HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 88 as- fo 1'1 ows:
SECTION 1.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE OOUNCIL OF.THE CITY OF B~ZERSFIELD,"'
That subdivision (a)^of Ordinance No..'~ New Series
of. the. City of Bakersfield entitled"AN ORDINANCE REGtJL'~[fI~G AND. "'.'.' ',.'."
IMPOSING MUN:[CIP~.T, LICF~SES; PRESORIBING HOW AND 'BY ~0M LICENSES
SHALL BE OBTAINED; M~ZING THE VIOI, ATION HEREOF A MISD~IEANOR AND PRE-.
SORIBING A PF, NALTY T.'.~.EREFOR, AND REPEALING 0RDIN~3CES NOS, 36, 38,
and 41 NEW S~RIES," be and the same is hereby amended to read as :.:.......-.:].
follows:
SECTION 16 ('a)'.
In all Cases where the mount of ·license to be paid .b.y
any person, firm ~'r corporation is based upon the amount of gross· ..
receipts or sales or business transacted., or upon ~he'n,Amber of
tables used for any game, or upon the numbers of rooms in any building
or upon the number of ·vehicles, or upon the number 'of chairs used.,
such person, 'firm or corporation shall on the first:.day of July of'
each year and before any further license· is issued for said.:'business,
· '~ render to the Chief of Police a statement thereof in writing sworn ."
to before some officer authorized to administer oaths that the faC.~s 7..'~...:...
therein 'SetfOrth are true and show the' total g~o~"~"-~-ceipt-~' o-r-~.aleTS'':.~'J''''. ""!.'~
o'f said business transacted ~uring the. year inmediately prior to th.e~.
making of said statement, o~ the number of tables used in any game,
or the number of ~ooms in a~ building, or the n~nber of veaicles,'
determine the amount due and payable ~'f~m.'said' bu""~'~eSs i. to..the~ city'~'-a~
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a license:.:-fee· for the ensuing year,"" said total amount. er 'total year-l'y
· j ..... .n. ~".~...
license fee due as shown'by said· statement shsll.'be divided into and'
paid in four equal quarterly payments the first payment'due and ..
· payable on July 1st, 1921, at the time of the renewal of said license·
and an equal payment'at each quarterly license renewal date thereaft'or
until a new ·statement· is filed as required heroin. No such state-
ment shall be conclusive upon the City of Bakersfield, or upon any
officer thereof as .to the matters therein set forth, .and' the s-me
shall not prejudice the right of said' City to fix the amount of said
license fee e-t a higher amount, should there be reason to believe
that said business should hayo's higher rating than that shown by
said statement, nor to recover any amount that may be 'ascertained to
be .'due from such .person, firm or corporation, in addition to the .....
amount shown~.by. such statement to be due in case 'such statement should
be found to be incorrect; 'the.,.. Chief Of Police shall,. and he is hereby.'
authorized to fix the amount of said license at a higher rate when
he has reason.' to believe or evidence that Said-statement is
incorrect. Any. person,. firm or corporation 'feeling aggrieved or
· dissatisfied with such rating by the Chief of Po!i'ce, as "aforesaid,
· ' may appear before the Council at the next .regular meeting ..'thereof
with .proof, if any, why said license fee should be in accordance with'
their said statement and the finding of the Council thereo~ shall be.
· conclusive and they shall direct the. Chief of Police to issue said "' ':'
license in accordance with such finding. "
A new subdivision, to be known as Subdivision (c) is hereby
added tO Section 16 Of Ordinance ~. New Series, entitled "AN ORDIN~NCE.
REGULATING AN]] IMPROSING MUNICIPAL LICENSES; PRESCRIBING HOW AND BY.
WHOM LICENSES. SHALL BE. OBTAINED; MAKING THE
SECTION 2. ....
SECTION 16 '(c). .. ~
~my new business hereinafter star%ed or commemeed
business which has not been conducted or operated fer the
one year and for which a license is required -tO be paid md
ment of said business m~e as se~ferth in Ordin~ce No..55 New Series"
· ' 'uarterly
said person, fire Or corporation so oonducti~' said business ~1/'. .
'during the first year said business is being operated or conducted
render to the Chief of Police a statement'.~der oath ~owi~ the to~
receipts or s~es of said basiness, or the n~ber of tables used for
~y gme in said business, or the n~ber of rooms, in ~y buildi~
be.i~ operated in said business, or the n~ber of vehicles used in.
Said businesS, or the n~ber of Chai. rs used in said business, for the
qu~ter imediately prior to the iSsui~ .or renew~ of such license;'
~ a like statm~t' shall be m~e '~d filed by 'the person, fire or
corporation conducti~ such business-at each quarterly license
renew~ date, duri~: the first year 'such new business is conducted~
That at the end of the first year such statment shall be.made
~d'a licens, e fee paid as hereinabove provided for in 'subdivision' (a)
'of Section 16 of 0rdin~ce No. 5~ NeW' Series.
· ' I HE~Y OETIH that the .foregoi~ 0rdin~Ce was' pas.s.e~ .-..
'day o.f . · 1921, by .the. following vote: ..... .,..
Ayes-Carlisle, Griffith, Hare, Hougham, Robinson, Smith, Willow.
Nays ...........~ .............................................................................................
Council of the