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ORDINANCE Amending Section 2-2-500 of the San Leandro Municipal Code Relating to the Annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) Adjustment of the Business License tax (enacts the legally permitted increase to the business license tax by the CPI, which is 3.87%)
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The City Council of the City of San Leandro does ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 2, Title 2, Section 2-2-500 of the San Leandro Municipal Code is amended to reflect a 3.87% annual CPI adjustment and to read as follows:
“2-2-500 FEES BASED ON NATURE OF BUSINESS
Every person commencing or carrying on a business within this City shall pay a license fee in an amount determined by the Finance Director in accordance with the nature of the business as hereinafter set forth:
Annual
Business Classification Base Fee Unit Fee Unit Fee Basis
Automobile Wrecking $709.20 - Flat/Annual
Bingo $141.50 - Flat/Annual
Carnival $141.50 $255.10 Flat/Daily
Christmas Trees/Pumpkin Patch $709.20 - Flat/Annual
Coin-Operated Device $141.50 $1.30 x per $1,000 of gross receipts
Commercial Advertising $709.20 - Flat/Annual
Contractors $141.50 $85.10 x per each owner and each employee
Dance Hall $709.20 - Flat/Annual
Firearms Dealer $141.50 $4.30 per $100 of gross receipts attributable to the sales of firearms capable of being concealed upon the person and ammunition for such firearms, excluding sales to public agencies
Fortunetelling $709.20 - Flat/Annual
Itinerant Merchant $141.50 $43.90 Flat/Weekly
Manufacturing $141.50 $42.50 x per each owner and each employee
Miscellaneous $141.50 $42.50 x per each owner and each employee
Mobile Food Vendors $141.50 - Flat/Annual
Nonresidential Property Rental $141.50 $21.20 x per 1,000 square feet
Residential Property Rental $141.50 $12.80 x per unit or space
Parking Lot $141.50 $100.00 x per $1,000 of gross receipts
Pawnbroker $709.20 - Flat/Annual
Peddler/Solicitor $141.50 $42.50 x per each owner and each employee
Professional $141.50 $106.50 x per each owner and each employee
Public Utilities $141.50 $42.50 x per each owner and each employee
Recreation and Entertainment $141.50 $85.10 x per each owner and each employee
Retail $141.50 $42.50 x per each owner and each employee
Secondhand Dealer $709.20 - Flat/Annual
Services $141.50 $85.10 x per each owner and each employee
Towing $141.50 $1.30 x per $1,000 of gross receipts
Warehouse/Storage $141.50 $110.40 x per 1,000 square feet
Waste Disposal Site $141.50 $1.91 per ton
Wholesale/Distribution General $141.50 $110.40 x per 1,000 square feet
Wholesale/Distribution - Large
Local seller $141.50 $42.50 x per each owner and each employee if sales tax revenues to the City is > $50,000 based on prior fiscal year
The business license fees established by this Section shall continue to be adjusted annually by an amount equal to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area, as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Statistics.”
Section 2. Effective Date.
This ordinance shall take effect July 1, 2019. The City Clerk is directed to publish the title once and post a complete copy thereof on the City Council Chamber bulletin board for five (5) days prior to adoption.