of draying and transferring, or the moving of
goods and commodities for hire, shall pay fifty dollars
per year on the first truck or conveyance and ten dollars
for each additional truck or conveyance. If a storage
or warehousing business is carried on in conjunction with
the dray and transfer business, square footage charges
shall also be paid.
(g) Hotels, Motels and Cabin Courts. All hotels,
motels and cabin courts, or places where rooms are kept
for rent for the accommodation of the traveling public,
whether rented by the day, by the week or month, shall pay
fifty dollars per year plus three dollars for each rentable
unit.
(h) Liquor Sales With and Without Dancing. Any place
serving beer, wine or other intoxicating liquor shall pay
one hundred fifty dollars per year, plus square footage
charges. Any place serving beer, wine or any other
intoxicating liquor and providing dancing shall pay two
hundred fifty dollars per year, plus square footage charges.
If dancing alone is provided in conjunction with some other
business not involved in the sale of beer, wine or other
intoxicating liquor, the fee shall be one hundred dollars
per year, plus square footage charges.
(i) Mortuaries. Mortuaries shall pay fifty dollars
per year.
(j) Businesses Located Outside City. All persons not
having a business location in the city but engaging in any
business within the city shall pay fifty dollars per year.
(k) Professional Boxing and Wrestling Exhibitions. All
persons staging professional boxing or wrestling matches
shall pay fifty dollars per show.
(1) Service Stations. Service stations shall pay fifty
dollars per year. This subsection shall not apply to
places where motor vehicles are kept for sale or display.
(m) Sleeping Rooms and Rooming Houses. Any person renting
sleeping rooms by the month or week only and not by the day
or night and who has four or more such rooms or units
available shall pay twenty-five dollars per year plus three
dollars per room or unit per year.
(n) Theaters and Moving Picture Shows. Theaters and
moving picture shows shall pay one hundred fifty dollars
per year.
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(o) Used Car Lots. Used car lots shall pay fifty
dollars per year.
(p) Vaudeville and Traveling Shows. Vaudeville and
traveling shows shall pay fifty dollars per day.
(q) All Other Businesses. All other persons engaged
in business shall pay fifty dollars per year, plus square
footage charges, plus outside area charges of twenty-five
dollars for every person having an outside area as defined
in this chapter.
Section 4. That Section 5.04.170 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
5.04.170 EXEMPTIONS. (a) Nonprofit Organizations. Nonprofit
organizations operating without private profit, either
regularly or temporarily, for a public, charitable, educational,
literary, fraternal or religious purpose shall not be required
to obtain a license. This provision shall exempt only the
nonprofit organization but not persons sponsored by nonprofit
organizations if any private profit whatever is derived from
its operation.
(b) Card Rooms. The provisions of this Chapter shall not
apply to card rooms.
(c) Carnivals and Street Shows. The provisions of this
chapter shall not apply to carnivals and street shows licensed
under Chapter 5.16.
(d) Juke Boxes, Pinball, Amusement Games and Machines.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to electrical
phonographs, pinball games or machines of skill or amusement
licensed under Chapter 5.20.
(e) Gas Installers. The provisions of this chapter shall
not apply to gas installers licensed under Chapter 16.12.
(f) Mobile Homes. The provisions of this chapter shall
not apply to mobile..homes'licensed under Chapter 19.12.
(g) Peddlers and Solicitors. The provisions of this
chapter shall not apply to peddlers and solicitors licensed
under Chapter 5.08.
(h) Taxicabs. The provisions of this chapter shall not
apply to taxicabs licensed under Chapter 5.44.
(i) Utilities. The provisions of this chapter shall not
apply to utilities, other than telegraph utilities, licensed
under Chapter 5.32.
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(j) Punchboards. The provisions of this chapter shall
not apply to punchboards or trade stimulators.
(k) Arcade or Similar Businesses or Entertainment Machines.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any arcade
or similar business or entertainment machines licensed under
Chapter 5.64.
