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ORDINANCE Amending Section 2-2-500 of the San Leandro Municipal Code to Increase the Business License Fees by the Annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) of 2.8%
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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 2.8% 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
Retailing $125.00 $37.52 Per each Owner and each Employee
Wholesaling $125.00 $37.52 Per each Owner and each Employee
Manufacturing $125.00 $37.52 Per each Owner and each Employee
Peddler/Solicitor $125.00 $37.52 Per each Owner and each Employee
Services $125.00 $75.14 Per each Owner and each Employee
Professional $125.00 $93.96 Per each Owner and each Employee
Contractors $125.00 $75.14 Per each Owner and each Employee
Recreation and Entertainment $125.00 $75.14 Per each Owner and each Employee
Residential Property Rental $125.00 $11.30 Per Unit or Space
Nonresidential Property Rental $125.00 $18.70 Per 1,000 Square Feet
Dance Hall $609.00 - Flat/Annual
Automobile Wrecking $626.04 - Flat/Annual
Christmas Trees/Pumpkin Patch $626.04 - Flat/Annual
Commercial Advertising $626.04 - Flat/Annual
Fortunetelling $626.04 - Flat/Annual
Secondhand Dealer $626.04 - Flat/Annual
Pawnbroker $626.04 - Flat/Annual
Itinerant Merchant $125.00 $38.76 Flat/Weekly
Carnival $125.00 $225.22 Flat/Daily
Coin-Operated Device $125.00 $1.12 Per $1,000 of Gross Receipts
Public Utilities $125.00 $37.52 Per each Owner and each Employee
Miscellaneous $125.00 $37.52 Per each Owner and each Employee
Bingo $125.00 - Flat/Annual
Waste Disposal Site $125.00 $1.69 Per Ton
Towing $125.00 $1.12 Per $1,000 of Gross Receipts
Firearms Dealer $125.00 $3.80 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
Parking Lot $125.00 $37.52 Per Parking Space
Mobile Food Vendors $125.00 - Flat/Annual
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 and Publication. This ordinance shall take effect on July 1, 2015. 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.
Introduced by Councilmember Lee on this 4th day of May, 2015, and passed to print by the following called vote:
Members of the Council:
AYES: Councilmembers Cox, Lee, Lopez, Prola, Reed, Thomas; Mayor Cutter (7)
NOES: None (0)
ABSENT: None (0)