Ordinance 2294 - Amending Business License Tax Rates Effective Fiscal Year 2024ORDINANCE NO. 2294
BEING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CAMPBELL AMENDING PROVISIONS OF THE CAMPBELL
MUNICIPAL CODE TO REVISE BUSINESS LICENSE TAX RATES
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 5.01.170 of the Campbell Municipal Code, as approved
by the voters as part of Measure M, the City Council may by ordinance increase the
amount of any tax set forth in this title by no more than two percent per year to account
for inflation; and
WHEREAS, the City seeks to relocate the classification of "occult science" from Chapter
5.08 to Chapter 5.04;
The City Council of the City of Campbell does ordain as follows:
SECTION ONE: Section 5.04.010 of the Campbell Municipal Code is amended to read
as follows:
5.04.010 - Designated.
Every person conducting businesses, professions and activities in the city, the
primary nature of which is indicated in the following schedule, shall annually pay the
license tax set opposite the same, based upon the average number of employees in
such business, according to the following schedules, unless such business is otherwise
specifically taxed by other provisions of this chapter:
Commercial:
Schedule I
1 to 5 employees
$126.00
6 to 15 employees
202.00
16 to 50 employees
291.00
51 + em to ees
583.00
Industrial and manufacturing:
Schedule II
1 to 5 employees
$126.00
6 to 50 employees
202.00
51 + employees
349.00
Professional:
Schedule III
1 to 3 employees
$126.00
4 to 10 employees
233.00
11 to 50 employees
408.00
51 + employees
583.00
Hotels:
$174.00 per year plus $3.00/room
Live commercial entertainment:
$349.00
Marijuana Businesses:
7% of gro s receipts per Chapter
5.12
Massage Establishment:
1 to 3 employees
$126.00
4 or more employees
$233.00
Massage Therapist:
$126.00
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Mobile home parks and trailer courts:
$233.00 per year plus $2/unit
Occult science, including astrology,
palmistry, phrenology, life reading,
fortunetelling, cartomancy, clairvoyance,
crystal gazing, mediumship, prophecy,
augury, divination, magic or necromancy,
when the person who conducts same
demands or receives a fee for the
exercise or exhibition of his art therein
either directly or indirectly or as a gift or
$349.00
donation, or charges admission:
Out-of-town business:
$101.00
Rental or income producing residences
$68.00 per year for the first unit plus
located on single or contiguous parcels of
$3.00 for each additional unit.
land:
(Owners occupying one unit of a 3 or more unit building are entitled to a $3.00
exemption if said owner files an affidavit with the City claiming the exemption.)
Taxicab or limousine service:
$126.00 per year plus $21.00 per vehicle
Theaters:
$466.00
Tow Services:
$58.00
Solicitors:
$349.00 per year
SECTION TWO: Section 5.08.010 of the Campbell Municipal Code is hereby amended
to read:
5.08.010 - Activities designated —Fees.
No person shall conduct any of the following businesses and activities in the City
without first securing a permit therefor from the City Council on written application filed
therefor with the City Clerk, approved by the Chief of Police, the Chief of the Fire
Department, and the Community Development Director. The application shall comply
with the requirements of Section 5.08.020. The following are the activities regulated by
this chapter and the license fee therefor:
(1) Fire and/or bankruptcy and/or wreck sale, first day .....$51.00
Each additional day, per day .....$25.00
(2) Grinding and/or sharpening knives, scissors, cutlery, lawn mowers, etc., when
the person conducting such business travels from place to place by vehicle or on
foot, per year ....._$25.00
(3) Hypnotism, per year .....$466.00
(4) Itinerant medicine vendor, street vendor, temporary vendor and/or peddler,
per day .....$30.00
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(5) Pawnbroker, per year .....$349
(6) Used motor vehicle dealer —Same as Commercial per Municipal
Code Section 5.04.010
(7) Billiard and/or pool room, per year .....$233.00
(8) Dancehall, public dances, per year .....$102.00
(9) Mechanical amusement device and contraptions and vending machines
See Section 5.08.080.
SECTION THREE: Section 5.08.080 is hereby amended to read:
5.08.080 - Amusement devices.
Every person commencing or carrying on the business of rental, lease or
operation of amusement devices or vending machines within the city shall pay to the
city an annual license fee in the amount set forth in the following schedule:
Number of Machines
Foe
1-5
$101.00
6-10
$202.00
11---50
$349.00
514
$583.00
SECTION FOUR: This Ordinance shall become effective will become effective July 1,
2023 following its passage and adoption and shall be published once within fifteen (15)
days upon passage and adoption in the City's designated newspaper of general
circulation.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of May, 2023 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Lopez, Scozzola, Furtado, Landry, Bybee
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
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Andrea Sanders, &4ty Clerk
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APPROVED:
Anne Bybee, Mayor