HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 1800 EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 1800 NEW SERIES
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AMENDING
SECTION 6.20. 500 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD SETTING FORTH RATES OF TAXATION FOR CLASSES
OF BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD.
WHEREAS, Chapter 6.20 of the Municipal Code, Revenue and
Taxation Regulations, was adopted March 31, 1969 by the City Council
effective July 1, 1969, and
WHEREAS, the collection of revenue from business licenses
is necessary for the operation of the City of Bakersfield, and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary to revise certain
business license rates as set forth in Chapter 6.20, and
WHEREAS, suck revision must become applicable July 1,
1969 in order to operate during fiscal year 1969-1970.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of
the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 6.20.500 is hereby amended to read as follows:
6.20.500 Business Tax--Gross Receipts. Every person who
engages in business at a fixed place of business within the City
shall pay an annual business tax based upon gross receipts at the
rates to be calculated to the nearest cent as set forth below for
the following classifications:
RATES
Classification "A" $0.65 per $1,000 of gross receipts or
fractional part thereof.
Minimum tax: $10.00
Classification "B" $0.35 per $1,000 of gross receipts to
~600,000 and thereafter at a rate of
..... -~0. i~ per
$600,000.
Minimum tax: $10.00
Classification "C" $0.30 per $1,000 of gross receipts to
$600,000 and thereafter at a rate of
$0.16 per $1,000 of gross receipts over
$600,000.
Minimum tax: $10.00
Classification "D" $0.25 per $1,000 of gross receipts to
$600,000 and thereafter at a rate of
$0.15 per $1,000 of gross receipts over
$600,000.
Minimum ta×: $10.00
CLASSIFICATIONS
Class No. Classification "A"
1. Appraiser 16. Hydraulic or Mining
2. Architect Engineer
3. Attorney at Law 17. Insurance Adjuster
4. Auditor or Accountant 18. Mechanical Engineer
5. Assayer 19. Medical Laboratory
6. Bacteriologist 20. Oculist
7. Chemist or Chemical Laboratory 21. Optician
8. Podiatrist 22. Optometrist
9. Chiropractor 23. Osteopath
10. Civil Engineer 24. Physician
11. Collection Agency 25. Real Estate Agent
12. Dental Laboratory 26. Structural Engineer
13. Dentist 27. Surgeon
14. Electrical Engineer 28. Surveyor
15. Geologist 29. Veterinarian
35. Ail other professions not hereinabove specifically set forth,
and other businesses not specifically set forth in this chapter,
operating on a net profit of 10.01% or more will be classified
in the ~ove category.
Class No. Classification "B"
36. Bakeries
37. Bedsprings &mattress manufacturing
38. Manufacturing of bodies for automobiles, busses, or trucks
39. Book publishing and printing
40. Manufacturing of agricultural or industrial chemicals
41. Manufacturing of concrete, gypsum or plaster products
42. Confectioners
43. Dairy product manufacturers
44. Foundries
45. Fruit and vegetable canneries
46. Machine shops
47. Meat and provisions packers
48. Manufacturer of paints, varnishes and lacquers
49. Petroleum refineries- --
50. Printers
51. Soft drink bottlers
52. Iron and steel fabricators
53. Renting of automobiles, trucks and trailers
54. Tree trimming
55. Water companies not under city franchise
56. Advertising by electric signs or billboards
57. Dry cleaning plants and agencies
58. Hospitals
59. Maternity homes
60. Sanitoriums
61. Rest homes
62. Photographer (Transient photographers, see chapter 7.56)
63. Linen supply
64. Laundry
65. Newspapers, other than daily
66. Mortuaries
68. Gardening
70. Manufacturers and other businesses not specifically set forth in
this chapter, operating on a net profit of 10.00% to 4.01% will
be classified in the above category.
Class No. Classification "C"
71. Ice depot and production
72. Retail milk trucks
73. Rock, sand, gravel, dirt, mixed concrete, etc.
74. Skating rinks
75. Theaters and movie houses
76. Gasoline service stations
77. Restaurants
78. Bowling alleys
79. Arcades
80. Vending machine operators
81. Public Utilities, exclusive of any gross receipts attributable to
interstate commerce (See Section 6.20.105 of this chapter)
89. Retailers and other businesses not specifically set forth in
this chapter, operating on a net profit of 4.00% to 2.01%
will be classified in the above category.
Class No. Classification "D"
90. Drays, motor trucks, etc. for transportation of freight
91. Automobile dealers
92. Gasoline and oil distributors
93. Automobile wrecking
99. Wholesale and other businesses not specifically set forth in this
chapter, operating on a net profit of 2.00% or under will be
classified in the above category.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance is to become effective immediately as an
emergency ordinance pursuant to Section 24 of the Bakersfield City
Charter.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a special
meeting thereof held on the 9th day of June, 1969, by the following
vote:
AYES.. COUNCILMEN BLEECKER, Hr-ISEY, REES, RUCKER, STIERN, VETTER, ~
NOES: ODUNCILMEN: 7"~ ~
ABSENT ,:OU N Cl tM',--'-~,h ~/~L~
CITY CLERK and Ex-Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APP_gOihMD_.thi. so_.9th ..day of June, 1969 .... : f...~:~,,'_' ~. '.:.
APPROVED:
CITY ATTORNF~f/
Aff av ! of ost ng r nan es
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,~ ss.
County of Kern ~
MARIAN S. IRVIN, being dUly sworn, deposes and says:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield; and
that on .................... ..J...u..n...e...~l...0. ................................................ 19...6...9.. she posted on the Bulletin Board
at the City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Council of said City
at a meeting thereof duly held on ............... _J..u...n..e......9. .................................... 19....6...9., which ordinance
was' numbered ........:4.8...0...0. ..................... New Series, and entitled:
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAKERS-
FIELD AMENDING SECTION 6.20.500 OF THE MUNICI-
PAL CODE OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD SETTING
FORTH RATES OF TAXATION FOR CLASSES OF BUSINESS
IN THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
..]:..0..t...h....day of ............... .J...u...n..e.. ...................... ,19.....6..9..
Notary Public in and for the County o/ Kern, State of California