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10. Automobile Washing and Polishing. <br />On ' each and every person, firm or corporation, doing a bottling <br />business in the City of soda water, pop, gingerale, sarsaparilla, aerated <br />water, fruit or vegetable juices whether made with plain water or with <br />aerated or carbonated water, when the output of the plant is 100 cases <br />or less per day the license tax shall be seventy-five dollars ($75) , and <br />when the output of the said plant is in excess of 100 cases per day, in <br />addition to such sum of seventy-five dollars ($75) thirty-five dollars <br />($35) for each additional 100 cases of output or fraction thereof. The <br />output of such plant shall be considered the average daily output of <br />said plant, counting working days only, for the preceding calendar year. <br />In the case of new plants the output shall be estimated and any under- <br />estimate shall be subject to correction at the end of the year. <br />17. Bowling Alleys. <br />On every license to operate a bowling alley or bowling salon the <br />tax shall be $20.00 for every alley used in such business. <br />18. Brokers, in Stocks, Bonds, Bills and Options or Futures. <br />Every person, firm or corporation conducting the business of stock, <br />bond, note or bill broker or engaged in the business of receiving orders <br />to buy or sell cotton, grain provisions or other commodities shall be <br />deemed to be a broker dealing in options or futures and shall pay a <br />license tax of ------------------------ $25.00, and if the gross amount of gross fees <br />and commissions exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 50c on each $100.00 <br />in addition thereto. <br />19. Building and Loan Association. <br />Specific license tax upon purely mutual companies lending only to <br />stockholders, and confining its business solely to the City and County <br />in which organized and counties and cities immediately contiguous thereto, <br />$50-00. <br />Specific license tax upon paid-up stock, or partially paid-up stock, to <br />value . of $25,000.00 or less, $75.00; and a further sum of $2.00 upon <br />each additional $1,000.00 or fractional part thereof, so paid up. <br />Note: Commissioner must require statement under oath of capital <br />paid in. <br />. <br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of washing, <br />• <br />polishing, cleaning, oiling and/or greasing automobiles, busses, trucks, <br />trailers or auto wagons, when such business is not conducted in con- <br />nection with another licensed bu§iness shall be deemed a retail merchant <br />and pay the same license tax provided in Section 55. <br />11. Bakers Retail and Home. - <br />Every person, firm or corporation who shall conduct a bakery or <br />manufacturing confectionery, selling the majority of the products thereof <br />at retail and persons who bake at home and sell their products for resale <br />shall pay a license tax of ---------------------------- $25.00, and where the.amount <br />-- <br />_ of gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 22c on each $100.00 <br />in addition thereto. <br />12. Barbers, Beauty Shops, etc. <br />Every person, firm or corporation operating as a barber shop, beauty <br />shop, masseur, or manicurist in this City shall pay a license tax of- <br />-------------------- $25.00, and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the <br />tax shall be 25c on each $100.00 in addition thereto. <br />• <br />13. Billboards and Wall Signs. <br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of bill- <br />board painting or wall signs or the rental of space for such business <br />shall pay for the privilege $40.00 and in addition $2.00 for each such <br />billboard or wall sign in excess of 20. <br />14. Billiards or Pool. <br />On each license to operate billiard or pool parlors the tax shall be <br />$20.00 for each table used in the business. No license shall be issued <br />without the written consent of the Mayor. License may be issued quarterly. <br />15. Bootblacks. it <br />For each chair or stand accommodating not more than one person <br />the license shall be $2 and when a bench is used the license shall be <br />$2 for each pair of footrests, for year or any part of year. <br />1.0 <br />16. Bottling Works. <br />On ' each and every person, firm or corporation, doing a bottling <br />business in the City of soda water, pop, gingerale, sarsaparilla, aerated <br />water, fruit or vegetable juices whether made with plain water or with <br />aerated or carbonated water, when the output of the plant is 100 cases <br />or less per day the license tax shall be seventy-five dollars ($75) , and <br />when the output of the said plant is in excess of 100 cases per day, in <br />addition to such sum of seventy-five dollars ($75) thirty-five dollars <br />($35) for each additional 100 cases of output or fraction thereof. The <br />output of such plant shall be considered the average daily output of <br />said plant, counting working days only, for the preceding calendar year. <br />In the case of new plants the output shall be estimated and any under- <br />estimate shall be subject to correction at the end of the year. <br />17. Bowling Alleys. <br />On every license to operate a bowling alley or bowling salon the <br />tax shall be $20.00 for every alley used in such business. <br />18. Brokers, in Stocks, Bonds, Bills and Options or Futures. <br />Every person, firm or corporation conducting the business of stock, <br />bond, note or bill broker or engaged in the business of receiving orders <br />to buy or sell cotton, grain provisions or other commodities shall be <br />deemed to be a broker dealing in options or futures and shall pay a <br />license tax of ------------------------ $25.00, and if the gross amount of gross fees <br />and commissions exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 50c on each $100.00 <br />in addition thereto. <br />19. Building and Loan Association. <br />Specific license tax upon purely mutual companies lending only to <br />stockholders, and confining its business solely to the City and County <br />in which organized and counties and cities immediately contiguous thereto, <br />$50-00. <br />Specific license tax upon paid-up stock, or partially paid-up stock, to <br />value . of $25,000.00 or less, $75.00; and a further sum of $2.00 upon <br />each additional $1,000.00 or fractional part thereof, so paid up. <br />Note: Commissioner must require statement under oath of capital <br />paid in. <br />. <br />20. Motor Freight Terminals. <br />Every person, firm or corporation maintaining or operating in the <br />City of Charlottesville any freight terminal for the purpose of receiving <br />or discharging freight carried or to be carried by any motor vehicle freight <br />carrier shall pay a specific license tax of $250.00. <br />21. Buyers of Gold and Silver. <br />Every buyer of gold and silver shall pay for the privilege of doing <br />business in the City a license tax of $50.00; provided, however. that <br />this license tax shall not apply to licensed jewelry merchants purchasing <br />old gold and silver at their place of business. <br />22. Carnival. <br />On every carnival, five hundred dollars ($500.00) per day. A carn- <br />ival shall mean an aggregation of shows, amusements, concessions, eating <br />places and riding devices, or any of them operating together on one lot <br />or street, or on contiguous lots or streets, moving from place to place, <br />whether the same are owned and actually operated by separate persons, <br />firms, corporations or not. <br />• <br />23. Chain Store. <br />On each chain store, chain mercantile establishment or chain sub- <br />sidiary there shall be a license tax of ten (10) cents for each $100.00 of <br />sales made during the preceding calendar year, which license tax shall <br />be in addition to any license tax prescribed by any other section or sec- <br />tions of this ordinance. <br />For the purpose of this ordinance, a chain store, chain mercantile <br />establishment or chain subsidiary, shall be any retail outlet which is actu- <br />ally under, or subject to, the direct or indirect control, direction, or man- <br />agement of any individual, firm, organization, or corporation, foreign <br />or domestic operating or maintaining six or more retail stores or mer- <br />cantile establishments anywhere under the same general management, <br />supervision or ownership, the net revenue of which retail stores or mer- <br />cantile establishments inure to the benefit of, or are made available, in <br />whole or in part, immediately or ultimately, to such individual, firm or <br />organization or corporation. This section shall apply to all such retail <br />stores or mercantile establishments located within the corporate limits <br />of this City even though they may be apparently or ostensibly operated as <br />separate or independent stores or mercantile establishments, if they are <br />actually subservient to, or under the control of, such individual, firm, or- <br />ganization or corporation in the manner set forth in this section. <br />24. City Directory. <br />Any person, firm or corporation who shall engage in the business <br />of publishing or distributing a directory commonly known as a city <br />directory having an office or representative, or making contract for work <br />or soliciting for work in the City of Charlottesville shall pay a license <br />tax of fifty dollars ($50.00). <br />25. Cleaning and Pressing. <br />Each person, firm or corporation conducting a cleaning and/or press- <br />ing establishment shall pay a license tax of....................................$25.00, <br />and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 25c on <br />each $100.00 in addition thereto. <br />26. Cold Storage Plant. <br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of oper- <br />ating a cold storage plant for some purpose other than storage of his own <br />goods shall pay a license tax of -------------------------------------------------------- $25.00, <br />and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 25c on <br />each $100.00 in addition thereto. <br />27.. Cold Storage -Rental of Lockers. <br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of rental <br />of individual lockers -for cold storage of goods shall pay a license tax <br />of -------------------- $25.00, and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the <br />tax shall be 25c on each $100.00 in addition thereto. <br />The receipts for handling and preparing goods to be placed in these <br />lockers shall be included in the foregoing receipts, however, this license <br />shall not include the right to sell any products. If such person buys and <br />sells any product in connection with such storage business, a separate <br />merchant's license as hereinafter provided shall be required. <br />28. Contractors and Contracting. <br />(a) Every person, firm or corporation conducting or engaging in any <br />of the following contracting occupations, businesses, or trades shall pay <br />for the privilege an annual license tax of -------------------------------------------- $25.00, <br />and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 10c on <br />each $100.00 in addition thereto. <br />Air conditioning <br />Brick contracting, stone and other masonary <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 *' r <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, flooring covering <br />Wrecking, moving, excavating <br />Other contractors and contracting <br />(b) Every person engaged in the business of erecting a building or <br />buildings for the purpose of selling or renting the same and making go <br />contract with a duly licensed contractor for the erection of said buildi , <br />whether or not such person -contracts with one or more duly lice <br />contractors for one or more portions, but does not contract with any <br />_person for all of the work of erecting any one of said buildings, s <br />be deemed to be a speculative builder and for the privilege of transacting-;: <br />business in this city, shall pay a license tax equal to -------- _------------------- $25.00 <br />and where the entire cost of erecting the buildings, exclusive of the value, -'41 <br />of the land, exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 10c on each $100.00 ins'' <br />addition thereto. No person that is duly licensed as a contractor under'x <br />paragraph (a) of this section and that is also engaged in the business of <br />speculative building for which a license tax would be otherwise pre --i <br />scribed by this paragraph, shall be liable for a separate license, assessable <br />under this paragraph, but every such person shall include in the basis for <br />the tax to be computed under paragraph (a) all ca#he costs of erecting ' <br />said speculative buildings, exclusive of the value of -'the land, which costs <br />shall be considered as part of the orders or contracts accepted by the <br />taxpayer in computing the taxpayer's contractor's license tax. <br />