HomeMy WebLinkAbout84-40 Enforcement of the Requirement of Obtaining a Business LicenseORDINANCE NO. 84-40
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, RELATING TO ENFORCE-
MENT OF THE REQUI104ENT OF OBTAINING A BUSINESS
LICENSE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa finds and
declares as follows:
The present language of Title 9 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code
implies, but does not explicitly state, that the failure to ccznply with
the requirement of obtaining a business license is unlawful and subjects
the person conducting the unlicensed business to criminal prosecution.
The business license requirement is an important and valuable means
of raising needed revenue, and enforcement of that requirement would be
made more effective by explicitly stating that noncompliance will subject
the violator to criminal prosecution.
ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby amends
the Costa Mesa Municipal Code as follows:
SECTION 2. Section 9-1 of Title 9, Chapter I, is amended to read as
follows:
"Section 9-1. License required generally.
For the purpose of raising revenue for the City, every person conduct-
ing,
onduct
ing, carrying on, or engaging in any business shall pay a fee to the City
as hereinafter set forth, and any person who conducts, carries on, or
engages in any business for which payment of a fee is required under the
provisions of this title, without having paid the required fee, is guilty
of a misdemeanor. Each day of unlicensed operation shall constitute a new
and separate offense."
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
thirty (30) days from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the
expiration of fifteen (15) days from its passage shall be published once in
the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed
and published in the City of Costa Mesa or, in the alternative, the City
Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified
copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the
City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance,
and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to
be published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office of
the City Clerk a certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names
of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of
ATTEST:
C ty Clerk of the City of CostrIesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
1984.
to Mesa
APPROVED AS TO FORM '
` CITY ATTORNEY
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and fore-
going Ordinance No. 84-40 was introduced and considered section by section
at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the lst day of October,
1984, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting
of said City Council held on the 15th day of October, 1984, by the follow-
ing roll call vote:
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AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: /(1+ua
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa`Mesa this_16.th day of October, 1984.
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