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ORDINANCE NC. 618
AN ORDINANCE Ob' THE CITY OF LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA,
PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF BUSINESSES, TRADES,
P'ROF`ESSIONS, AND OCCUPATIOTdS CONDUCTED OR CARRIED
ON WI'PHIN SAID CITY,. REGULATING CERTAIN KINDS
THEREOF; FIXING THE AMOUNTS OF THE RESPECTIVE
LICENSE FEES UPON THE SAME; PROVIDING FOR THE
COLLECTION OF SAID LICENSE FEES; A.ND REPEALING
AL,L OftDINANCESAND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CON-
FLICT THEREWITH,
The City Council of the City of Lynwood, California, does
hereby ordain as follows:
CHAPTER 2
TITLE AND DECLARATION
Section. 1.00. Title. .This ordinance shall be known as
and. may be cited and referred. to as "The Business License Ordinance."
Section 1.01.. Declaration. There is hereby imposed upon
every business, trade, profession, or occupation transacted within
the City of Lynwood as specified in this ordinance, license fees•
in the aanounts hereinafter prescribed.
Section 1.02
License Required. It shall be unlawful for
any person, firm, or corporation, or otherwise,
to commence or carry
on any business, trade, pr°ofession, or oooupation within the City of
Lynwood, without first having procured a license from said City so
to do, or without complying with any and all applicable provisions
of this ordinance.
Section 1.03. License a Debt.
The amount of any license
imposed by this ordinance shall be deemed a debt to the City of
Lynwood, and any person, firm, or corporation carrying on any such
business, trade, profession, or occupation mentioned in this ordinance
without ha.vi.ng a license from said City so to do, shall be liable to
an action iri the name of said City in any court of competent ,,j uris-
diction for the amount of license fee and penalties imposed by this
ordinance; and nothing herein shall prevent a criminal prosecution
of any violation of the provisions of this ordinance:.,°
Section 1.04. Conviction for Violation. 'Phe conviction
and punishment of any person for transacting any business, trade,
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profession, or ocoupation without a license shall not excuse or
exempt such person from the payment of any license due or unpaid
at the time of such oonviction,
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CHAPTER II
DEFINITIONS
Section 2.00. Definitions. For the purpose of this
ordinance, unless it is plainly evident from the context that a
different meaning is intended, certain terms used herein are defined
as follows:
1. Amusement Park. An amusement park shall be and. is
defined as any collection of the following:
a. Ferris wheels
b. Merry-go-rounds.
c. Miniature trains.
d. Ponies.
e. Small autos.
f. Small boats, or any other animal or mechanical rides
and similar concessions and apparata intended for amusement purposes,
2. Bus trip, scheduled, For the purpose of this ordinance
a scheduled trip is defined to mean a complete circuit route within the
city limits of Lynwood or to mean that the scheduled passage of a bus
from one city limit boundary through another city limit boundary shall
constitute a scheduled trip.
3. Business, Established, is any occupation, trade, profession,
calling, or any other commercial enterprise in the City of Lynwood
regularly kept open, with someone in charge thereof, for the transaction
of the particular business engaged in during the hours customary to
transact such business.
4, Carnival, Circus, Rodeo, or Itinerant Show shall be and
is defined as a collection of any shows, acrobatic feats, vaudeville
performances, exhibitions, contests, events, feats of strength,
merchandise booths, games of skill or chance, amusement rides, or other
rides or devices of similar nature.
5.. Contractor. The term contractor for the purpose of this
ordinance is synonymous with the term "builder" and, within the meaning
of this ordinance, a contractor is any person who undertakes to or offers
to undertake to or purports to have the capacity to undertake to or
submit a bid to, or does himself or by or through others, construct,
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alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, move, wreck or demolish
any building, highway, road, railroad, excavation or other structure,
project, development or improvement, or to do any part thereof,
including the erection of scaffolding or other structures or works in
connection therewith.
6. Contractor, General Building, is a person who has an
agreement, written or verbal, expressed or implied, with the owner,
his agent, lessee, or licensee for the construction, alteration,
wrecking, moving, or demolishing of any of the structures or improve-
ments described in the definition of "Contractor" as hereinabove set
forth, as a whole; or to superintend the said work, and wherein there
is required the use of two or more unrelated trades or crafts.
7. Contractor, Electrical; is a contractor whose operations
are the performance of construction work requiring special electrical
skill.
8. Contractor, Plumbing, is a contractor whose operations
are the performance of construction work requiring special plumbing
skill.
9. Contractor, Special,.(sub-contractor) is a contractor
whose operations as such are the performance of construction work
requiring special skill and whose principal contracting business
involves the use of specialized building trades or crafts as specific-
ally classified by the State of California Department of Professional
and Vocatim al Standards, excepting therefrom General Building,
Electrical, and Plumbing Contractors.
10, Peddler. A peddler is defined to be and include every
person not having a fixed place of business in the City of Lynwood, who
travels from house to house or place to place or at or along the
streets of the City of Lynwood who sells or offers for sale any goods,
wares, merchandise, service, or other things of value in his possession.
11. Person, as used in this ordinance includes an individual,
a firm, copartnership, corporation, association, or other organization,
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or any combination of any thereof,
12. Solicitor, A solicitor is defined to be and include every
person, firm, or corporation not having a fixed place of business
within the City of Lynwood, who engages in the business of going house
to house;° place to place, or at or along the streets in the City of
Lynwood and who by appointment, invitation, visitation, or other means
sells or offers to sell or takes orders for goods, wares, merchandise,
or other things of value for future delivery, or for services to be
performed in the future.
