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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
If Council concurs, introduce Ordinance No. ID D/73 amending Title
5, Section 5.04, Section 5.04.020 to allow business licenses to be
effective for one year from date of issue.
ITEM EXPLANATION
The amendment of the Business License Code is the first of many
aimed at up-dating our license practices. The City presently
issues business licenses on a calendar year basis. All licenses
come due on January 1st each year and must be renewed by February 9
each year to avoid penalties. This causes a substantial work load
for the license clerk from November when renewal notices go out, to
March when license activity begins to wind down. Allowing year-
round licensing will allow us to begin to spread this workload out
throughout the year.
Another important factor of year round licensing is that it
addresses one of the most frequent complaints from businesses.
This complaint is that businesses licensed near the end of the
calendar year must obtain a license for the current calendar year
and then, in three months or less, obtain a license for the new
calendar year, thereby paying the basic license fee twice within a
very short period of time. This is particularly hard on
contractors who start a small job near the end of one calendar
year.
FISCAL IMPACT
The change from calendar year to year round licensing will have
little impact on total license revenue. The City will experience
some lost revenue due to the elimination of the short period
licenses (i.e. those issued late in the calendar year, when a new
license is required again as of January 1.) However, this loss
will not be substantial and should be offset to some extent by the
larger license fees collected for full year licenses from these
companies licensed on gross receipts. The major benefit will be in
the eventual reduction of the year end license effort which removes
staff from other issues such as the collection of parking
c itations.
EXHIBITS
Ordinance No. G> 0*73
Section 5.04.020
amending Title 5, Chapter 5
of the Carlsbad Municipal Code.
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ORDINANCE NO.6073
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA AMENDING TITLE 5, CHAPTER
5.04 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE
AMENDMENT OF SECTION 5.04.020 TO CAUSE ALL
LICENSES TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR ONE YEAR FROM DATE
OF ISSUE, AND REMOVING ALL REFERENCE TO CALENDAR
YEAR LICENSING.
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California
does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: That Title 5, Chapter 5.04 of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code is amended by the amendment of Section 5.04.020
to replace the second sentence which reads:
"The license tax shall be due and payable before the
commencement of any new business and deliquent on and after the
thirty-first day after commencement of a new business; and in
advance, annually, on Janury 1st and delinquent on and after the
tenth day of February of each year for all previously
established businesses."
with the following sentences:
"The license tax shall be due and payable before the
commencement of any new business and deliquent on and after the
thirty-first day after commencement of a new business. For all
previously licensed businesses the license tax shall be due and
payable annually in advance on the first day of the month in
which the business was originally established and deliquent on
the tenth day of the following month."
SECTION 2: This ordinance being an ordinance relating
to taxes for usual and current expenses of the City, pursuant to
Section 36937(d) of the Government Code, shall take effect
immediately upon its passage. Before the expiration of fifteen
days after its passage, this ordinance shall be published once
in the Carlsbad Journal, a newspaper of general circulation
printed and published in the City of Carlsbad.
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INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a meeting of
City Council held on the Hth day of October
and thereafter
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a meeting of said C
held on the 18th day of October , 1983,
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Casler, Lewis, Kulchin,
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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MARY H. CASLER, Mayor
ATTEST:
/lA^J J /? / J///fjCfi*' aC I \ i^^uiAt^^tf^C^-^.ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ , CltyClerk
(SEAL)
the Carlsbad
, 1983,
ity Council
by the
Chick and Presoott