HomeMy WebLinkAbout1368 - Title 5ORDINANCE NO. 1 3 6 8
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
REPEALING CHAPTERS 5.04 AND 5.08 OF THE
NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE, AND ADDING
THE FOLLOWING NEW CHAPTERS TO SAID CODE:
5.04, ENTITLED "GENERAL PROVISIONS "; 5.08,
ENTITLED "LICENSE FEE CATEGORIES; 5.11,
ENTITLED "SPECIAL REGULATIONS
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 5.04, entitled "Business and
Occupations -- Generally" and Chapter 5.08, entitled "License Fee
Schedules ", of the Newport Beach Municipal Code, are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 2. Chapter 5.04, entitled "General Provisions ",
is added to the Newport Beach Municipal Code to read:
Sections:
5.04.010
5.04.020
5.04.030
5.04.040
5.04.050
5.04.060
5.04.070
5.04.080
5.04.090
5.04.100
5.04.110
5.04.120
5.04.130
5.04.140
5.04.150
5.04.160
5.04.170
5.04.180
5.04.190
5.04.200
5.04.210
5.04.220
5.04.230
5.04.240
5.04.250
5.04.260
"CHAPTER 5.04
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Definitions.
License and Tax Payment Required.
Branch Establishments and Separate Businesses.
Evidence of Doing Business.
Constitutional Apportionment.
Exemptions.
Exemption -- Charitable and Nonprofit
Organizations.
Exemption -- Disabled Veterans.
Minor's Exemption.
Exemption for Artists and Art Exhibits.
Application for License.
Processing of Application.
Issuance of License -- Contents.
Error in Fee Nonprejudicial.
Error in Terms Voids License.
Unpaid Fees.
Duplicate License.
License Nontransferable.
Posting and Keeping of License.
Payment and Term of License.
Penalties for Delinquency.
License Fee a Debt.
Business Requiring Food Handling.
Business Requiring Certificate of Occupancy.
Refunds.
Enforcement- -Right of Entry.
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5.04.270 Extension of Time.
5.04.280 Appeal.
5.04.010 Definitions. (a) "Business" shall mean arts,
professions, trades and occupations and all and every kind of
calling, whether or not carried on for profit.
(b) "Operate" shall mean and include manage,
control or carry on.
(c) "Person" shall mean and include all
domestic and foreign corporations, associations, syndicates,
joint stock corporations, partnerships of every kind, clubs,
Massachusetts, business, or common law trusts, societies, and
individuals transacting and carrying on any business in the
City other than as an employee.
5.04.020 License and Tax Payment Required. Except
when operating under a permit issued pursuant to Chapter 5.16,
no person, either for himself or any other person, shall
operate any business specified in this Title in the City
without first having obtained a license from the City to do
so, or without complying with any and all regulations of such
business contained in this Title; and the carrying on of any
such business without first having obtained a license from
the City to do so, or without complying with any and all
rwgulations of such business contained in this Title, shall
constitute a separate violation of this Title for each and
every day that such business is so carried on.
5.04.030 Branch Establishments and Separate Businesses.
A separate license must be obtained for each branch estab-
lishment or location of the business transacted and carried on
and for each separate type of business at the same location,
and each license shall authorize the licensee to transact
and carry on only the business licensed thereby at the
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location or in the manner designated in such license.
5.04.040 Evidence of Doing Business. When any person
shall by use of signs, circulars, cards, telephone book, or
newspapers, advertise, hold out, or represent that he is in
business in the City, or when any person holds an active
license or permit issued by a governmental agency indi-
cating that he is in business in the City, and such person
fails to deny by a sworn statement given to the License
Supervisor that he is not conducting a business in the
City, after being requested to do so by the License Super-
visor, then these facts shall be considered prima. facie
evidence that he is conducting a business in the City.
5.04.050 Constitutional Apportionment. None of the
license taxes provided for by this Title shall be so applied
as to occasion an undue burden upon interstate commerce or
be violative of the equal protection and due process clauses
of the Constitutions of the United States and the State of
California.
