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TAXES ON LICENSES 9 <br />34. Carnival. <br />On every carnival, one hundred and twenty-five dollars <br />($125) per day. A carnival shall mean an aggregation of shows, <br />amusements, concessions, eating places and riding devices, or <br />any of them operating together on one lot or street, or on <br />contigious lots or streets, moving from place to place, whether <br />the same are owned and actually operated by separate persons, <br />firms, corporations or not. <br />35. Chain Store. <br />On each chain store, chain mercantile establishment or <br />chain subsidiary there shall be a license tax of ten (10) cents <br />for each $100.00 of sales made during the preceding calendar <br />year, which license tax shall be in addition to any license tax <br />prescribed by any other section or sections of this ordinance. <br />For the purpose of this ordinance, a chain store, chain mer- <br />cantile establishment or chain subsidiary, shall be any retail <br />outlet which is actually under, or subject to, the direct or <br />indirect control, direction, or management of any individual, <br />firm, organization, or corporation, foreign or domestic operating <br />or maintaining six or more retail stores or mercantile estab- <br />lishments anywhere. under the same general management, su- <br />pervision or ownership, the net revenue of which retail stores <br />or mercantile establishments inure to the benefit of, or are made <br />available, in whole or in part, immediately or ultimately, to <br />such individual, firm, or organization or corporation. This sec- <br />tion shall apply to all such retail stores or mercantile establish- <br />ments located within the corporate limits of this City even <br />though they may be apparently or ostensibly operated as sep- <br />arate or independent stores or mercantile establishments, if <br />they are actually subservient to, or under the control of, such <br />individual, firm, organization or corporation in the manner set <br />forth in this section. <br />36. Cinder or Building Blocks. <br />Every person, firm or corporation manufacturing cinder <br />block or other building block, shall pay a specific license tax of <br />$100.00 per annum. <br />37. City Directory. <br />Any person, firm or corporation who shall engage in the <br />business of publishing or distributing a directory commonly <br />TAXES ON LICENSES 11 <br />43. Concrete—Ready-mixed. <br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business <br />of furnishing to others ready -mixed concrete shall pay a specific <br />license tax of $100.00 per annum. <br />44. Contractors. <br />Every contractor for the privilege of transacting business <br />shall pay a license tax to be ascertained in the following man- <br />ner: <br />If the gross amount of all orders or contracts for work done <br />in the State aggregate one thousand dollars or less, he shall pay <br />the sum of ten dollars, and he shall pay one dollar additional <br />on each one thousand dollars in excess of the first one thousand <br />dollars and to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars, and he <br />shall pay fifty cents additional on each one thousand dollars on <br />all orders or contracts in excess of fifteen thousand dollars; such <br />sums shall be assessed and collected as provided for by the tax <br />laws of the State of Virginia, applicable to contractors except <br />as otherwise herein provided. <br />45. Creamery. <br />Each person, firm or corporation manufacturing butter for <br />sale shall pay a specific license tax of $100.00 per annum_. <br />Not transferable. <br />46. Credit Unions. <br />A credit union which makes loans only to its stockholders <br />or members shall pay an annual City license tax as follows: <br />Five dollars ($5.00) where the actual paid in capital is not <br />in excess of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) ; ten dollars <br />($10) where the actual paid in capital is over fifteen thousand <br />dollars ($15,000.00) and not in excess of twenty thousand dol- <br />lars ($20,000.00) ; fifteen dollars ($15) where the actual paid in <br />capital is over twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) and not in <br />excess of fifty thousand dollars ('10,50,000.00); twenty-five dollars <br />($25) where the actual paid in capital is over fifty thousand <br />dollars ($50,000.00) and not in excess of one hundred thousand <br />dollars ($100,000.00) ; and an additional sum of two dollars <br />($2) per thousand for each one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of <br />actual paid in capital in excess of one hundred thousand dol- <br />lars ($100,000.00) . <br />10 CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE <br />known as a city directory having an office or representative, <br />or making contract for work or soliciting for work in the <br />City of Charlottesville shall pay a license tax of twenty-five <br />dollars ($25) . <br />38. Civil Engineers. <br />See 14. <br />39. Cleaning and Pressing. <br />Each person, firm or corporation conducting a cleaning <br />and/or pressing establishment shall pay a specific license tax <br />of twenty dollars ($20) per annum; provided, however, that <br />where the machinery used is operated by any other power than <br />by hand, the tax shall be seventy-five dollars ($75), and in addi- <br />tion thereto, if gross receipts of such person, firm,or corporation, <br />for the preceding year, exceeded $20,000.00, an additional sum <br />of twenty cents (20c) for each $100.00 of excess of such receipts <br />over $20,000.00. <br />40. Cold Storage Plants. <br />Every person, firm or corporation operating a cold storage <br />plant for some purpose other than for storing his own goods <br />shall pay for the storage privilege only a license tax of fifty <br />dollars ($50) per annum for each fifty thousand (50,000) cubic <br />feet capacity or major fraction thereof, provided, that in no case <br />shall any such license tax exceed $350.00. <br />41. Cold Storage—Rental of Lockers. <br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business <br />of renting individual lockers for cold storage of goods shall pay <br />for the privilege a license tax of $125.00. This license shall not <br />include the right to sell any products stored, and if such person <br />buys and sells any product in connection with such storage busi- <br />ness, a separate merchant's license as hereinafter provided shall <br />be required. <br />42. Common Criers. <br />On every license to a common crier the tax shall be twenty- <br />five dollars ($25), and he may sell under this license, fowl, <br />butter, fresh fish, fresh vegetables, fruit or articles of like per- <br />ishable nature. <br />12 CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE <br />47. Dance Balls. <br />On every license to a person or firm to conduct a dance <br />hall in which dancing is to be allowed, where an admission <br />fee is charged or a charge is made for participating in such <br />dancing, the tax shall be $50, and no such license shall be <br />granted until such person or persons shall have secured the <br />consent of the Mayor, who shall satisfy himself that the per- <br />son or persons applying are proper persons to nonduct such <br />hall, and that the location is suitable for such purpose, and <br />it is further provided that any such dance hall shall be subject <br />to such rules and regulations as are now or may hereafter be <br />prescribed by the Council. Not transferable. <br />48. Daguerrean and Photographic Artists and Canvassers for <br />Copying Pictures. <br />The license tax on any person engaged in business as a <br />daguerrean or photographic artist, shall be fifty dollars ($50) . <br />All persons canvassing this city for copying pictures of any <br />description shall pay a license tax of one hundred dollars ($100) . <br />Any itinerant daguerrean or photographic artist, or any person <br />taking orders in this city on the ticket or other plan for photo- <br />graphs to be delivered or furnished by photographers shall pay <br />a liccn se tax of one hundred dollars ($100.00), provided, that <br />said license shall not be required of persons taking orders for <br />photographs licensed by this City and having a fixed place of <br />business in this City. <br />49. Dealers in Pistols, Dirks, and Bowie Knives. <br />No person, firm or corporation shall sell pistols, dirks, <br />or bowie knives without having first procured a license there- <br />for. <br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business <br />of selling pistols, dirks, or bowie knives, or who shall hereafter <br />engage in such business, shall pay for the privilege of transact- <br />ing said business a specific license tax of five dollars ($5), and <br />no such license shall be issued for any less period than one year <br />ncr shall fl,ere be any abatement in any instance of the tax <br />upon such license by reason of the fact that the person or per- <br />sons so licensed shall have exercised such license calling for a <br />period of less than one year. Applicants for license to deal in <br />pistols, dirks and bowie knives must have the written consent <br />of the Mayor. Dealers must report all sales to the Chief of <br />Police monthly, giving names and addresses of purchasers. <br />