HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1154-1994ORDINANCE NO. 1154-94
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
AMENDING CHAPTER 6.16.060 OF THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES FOR
JUNK COLLECTORS
The City Council of the City of South San Francisco does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 6.16.060 of the South San Francisco
Municipal Code is hereby amended, in its entirety, to read as
follows:
Section 6.16.060. JUNK COLLECTOR
(a) Each business or person that operates as a junk collector
within South San Francisco shall pay an annual business license tax
equal to the greater of two hundred dollars ($200.00) or four
percent (4%) of the gross receipts derived from the collection of
recyclable/salvageable materials within South San Francisco. A
recyclable/salvageable material shall be as defined in section
6.56.010 and section 8.28.020. With the exception of the initial
payment, the taxes owed pursuant to this section shall be paid
quarterly and shall be due and payable on April 30, July 31,
October 31, and January 31, of each year. An initial payment of
$200.00 shall be required at the time that the business license is
requested. The $200.00 payment shall be credited against the first
quarterly payment thereafter due.
(b) Ail junk collectors who are issued a junk collectors
permit to conduct a junk collectors business involving the
collection of recyclable/salvageable materials shall submit
quarterly reports and an annual report to the City's Finance
Director for purposes of compliance with this section.
(c) The following information shall be furnished by each junk
collector permitted by the City in its quarterly reports:
(i)
The number of accounts that the junk collector has
in the city;
(2)
The total revenue received from charges for the
collection of recyclable/salvageable materials from
accounts within the City;
(3)
A calculation of four (4) percent of gross receipts
earned during that quarter from the collection of
recyclable/salvageable materials within the City.
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(4)
Total tonnage of recyclable/salvageable material
collected by the junk collector from sources in
South San Francisco.
(5)
Total tonnage of each type of
recyclable/salvageable material collected by the
junk collector from sources in South San Francisco
The quarterly reporting periods shall be from January 1 through
March 31, April 1 through June 30, July 1 through September 30, and
October 1, through December 31.
(d) Each junk collector permitted by the City shall furnish
the following information in its annual report: the business name,
address, telephone number, and contact person of each account which
is serviced by the junk collector; the date that the account
service began and ended as applicable and the total annual charge
to the account for service, and total annual revenue derived from
service charges for the calendar year.
(e) Failure to produce a quarterly or annual report may
result in revocation or suspension of the junk collector's permit
pursuant to Section 6.56.070 of the South San Francisco Municipal
Code.
SECTION 2:
URGENCY ORDINANCE.
Pursuant to Government Code Section 36937, the City Council
of the City of South San Francisco hereby finds that this ordinance
amending the business license tax provisions of Chapter 6.16 of the
South San Francisco Municipal Code is related to imposition and
collection of taxes for the usual and current expenses of the City.
SECTION 3:
SEVERABILITY.
In the event any section or portion of this ordinance shall be
determined invalid or unconstitutional, such section or portion
shall be deemed severable and all other sections or portions hereof
shall remain in full force and effect.
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SECTION 4:
PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
This ordinance shall be published once, with the names of
those City Councilmembers voting for or against it, in the
Enterprise Journal, a newspaper of general circulation in the City
of South San Francisco, as required by law and shall take effect
immediately upon adoption ·
Introduced and adopted as an urgency Ordinance of the City of
South San Francisco at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of South San Francisco, held the 14th day of December, 1994,
by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers Joseph A. Fernekes, Roberta Cerri Te~lia
and Mayor Robert Yee
NOES:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers Jack Drago and John R. Penna
As Mayor of the City of South San Francisco, I do hereby
approve the foregoing Ordinance this l~th d~of D~c~mber ,
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