In any case where a. license tax is believed
by a licensee or applicant for a license to place an undue
burden upon interstate commerce or be violative of such
constitutional clauses, he may apply to the Finance Director
for an adjustment of the tax. Such application may be made
before, at, or within six months after payment of the pre-
scribed license tax. The applicant shall, by sworn statement
and supporting testimony, show his method of business and
the gross volume or estimated gross volume of business and
such other information as the Finance Director may deem
necessary in order to determine the extent, if any, of such
undue burden or violation. The Finance Director shall then
conduct an investigation, and, after having first obtained
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the written approval of the City Attorney, shall fix as the
license tax for the applicant, an amount that is reasonable
and non - discriminatory, or if the license tax ha.s already
been paid, shall order a refund of the amount over and above
the license tax so fixed.
5.04.060 Exemptions. Nothing in this Chapter shall
be deemed or construed to apply to any person transacting
and carrying on any business exempt by virtue of the
Constitution or applicable statutes of the United States or
of the State of California from the payment of such taxes
as are herein prescribed.
Any person claiming an exemption pursuant to
this section shall file a sworn statement with the Finance
Director stating the facts upon which exemption is claimed,
and in the absence of such statement substantiating the
claim, such person shall be liable for the payment of the
taxes imposed by this Chapter.
The Finance Director shall, upon a proper
showing contained in the sworn statement, issue a license
to such person claiming exemption under this section without
payment to the City of the license tax required by this
Chapter.
The Finance Director, after giving notice
and a reasonable opportunity for hearing to a licensee,
may revoke any license granted pursuant to the provisions
of this section upon information that the licensee is not
entitled to the exemption as provided herein.
5.04.070 Exemption -- Charitable and Nonprofit
Organizations. The provisions of this Title shall not be
deemed or construed to require the payment of a license tax
to conduct, manage, or carry on any business, occupation,
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event, or activity, from any institution or organization
which is conducted, managed or carried on for the benefit
of religious, charitable, philanthropic or educational
purposes; provided that convincing evidence is furnished
to the Finance Director which establishes that not less
than 75% of the gross receipts derived.from any such
business, occupation, event or activity will be devoted
to religious, charitable, philanthropic or educational
purposes.
This section shall not be deemed to
exempt any such institution or organization from complying
with any other provisions of this Code requiring a permit
from the City.
5.04.080 Exemption -- Disabled Veterans. Every
honorably discharged soldier, sailor, marine, or .airman
of the United States, who is physically unable to obtain
his livelihood by means of manual labor and who is a
qualified voter of the State of California, shall have
the right to hawk, peddle and vend any goods, wares or
merchandise owned by him, except spirituous, malt, vinous
or other intoxicating beverages, without the payment of a
license fee, subject, however, to the restrictions,
limitations, regulations and conditions hereinafter set
forth.
(a) Every applicant must comply with the
following requirements before a license may be issued
under the provisions of this section:
1. Every applicant must furnish a certificate of
physical disability executed by a qualified
surgeon of the United States Army, Navy, or
Air Force, a certificate of honorable discharge
from the United States Army, Navy, Marines, or
Air Force, and a written recommendation from
the representatives of the local posts of the
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American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
2. Every applicant must furnish two identification
photographs, one to be attached to the license
issued to said applicant, and the other to be
attached to the copy retained by the License
Supervisor. The applicant must also sign both
copies of said license at the time of the issuance
thereof.
(b) A license when issued is subject to the
following conditions:
1. It is non - transferable -and for the exclusive
use of the licensee named.
2. Applicant's identification photograph must be
attached to said license at all times, and
failure to comply herewith is grounds for
revocation of said license and -for refusing
its renewal or the issuance of a new license
thereafter.
3. Should a license be found in the possession of
one other than the licensee named, it shall be
surrendered up to the License Supervisor and
canceled, and neither the licensee named nor
the holder thereof shall thereafter be entitled
to hold a license under the provisions of this
section.
is 4. The licensee named must identify himself by his
signature whenever required to do--so by the
police officers, license inspector, or License
Supervisor of the City.
5. Whenever the licensee uses any wagon, cart,
tray, basket or other vehicle or receptacle
in vending any such goods, wares, or merchan-
dise, said license shall be carried in a
license holder attached-.to s.aid vehicle or
receptacle and in plain view.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person,
other than the licensee named, to use or have in his
possession any license issued pursuant to the provisions
of this section.
