1920 (#649-660) - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

322 I$ OO,OO0 and less than ~400,000, $1g. OO per quarter 400,000 and less than $600,0OO $24.00 per quarter 600,O00 and less than SgOO, O00 $30,00 per quarter 800,000 and less thmn $1,000,000 $36.00 per quarter ~l,O00,O00 and over, $42.00 per quarter. or csrryingon two or the same management, the highest license In thc event that any person, firm or 0orp0ration is 0ondu0ting managing more Ousinesses licensed Oy this ordinance at thc same location and under the license tax to be paid Oy such person, firm or corporation shall be tax herein provided for, for only one of such businesses; provided however, in such cases where the license ~ax on one or more of such businesses is based upon the gross annual receipts of such business ~d the license tax is one or more of such Ousinesses is fixed at a definite ~mount, then the license tax shall be paid according to the provisions of this ordinance providing for a license tax based upon such gross annual receipts, and the receipts of the business or businesses upon which the license tax is fixed at a definite amount shall be included in the gross annual receipts for the business or businesses/upon which the license tax is based upon the gross annual receipts of such business or businesses, unless the tax upon any one of such businesses be greater in amount than the license tax of the business or,businesses upon which the license tax is based upon the gross annual receipts of such businesses, and in that event, the license tax paid shall be thehighest license tax upon any cna of such businesses upon which the license tax is fixed at a definite amount; provided further thai in such cases where the license tax upon two or more of such businesses, are based upon the gross annual re- ceipts of such business, then separate licenses shall be issued for each such business, and the license tax paid upon each of such businesses in accordance with the amount of gross annual receipts of each such business. In any event an~ person, firm or corporation, conducting any business licensed under the terms of this ordinance providing lot the nayment of a license tax based upon volume of business, n~nber of persons employed, number of vehicles used, or other bases shall make and file the verified statements herein, provided for except as otherwise ~rovided for herein. Section 94. Every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or carrying on any business, of any kind in said City and employing vehicles, automoOiles or motor vehicles in the conduct of such business shall pay a license of $6.00 ps2 quarter for each such vehicle, auto- mobile, or motor vehicle used in such business within the corporate limits of said City, pro- vided, however, this section will not arply to any Watson, firm, or corporation holding a license for any such ~usiness under any other pNovision of this ordinance. Section 95. Nothing in this ordinance contained shall be deemed or construed as applying to any person, firm or c~rporation con,~ucting, managing or carz'ying on, or engaged in any ouainess, or occupation exempt from taxation by municipal corporations, ~y virtue of theconstitution and laws of this State or of the United States. Section 96. That the provisions of this ordinance shall not De deemed or construed to re- quire She payment of a license to conduct manage, or carry on any business, occupation or activity or require the payment of any license from any institution or organimation, which is conducted, managed, or carried on wholly for the benefit of charitable purposes and f~om which profit is not derived, either directly or indirectly by any individual, firm or corporation; nor shall any license be required for the conducting of any entertainment, concert, exhibition or lecture on scientific, historical, literary, religious, nor ~oral subjects, whenever the receipts of any such entertainment, concert, exhibition or lecture are to be a~propriated to any' church or school or to any religious or benevolent purpose within the City Of Santa Ana. Section 97. That any person, firm or corpgrati~n violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punish- able by a fine of ~ot more than three hundred dollars ($300) or by imprisonment for a p~riod of not more than three (3) months, or ~y both such fine and imprisonment. Section 98. The granting of a license fo~ carrying on any business, show, exhibition, or game, as provided for in this ordinance, shall not ~e deemed a permit to conduct the same in an unlawful manner or at a place prohibited by law, or the ordinances of the City of Santa ina. Section 99. If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause of phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the re~aining portions of the ordinance. The Council of the City of Smnta Aha hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each section, sub-section, sentence, clause and rhrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, sub- sections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional. This Ordinance shall take effect and bc inforc~ from and after January l, 1921. All Ordinances in conflict therewith are hereby repealed. The City Cler~ shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the S~TA AMA DAILY _~ REGISTER, a daily newspaper printed, p~olished and circulated in the City of. Santa Aha, end hereby designated for that pur- pose. ! hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted, by the President of the Board of Trustees of the City of $~ta Ana, aS its regular meeting thereof, held on the 30th day of November, 1920. AYES: Trustee Tubbs, Chapman, Dale, Greenleaf and Nitchell. NOE~: Trustees None. AB~FNT: Trustees None. The foregoing Ordinance is hereby approved this 3Otb day of ~.ovember, 1920 Pres o f Trustees of the ~City of Santa Ana, C~_lifornia.