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CfIAPTER III
ADS~INIS`T°RATION
Section 3,00. License Collector and Duties. The City
Clerk of the City of Lynwood is hereby designated as the License
Collector cf sa9_d City, and is hereby charged zaith the'duty of
carrying out the provisions and enforcement of this ordinance. All
officers and employees of the City of Lynwoad shall render such
assistance in the enforcement hereof as may be from time to time
required by said License Collector. The License Col.lectory in the
exercise of tree duties imposed upon him hereunder, ox° his duly
authorized deputies, shall have the power and authority to enter
at any reasonable time any place of business required to'be licensed
herein to ascertain whether the provisions of this ordinance have
been complied with, and request exhibition of said license. Any
person who fails to exhibit 'the same upon request shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and subject to the penalties provided for by the
provisions of this ordinance. It shall be the duty of said License
Collector to cause a complaint to be filed against any and all
persons found to be violating any of the provisions of said ordinance.
Section 3.01. Unlawful Business. No license issued under
the previsions of this ordinance shall be construed as authorizing
.the conduct of or continuance of any illegal or unlawful business.
Section 3.02. Indebtedness for Past .Licenses and/or
Retail. City Sales Tax. No liceaise shall be issued for any succeeding
current or unexpired license period knowingly to a.ny person who at
the time of requesting any nevr license is indebted to the City of
Lynwood for any unpaid license fee or for any unpaid retail city
sales tax.
Section 3.03. Statements. No statement or affidavit
filed, as hereinafter required, she'll be conclusive upon the City
or upon any officer thereof as to the matters therein set .forth, and
the same shai.l not pre,j~adice the right of the City of Lynwood to
recover ary a.mo~ant that may be ascertained to be due from such person
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in addition to the amount shown by such statement to be due, in case
such statement should be found to be incorrect. If any person, as may
be hereinafter required to make any such statement or affidavit shall
fail to do so, such person shall be required to pay a license fee at
the maximum rate herein prescribed for the business.
Section 3.04, Prerequisite to Issuance of Business License.
Before any license can be issued by said License Collector to:
1. Commence any business in any structure, a Certificate of
Occupany must be first obtained from the Building Inspector of said
City, as provided in Ordinance No. 5'20, and amendments thereto, or
2, Commence the business of manufacturing, preparing, hawking,
storing, serving, selling, or offering for sale, or giving away, amy
food intended for human consumption, written approval must first be
obtained from the Health Officer of said City, or
3. To perform any contracting service as defined in the
Contractors License Law of the Business and Professions Code, a valid
certificate of registration must be first presented.
Section 3,05. License Fees, How and When Payable, Unless
otherwise specifically provided, all license fees under the provisions
of this ordinance shall be due and payable in advance at the office of
the License Collector, as follows:
1. Annual License. Due on the first day of January of each
year; delinquent on the fifteenth day of February.
2. Semi-annual License
Due on the first day of January and
the first day of July of each year
Delinquent on the fifteenth day of
February and fifteenth day of August of each year.
3. Quarterly License. Due on the first day of January, April,
July, and October. Delinquent on the last day of the first month in
which the quarterly license is due.
4. Monthly License. Due on the first day of each and every
month, Delinquent on the tenth day of the month.
5. Daily License. Due on its effective date. Delinquent on
the following day,
Section 3.06. Penalties, To all delinquent licenses
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there shall be added a penalty of ten per cent (10°0} of the amount
of the license fee due for terse period and shall be collected and the
payment thereof shall be enforced to the same manner as other
licenses are collected and enforced.
No proration of any license fee due herein shall be m;3de
for any poration of the period for which the license is payable,
except on the following basise
7.. I,ic;enses purchased during period of April 1 to
June 30, 3/4 of annual rate;
2. Licenses puroerased during period of July 1 to
September 30, 1/2 of annual rate;
3. Lf.censes purchased during period of October 1 to
December 30, 1/4 of annual rate.
No greater or lesser amount of money shall be charged or
recei~red from any license than is provided in this ordinances and
ne License shall be sold or issued far any period of time other
than is provided for in this ord5.nanee.
Bastion 3.07. Contents of License. Upon the payment of
the prescribed fee, the License Collector shall prepare and issue a
license as provided in this ordinance to every person liable to pay
a license as hereinafter prescribed. Said license shall be prepared
on a pre-numbered form convenient for said use and shall contain the
following informationo
1, Type of business or prof°ession to be licensed,
2. The number of persons employed (where required).
3. 'The license fee for aa3.d business.
4. The period of time covered by said license.
7~ The owner or person con.duoting said. business.
6. Tn.e name of sa3.d business.
7. The address of where said business is conducted.
8. Such other information as may be deemed necessary for
the enforcement of this ordinance.
Section 3.08. Posting and Keeping of License. All licenses
must be kept and posted in the following manners
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1. Any licensee transacting and carrying on a business at
a fixed location in the City of Lynwood shall keep said license posted
in a conspicuous place upon the premises where such business is being
transacted or carried on.
2. Any licensee transacting and carrying on a business, but
not at a fixed location in the City of Lynwood, shall keep the license
upon his person at all times while transacting and carrying on such
business within the City of Lynwood,
3. Any licensee using a vehicle or vehicles in the conduct of
the licensed business shall keep attached to each and every vehicle the
device or sign issued by the License Collector for such vehicle while
transacting and carrying on such business within the City of Lynwood.