(d) No person shall purchase or transfer
any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this
section, or transfer or convey the certificates mentioned
in paragraph (a) 1. above, to any other person for the
purpose of securing a license as herein provided for.
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5.04.090 Minor's Exemption. Any person under 16
years of age whose annual gross income from any business
done within the City is less than Eight Hundred Dollars
($800.00) shall be exempt from the requirements of this
Title.
5.04.100 Exemption. ..for-: :Ar.tis.ts.:and__Ar.t_Exhibits.
A business license shall not be required of. individual
artists for the exhibition or display of paintings,
sculpture, photographs or other fine arts in public
buildings, art galleries, or in any business establish-
ment if the exhibition or display is incidental to the
primary business conducted on the premises, and is
primarily for cultural and educational purposes. Any
artist shall be exempt from the requirements of this
Title if the sales of his art work within the City do
not result in annual gross receipts in excess of One
Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
5.04.110 Application for License. Before any
license is issued to any person, such person shall make
application therefor to the Finance Director. Applicant
must state the name of the party to whom the license is
to be issued; the nature of the trade or business to be
pursued; the place or places where such business will be
conducted and such other information as may be necessary
for the enforcement of the provisions of this Title.
5.04.120 Processinq_of..- App.l.ication. Upon appli-
cation being made as provided in Section 5.04.110, and
when the applicant has tendered the license fee required,
the Finance Director shall process the application. If
it is an application for a license for a new business or
if he deems it necessary, he shall submit it to other
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departments as necessary, including the-Health Officer,
if health and sanitation may be affected., to..determine
whether the business and premises to b,e.o.ccupied meet
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the requirements of state law and City ordinances.
5.04.130 Issuance.of._hicens.e -- Contents. Upon
receiving the approval of departments to.which the
application has been referred and, where necessary, the
approval of the City Manager, the Finance Director shall
prepare and issue the license showing upon the face of
each license the following: (a) name of business and
location; (b) business license number; .(c) type of
business by code; (d) date of issuance; (e) date of
expiration; (f) term of license; and (g.) business
mailing address.
5.04.140 Error in.Fee Nonprejudicial. In no
case shall any mistake by any officer or employee of
the City in stating the amount of a license fee prevent
or prejudice the collection by the City of what .should
be actually due from any person carrying.on.a business
subject to a license under the provisions_nf_ this Title.
5.04.150 Error in.-,Terms voids - License. The
payment of any license fee required by this Title, its
acceptance by the City, and the issuance of such license
to any person shall not entitle the holder thereof to
carry on any business called for by the license unless
he has complied with all requirements of this Code, or
to carry on any business at any location contrary to the
City's zoning regulations.
5.04.160 Unpaid Fees. No license for any
4P succeeding, current or unexpired license period shall
knowingly be issued to any person who, at the time of
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making application for any license, is indebted to the
City for any.unpaid license fee.
5.04.170 Duplicate.License. The Finance Director
shall charge a fee of Two Dollars ($2.00.) for .each .dupli-
cate license issued to replace any license_.is.sued under
the provisions of this Title, which has been lost or
destroyed, upon reasonable proof thereof.
5.04.180 License Nontransferable. Each license
granted or issued under any provision of-this Title shall
authorize the licensee to transact or carry on the business
therein named, at the place therein designated and at no
other.place and the license shall not be ,assignable or
transferable. A change of location shall b:e.allowed to
the holder of the license upon the payment to the Finance
Director of the sum of Ten Dollars ($10...00) within thirty
(30) days of such change taking place. If licensee fails
to apply for change of addr.es.s within thirty (30) days of
such change taking place, his...lieense shall terminate and
expire at midnight of the thirtieth-(30th) day. In the
event of any such termination and expiration of a license,
there shall be no rebate of any portion of the tax or fee
paid by such licensee and in any application for a new
license, there shall be no proration of the required tax
or fee.
5.04.190 Posting and Keeping of License. (a) Any
licensee transacting and carrying on business at a fixed
place of business in the City shall keep the license
posted in a conspicuous place upon the premises where
such business is carried on.
