HomeMy Public PortalAbout1983_07_27_O028The Town of Leesburg in Virginia
PRESENTED July 27, 1983
ORDINANCE NO. 83-0-28
ADOPTED July 27~ 1983
AN ORDINANCE: ADDING SECTION 17-68 AND AMENDING SECTIONS 17-75 AND 12-33 OF THE
TOWN CODE RE PEDDLERS, ITINERANT VENDORS, RETAIL MERCHANTS AND FEES
ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. The Town Code is amended by adding a new section, 'to be num-
bered Section 17-68, Peddlers and Itinerant Vendors, to read as follows:
Sec. 17-68. Peddlers and itinerant vendors.
Every person conducting, operating or engaging in the business of
itinerant merchant or peddler shall pay an annual license tax of
$50.00. An itinerant vendor is defined as a person~ firm or cor-
poration who engages in any temporary or transient business~ either
within the town or passing through town~ who for the purpose of carry-
ing on such business shall hire~ lease, use or occupy any building or
structure or any street~ alley or other public place within the town
for a period of less than one year.
A peddler is defined as any person who shall carry from place to place
any goods~ wares or merchandise and offer to sell or barter the same~
or actually sell or barter the same.
SECTION II. Section 17-75 of the Town Code is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 17-75. Retail merchants.
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a~e-,eee&ved-by-~he-m~m&e~pa&~yv~very person conducting, operating
or engaging, as a retail merchant, in any of the following businesses,
trades or occupations in the municipality shall pay, with a minimum of
$20.00, an annual license tax equal to 0.1 percent of his gross re-
ceipts in such business, trade or occupation for the preceding cal-
endar year:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
Aircraft or aircraft parts.
Antiques.
Automobile, accessory, tire, battery.
Auto sales, motor vehicle dealers.
Bakeries, caterers.
Reserved.
Bicycles.
Boats, motors.
Books, stationery.
Building materials.
Candy, nut store.
Cigar, tobacco stands, newsstands.
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
(17)
(18)
(19)
(20)
(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
<26)
(27)
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
(33)
(34)
(35)
(36)
(37)
(38)
(39)
(4o)
(41)
(42)
Cleaning equipment, supplies.
Clothing, any and all.
Confectionery.
Custom tailor.
Dairy products.
Delicatessen.
Department stores.
Drapery, custom upholstery.
Drugstores.
Dry goods stores.
Eggs, poultry.
Export and import firms.
Farm equipment.
Filling stations.
Fish, seafood market.
Floor covering.
Florists.
Fruit stores, vegetable markets.
Fuel.
Furniture.
Furriers.
~arden supplies.
General stores.
Gift, novelty, souvenir.
Grocery.
Hardware.
Heating, plumbing, electrical equipment.
Hog,grain, feed, seed.
Hosiery.
Ice.
(44) Jewelry.
(45) Livestock dealer.
(46) Luggage.
(47) Lumber goods.
(48) Machinery and equipment.
(49) Meat ~arket.
(50) Men's and boy's clothing.
(51) Millinery.
(52) MotorcyCles.
(53) Musical instruments.
(54) Office, store, appliance supply.
(55) Optical.
(56) Paint, glass, wallpaper.
(57) Pawnbrokers.
(59)
(60)
(61)
(62)
(.63)
(64)
(65)
(66)
(67)
(.68)
(69)
(70)
Photographic, supply, equipment.
Radio or household appliances.
Restaurants.
Scientific, medical supplies.
Secondhand stores, other than junk.
Shoes.
Soda fountain.
Sporting Goods.
Used cars.
Variety stores.
Workmen's clothing.
Other retail stores and retail merchants.
3
lows:
SECTION III. Section 12-33 of the Town Code is amended to read as fol-
Sec. 12-33. Fee.
The fee for a certificate required by this article shall be ~Sv~
$20.00.
SECTION IV. Ail prior ordinances and resolutions in conflict herewith are
repealed.
SECTION V.
PASSED this
This ordinance shall be effective on its passage.
27th day of July , 1983.
Ro6ert ~ ~S~vila~' ~a~or
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
Clerk of ~cil'