HomeMy WebLinkAbout38.51.1 ORDINANCE NO. 38.51.1
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA AMENDING
ARTICLE V OF CHAPTER 4 OF THE SARATOGA CITY
CODE, RELATING TO BUSINESS LICENSES
The City Council of the City of Saratoga does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1: Paragraph (a) of Section 4-110 of the Saratoga City Code,
contained in Article V of Chapter 4 thereof, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(a) Classification "A" - General (C6mmercial, Personal
services, Professional, Manufacturing)
Every person, whether a resident or a non-resident of
the City of Saratoga, who is engaged in, orsconducting or doing
business within the City limits of the City, except as otherwise
provided for in Classifications "B" and "C" hereof, or except as
may otherwise be provided for in-any of the other Articles of this
Chapter 4, shall pay an annual license fee as f~llows:
(1) A base fee of $35.00 per year o~ 3.5% of annual gross
receipts, whichever is the-lesser. Each person shall
pay the base annual fee on January 1st of each year,
and shall be reimbursed January 1st of the subsequent
year for the difference, if any, between the base fee
actually paid and the amount that is actually due here-
under, and
(2) If at anytime during the calendar year such person dr
business is composed of more than eight (8) persons,
whether as partners, associates, or otherwise, or has
more than eight (8) full-time employees or the equivalent'~
(which is interpreted to mean those working the equivalent
of 40 hours per week), or any combination of above exceed-
ing eight (8), then an additional fee of $25.00 per year
shall be levied, for a total of $60.00.
Section 2: Subparagraph (4) of paragraph (c), entitled ~Miscellaneous
Businesses", of Section 4-110 of the Saratoga City Code,
contained in Article V of Chapter 4 thereof, is hereby amended to read as follows;
(4) Mobile Home Parks, Rest Homes, Sanitariums
Every person engaged in the business of operating
a mobile home park, rest home, or sanitarium, shall
pay an annual license fee of $25.00, plus the sum of
$2.00 per unit for each livin9 unit in a m6bile home
park, and in the case of a rest home or sanitarium,
the sum of $2.00 per bed.
Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase
is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby declares that it
would have passed this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and
phrasesthereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses or phrases be held invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
effect thirty (30) days after the date of its passage and
adoption, and shall, upon becoming operative, be retroactive to January 1, 1975.
The above and foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and after the
waiting time required by law it was thereafter passed and adopted on the 4th
day of June , 1975, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Bridges, Brigham, Kraus, Corr & Matte~ai
NOES..: None
ABSENT: None
ATTESTs:/"':' '-L,~,~,~ .
The above and foregoin is a and correct
cop,/ol O!'i n>.:,ce ZZ ~/- / _ true
which has been
pubiished according to law.
Oepu~y City Clerk /y _ Date