HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970-1201 ORDINANCE NO. /2( /
Vi ORDINANCE relating to licenses and to business regulations; adopt-
ing rules and specifying procedures applicable to busi-
ness licenses; imposing a penalty for delinquent payment
of business license fees; amending Sections 5.52.070 and
5.52.090 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code; and
declaring an emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 5.52.070 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"5.52.070 Business License Regulations and Procedures.
A. Whenever there is a change in ownership of a busi-
ness, the business license previously issued to the with-
drawing owner, or owners, must be surrendered to the City
Clerk for cancellation. The new owner or owners shall
apply and obtain a new business license upon the payment
of a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00).
B. Such license shall expire at the end of the year
in which it is issued, and a new license shall be required
for each year. The application for a license shall be made
to the City Clerk, on forms provided by said officer, which
application shall set forth the name of the applicant, his
residence, place of business, the nature of the business,
the number of employees, and the amount of the license fee
• prescribed by this chapter, and shall be accompanied by the
certificate of the City Treasurer that the amount of the
fee has been deposited with him by the applicant.
C. Every license granted under this chapter shall be
posted in a conspicuous place in the place of business of
the licensee. Any license issued under and by virtue of
the provisions of this chapter shall be personal and non-
transferable. In case business is transacted at two or more
separate places by one taxpayer, a separate license for
each place at which business is transacted with the public
shall be required. Each license shall be numbered, shall
show the name, place and character of business of the licen-
see, and such other information as the City Clerk shall deem
necessary.
D. All license fees and penalties herein provided for
shall be paid by bank draft, certified check, cashier's
check, personal check, or money order, or in cash. If ply -
ment be made by draft or check, the tax or fee shall not ba
deemed paid unless the check or draft is honored in the
usual course of business, nor shall acceptance of any such
Ilk check or draft by the Treasurer be an acquittance or dis-
charge of the tax or fee unless and until said check or
draft is honored.
E. The Clerk is authorized, but not required, to mail
to taxpayers forms for applications for licenses, but
failure of the taxpayer to receive any such forms shall not
excuse the taxpayer from making application for and secur-
ing the license required and payment of the license fee or
tax when and as due hereunder.
F. If any person required by the terms and provisions
of this chapter to pay a license fee for any period shall
fail or refuse to do so, he shall not be granted a license
for the current period until such delinquent license fee,
together with penalties, has been paid in full."
Section 2. Section 5.52.090 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"5.52.090 Payment of License Fees -- Penalty. Each annual
license fee herein provided for shall become due and payable on
the first day of each year as to any business taxable hereunder
and in existente on said date. As to any business commenced
during any year, the license fee for the . balance of that year
shall be the full annual fee specified in Section 5.52.030 if
the business is commenced during the period commencing July 1
through December 31 of any year, and one -half the annual fee
specified by Section 5.52.030 if the business is commenced
during the period commencing January 1 through June 30 of any
year, which fee shall be due and payable on the first day that
business is transacted or carried on. Failure to pay the license
fee within thirty days after the day on which it is due and
payable shall render the taxpayer subject to penalty of 5% of
the amount of the license fee for the first month of delinquency;
and an additional penalty of 5% for each succeeding month of
delinquency, but not exceeding a total penalty of 25% of the
amount of such license fee in any event."
Section 3, This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and
welfare of the people of the City of Yakima and an emergency is
hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect immediately upon its passage, approval and publication
as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 19th day of
January, 1970.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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