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Section 19. Motor Freight Terminals.
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<br /> Every person, firm or corporation maintaining or operating in
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<br /> the City of Charlottesville any freight terminal for the purpose of receiving or
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<br /> discharging freight carried or to be carried by any motor vehicle freight carrier shall pay a specific license tax of $250.00.
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<br />20. Buyers of Gold and Silver.
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<br /> Every buyer of gold and silver shall pay for the privilege of doing business
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<br /> in the City a license tax of $50.00; provided, however, that this license tax shall
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<br />not apply to licensed jewelry merchants purchasing old gold and silver at their place of business.
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<br />Section 21. Carnival.
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<br /> On every carnival, five hundred dollars ($500.00) per day. A Carnival shall
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<br /> mean an aggregation of shows, amusements, concessions, eating places and
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<br /> riding devices, or any of them operating together on one lot or street, or on contiguous
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<br /> lots or streets, moving from place to place, whether the same are owned and actually
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<br /> operated by separate persons, firms, corporations or not.
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<br />22. Chain Store.
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<br /> On each chain store, chain mercantile establishment or chain individual store,
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<br /> there shall be a license tax of ten (10) cents for each $100.00 of sales made
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<br /> during the preceding calendar year, which license tax shall be in addition to any
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<br /> license tax prescribed by any other section or sections of this ordinance.
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<br /> For the purpose of this ordinance, a chain store, chain mercantile establishment
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<br /> or chain subsidiary, shall be any retail outlet which is actually under, or subject to, the
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<br /> direct or indirect control, direction, or management of any individual, firm, organization,
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<br /> or corporation, foreign or domestic operating or maintaining six or more retail stores or
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<br /> mercantile establishments anywhere under the same general management, supervision or
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<br /> ownership, the net revenue of which retail stores or mercantile establishments inure to the
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<br /> benefit of, or are made available, in whole or in part, immediately or ultimately, to such
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<br /> individual, firm, or organization or corporation. This section shall apply to all such retail
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<br />stores or mercantile establishments located within the corporate limits of this City even
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<br /> though they may be apparently or ostensibly operated as separate or independent stores
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<br />or mercantile establishments, if they are actually subservient to, or under the control of, such
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<br /> individual, firm, organization or corporation in the manner set forth in this section.
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<br />23. City Directory.
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<br /> Any person, firm or corporation who shall engage in the business of publishing or distributing
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<br /> a directory commonly known as a city directory, having an office or representative, or making
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<br /> contracts for work or soliciting for work in the City of Charlottesville shall pay a license tax of fifty dollars ($50.00).
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<br />24. Cleaning and Pressing.
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<br /> Each person, firm or corporation conducting a cleaning and/or pressing establishment shall
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<br /> pay a license tax of $25.00, and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be
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<br /> 25c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
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<br />52. Cold Storage Plant.
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<br /> Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of operating a cold storage plant
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<br />for some purpose other than storage of his own goods shall pay a license tax of $25.00, and where
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<br /> the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 25c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
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<br />26. cold storage - rental of lockers.
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<br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of rental
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<br />of individual lockers for cold storage of goods shall pay a license tax
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<br /> of $25.00, and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00, the tax
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<br />shall be 25c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
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<br />the receipts for handling and preparing goods to be placed in
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<br /> these lockers shall be included in the foregoing receipts, however,
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<br />this license shall not include the right to sell any products. if such person
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<br /> buys and sells any product in connection with such storage business, a
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<br /> separate merchant's license as hereinafter provided shall be required.
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<br />27. contractors and contracting.
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<br />Every person, firm or corporation conducting or engaging in any of the
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<br />following contracting occupations, businesses, or trades shall pay for
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<br /> the privilege an annual license tax of $25.00, and where the gross receipts
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<br /> exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 10c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
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<br />- air conditioning
<br />- brick contracting, stone and other masonry
<br />- building
<br />- cement
<br />- dredging, sand and gravel
<br />- electrical
<br />- floor scraping or finishing
<br />- foundations
<br />- interior decorating
<br />- paint, paper decorating
<br />- plastering
<br />- plumbing, heating, steamfitting, gasfitting
<br />- road, street, bridge, sidewalk, curb and gutter
<br />- sewer drilling and well digging
<br />- structural metal
<br />- tile. glass, flooring covering
<br />- other contractors and contracting
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<br />28. Dance halls.
