Appendix 6802. Business license and fee required.

(a)

Business license required.

(1)

No person shall conduct any business in the city without first having obtained a business license, paid the applicable business license fee and complied with any and all applicable provisions of this Code.

(2)

A separate business license shall be obtained for each business location and for each separate type of business at the same location.

(3)

A home-based business shall be required to obtain a business license prior to conducting business within a residential dwelling unit or on residential property.

(b)

[Exemption.] If state or federal law exempts a business from obtaining a business license, said business shall provide satisfactory proof that the business is exempt from the city's business license requirement.

(c)

Fee required.

(1)

Every person engaging in business in the city shall pay a business license fee as prescribed by resolution adopted by the city council.

(2)

When a business license fee is imposed upon any business pursuant to this chapter and such business is conducted at one (1) or more fixed places of business and one (1) or more branch establishments, the fee shall be computed as if each fixed place of business and branch establishment is separate and independent.

(3)

The business license fee is not a revenue-raising device, but shall bear a reasonable relationship to the costs incurred by the city in reviewing, processing and acting upon the application.

(d)

Fee exemption.

(1)

Businesses that are exempt from paying fees under the United States Constitution, the California Constitution, or under the laws of the State of California, are required to obtain a business license but shall be exempt from paying the business license fee.

(2)

Any person claiming an exemption pursuant to this section shall file a verified statement, from the franchise tax board, stating the facts upon which the exemption is claimed.

(e)

Evidence of doing business. When a person by use of signs, circulars, cards, telephone book, or newspapers, or other form of advertisements, holds out, or represents that such person is conducting business in the city, or when a person holds an active license or permit issued by a government agency indicating that such person is in business in the city, then these facts shall be considered prima facie evidence that such person is conducting a business in the city for purposes of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 13-401, § 3, 5-8-2013; Ord. No. 14-410, § 3, 8-27-2014)