Section 3.09. Duplicate License. A duplicate license may be
issued by the License Collector to replace any license previously issued
hereunder which has been lost or destroyed, upon the licensee filing an
affidavit attesting to such fact.
Section 3.10. Exemption from Fees - Constitutional. Nothing
in this ordinance shall be deemed or construed to apply to any person
transacting and carrying on any business exempt by virtue of the Consti-
tution or statutes of the United States or the State of California from
the payment of license fees to municipal corporations.
Section 3.11. Exemption from Fees - Veterans. Every honorably
discharged or honorably relieved member of the Armed Service of the United
States who served in any state of emergency as declared by the President
of the United States, or war as declared by the Congress of the United
States, who is physically unable to obtain a livelihood by manual labor,
and. who is a voter of this State, may distribute circulars, and hawk,
peddle, and vend any goods, wares, or merchandise except spirituous or
other intoxicating liquor, without payment of any license tax or fee what-
soever, and the License Collector shall issue to such veteran, without
cost, a license therefor, provided such veteran exhibits his Honorable
Discharge Certificate and Certificate of Disability issued by the United
States Armed Service.
Section 3.12. Exemption from Fees - Physical Disability.
The City Council may, upon written evidence received from charitable
organizations, License Collector, or other competent source, that
any person by reason of physical infirmity, unavoidable
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misfortune, or unavoidable povertya merits exemption from operation
of any license required by any provision of this ordinance, or by
any ordinance of the City of Lynwoody allow such person an exemption
from the payment of said license fee far the conduct of any one
business licensed by~any provision of this ordinanoe or by any
ordinance of the City of Lynrrrood9 or grant such persona without
cos t9 a license 'to peddle or solicit within the City of Lynwood.
Section 3.1.3 Exemption from Fees _ Charitable Crganizations.
fihe City Council. may, upon written evidence received from
any religious, charitablee fraternal, educational, military, veteran,
or municipal organization or assoCiationn waive the requirement
of a license far the purpose of conducting or staging of any enter-
prise where the receipts derived from the same are to.be used wholly
for the benefit of such organizat~.on or charitable purposes and not
for the purpose of private gain of any one individual. However, in
the event any local organization referred to herein merely sponsors
such enterprise, and when only a percentage of the receipts reoeived
are apportioned to the local organization,-the person Conducting such
enterprise-shall pay a license fee as may be hereinafter presCribFd,
equal to the percentage recel.ved by hi.m for conducting such enterprise.
Section 3.1~+. Exerripti.en from Fees - Interstate Commerce.
Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed a,s imposing a license
fee on or otherwise regulating or restricting foreign or interstate
commerce and .any business or portion :thereof 'which is embraced in
the term '"Interstate Commerce" or "Foreign Commerce."
Every person claiming to be entitled to exemption from the
payment of any license fee upon the ground that such license oasts a
burden upon his rights ,to engage in such interstate Commeroe shall
file a statement with the License Collector, disclosing the interstate
or other Character of his business entitled to such exemption.
If it appears to the satisfaction of the License Collector
that the applicant is entitled to such exemption, the License Collector
shall issues without costs a license therefore.
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Seotion 3,1.5. Exemption - Right to Revoke. At any time
that it sha1.1 appear to the satisfaction of the granting authority
that any of the conditions of this ordinance as meriting exemption
from license requirements do not exist as to any person to whom such
exemption has been allowed9 said granting authority may revoke such
exemption and the license issued thereunder,
Section 316.
Transfer of Location of Same Business. Any
license issued pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance may be
amended to authorize the continuance of the same business at a new
location to which said business is to be relocated, subject to the
obtaining of a Certificate of Occupancy for said new location,
Seotion 3.37. Branch Establishments, A separate license
must be obtained for each branch establishment or sepax°ate place of
business carried on :under the same ownex°skxip. Howevera warehouses
and distributing plants used in conneoti.on with and incidental to a
business licensed under the provisions of this ordinance shall not
be deemed to be a separate place of business or branch establishment.
Section 3,18. Concessions, Every person who operates any
businessp whether upon a, lease, sub-lease, or contract basis as a
concession, or upon rented floor spade in or upon the premises of
any person licensed under any provision of this ordinance, shall be
required to obtain a separate and independent license pursuant to the
appropriate provisions of this ordinance, and shall be subject to all
the provisions of this ordinance.
Seotion 3,19. No License Transferable ,or Refundable. No
license issued. pursuant to this ordinance shall be transferable or
refundable.
Section 3,20. Identification Cards. Every hawker, peddler, or
solicitor who does not have a fixed place of business within the City
of Lynwood and every massage parlox^ operators private detective,
private investigator, private police patrol, and taxi drivers whether
or not having a f°ixed place of business in said city, shall obtain
an identifioat3.on card from the Police Department of said City, which
must be presented to the License Collector before any license can be
issued.
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CHAPTER IV
LICENSE FEES
Section 4.00. Advertising.
1. Advertising by bill posting or signing or other than
permanent billboards, by hanging or otherwise, displaying signs on
posts, buildings, or other structures, $5.00 per day.
2. Advertising by means of distributing handbills, dodgers,
stickers, advertising samples, circulars, booklets, or other notices
of advertisements, $60.00 per year, $20.00 per quarter, or $5.00 per
day, at the option of the licensee.