Section 5. That Section 5.04.180 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
5.04.180 LICENSES TO BE OBTAINED BY FIRST REGULAR BUSINESS
DAY OF JANUARY. All persons engaged in business shall procure
their license to operate on or before the first regular
business day of each and very January.
Section 6. That Sections'5.04.130 and 5.04.210 of the Pasco
Municipal Code be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 7. That Section 5.08.040 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be.and the same.is.hereby amended to. -read as follows: .
5.08.040 CONTENTS OF APPLICATION. The application shall
contain the following information:
(1) The name and address of the solicitor;
(2) The name and address of .the person, firm or corporation
by whom employed and the names of the corporate officers
thereof;
(3) The length of service of each solicitor with such
employer;
(4) The place of residence and nature of the employment
of the solicitor with such employer during the last preceding
year;
(5) The nature or character of the goods, wares, merchandise
or services to be offered by the solicitor;
(6) A personal description of the solicitor;
(7) A statement as to any convictions of any crimes,
misdemeanors, violations of municipal ordinances, the date,
the nature of the offense and the penalty assessed thereof;
(8) Bank reference for the company.
Such application shall be accompanied by such credentials
and other evidence of good moral character and identity of
each solicitor as may be reasonably required by the city
clerk.
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Section 8. That Section 5.08.050 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
5.08.050 LICENSE FEES. The license fee for solicitors
hereunder shall be as follows:
For each application fifty dollars for each calendar
year or fraction thereof payable in advance.
Fees and invesitgations as used in this section refer
solely to individuals and not to firms.
Section 9. That Chapter 5.12 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same'.is.hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to
be known and designated as Section 5.12.060 and which shall read as
follows:
5.12.060 LICENSE FEE. The license for each pawnbroker
and second-hand dealer shall be one hundred dollars per
year, plus the.square footage charges and outside area
charges as set forth in Chapter 5.04 of the Pasco
Municipal Code..
Section 10. That Section 5.16.040 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
5.16.040 LICENSE FEE. Every circus, carnival, amusement
ride, street show or show commonly classed as a carnival
shall pay a maximum license fee of seventy-five dollars
per day for each and every day the same shall perform within
the city, or ten dollars a day for each major ride (defined
as a ride for which the charge is over twenty-five cents),
each game of skill and each side show; further, a charge
of five dollars per day for each minor ride (defined as -a
ride for which the charge of twenty-five cents or under),
each food booth, and each merchandise booth or concession,
and in addition thereto, shall pay the regular admission
tax on all admission tickets or admissions for which a charge
is made except as set out in Section 5.16.030. The license
fee is paid in advance for each day said show or carnival
proposes to show within the city.
Section 11. That Section 5.16.050 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
5.16.050 INSURANCE. Before any license shall be granted
the applicant must present a certified copy of his insurance
policy.
Section 12. That Section 5.28.050 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
5.28.050 FEE.FOR PERMIT. The fee for each permit, including
renewal permits, shall be twenty-five dollars, except
temporary permits shall be ten dollars, -which shall be paid
to the city. Upon receipt of the fee, the city shall notify
the local health officer that the fee has been paid. No
permit shall be issued until the fee provided herein has
been paid.
Section 13. That Section 5.44.020 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
5.44.020 LICENSE - FEE - TRANSFER. The city council is
empowered to issue licenses for the operation of taxicabs
as hereinafter provided.
Each operator shall be required to pay a license fee at
the rate of seventy-five dollars for each calendar year or
part thereof for each taxicab operated'. For each such license
fee paid the city shall issue a license which shall be
exhibited in a prominent place on the taxicab for which it
is issued. A record of licenses issued to operators for
taxicabs shall be maintained by the city clerk. Such license
shall bear a serial number and a brief description of the
taxicab licenses, the.name and address of operator, the name
and address of person holding title to such taxicab if not
the operator, and the state license or certificate number
thereof. All taxicab licenses issued under the provisions
of this section shall expire December 31st of the year in
which issued and no fractional licenses will be issued.
