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<br />428 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NS-2133 <br />PAGE 20 <br /> <br />the amount of their tax upon a rate of fifty cents ($0.50) per <br />every thousand dollars of their attributable gross receipts, <br />to which no basic tax rate amount shall be added, but for <br />which a two-hundred-dollar-annual deposit shall be ,required to <br />offset any tax due should applicant cease operation before the <br />expiration of the license term. Provided further that all such <br />businesses who so elect shall pay in advance an amount <br />therefor as set forth in (b) below. Said deposit to be applied <br />as a credit or to be taken as a refund in the same manner as <br />is set forth in section 117 [section 21-117], subsection (c). <br /> <br />(b) All new businesses located elsewhere, but transacting <br />and carrying on business in the city for whom gross receipts <br />are made the basis for fixing the amount of such license, <br />shall have the option of basing their tax upon attributable <br />gross receipts in a manner similar to that of all other <br />similarly classified businesses for whom gross receipts are <br />made the basis for fixing the amount of their license, or <br />paying an annual flat rate feeof two hundred dollars <br />($200.00). Except, however, that where the applicant elects to <br />choose attributable gross receipts as the basis for fixing the <br />amount of applicant's fee, an annual deposit of two hundred <br />dollars ($200.00) shall be required to offset any tax due <br />should applicant cease business before the expiration of the <br />license term. Provided further that all such new businesses <br />howsoever they elect shall pay in advance an amount equal to <br />one-quarter ( 1/4) of the annual amount therefor for each <br />quarter and fraction of a quarter remaining during the period <br />for which the new license is issued. Said deposit to be <br />applied as a credit, or to be taken as a refund in the same <br />manner as is set forth in section 21-117, subsection (c). <br /> <br />(c) Unless an adjustment of exemption is obtained <br />pursuant to this chapter, the minimum tax pursuant to this <br />section shall be ten dollars ($10.00) per year. <br /> <br />SECTION 5A: If Ordinance No. NS-2131, pertaining to the <br />Business License Tax, has been adopted prior to the adoption of <br />this ordinance or is adopted on the same day that this ordinance is <br />adopted, that section 21-120p of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is <br />amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 21-120p. Pawnbrokers, peddlers, <br />services, pushcarts. <br /> <br />professional <br /> <br />(1) PAWNBROKERS. . . . <br /> <br />400.00 A <br /> <br />(2) PEDDLER, per peddler as principal <br />or . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />100.00 A <br />10.00 D <br /> <br />(3) PEDDLER, per peddler as independent <br /> <br />20 <br />