3. Advertising by means of sound trucks, portable loud
speakers, or sound producing apparatus or equipment, $5.00 per day,
Licenses issued pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to com-
pliance with the requirements of the Traffic Authority.
4. Advertising by means of portable searchlights or are
lights or light producing apparatus or equipment, $50,00 per year to
cover an unlimited number of machines or devices, or $5,00 per day
for each machine or device, at the option of the licensee..
Section 4.01. Amusements.
1. Boxing, wrestling, and similar events. $100.00 per
year for every person, firm, or corporation managing, conducting, or
carrying on any wrestling, boxing, or other similar events,
exhibitions, or shows.
2. Amusement Parks. $100.00 per year for every person,
firm, or corporation managing, conducting, or carrying bn the business
of operating any amusement park.
Section 4,02. Auctioneer, $25,00 per day for every person,
firm, or corporation managing, conducting, or carrying on the business
of an auctioneer for the purpose of selling at auction any real or
personal property, except jewelry, or any person, owner or otherwise,
carrying on an auction wherein any real or personal property is sold.,
except jewelry.
Section 4.03.
Building Maintenance, Cleaning of Buildings.
$10.00 per year for every person, firm, or corporation managing,
conducting, or carrying on the business of cleaning buildings rooms,
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furnishings, windows, or any cleaning service for hire, except domestic
help.
Section 4.04, Coin Operated Machines - License Required,
Every person, firm, or corporation furnishing to established places of
business, or owning or having control over any coin operated machine
whatsoever which is placed for the use of the public, except machines
owned by the owner of the place of business in which said machines are
located, shall be required to secure a license for each of said coin
operated machines as hereinafter required.
1. Amusement Machines. Where an amusement feature is
connected therewith or the operation of said machine tests the skill
of the operator, the owner, lessee, or person in charge thereof shall
pay a license fee as follows:
a. $8.00 per year, or $2.00 per quarter, at the option of
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the licensee, for each machine where the value of the coin inserted is
less than five cents ($0.05);
b. $20.00 per year, or $5.00 per quarter, at the option of
the licensee, for each such machine where the value of the coin inserted
is five cents ($0.05) or greater.
2. Music and/or Juke Boxes. $10.00 per year for each such
master machine, plus $2.00 per year additional for each coin slot, if
any, to which such master machine or device is connected or from which
the same may be operated.
3. Television and Radio Sets. $2.00 per year for each such
television set, radio, or other similar device furnished to or in
individual apartments or living units operated as a single business,
such as motels, hotels, and courts.
4. Vending Machines. Where only merchandise is received
and no amusement feature or device is connected therewith, the owner,
lessee, or person in charge of such machine shall pay a license fee
as follows:
a. Ice Vending Machine, $15.00 per year for each such machine.
b. Cigarette Vending Machine, $5.00 per year for each such
machine.
c. Candy, Weighing, or any other Vending Machine, $2.00
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per year for each such candy, weighing, gum, peanut,popcorn, or any
other machine vending merchandise only.
Seals and Stickers for Coin Operated Machines. Any person,
firm, or corporation liable for a license as hereinabove required
shall file with the License Collector a true and correct list of the
various coin operated machines placed within the City of Lynwood,
giving the exact location and number and type of such coin operated.
machines. It shall be the duty of the License Collector to permanently
affix proper identification stickers to each such machine so licensed.
No license issued for said machines shall be transferable from one
machine to another unless permission to do so has first been obtained
from the License Collector.
Section 4.05. Contractors,
1. Contractor, General. $50.00 per year or $25.00 semi=
annually, at the option of the licensee, for every person, firm, or
corporation conducting, managing, engaged in, or carrying on the
business of General Contracting, whether or not as an established
place of business in the City of Lynwood,
2, Contractor, Electrical. $50.00 per year or $25.00
semi-annually, at the option of the licensee, for every person, firm,
or corporation conducting, managing, engaged in, or carrying on the
business of installing, maintaining, altering, or repairing of
electrical wiring, equipment apparatus, or fixtures, whether or not
as an established place of business in the City of Lynwood.
3. Contractor, Plumbing, $50.00 per year or $25.00 semi-
annually, at the option of the licensee, for every person, firm, or
corporation conducting, managing, engaged in, or carrying on the
business of installing, altering, maintai~ngor repairing of plumbing
and ga.s equipment, pipes, apparatus, or fixtures, whether or not as
an established place of business in the City of Lynwood.
4, Sub-Contractor, $25,00 per year or $12.50 semi-
annually, at the option of the licensee, for every person, firm, or
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corporation conducting, managing, engaged in, or carrying on the
business of sub-contracting, whether or not as an established place
of business in the City of Lynwood. Sub-contracting shall include
installing, altering, maintaining, and/or repairing the following;
Accoustical
Alarm and Time Systems
Awnings
Boilers, Hot Water Heating, Steam Fitting
Cabinet and Mill Work
Carpentry
Cement and Concrete
Electric Signs
Elevator Installation
Excavating, Grading, Trenching, Paving, Surfacing
Fencing
Fire Protection Engineering
Flooring
Glazing
Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning
House and Building Moving ,
Insulation
Landscaping
Lathing
Linoleum
Masonry
Metal Sash and Doors
Ornamental Metals
Painting, Decorating, and Paperhanging
Plastering
Rig Building
Roofing
Sewer, Sewage Disposal, Drain, Cement Pipe Laying
Shades, Venetian Blinds
Sheet Metal
Sign Painting and/or Writing
Soil Tests
Sprinkler Systems
Steel, Reinforcing and Structural
Structural Pest Control
Tile
Waterproofing
Welding
Well Drilling
Wrecking and/or Demolition
Classified Specialists
Section 4.06. Delivery.