No such license shall be transferred from one operator to
another operator except as hereinafter provided in this
section, but such license may be transferred from one
taxicab to another taxicab upon application to the city clerk.
The fee for granting such transfer shall be two dollars,
which fee shall accompany the application. The city clerk
shall observe the same procedure in the transfer of license
from one taxicab to another taxicab as is herein provided for
the issuance of the original license.
Before any operator's license is issued, the applicant
shall make a full statement of the ownership of the taxicab
business, which ownership shall be considered as continuing
until and unless original applicant files with the city clerk
statement showing any change or part change in ownership and
the extent thereof, together with name of individual,firm,
copartnership, association, or corporation acquiring such
interest. No fee shall be required for change of ownership
and the new owner shall be considered the original applicant
and operator.
Section 14. That Section 5.44.070 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
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5.44.070 PERMIT REQUIRED - QUALIFICATIONS - FEE. Before
a driver shall drive a taxicab in the city, he shall make
application to the city for a permit; a fee of twenty-five
dollars shall accompany such application. To be eligible
for such permit, applicant must submit to being fingerprinted,
photographed and intereviewed under direction of a chief of
police, must furnish a statement by a licensed physician
showing applicant to be free of any communicable disease,
and that he has no physical defects that would render him
unsafe to operate a taxicab.
The applicant must possess a valid state driver's license
and the chief of police may also require applicant to be
tested as to his ability to drive a taxicab.
When applicant has complied with conditions set forth.in
this section, a permit shall be issued by the city which shall
expire one year from date of issue. The permit may be renewed
upon payment of the annual permit fee of ten dollars, subject
to approval of the chief of police.
Upon issuance of a permit by the city, the chief of police
shall cause to be issued to driver a card bearing name,
description and photograph of applicant, which card shall be
displayed in taxicab at all times in such a manner as to be
visible to the occupants thereof.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit
an operator from acting as a driver, but in such case the
operator will be subject to and must comply with all
provisions of this chapter pertaining to a driver.
Section 15. That Section 5.48.060 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
5.48.060 LICENSE FEES. The license fee for security
police agency, merchant patrol agency, private detective
agency, security police officer, merchant patrol officer
and private detective shall be and are fixed in the amounts
shown in the following schedule, and shall be payable annually
in advance. The license fee for any agency will permit one
owner of that agency to be issued a permit card.
Any person.or agency involved in security police, merchant
patrol and private detective business shall only be required
to pay the license fee for one business; such person or agency
must, however, declare which permitted activities the agency
will perform.
Security
police agency
$100.,00
per
year
Merchant
patrol agency
'$10'0.'00
per
year
Private
detective agency
$100.'00
per
year
Merchant
patrol officer
25.00
per
year
Security
police officer
$, 2'5'.'00
per
year
Private
detective
$ 25.00
per
year
Security police officer, merchant patrol office and
private detective licenses will only be issued to bona
fide employees of a security police, merchant patrol or
private detective agency. Such license will not be
transferable from one agency to another without the express
written consent of the original agency of issue.
Section 16. That Section 5.60.120 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
5.60.120 FEES. The fee for a public massage parlor license
is fixed at fifty dollars per year, and the fee for a public
bathhouse license is hereby fixed at fifty dollars per year.
An additional nonrefundable application fee of twenty-five
dollars shall accompany each application for such a license.
The fee for a license as a masseur, masseuse, public
massage parlor attendant, or a public bathhouse attendant
is fixed at ten dollars.
The city clerk shall issue a student permit to any student
who is enrolled in a state licensed school of massage. Fee
for student permit shall be ten dollars and shall be good for
six months from date of issuance. Students shall not be
allowed to charge for services rendered until they have a
certificate of graduation.
