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Home My Public Portal AboutOrd. 0886ORDINANCF. N0. 886 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD AMENDING THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF THE LYNWOOD CITY CODE: SECTIONS 20.53 ~INCREASING JANITORIAL SERVICE FEE), 20.67 (INCREASING FEE-NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES), 20.81 (b) (INCP~EASING FEE CIGARETTE VENDING MACHINES), 20.2 (ADDIDIG REVIEW BOARD) AND AMENDING CHAPTER XX OF THE LYNWOOD CITY CODE BY ADDING THE FOLLOWING NEW SECTIOAiS 20.28-1 (LICENSING OF APARTDZENT HOUSES), 20.50-1 (ESTABLISHING THE LICENSE FEE FOR APARTMENT HOUSES), 20.54-1 (LICENSING NON- STATE LICENSED CRAFTSMAN) AND 20.56-1 (LICENSING PROFESSIONAL TYPE BUSINESSES AND BUSINESSES AS A CLASS) AND 20.28-2 (ESTABLISHING FEES FOR PROFESSIONS, ETC.) AND 20.81-3 ~CURB NUMBERING). The City Council of the City of Lynwood, California, does hereby ordain as follows: Section l. Section 20.53 of the Lynwood City Code (Cleaning buildings, rooms, etc.) is amended to read as follows: "The license fee shall be fifteen dollars per year for every person managing, conducting or carrying on the business of cleaning buildings, rooms, furnishings, windows or any cleaning service for hire except domestic help." Section 2. Section 20.67 of the Lynwood City Code (license fee based on number of employees) is amended to read as follows: "Every person managing, conducting or carrying on any manu£acturing retailing, wholesaling business, er any business at a fixed location as an established or permanent business, and unless otherwise specifically covered in this chapter, shall pay a fee based upon the number of persons employed at the business. The number of persons employed shall be construed to include allowners, -1- part owners, officers, part time employees, agents, solicitors, peddlers and regular employees. The license fee shall be based upon a six month average of the number employed, as follows: "One employee, twenty dollars per year. "Two employees, twenty-five dollars per year. "Three employees, thirty dollars per year. "Four employees, thirty-five dollars per year. "Five to seven employees, forty dollars per year. "Eight to twelve employees, fifty dollars per year. "Thirteen to twenty employees, seventy-five dollars per year. "Twenty-one to thirty employees, one hundred dollars per year. "Thirty-one to fifty employees, one hundred fifty dollars per year. "More than fifty employees,two hundred dollars per year." Section 3. Section 20.81(b) of the Lynwood City Code (Cigarette vending machines) is amended to read as follows: "For cigarette vending machines, seven dollars and fifty cents per year for each machine. In addition to the payment of the required license fee, the following provision shall prevail with respect to all such vending machines: "1. Such cigarette vending machines shall be inside a building, or business establishment." Section 4. Chapter XX of the Lynwood City Code is amended to add Section 20.28-1 thereto as follows: "Apartment Houses, Four units or more; License Required. Every owner, lessee, proprietor or operator who rents or leases, or offers to rent or lease multiple dwellings consisting of four or more dwelling units located on a lot or parcel of land, including, but not limited to every owner, lessee, proprietor or operator of an apartment house, condominium, group houses or bungalow courts consisting of four or more dwellin~ units, shall be required to secure a license therefor." -2- Section 5. Chapter XX of the Lynwood City Code is amended to add Section 20.50-1 thereto as follows: "Apartment houses, etc. The license fees for the types of dwelling units described in Section 20.28-2 shall be as £ollows: "1. Four units through nine units located on a lot or parcel of land, twenty dollars per year. "2. Ten units or more located on a lot or parcel of 1and, one dollar and fifty cents per unit per year additional,beginning with the tenth unit." Section 6. Chapter XX of the Lynwood City Code is amended to add Section 20.54-1 as follows: "Craftsmen, Non-state Licensed; License Required; Fee. All craftsmen who are not required by State Law to have a State Contractor's license shall be required to secure a separate license for each craft that they practice and the license fee therefor shall be fifteen dollars per year." Section 7. Chapter XX of the Lynwood City Code is amended to add Section 20.28-2 as follows: "Professional Type Business and Professions; License Required. Every person carrying on a professional type business, or a pro£ession, including but not limited to the professional type business and the professions hereinafter described, shall be required to have a license for said business, type business or profession: Architects Attorneys Certified Public Accountants Chiropractors