1. Delivering Foodstuffs at Wholesale to Established
Businesses. $25.00 per year per vehicle for every person, firm, or
corporation managing, conducting, or carrying on the business of
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delivering from a vehicle any roods or other edibles intended for
use as food for human consumption, exclusively at wholesale, to any
established place of business, for resale to oustomers.or for use
by said established place of business in the conduct of their
businesso
2~ Delivering Other than Foodstuffs at Wholesale to
Established Businesseso $15000 per year per vehicle for every person,
_ firm, o:r corporation managing, oonduoting, or oarrying on the business
of.' deliver'°ing from a vehi.ele any goods, wares, or merchandise, other
than foods or other edibles intended for use as food for human oon-
sumption, exclusively at wholesale to any established plaoe of
business, for resale to oustomers or for use by said established
place of business in the conduct of their businesso
3a Del~.vering Gasoline and Other Petroleum. Prod'xets,
$25x00 per year-per vehicle for every person, firm, or corporation
managing, conduoting, or carrying on the business of delivering,
either a,t wholesale or retail, gasoline, oil, or other petroleum
praducts°
4° Delivering, Towel anal Linen Supplyo $30000 per year
per vehi.ele for every person, firm, or corporation managing, con-
ductj.ng, or carrying on the business of furnishing clean or
laundered linens, towels, aprons, ~aokets, overalls, wiping rags,
or articles of like nature,
5, Delivering, Laundry, $60,00 per year per vehicle for
every persons firm, or corporation managing, conducting, or carrying
on the business of collecting and/or delivering articles to be
laundered at a plant operated by hand, steam, or other motive power.
Where a dry cleaning plant is operated in oonnecti.on with a laundry,
the licensee shall be required to pay the one license fee as herein
statede
6o Delivering, Day-cleaning and IIyeingo $15,00 per year
per vehicle for every person, f3.rm, or corporation oond.ucting,
managing, or carrying on the business o.f oollecting, and/or
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delivering articles to be dry-cleaneda pressedg or dyed,
Section 4.07 Directories - Olassified> X25000 per year
for every persons firma or corporation oonductinga managing, or
carrying on the business of oompiling and publishing cityg business,
or classified directories.
Section X008, Established Place of Business, Every
persons firttn, or oorparation managinge conducting, or carrying on
any manufactttxring° retailingg wholesaling business9 professions or
any business at a fixed location as an established or permanent
business and unless otherwise specifically covered in this ordinance°
shall pay a license fee based upon the number of persons employed at
sa4.d business, ~Yae number of persons employed shall be construed
to inolude all ownersg part ownersn officersn part-time employeesg
agentsy solicitorse peddler°s9 and regular employeesg Said license
fee shall be based upon a s:ix moarth average of the number emp:loyedy
as followse
1 eanployee $15,00 per year
2 employees X20,00 per year
3 or 4 employees $25000 per year
5 to 7 employeesg inolusive X35>00 per year
8 or more employees X50,00 per year
Section ~o09e ~otelsg Hotelsy Rooming HQUSeso For every
person, fir°me or corporation engaged in the business of ~ooommodating
transient patrons by the days weeks or month, the,li~ende~fee shall
be as Poll®ws;
I to 6 unites inclusivea ~1.5~D0 per year
For each additional unit up to and including ~l units,
~1<00 per unit per year
~F2 units or more9 ~50v00 per year,
Section 4~10a Peddlerse
1.o Peddling Foodstuffs at Retail, Every person, firm, or
corporation peddling at retail. any foods or other edibles intended
for use as food. for human consumption shall pay a license fee as
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follows:
a, Bread Wagon, Fish Peddler, Fruit~or Vegetable Wagon,
Grocery Bus, Lunch Wagon, Meat Truck, or any other type of vehicle,
$50.00 per year per vehicle.
b. Handcart or Pushcart, $15.00 per year per handcart or
pushcart.
c. Basket, Tray, or Hand Container, $10.00 per year per
person or $2.50 per day per person, at the option of the licensee,
carrying such basket, tray, or other container carried by hand.
2. Peddling Dairy Products, Ice Cream, Ice, or Bottled
Water at retail. $15.00 per year per vehicle for every person, firm,
or corporation peddling at retail any dairy product, ice cream, ice,
or bottled.
3. Peddling any Goods, Wares, or Merchandise at Retail.
$100.00 per year per person, or $25.00 per quarter per person, or
$5.00 per day per person, at the option of the licensee, for every
person, firm, or corporation peddling at retail any goods,wares, mer-
chandise, or performing any service not otherwise provided for in
this ordinance.
Section 4.11
Personal Finance, Money Lending. $200.00
per year for every person, firm, or corporation conducting, managing,
or carrying on the business of loaning money, advancing credit, or
loaning credit, whether or not security of any kind is taken for
such loan or advance, or purchasing or discounting of any obligation
of money due or to become due, or any evidence of any obligation of
noney due or to become due.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to
apply to any person, firm, or corporation conducting a banking
business under the laws of the State of California, or to any person
having a bond brokeros license.