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<br />On every license to a person or firm to conduct a dance hall in
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<br /> which dancing is to be allowed, where an admission fee is charged
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<br /> or a charge is made for participating in such dancing, the tax shall be
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<br /> $50, and no such license shall be granted until such person or persons
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<br />shall have secured the consent of the mayor, who shall satisfy himself that
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<br /> the person or persons applying are proper persons to conduct such hall,
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<br />and that the location is suitable for such purpose, and it is further provided
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<br /> that any such dance hall may be subject to such rules and regulations as
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<br /> are now or may hereafter be prescribed by the council. not transferable.
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<br />29. Dealers in pistols, dirks, and bowie knives.
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<br />No person, firm or corporation shall sell pistols, dirks, or bowie
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<br /> knives without having first procured a license therefor.
<br />every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of selling
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<br /> pistols, dirks, or bowie knives, or who shall hereafter engage in such
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<br /> business, shall pay for the privilege of transacting said business a specific
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<br /> license tax of five dollars ($5), and no such license shall be issued for any
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<br /> less period than one year nor shall there be any abatement in any instance
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<br /> of the tax, upon such license by reason of the fact that the person or persons
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<br /> so licensed shall have exercised such license calling for a period of less than
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<br /> one year. applicants for license to deal in pistols, dirks and bowie knives must
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<br />have the written consent of the mayor. dealers must report all sales to the chief
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<br />of police monthly, giving names and addresses of purchasers.
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<br />30. Dental laboratory.
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<br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in operating a dental laboratory,
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<br />the tax shall be $25.00, and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00
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<br /> the tax shall be 10c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
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<br />31. Electricity.
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<br />Every person, firm or corporation generating or selling or offering
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<br /> for sale or delivering electricity for light or power or heat or any other
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<br /> commercial uses shall pay a license tax of one-half of one per cent. of
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<br /> the gross receipts of such person, firm or corporation, based upon receipts
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<br /> from such business during the preceding calendar year. in applying for such
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<br /> license, a statement of such receipts shall be submitted to the commissioner of revenue.
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<br />32. Exterminators.
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<br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of exterminating
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<br /> insects or animal pests in this city shall pay a license tax of $25.00, and where
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<br /> the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 25c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
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<br />33. Florists.
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<br />On every person or firm engaged as a florist, a specific license of thirty-five
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<br /> dollars ($35.00) shall be imposed, and if they engage in buying and selling,
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<br />they shall be deemed merchants and shall pay accordingly.
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<br />34. Flour and meal manufacture.
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<br />On every license to a manufacturer of flour or meal, the tax shall be
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<br /> twenty-five dollars ($25) for each license. but when the manufacturer deals in flour, meal or other grain products other than his own manufacture he shall be required to procure a merchants' license graduated by the amount of such purchases.
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<br />35. Fortune tellers.
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<br />Every person practicing the art of divination, fortune telling, palmistry,
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<br />astrology, or phrenology who shall practice the same in this city, shall pay a tax of $7,500.00. not prorated.
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<br />36. Furniture Upholsterer or Repairer.
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<br />On every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of upholstering
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<br /> or repairing furniture the license tax shall be ....................... $25.00
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<br />38. Gasoline and Other Petroleum Products Outside City.
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<br />Any person, firm or corporation whose storage tanks are located outside of
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<br /> the corporate limits of the city who transports gasoline or other petroleum
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<br /> products of like nature on or through the streets of this city for sale or delivery
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<br /> to wholesale or retail merchants for resale in this city shall pay a license tax for
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<br /> the privilege of doing such business in this city, the same to be graduated by
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<br /> the amount of sales or delivered price made by him or it of such commodities
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<br />sold or delivered in this City during the next preceding year, or, in the case of
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<br />starting business during the year, the estimated amount of sales which will be so
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<br /> made during the balance of the license year; the amount to be paid to the
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<br /> same as that required of a retail merchant.
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<br />This section shall not apply to a person, firm, or corporation who or which
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<br /> has paid or is assessable a business license under some other section of this ordinance.
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<br />39. Hobby Horses, Merry-Go-Rounds, Ferris Wheels, etc.
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<br />On every license to keep a Hobby Horse, Merry-Go-Round, Ferris Wheel
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<br />or other like amusement, the tax shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) per week
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<br />and no license shall be issued under this section for a shorter period than
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<br />one week. And such license shall be a personal privilege and only granted
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<br /> by order of the Mayor, except when conducted in connection with County
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<br /> Fairs, in which case no tax shall be imposed.
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<br />40. Hotels.
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<br />Any person who keeps a public inn or lodging house of
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