HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 12-91 Business Registration ORDINANCE NO. 12 - 91
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
AMENDING THE BUSINESS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN DOES ORDAIN as
follows:
Section 1. Section 8 of Ordinance No. 10-90 is deleted and a new
Section 8 is added to read as follows:
"Section 8. Exemptions -- Attorneys
The provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply to any
natural person licensed to practice law in the State of
California when such person is practicing law."
Section Z. Section 20 of Ordinance No. 10-90 is deleted and a
new section 20 is added to read as follows:
"Section 20.
Branch Establishments--Separate
Licenses.
A separate license must be obtained for each branch
establishment or location of the business transacted and carried
on, and for each separate type of business at the same location,
and each license shall authorize the licensee to transact and
carry on only the business licensed thereby at the location or in
the manner designated in such license; provided, that warehouses
and distributing plants used in connection with and incidental to
a business licensed under the provisions of this Ordinance shall
not be deemed to be separate places of business or branch
establishments, and provided further that only one license is
required for the rental or lease of real property within the City
regardless of the number of locations or units of real property
being rented or leased."
Section 3. Section 28 of Ordinance No. 10-90 is amended by
deleting the words "a fee of $50.00" and adding in their place
the following words:
"a prorated fee in the manner calculated pursuant to
section 26."
and by deleting the number "$25.00" and adding in its place the
following: ,,$5.00".
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Section 4. SeCtion 29 of Ordinance No. 10-90 is amended by
deleting the number "$25.00" and adding in its place the
following: "$5.00."
Section $. Subsection (b) of Section 34 of Ordinance No. 10-90
is deleted and a new subsection (b) is added to read as follows:
"The Collector, in the exercise of the dUties imposed
upon him or her hereunder, and acting through his or
her deputies or duly authorized assistants, shall
examine or cause to be examined all places of business
in the City to ascertain whether the provisions of this
Ordinance have been complied with. Absent consent to
enter the premises, the Collector shall request the
City Attorney to obtain the necessary judicial
authority for entry and inspection."
Section 6. Section 32 of Ordinance No. 10-90 is deleted and a
new section 32 is added to read as follows:
"Section 32. Business Registration Fee--Penalty.
A penalty in the amount of 7% compounded monthly of~any
delinquent business registration fee shall accrue on the 30th day
following the due date of any business registration fee, up to a
maximum penalty equal to the amount of the business registration
fee. The amount of any business registration fee and penalty
imposed by the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed a
debt to the City but may be reduced or waived, in the discretion
of the Collector or on appeal, where appropriate. An action may
be commenced in the name of the City in any court of competent
jurisdictiOn for collection of such amounts."
Section 7.
Effective Date & poStinq.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30)
days from and after the date of its passage. The City Clerk of
the City of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in at
least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance
with Section 36933 of the Government COde of the State of
California.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 26th
1991, by the follOwing vote:
day of August
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Councitmembers Burton, HoWard, Jeffery, Moffatt &' Mayor Snyder
None
None
Mayor
ATTEST:
~ ~it~ Ctlerk
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