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Section 412, Eublic Utility Companyo Every persons firm,
or corpox°ation oonducting9 managing, or carrying an a public utility
company business under the provisions of Section 14 of Article XTII
of the Cons titu.tion of the State of California shall pay a license
fee as follows
to $2v00 per year, payable semi-annually for each
regularly week-day scheduled trip far all bus lines that pick up
and discharge passengers on the streets within the City of Lynwood,
as set forth in the official timetable of said bus line,
2a $50.00 per year for all other p'xblic utility companies,
a.s above defined.
Section 4,13. Repair Service - Business Machinese Home
Appliances, $15000 per year for every person, firmv or corporation
managing, conducting, or carrying on the business of repairing or
servicixi pusinesa machines, home appliancese or any other repair
an~ or maintenance service
service/not specifically covered elsewhere in this ordinances and not
having an established place of business in the Gity of Lynwood,
coon 4e1.4. Scissor Grinding, Locksmith Service. $15.00
per year for every persona firm or corporation managing, conducting,
or carrying on the business of grinding or sharpening scissors, knives,
outler°gg lawn mowers, mechanical. tools, locksmith service, er any like
servicep and not having an established place of business in the City
of Lynwood,
Section 4,1.5. Soliciting,
le $100,00 per year per person, or $25x00 per quarter per
persons or $5000 per day per persons at the option of the licensees
for every persona firma or corporation managingg oondu,oting, or
oarrying on the business of sobicitingo
20 Soliciting - Magazine Subsoriptionsa $15.00 per year
per persona or $5000 per quarter per person, at the option of the
licensee, f°or every person, firma or corporation soliciting sub-
scriptions for any book, set of booksa anagazines, newspa.persa or
other literature,
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Section 4.16. Shoe Shine Stands. $4.00 per year for
every person engaged in the business of operating or maintaining a
shoe shine stand or parlor.
Section 4.17. Armored Car Service, Parcel Delivery,
Transfer, Moving, and/or Trucking. $15.00 per year for every person,
firm, or corporation collecting or delivering any money, baggage,
freight, household goods, or other articles of merchandise, building
materials, or other materials not otherwise specifically covered
elsewhere in this ordinance, whether or not such vehicles operate
over a defined or undefined route.
Section 4.18. Taxi Drivers. $2.00 per year for every
person engaged in the occupation, whether as owner or not, or
driving any automobile or taxicab for hire.
Section 4.19. U-Drive Trucks. $10.00 per year per vehicle
or $4.00 per quarter per vehicle, at the option of the licensee, for
every person, firm, or corporation managing or carrying on the
business of renting or leasing trucks, automobiles, or other motor
propelled vehicles which. are to be driven by the person hiring or
renting same.
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CHAPTER V
SPECIA7., PERP9ITS
Section 5~OOo Purposed To protect the peaces health,
or welfare of t:he people of the City of Lynwood, the following types
of businesses enumerated in this chapter shall be sub,~ect to first
obtaining ~'speoia,l permit from the City Council in addition to
the payment of the license fee as hereinafter provided for in this
chapters before commending said businesso
The produrement of a special permit, as may hereinafter
be required, sYxall be a dondition precedent to the issuance of a.
license to do said business
Section 5,01 Applidationo Written application therefor
must be filed with the License Colleotor on forms provided`for said
purpose, accompanied by a filing fee as may be hereinafter required.,
No application shall be considered by the City Council unless the
filing fee has been first paid,
Section 5002, Approvalo The License Collector, upon
receipt of an application for a special permit shall refer said
application to the Chief of Police and/or any other officer oP' the
City of Lynwood for investigation and recommendation, and shall
within 30 days after receipt of an applications submit said appli-
cation to the City Council for its action, 'together with. the recom-
mendations of the Chief of Pol.ic°e and tkxe report of the I,icenae
Colleotor as to whether or not the previsions of this ordinance
or other applicable ordinances have been complied with by the appli-
canto The decision of the City Council in the granting or. denial
of a special permit shall be final and conclusive, and no.sp'ecial
permit as may be hereinafter granted shall be transferablea' Tn the
event .the special permit should be denied by the City Council9 the
filing fee shall not be refunded to the applicants
Section 5003, Licerxse Fees and Regulations,
l Astrologyy Palmistryp et deterao 1,000 per°"year for
every persona firm, or corporation managing, conducting, or e'arrying
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on the business or art of astrology, palmistry, life reading,
fortune telling, clairvoyance, crystal gazing, hypnotism, magic,
or any occult science'or like business, profession, or art, or
who practices or gives an exhibition of same whether for a fee or not.
The application filing fee shall be $50.00.
There shall be no more than 3 of such permits in effect
at any one time.
2. Auto Wrecking Yards. $100.00 per year for every
person, firm, or corporation managing, conducting, or carrying on the
business of an automobile wrecking yard or otherwise dealing in
buying or selling of wrecked or junked automobiles or their parts.
Application filing fee $300.00.
3. Carnival, Circus, Rodeo, or Itinerant Show. $100.00
per day for every person, firm, or corporation managing, conducting,
or carrying on any carnival, circus, rodeo, or itinerant show.
Application filing fee $5,00.
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Similar Nature. $100.00 per month or $25.00 per day, at the option
Closing-Out, Bankrupt, Fire Sales, and Sales of a
of the licensee, for every person, firm, or corporation managing,
conducting, or carrying on any closing out sale, going out of business
sale, bankrupt sale, or any sale of a similar nature where it is
advertised or represented to convey to the public the belief that
the sale will be for the disposal of goods, wares, or merchandise
and the business will cease or discontinue, or to any sale of goods,
wares, or merchandise damaged by fire, smoke, or water.
Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall
not be construed to include any person, firm, or corporation that
has been engaged in business in the City of Lynwood continuously £or
a period of not less than one year and that said closing out,
bankrupt, or similar sale is for the purpose of disposing of his stock
on hand and of closing out his business, or to where goods, wares, or
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merchandise have been actually damaged by fire, smoke, or water
within the City of Lynwood.
The applicant shall, at the time for making such appli-
cation for a special permit, submit a notarized inventory including
date of purchase of the goods, wares, or merchandise to be sold at
said proposed sale. No other articles, other than the bona fide.
part of the applicants stock in trade and listed on the origin-
ally submitted inventory list may be brought in for said proposed
sale. No permit shall be granted for more than 60 days for the
purpose of conducting said sale.
The provisions of this section shall not be construed to
apply to any public officer selling any goods, wares, or merchan-
dize under or pursuant to any order of any court, commission, or
other legal authority.
Application filing fee $50.00.
5. Dance Halls, Dancing Clubs, and Public Danc
$250.00 per year for every person, firm, or corporation managing,
conducting, or carrying on the business of operating any public
dance hall, dancing club, or any public dance.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed as abrogating
or repealing the provisions of any present or future ordinance or
regulation dealing specifically with said types of business, or as
interfering with any present or future regulatory ordinance,
regulation, or requirement made or adopted with reference to said.
types of business.
Application filing fee $50.00.
6. Home Occupations. $15.00 per year for every person
managing, conducting, or carrying on any business within the home
at any location within the City of Lynwood by the occupant as a
secondary use in connection with which there is no display of
stock in trade maintained on the premises and no persons employed.
Provided further that the applicant shall attach to his
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application the signatures of all. the residents within a radius
of 150 feet of the location of the proposed businesso The
License Colleotory in addition to the requirements in this chapter,
shall mail to said residents andfor property owners, post cards
stating the type of business to be conducted, date said application
3.s to be presented to the City Councile and shall provide a reply
post oard to insure that the residents are aware of said applicantBs
requesto
Appiioation f°il.ing fee X1.00.
7e Jewelry Auction or Closing Cut 3a1e of Jewelry.
$50~OC per day for every person, fume or corporation managing,
oonducting,`ar carrying on any public jewelry auction, jewelry
auction sa.lea offering for sale any jewelry to the highest bidder,
or a closing out sale of such jewelry business where it is repre-
sented to convey to the public that the sale will be for the dis-
posal of said jewelry articles and the business will cease or dis-
continue. ~o permit shall be granted for more than 30 days for
the purpose of oonduoting said. sale,
Ko special permit shall be issued unless said person,
firma or corporation has been engaged in the business of selling
such jewelry at retail in the City of Lynwood continuously for a.
period o`f idt less than one year and the publio auction or closing
out sale of suoh articles is for the purpose of disposing of his
stock on 'hand and of closing out his business.
Ths applicant shall at the time of making such appli-
oation for a special permit submit a notarized inventory including
date of piir~hase of the jewelry articles to be sold at said pro-
posed sale, No other articles, other than the bona fide part of
the applicantas sEook in trade listed on the originally submitted
inventory list may be brolaght in for said proposed sale,
`.fie provJ.sions of this section shall not be oonstrued to
apply to any public officer selling any goods, wares, or merchan-
disc under or pursuant to any order of any court, commission, or
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other legal authority,
Application filing fee $50~OOa
8, Junk Dealers $100.00 per year for every person,
fume or corporation having a fined placed of business within
the City of Lynwood and managinga oonduoting, or oarrying on the
business of buyingr selling, or atherwise dealing in, either at
wholesale or retail, old rags, sacks, bottles, Dana, papers, metal,
ar other artioles commonly known as bunko
Nothing, however, herein contained shall be construed
as abrogating or repealing the provisions af' any present or future
ordinance or regulation dealing specifically with said type of
business -
Application filing fee $300o00e
9. Junk Collectorso $100.00 per year for every person,
firm, or corporation net having a fined place of business in 'the
City of Lynwood and managing, oonduoting, or carrying on the
business of soliciting, oolleotingp gathering, buyiri~, selling,
or otherwise dealing in old rags, sacks, bottles, cans, papers,
metal, or other artioles commonly known as ,funke
Nothing, however herein contained shall be oonstrued
as abrogating or repealing the provisions of any present or future
ordinance or regulation dealing speoificall,y with said type of
business. -
Application filing fee $500000
l0a Massage Parlor, Steam Baths, Bubble Baths, `leurkish
Baths, et oeterao $25e00 per year for every persons firm, or cor-
poration managing, oonducting, or carrying on the"business of
massage parlor, steaan baths, bubble baths, turkish baths, and
other health and/or beauty baths or sohools or any sohools of
massage or hydrotherapy or any sohool pertaining to the same
Applioation filing fee $S,OOa
lla Misoellaneous Businesses Conduoted in 'the Ope~°z or
within a fiemporary Struotureo $15000 per month or $1,00 per day
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at the option of the licensee, for every person, firm, ®r corporation
managing, conducting, or carrying on the business of operating a
Christmas tree lot, fireworks stand, flower, fruit, or vegetable
stand, or any similar type of business. Permits shall be issued
for a maximum of 3G calendar days in any one twelve month period.
AppTica~:ion filing fee X5.00.
12. Pawnbroker. X100.00 per year for every person, firm,
or corporation managing, oonduoting, ar carrying on any business
as a pawnbroker.
