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42. Itinerant and Distressed Merchandise Vendors. <br /> <br />All persons bringing to and exhibiting for sale to consumer at retail in the City in trucks, <br /> <br /> in temporary places or fixed places of sale, goods or merchandise of any character as bankrupt, <br /> <br />consignee, trustee, railroad wreck, fire, slaughter stock, leftover, exposition stock, or stock of like <br /> <br />character, and all itinerant vendors doing business in the City shall pay for the privilege a license tax <br /> <br />of $500.00 per week, and no license shall be issued under this section for a fraction of a week. <br /> <br />"Itinerant vendors," as used in this ordinance, shall be construed to mean and include all persons, <br /> <br />whether principal, agent, or salesman, who engage in temporary or transient business in the City in <br /> <br /> one or more places, and who for the purpose of carrying on such business do not have a lease on a <br /> <br /> building or lot, etc., for a period of twelve months or longer. <br /> <br />43. Junk Dealers. <br /> <br />On every license to a junk dealer the tax shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) and on every <br /> <br />person who shall engage in the business of buying junk or other matter for a junk dealer or for <br /> <br />sale to a junk dealer, the tax shall be thirty dollars ($30). Where such a dealer engages in buying <br /> <br /> and selling of wool, hides or furs, he shall pay a merchants' tax in addition. <br /> <br />44. Laboratories—Animal. <br /> <br />On businesses for the purpose of preparing cats, dogs, frogs or other animals for Educational <br /> <br /> or Scientific purposes the License Tax shall be $15.00. <br /> <br />45. Laundries. <br /> <br />(a) On every person, firm or corporation engaged in the operation of a laundry other than by hand <br /> <br /> the license tax shall be $25.00, and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 25c <br /> <br /> on each $100.00 in addition thereto. <br /> <br />(b) On every person, firm or corporation operating a hand laundry the tax shall be $20.00. <br /> <br />But nothing in this section shall be construed to impose a license tax upon persons who <br /> <br />wash bed clothing, wearing apparel, etc., without laundry machinery and who do not keep <br /> <br />shops or other regular places of business for laundry purposes. <br /> <br />46. Laundries—Dry Cleaning—Pressing and Dyeing—Non-Resident. <br /> <br />On every person, firm or corporation (other than a laundry, pressing, dyeing or dry cleaning <br /> <br />establishment located in the City of Charlottesville) engaged in soliciting general laundry, <br /> <br />dyeing, pressing, or dry cleaning work, including towel or linen service, or the renting of towels <br /> <br /> for compensation, where said person, firm or corporation does the laundry, dyeing, pressing, <br /> <br />or dry cleaning work thereon outside of the City, or has it done outside of the City $250.00 per annum. <br /> <br />Provided, however, that if the business of such person, firm, or corporation shall consist only of cleaning <br /> <br /> of rugs, carpets and similar articles, the license tax shall be $100.00 per annum, and provided further <br /> <br /> that if the business of such person, firm or corporation shall consist only of furnishing diaper service, <br /> <br />the license tax shall be $150.00 per annum. <br /> <br />47. Laundries and other Concerns Supplying Automobile Covers, <br /> <br />Cleaning Cloths, Uniforms and Wearing Apparel and Diapers. <br /> <br />(a) On every person engaged in the business of supplying cloths for temporary protection of automobiles <br /> <br />and cleaning the same or any other wiper cloths the license tax shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and <br /> <br /> where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00, the tax shall be twenty-five cents ($0.25) on each $100.00 <br /> <br /> in addition thereto. <br /> <br />(b) On every person engaged in the business of supplying, on a rental or other similar <br /> <br /> basis, uniforms, wearing apparel, or diapers, the license tax shall be twenty-five dollars <br /> <br /> ($25.00) and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00, the tax shall be twenty-five <br /> <br />cents ($0.25) on each $100.00 in addition thereto. <br /> <br />48. Launderettes. <br /> <br />On every person, firm or corporation who operates a laundry in which the customer pays <br /> <br /> rental for the use of washing machines at such place of business a license tax of $25.00 <br /> <br /> and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 25c on each $100.00 in addition thereto. <br />