Dentists Engineers (all types) Funeral Directors and Morticians Ophthalmologists and Oculists Optometrists Osteopaths Physicians and Surgeons Podiatrists Psychiatrists Psycologists Public Accountants Veterinarians -3- Section 8. Chapter XX of the Lynwood City Code is amended to add Section 20.56-1 as follows: "Professional Type Business and Profession. The annual license fee shall be as follows: "l. Twenty dollars for a single member. "2. If a partnership: Twenty dollars for one partner and fifteen dollars for each additional partner. "3• If a professional corporation: Twenty dollars for one shareholder and fifteen dollars for each additional shareholder. "4. Four dollars each for the first four employees, excluding the members or shareholders, and two dollars each for employees (excluding members and shareholders) in excess of four." Section g. Section 20.2 of the Lynwood City Code is amended to read as follows: "License Required -- Generally -- Review Board. "l. It shall be unlawful for any person to commence or carry on any business, trade, profession or occupation within the city without first having procured a license from the city to do so or without complying with all applicable provisions of this chapter. "2. There shall be a Review Board consisting of the License Collector, the City Manager and the City Attorney who shall review all license classifications as the need shall arise. "(a) A majority of the Review Board shall constitute a quorum. The decision of the board shall be by a vote of the majority of those present at a meeting and voting. "(b) In the event a classification shall be disputed by an applicant, the City Manager shall fix a time and place for an administrative hearing. The City Clerk shall give notice of said hearing to the applicant by depositing in the United States mail, postage prepaid at least five days before the date set for the hearing. The notice shall be caused to be mailed as certified or registered matter, and shall be addressed to the applicant at the -4- address contained in his application or delivered to him personally. Said notice shall contain the following: (1) The time and place of said hearing, (2) a direction to the applicant that he may appear at said hearing and offer any testimony or other evidence relevant to the issues at said hearing he may desire. The Review Board shall read and consider the report of the License Collector and hear and consider all relevant and competent evidence presented by the applicant. The decision of the Reveiw Board shall be final except that the applicant may appeal the decision of the Review Board to the City Council by filing a written notice of appeal with the City Clerk within five days from the date that the Review Board has rendered its decision and applicant has received written notice thereof by registered or certified mail addressed to the address contained in his application or delivered to him personally. If such an appeal is filed in accordance with this paragraph, the City Council shall at its next regularly scheduled meeting set down the appeal for a public hearing not less than forty days from the date of said meetin~. The applicant shall be notified of said public hearing in the same manner as required for notice of hearing before the Review Board. The action of the City Council shall be final." Section 10. Chapter XX of the Lynwood City Code is amended to add Section 20.81-3 as follows: "Curb Numbering. The license fee for each person, firm, or corporation carrying on or conducting the business of curb numbering shall be fifteen dollars per year. Approval of the City Engineer/Public Works Director shall be a condition precedent to the issuance of a business license." Section 11. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause the same to be published in the Lynwood Press, a newspaper printed, published, and circulated in the City of Lynwood. -5- First read at a regular rneeting of the City Council of said City held on the l~th day of Nove mber, 1970, and finally adopted and ordered published at a regular meeting of said Council held on the lst day of December, 1970, by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Liewer, Siokos, Stevens Noes: Councilmen ~'one. Absent: Councilmen None ..~ '~-l-~`~---`~c- ..e.,~.:,-,;~4L~ Mayor o the City of Lynwood ATTEST: ~ ~" ' City C1erk, City of Lynwood S'PATE OF ~ALIFORNIA ) . ss. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES j I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynw;od, ard ex-officio clerk of the Council of said city, de h~reby certify that the above is a true and cox°~~c,~ copy of" Ordinance No. 88( adopted by the City i~ouncil ci' the City of Lynwocd, and that same was passed or. the 3a~,e and by the vote therein stated. ~ Dated this 2nd day of December , 19~. k~~~ ~~~~~~ I~, CITY F LYNWOOD