File #: 16-214    Version: 1 Name: Ordinance to increase Business License Tax by CPI
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
In control: City Council
Meeting Date: 5/2/2016 Final action: 5/16/2016
Enactment date: 5/16/2016 Enactment #: Ordinance 2016-003
Title: 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 Fees (increases business license fees by CPI of 2.6%)
Sponsors: David Baum Finance Director

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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 Fees (increases business license fees by CPI of 2.6%)

 

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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 2.6% 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                     $128.20                     $38.50                                          Per each Owner and each Employee

Wholesaling                     $128.20                     $38.50                                          Per each Owner and each Employee

Manufacturing                     $128.20                     $38.50                                          Per each Owner and each Employee

Peddler/Solicitor                     $128.20                     $38.50                                          Per each Owner and each Employee

Services                     $128.20                     $77.10                                          Per each Owner and each Employee

Professional                     $128.20                     $96.40                                          Per each Owner and each Employee

Contractors                     $128.20                     $77.10                                          Per each Owner and each Employee

Recreation and Entertainment                     $128.20                     $77.10                                          Per each Owner and each Employee

Residential Property Rental                     $128.20                     $11.60                                          Per Unit or Space

Nonresidential Property Rental                     $128.20                     $19.20                                          Per 1,000 Square Feet

Dance Hall                     $642.30                     -                                          Flat/Annual

Automobile Wrecking                     $642.30                     -                                          Flat/Annual

Christmas Trees/Pumpkin Patch                     $642.30                     -                                          Flat/Annual

Commercial Advertising                     $642.30                     -                                          Flat/Annual

Fortunetelling                     $642.30                     -                                          Flat/Annual

Secondhand Dealer                     $642.30                     -                                          Flat/Annual

Pawnbroker                     $642.30                     -                                          Flat/Annual

Itinerant Merchant                     $128.20                     $39.80                                          Flat/Weekly

Carnival                     $128.20                     $231.10                                          Flat/Daily

Coin-Operated Device                     $128.20                     $1.20                                          Per $1,000 of Gross Receipts

Public Utilities                     $128.20                     $38.50                                          Per each Owner and each Employee

Miscellaneous                     $128.20                     $38.50                                          Per each Owner and each Employee

Bingo                     $128.20                     -                                          Flat/Annual

Waste Disposal Site                     $128.20                     $1.73                                          Per Ton

Towing                     $128.20                     $1.20                                          Per $1,000 of Gross Receipts

Firearms Dealer                     $128.20                     $3.90                                          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                     $128.20                     $38.50                                          Per Parking Space

Mobile Food Vendors                     $128.20                     -                                          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.

 

This ordinance shall take effect July 1, 2016.  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.