Application filing fee X50.00.
13. Private Patrol, Watch Service, Private Detective,
Private Investigation Service. X25.00 per year for every person,
firm, or corporation managing, conduoting, or carrying on-the business
of a private detective, private investigation service, or 'patrolling
and. watching business establishments, residences, or other premises.
Nothing, however, herein contained. shall be oonstrued as abrogating
or repealing the provisions of any present or future ordinanoe or
regulation dealing spec ifi.cally with the above enumerated types of
business.
Application filing fee X5.00.
14. Second-hand. Dealers
The license fee shall be 'as
provided. in Chapter IV, Section 4.08 for every person, firm, or cor-
poration, the major portion of whose business constitutes, the buying,
selling, or otherwise dealing in second-hand goods, wares, or merchandise.
Nothing, however, herein contained sha11 be construed as
abrogating or repealing the provisions of any present or future
ordinance or regulation dealing speoifically with said. type of business.
Application .filing fee $5.00.
15, Trailer Courts
X50.00 per year for every person, firm,
or corporation managing, conducting, or carrying on the business of
operating a trailer court where facilities are furnished, either
temporarily or permanently, for parking trailers that are ihtended.
to be used as living quarters.
Applioation filing fee X5.00.
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l~. Trash, Refuse, and. Rubbish Disposal
$400.00 per° year
far every person, firm, or corporation. managing, conducting, or
carrying on the business of soliciting for and oallecting, removing,
and disposing of refuse and rubbish.
2~e provisions of this section shall not apply to any
person, firm, or corporation with whom the City of Lynwood has
entered. into, or may hereafter enter into a oontraot for the colleotion,
removal, and disposal o~ garbage, trash, or rubbish, nor shall the
provisions of this section prahibit any owner from removing his own
garbage, trash, or rubbish.
Application filing fee X5.00.
Section 5.04. Revocation of Special Permits. The City
Council hereby reserves the right to revoke any speeial permit which
it may have authorized or granted under the provisions of this
chapter at any time upon either written request of the Lieense
Collector, Chief of Police, or City Manager of said. airy, stating
his reasons fbr such revocation, or upon the Councils own motion.
Suoh request for revocation shall be in writing and filed''in the
office of the City Clerk for presentation to the City Council.
1. Upon receipt of any such written request for revocation
or upon the action of the City Council, the City Clerk shall serve
or cause to be served. a notice of said request for revocation 'upon
the holder of suoh permit, and at the time of service of such notice
upon the permit holder, give notice of the time and~plar<e for d
public hear°ing upon the question of such requested revocati'on'.
2. Such notices Wray be given by either serving the same
upon the permit holder personally or by registered. mail to the
permit holder at the address shown on the application. Such hearing
shall be held at the next regular meeting of the 'City Council. The
decision of the City Counoil shall be final and oonclusive.
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CHAPTER VI
PENALTIES AND VALIDITY OF ORDINANCE
Section 6.00. Penalty for Violation. Any person, firm,
or corporation violating any of the provisons of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed $500,00 or imprison-
ment in the city ,jail of the City of Lynwood or the Los Angeles
County Jail, State of California, for a period of time not to exceed
six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Each such person, firm, or corporation shall be deemed
guilty of a separate offense for every day during any portion of
which violation of any provision of this ordinance is committed,
and
continued, or permitted by such person, ~?irm, or corporation,/shall
be punishable therefor as provided by this ordinance.
Section 6.01. Validi
of Ordinance. If any chapter,
section, sub-section, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional
by the decision of any court of competent ,jurisdiction, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance. The City Council of this City hereby declares that it
would have adopted this ordinance and each chapter, section, sub-
section, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of
the fact that any one or more chapters, sections, sub-sections,
clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 6.02. Repeal. Ordinances Nos. 418, 425, 438, 480,
482, 486, 510, 532, 562, 584 of this City are hereby repealed, and all
ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with or inconsistent with
the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, except that this
repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment
of any person for any act done or committed in violation of any
ordinance hereby repealed prior to the taking effect of this ordinance.
Section 6.03
This ordinance is urgently required for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety of
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the City of Lynwood and skaall be in effect as o~ ~Jarrua:ry 1 a 1955.
The following is a specific statement showing the eaaaergeney of tkais
ordinances
That present license provisions will expire on December 31,
1954a If 'this ordinance were to become effective after January 1,
1955, it woulii result in an overlapping into the new-year of the
pr®visioras of the old ordinance and cause great inoonvenierice and
confusion, bath froap4 a legal and practical stancl'pdint in the
collectidn of City revenue,
Section 6.6kFo 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
i
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the City of Lynwood,
~ First read at a regular meeting of the City Council
~ of said City held on the 7th day of Decembers 195+, and. finally
adopted and ordered published at a regular meeting 'of said Council
~ ~~ held on the 21st day of December, 195~+y by the following vote:
~ Ayes; Councilmen Bruner McMeekin Pearson
~. Fender. Willard
Noeso Councilmen None
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELESo ss~
CITY OF LYNYJOOD )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of th.e City of Lynwood,
and ex-officio clerk of the Council of said City°, do hereby
certify that the above is a true a.nd correct copy of Ordinance
No. 618 adopted by the City Council off' the City of Lynwood..
and. that same was passed on the date a.nd by the vote therein
stated.
Dated this 23rd day of _December 19,4 .
CTTY CLP;r1K 0. THE LYNWOOD