(b) Any licensee transacting and
carrying on business but not operating at a fixed place
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of business in the City shall keep the license upon his
person at all times while transacting and carrying on the
business for which it was issued.
(c) Whenever identifying stickers, tags,
plates or symbols have been issued for each.vehicle,
device, machine or other piece of equipment included
in the measure of a license tax, the per.son_to, whom such
stickers, tags, plates or symbols have been issued shall
keep firmly affixed upon each vehicle, device, machine,
or piece of equipment the identifying sticker, tag, plate
or symbol which has been issued therefor at such locations
as are designated by the Finance Director. ..Such sticker,
tag, plate or symbol shall not be removed from any vehicle,
device, machine, or piece of equipment kept in use, during
the period for which the sticker, tag, plate or symbol is
issued.
5.04.200 Payment and Term of License. All licenses
as set forth in Chapter 5.08 shall be issued for the
calendar.year or any remaining portion thereof, and shall
expire on December 31st of each year. Payment of the
Business License Tax shall accompany an application for
any new business. Renewals of business licenses shall
be paid on January 1st of each year and shall be delinquent
on.February 1st.
5.04.210 Penalties for Delinquency. For failure
to pay a license tax when due, the Finance Director shall
add a penalty of 25% of said license tax on the last day
of each month after the due date thereof, providing that
the amount of such penalty to be added shall in no event
exceed 100% of the amount of the license tax due.
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5.04.220 License Fee a Debt. The amount of any
license fee and penalty imposed by the provisions of this
Title shall be deemed a debt to the City of Newport Beach
and any person carrying on any business.without first
having procured a license from the City so to do shall
be liable to an action in the name of - the...C.it.y in any
court of competent jurisdiction, for the ... amount of license
fee and penalties imposed on.-such business.
5.04.230 Business Requiring Food Handling. Where a
business is required by law to have a food handling permit,
no license shall be issued until the Orange County Health
Department and the City Building.and Safety Department have
inspected and approved the premises.
5.04.240 Business Requiring..Certi £ icate.,of Occupancy.
All commercial, industrial, and miscellaneous buildings
constructed within the City which are to house a business
requiring a City license must have a Certificate of Occupancy
issued by the City Building and Safety Department before a
license to operate the business may be issued. Any existing
buildings which are structurally altered to house a business
requiring a City license must also have -a Certificate of
Occupancy issued by the City Building and Safety Department
before a license to operate said busine.s.s may issued.
5.04.250 Refunds. The License Supervisor, with the
approval of the Finance Director, may refund any license
fee or.penalty which he determines was erroneously collected,
but no license fee shall be refunded if, prior to his
application for a license, the applicant has engaged in
the business for which the license is sought.
5.04.260 Enforcement - -Right of Entry. (a) Enforcement:
It shall be the duty of the Finance Director to enforce each
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and all of the provisions of this Title, and the Chief of
Police shall render such assistance in its enforcement as
may from time to time be required by the Finance Director.
(b) Right of Entry: The Finance Director
and each and all of his assistants, and any police officer
or City employee who$e job includes the inspection of the
business license, shall have the power and authority to
enter, free of charge, and at any reasonable time, any
place of business required to be licensed and demand an
exhibition of its license certificate. Any.person having
such license certificate theretofore issued in his
possession or under his control, who willfully fails to
exhibit the same on demand shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and subject to the penalties provided for by the provisions
of this Title.
5.04.270 Extension of Time. In addition to all
other power conferred upon him, the Finance Director
shall have the power, for good cause shown, to extend
the time for filing any required sworn statement or
application for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days,
and in such case, to waive any penalty that would otherwise
have accrued, except that 1% simple interest shall be added
to any tax determined to be payable.
5.04.280 Appeal. Any person aggrieved by any
decision of the Finance Director with respect to the
issuance or refusal to issue such license may appeal
to the City Council by filing a notice of appeal with
the City Clerk. The City Council shall thereupon fix
a time and place for hearing such appeal. The City Clerk
shall give notice to such person of the time and place
for hearing by serving it personally or by depositing it
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in the United States mail at Newport.Beach, California,
postage prepaid, addressed to such person,at..his last
known address. The Council shall have authority to
determine all questions raised on such. appeal. No such
determination shall conflict with any.substantive pro-
vision of this ordinance.
