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Home My WebLink AboutORD NO 148 ORDINANCE NO,./~ NEW SERIES. AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SE0~ION 41 OF ORDINANCE NO. 92 NEW SERIES AND. AMENDING SECTIONS 9, 10 AND 40 OF ORDINANCE NO., 92 NEW SERIES AND ADD- ING NEW SECTIONS TO ORDINANCE N0. 92 NEW SERIES TO. BE ~0~'~ AS 40 (a), 40 (b), 40 (c), 40 (d). BE IT 0RDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAEERSFI~D, as follows; .. · SECT,~ON 1. That Seetlon 9 of Ordinance No. 92 New Series, re- lating to the regulation and imposing municipal licenses, presc~ribing how and by whom the licenses shall be obtained, be and the same is hereby mended to read as follows: SECTION 9. Every license remaining unpaid at the close of the 18th ~y after which said license is due, or a renewal thereof is due, whether monthly, quarterly or annually, a penalty of ~5% of the amount of said license shall be adde~ thereto and said sum shall be collected and payment thereof enforced in the same manner as other license fees are collected and payment thereof is enforced; provided, however, that the word "paid" shall for the purpose of this section be held to mean and include the payments being in the office of the license collector of the License Department of the City of Bakersfield. And provide~further that in the event the fifteenth day shall fall upon a legal holiday, then in that event the fifteenth day shall be ~hcl~tto mean the next b~siness day immediately succeeding such legal holiday. SECTION 2. That Section 10 of the Ordinance No. 92 New Series "~i'ating to the regulation and i~p~sing m~icipaI lic~nges, prescribing how and by whom licenses shall be obtained, be and the same is hereby amended' to read as follows: -1- SECTION 10. Every person, firm or corporation receiving a license as provided herein shall post same con- spicuously in his place of business and all persons or other persons who have no fixed place of business shall have fastened or attached to his basket, pack or vehicle and all vehicles as licensed by this Ordinance upon their receipt of a license as provided in this Ordinance shall immediately fasten or cause to be fastened securely a tag' or plate to be furnished by the License Collector, which tag or plate shall be substantially as follows: TAG NO. EXPIRES (date of expiration) CITY OF BAKERSFIELD provided, that every person using a wheeled vehicle shall be. provided with two such tags or plates which must at all times be conspicuously fastened or posted, one on either side of such vehicle used by such person so as such plateS or tagSshall be plainly distinguishable v~hether such vehicle is in motion or not; and it is further provided, that said tag no. shall be in figures, the height of which. shall be at least three (3) inches and the date of expiration shall be in letters and figures, the height of which shall be 'at least two inches, and all peddlers or other persons must produce and show thei~ licenses w?:enever requested to do so by any person who may make demand to see the same, and any person, firm or corporation, or peddler who shall fail and refuse to post or exhibit on demand, as the case may.be, their respective licenses or tag Nos. as provided herein, shall, in addition to the penalties hereinafter imposed, have his license revoked as provided in Section 6 in this Ordinance. SEC.TION 3. Section 40 of Ordinance No. 9S New Series relating to the regulation and imposing municipal licenses, prescribing how and by whom licenses shall be obtained, be and the same is hereby mended to .read as follows: SECTION 40. For every person, firm or corporation keeping, owning, operating or rumming any vehicle for the transportation of freight or other materials for hire, whether the freight or other materials are.transported or hauled from a point inside the City Limits of the City of Bakersfield to a point outside said City, or from a point outside the City Limits of said City to a point of delivery inside the limits of said city or operating entirely within the limits of said City the license fee shall.be as follows: (a) For every horse drawn vehicle having a carrying capacity of not over 2000 pounds, the sum of ten ($10.00) dollars per year. (b) For every horse drawn vehicle having a capacity over 2000 pounds and not over 4000 pounds, fourteen ($14.00) dollars per year. (c) For every horse d~awn vehicle having a carrying capacity over 4000 pounds but not more than 6000 pounds, ~tx~e~nl(.$16.O0) dollars per year. (d) For every horse drawn vehicle having a carrying capacity over 6000 but not more than 8000 pounds, twenty ($20.00) dollars per year. (e) F,~r every horse drawn vehicle having a capacity over 8000 pounds, thirty ($30.00) dollars per ~year. (f) For al~ such motor driven vehicles having a carrying capacity of not over 2000 pounds, ten ($10.00) dollars per year. (g) For every such motor driven vehicle having a carrying capacity of over 2000 but not more than 4000 pounds, eighteen ($18.00) dollars per year. (h) For every such motor driven vehicle having a carrying capacity 'Of over 4000 pounds but not more than 6000 pounds, twenty- two dollars ($~.00) per year. (i) For every such motor driven vehicle having a carrying capacity of over 8000 oounds but not ~ver 8000 pounds, the sum of thirty ($30.00) dollars per year. (J) For every such motor driven vehicle having a carrying capacity of SO00 pounds or over, the sum of fifty ($60.00) dollars per year. SECTION 4. That Ordinance No. 92 New Series relating to the regulation and imposing municipal licenses prescribing how and by whom licenses shall be obtained, be and the same is hereby mended by adding new sections thereto ~o be numbered thereon as Section 40 (a),'40 (b), 40 (c) and 40 (d), as follows: SECTION 40 (a) Motor driven vehicles for the purpose of this ordinance shall be held to mean and include any truck,' automobile or other vehicle driven or propelled by any engine which vehicle is used for the hauling or transporting or freight or other mater- ials,:or any trailer or vehicle attached thereto which hauls or transports freigh~ or other materials therein. SECTION 40 (b) The work "Hire" shall for the purposes of this ordinance be held to mean and include compensation, re~ard or revenue derived from the hauling.or transporting or freight or other materials. SECTION 40 (c) It shall be unlawful for any ~erson, firm or corporation to stand, stop or cause to be stood or stopped any motor ~riven vehicle as defined here~n upon any stmeet, alley or public thoroughfare within said City, for the purpose of soliciting or advertising for business of hauling or transporting of freight or other materials for hire, unless a permit to stand or stop ~i~..veh!cle.is given and provided.~hat-said pe-rm~t to stand or said vehicle stop/shall not ~e granted unless such person,:'firm or corporation shall pay to the license department of said City the. -4- license fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per annum. SEG~TION 40 (d) No license provided for in said Seo:t~o~n 39 and Sec'tio~ 40 shall be issued for a term less than one year from the firs t day of the current quarter during which said license is issue~. SECTION 8. That Section 41 of 'Ordinance No'. 9B' .New Series relating to the regulation and imppsing municipal. licenses prescrib- ing how and b.y wl~om licenses shall be obtained, ~ and the s~ane is hereby expressl. y repealed. I' HEREBY CERTIFY that the foreging Ordinance was .passed 'and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield, on the / ay of 19~-S, by the following vote: 9~2f the Council · Mayor of the Cit~ o~ld~~ Ayes: Carlisle Grifiith Hare T~;..., Nelson, Robinson, Smith. Nays.., ~'~ej~aj/.~' Absent .........~ ....................................................................................... C;ity C nd ex-officlo Clerk of of the City of Bakersfield. -5-