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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 0073�� . ORDINANCE IiO. 73 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA, LICENSING. AND REGULATING VARIOUS BUSINESSES'IN THE SAID CITY OF LYN OOD: PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND REPEALING ORDINANCES NO'S. 21, 23, 40 and 58. The Board of Trustees of the City of Lynwood does ordain as follows: Section l.. It'shall be unlawful for any person to engage in, any business in the City of Lynwood, without first obtaining a license so to.do from the City of,Lynwood; unless such business is exempt from license. Section 2. A business shall be construed as meaning any transaction in which money or any other consideration is used. Section 3. It shall be necessary obtain a license even though conducted in conjunction with another place of business in the'City of Lynwood. Section 4. It shall be the duty of the'City Clerk to prepare all license blanks and deliver same to the City bIarshall who shall act as license collector and'make' return to - the City Clerk at - least once each week. Section 5: It shall be the duty of every person licensed by the City of Lynwood to exhibit same upon demand of any officer of the said City of Lynwood. Section 6. All honorable discharged soldiers, sailors and marines of the United States are exempt from license under this Ordinance when engaged in the business of peddling or soliciting,, Section 7. Every person who agrees, or'undertakes to perform any act, or service, for —hick 'c receives a stipulated sum as compensation, shall be deemed to come within'the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 8. The word person whenever used in -this Ordinance shall be deemed to mean any person, firm, association or, corporation doing any business in the City of.Lynwood. Section 9. Every person engaged in any business in the City of Lynwood, unless otherwise mentioned in this Ordinance, or exempt therefrom, shall pay a license fee of Twelve (12) Dollars annually, payable semi- annually in advance. Section 10. Every person engaged in the business,'whether wholly or in part in the City of Lynwood, of a, plumbing contractor or the business of contracting for the installation of electrical wiring in said'City of Lynwood, shall pay a license fee of $48.00 annually, payable quarterly in advance. • Section lo-". The.license fees t"o,be paid under, Zec`tion'9 { shall be paid semi - annually in advance, and the semi- annual.periods shall begin with January first and: July first, of each yea'r.,; Any person. obtaining first license After the beginning of a,semi - annual period may have the license fee .pro- `rated to the:neares.t., quarter, provided the next semi- annual fee be paid,at the Same time, So far as Plumbers and. those doing electric wiring the a. placing of electric fixtures under this Ordinance are concerned,` the following procedure shall " apply ' The license fee of" Y: shall be paid, quarterly in advance,. The beginning of the, quarterly ., periods shall be January first, April first, July first October- first of:each year. Any person or firm obtaining first license after. the beginning of.a ggarterly.period may have the fee for same.;pro- rated nearest ,month, providing the next quarterly- fee is paid at the same- time, S "ection,_1l. No person -:shall engage in plumbing. or electrical work °in connection with the construction of any building or structure, in 'the City`of Lynwood, whether wholly or in ".part in said. City, unless licensed so to "do by the.City of Lynwood. This vision shall also apply to owners who do their o- +n plumbing "or , . electrical wiring or electrical iistallatioi?s- and where'an.un -, licensed owner employs other persons to do such plumbing or electrical work, the person so employed shall be licensed :so to do by „the City of Lynwood, but the above provisions shall not„ apply to persons working under the direct supervision of a li - censed contractor or a licensed owner who is licensed by the City -of - Lyniaood,- The -- installation of plumbing or° electrical wiring. - - or fixtures shall considered as 'embraced. within. the provisions. of Section 10 This license is.entirPly separate from the state license to '66. sanitary plumbing V7,' rk, Section 112, All persons, firms'or'Corporation,�making application for a plumbing .or, electric license, shall have a Bond. r executed- to. theCity of Lynwood, with two or more sufficient sureties' or by a 'surety company authorized so to do, or.by a corporation or a association having authority to act in'such,.. capacity. In form said Bond'-mast be joint and. several and in -the sum df One Thousand (.1,000,00) Dollars and said 'Bond must be conditioned that the whole or any part of said One,Thousana� ' ($61,000,00) Dollars shall be paid” to any•person. who has suffered •' damage by reason of the violation of any of the provisions of the plumbing or Electric Ordinance or. any amendment thereto., Section 12, Every person engaged in the business.of con - ducting a circus,.or other public exhibition,,shall pay "a license _- fee �bf'Five (5.) Dollars, per :day for every 500 seats, s:eating". capacity, or less. Section 13, Every, person who conducts an amusement.of what- soever nature, not otherwise mentioned in this Ordinance, shall pay a license fee of Two (2) Dollars per day," Section "14. Every person:engaged in the business of auctioneer, shall pay a.- license fee of Five (5)-Dollars per day; Section 15,; Every person engaged in the business of dis tributing advertising in the City of "Lynwood, shall pay a"license -fee of One (1) Dollar. per day. Section 16, All churches,•and.charitable.and benevolent institutions are exempt from license in the City of Lynwood, .Section '162. All license fees shall be due and payable to the City Marshall on or before the first day of the quarterly or semi - annuall period following expiration of license and such license fee shall be declared delinquent fifteen days after said license fee becomes due, at which time a penalty of ten per cent of said fee shall be added and further that,after.a period of, thirty days from date of expiration of license, such person shall be liable to the penalty given in Section 17 of this Ordinance. .Section 17. Any person, violating any of the provisions, of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by A fine of not more than Fifty (50) Dollars, or by imprisonment in the County or City jail for a period of not more than Fifty (50) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 18, Every person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day in which a violation of this Ordinance is committed. Section 19. Ordinances No's 21 23, 40 and 58, and all other Ordinances or portions of Ordinances of the City of Lynwood in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 20, The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published once in the Lynwood Tribune. Adopted this 13th day of October, 1926, ATTEST: C. E. Greenamyer President of the Board of Trustees, City of Lynwood. C. L. Stoddard City Clerk. CERTIFICATION I, C. L. Stoddard, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood and ex -' officio Clerk of the Board of Trustees of said City, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 73 of the City of Lynwood, was introduced and read three times and finally passed at a regular meeting of said Board, held on the 13th day of October, 1926. AYES: Trustees Tweedy, Skelton, Rice, Murray, Greenamyer NOES: None ABSENT: None C. L. Stoddard Clerk, city of Lynwood,.