SECTION 3. Chapter 5.08, entitled. "License Fee
Categories" is added to the Newport Beach.. Municipal Code to
read:
Section:
5.08.010
5.08.020
5.08.030
5.08.040
5.08.050
5.08.060
5.08.070
5.08.080
5.08.090
5.08.010
"CHAPTER 5.08
LICENSE FEE 'CATEGORIES
Basic License Fee
Businesses Not Having Fixed Place of
Business Within the City
Pet Zoos
Coin Machines
Games of Skill or Amusement
Penny Arcade in the "Fun Zone"
Amusement Businesses in the "Fun Zone"
Merry -go -round or Similar Devices
Soliciting and Peddling.
Basic License Fee. Every person carrying
on any business shall pay an annual license fee of Fifty
Dollars ($50.00) unless a different fee is specified
elsewhere in this Code for that particular business.
5.08.020 Businesses Not Having Fixed Place of
Business Within the City. Every person not having a fixed
place of business within the City who engages in any
business, trade, occupation or calling within the City,
shall pay a license fee of Seventy Dollars ($70.00) per
year unless a different fee for a particular business,
trade, occupation or calling is specified elsewhere in
this Code.
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5.08.030 Pet Zoos. The license fee for a pet zoo
shall be Seventy Dollars ($70.00) per year for each
separate location at which the animals are exhibited.
5.08.040 Coin Machines. Every person engaging in,
managing, or carrying on the business of leasing, renting
or maintaining any coin operated vending machine or
device, not otherwise licensed under this Title shall pay
an annual license fee on the basis of the following schedule:
(a) For stamp vending machines ....... . ........ $ 2.00
(b) For bulk vending machines ................... $ 1.00
For each machine or device charging 1¢
to and including 9¢ ....................... . .. $ 1.00
If a license for any coin machine has not
been obtained by the person responsible for placing said
machine at any apartment house or business premises, the
owner of the apartment house or business premises shall be
liable for the license tax payable for said coin machine.
For purposes of this Title, a "bulk vending
machine" is defined as a non - electrically operated vending
machine, containing unsorted confections, nuts or merchan-
dise which, upon insertion of a coin dispenses the same in
equal portions, at random and without selection by the
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For
each
such machine or device charging
10¢ and
over ... ...............................
$ 2.00
(c)
For music machines, such as juke boxes......
$12.00
(d)
For
all other machines or devices:
For
each
machine or device charging 1¢
to
and
including 4¢ ............................
$ 2.00
For
each
machine or device charging 5¢
to
and
including 9¢ ............................
$ 6.00
For
each
machine or device charging 10¢
and over
........ ...............................
$12.00
If a license for any coin machine has not
been obtained by the person responsible for placing said
machine at any apartment house or business premises, the
owner of the apartment house or business premises shall be
liable for the license tax payable for said coin machine.
For purposes of this Title, a "bulk vending
machine" is defined as a non - electrically operated vending
machine, containing unsorted confections, nuts or merchan-
dise which, upon insertion of a coin dispenses the same in
equal portions, at random and without selection by the
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All coin machine licenses._shall be issued
on a calendar year basis and shall expire_on.December 31st
of each year. The license tax for coin-machines shall be
due on January 1st of each year and shall,..be,..delinquent on
February 1st. Licenses issued for .por.tions.of,.a year shall
not be pro- rated.
In the event a coin machin.e.remains
unlicensed thirty (30) days after first notification, the
City may seize such machines and hold them....as..,security for
the payment of the license fee, and until, license is obtained
or renewed, and in the event the person owning or having
control or possession of the machine shall fail, within a
period of thirty (30) days to obtain a license or pay any
license due, then and in that event the machine shall be
disposed of as follows:
The machine or machines or so many thereof
shall be sold to satisfy the amount of license fees due
the City and any.machine or machines not.sold shall be
returned to the owner thereof.: and provided further that
in the event the machine or machines be sold for a sum less
than the amount of the license fee then the operator of the
machines shall, nevertheless, remain liable for the balance
of such license fees due and unpaid thereon.