Section 17. That Section 5.64.010 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
5.64.010 ARCADE - LICENSE FEE REQUIRED. All arcades and
similar places shall pay an annual (calendar year) license
fee of one hundred fifty dollars. An arcade is defined as
any establishment or part thereof that sells or displays
material or devices dealing with sexual activity.
Section 18. That Section 5.64.030 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby repealed.
Section 19. That Section 19.12.030 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
19.12.030 FEE FOR LICENSE - TRANSFERABILITY - RENEWAL. The
application for such business license, or renewal thereof,
shall be accompanied by an inspection fee of twenty dollars
which shall be retained by the city, and at the same time
the applicant shall deposit with the city clerk a fee for such
business license in the amount of twenty five dollars, plus
three dollars per unit.
If application for a license or the renewal thereof is
rejected, the license fee shall be returned. Application
for a business license must be made within thirty days of
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the renewal date. The business license shall be displayed
in the mobile home park or recreational vehicle park office
along with the health department permit and certificate of
occupancy. The aforesaid business license is not
transferable. A new business license shall be applied
for thirty days before any change in fee ownership of the
land or license or lessee of the mobile home or recreational
vehicle park if he is other than the fee owner.
Section 20. The rates,mentioned'in-the:..above ordinance will
exp ire-_on..December_ 31, 1978.. At that time; the 19:7:7 .business:.license
-ra:tbs:--wiII.".be":-.rdin' stat ed. :. .
Section 21. That the effective date of this Ordinance shall
be January 1, 1978.
PASSED by the City Counc
1977.
4EAT
e ls, Deputy City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM•
Michael E. Cooper, Citf Attorney
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it this 5 day of December
JW Tidrick, Mayor
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r ORDINANCE NO. 2009
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,K AN ORDINANCE relatingto business license rates, extending the '.,.
rates in effect for the year 1978 from January 1, `:>:* rx;t,".;);r•
1979,until December 31, 1979, and providing for the•,,.�,•�`
automatic expiration of the rates prescribed in
°. Ordinance No. 1907 and the reinstatement of the 1977
rates on January 1, 1980, by amending Section 20 of
Ordinance No. 1907 and by further enactments.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 20 of Ordinance No. 1907 be. and�.the
same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 20. The rates mentioned in this Ordinance No.
1907 shall expire on December 31, 1979. Upon such
expiration,'the 1977 business license rates will be
reinstated.
Section 2. That the city clerk -is hereby directed to attach..:
a copy of this amendatory ordinance to the recorded Ordinance No.:•`'" `:.;,
1907 in addition to recording this separate amendatory ordinance..
Section 3. That the effective date of this ordinance shall be
January 1, 1979.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco this 4 day
of December 1978.
Chet Bailie, Mayor .,•� ,
ATT
velyn Wells, Deputy City Clerk
APP, OVED AS TO FORM -
Dennis J. De F lice,' City -Attorney
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r ORDINANCE NO. 2009
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,K AN ORDINANCE relatingto business license rates, extending the '.,.
rates in effect for the year 1978 from January 1, `:>:* rx;t,".;);r•
1979,until December 31, 1979, and providing for the•,,.�,•�`
automatic expiration of the rates prescribed in
°. Ordinance No. 1907 and the reinstatement of the 1977
rates on January 1, 1980, by amending Section 20 of
Ordinance No. 1907 and by further enactments.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 20 of Ordinance No. 1907 be. and�.the
same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 20. The rates mentioned in this Ordinance No.
1907 shall expire on December 31, 1979. Upon such
expiration,'the 1977 business license rates will be
reinstated.
Section 2. That the city clerk -is hereby directed to attach..:
a copy of this amendatory ordinance to the recorded Ordinance No.:•`'" `:.;,
1907 in addition to recording this separate amendatory ordinance..
Section 3. That the effective date of this ordinance shall be
January 1, 1979.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco this 4 day
of December 1978.
Chet Bailie, Mayor .,•� ,
ATT
velyn Wells, Deputy City Clerk
APP, OVED AS TO FORM -
Dennis J. De F lice,' City -Attorney
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