5.08.050 Games of Skill or.:Amusement. The license
fee for a machine, game or device of skill or amusement not
prohibited by this Title and not otherwise licensed as a
machine, game or device owned by the licensee of a penny
arcade or an amusement business or concession in the "fun
zon & "; for each such game, Fifty Dollars ($50.00) annually.
For each station, seat, chair, handle or
other facility for use by a patron in excess of eight on
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such machine, game or device of skill or amusement, the
fee shall be Six Dollars ($6.00) annually. .
Any licensee who permits such a machine,
game or device of skill or amusement to be operated in
his place of business when the same is not licensed by
someone else is obligated to obtain a license,for .such
machine, game or device and pay the fee therefor.
5.08.060 Penny Arcade in the "Fun Zone ". For
each penny arcade in the area bounded by Main Street,
Bay Avenue, Palm Street and Newport Bay, the license fee
shall be ............ ............................... $50.00
For each station, seat, chair.,. handle or
other facility for use by a patron on a machine, game or
device in a penny arcade in the "Fun Zone" owned by the
licensee of the.penny arcade or for each machine, game
or device in a penny arcade owned by the licensee of the
penny arcade that accommodates a single player, the
license fee shall be ....................... $ 6.00
5.08.070 Amusement..B.usineas -in the "Fun Zone ".
For each business or concession in the area bounded by
Main Street, Bay Avenue, Palm Street and Newport Bay,
where a substantial portion thereof derives from fur-
nishing amusement to the public, including pan game,
penny pitch, throwing or tossing game, shooting gallery,
baseball throw, dart throw and other similar things with
the principal utility of amusement, the fee shall be Fifty
Dollars ($50.00).
For each station, seat, chair, handle or
other facility for use by a patron on a machine, game or
device in such amusement business or concession owned by
the licensee of the amusement business or concession or
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for each machine, game or device in such amusement
business or concession owned by the licensee of the
amusement business or concession that accommodates a
single player, the fee shall be Six Dollars ($6.00)
annually.
5..98.080 Merry -go -round or Similar Devices. The
license fee for each merry -go- round, circular swing,
scenic railroad, ferris wheel, airplane glide, swing or
similar device shall be Fifty Dollars.($50.00) annually.
5.08.090 Soliciting and Peddling. The license
fee shall be Two Hundred Dollars.($200.00) annually for
each individual who:
(a) Solicits either by sample or otherwise the
purchase of goods, wares, merchandise, services, magazines,
periodicals or other.publications, or subscriptions for the
same; or
(b) Distributes goods, wares, merchandise, or
services of any kind from house to house, or upon any
street, sidewalk, alley, or in any park or public place
in the City; or
(c) offers to any person, or distributes to any
person, any coupon, certificate, ticket or card which is
redeemable in goods, wares, merchandise or services of
any kind.
The foregoing licensing requirement shall
not be applicable to persons engaged in the activities of
soliciting subscriptions for, selling, or distributing
regularly published newspapers, or to any person engaged
in, or acting as an agent for, any business entitled to
an exemption from local taxation by reason of its being
engaged in interstate commerce.
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No business license under this Section
shall be issued to any person who has not first obtained
an identification card pursuant to Chapter 5.09.
SECTION 4. Chapter 5.11, entitled. "Special
Regulations" is added to the Newport Beach Municipal Code
to read:
"CHAPTER 5.11
SPECIAL REGULATIONS
Sections:
5.11.010 Signs on Watercraft.
5.11.020 Portable Food Stand or Street Kitchen.
5.11.030 Selling Food Products on the Streets
Prohibited.
5.11.010 Signs on Watercraft. Any person having
a license for the business of U -drive boats or watercraft
for hire and who pursuant thereto rents any paddleboard,
kayak, pedalo or similar type of craft shall as a condition
of maintaining such license and doing such business install
the entrance channel of Newport Harbor.
5.11.020 Portable Food ..S.tand.or ... Str.eet.Kitchen. No
person shall conduct the business of a portable food stand
or street kitchen within the City except on privately -
owned commercial or industrial property with the consent
of the owner or lessee of the property, for the purpose
of selling food or refreshments to the employees of the
business located thereon. The terms "portable food stand"
or "street kitchen" mean a place which is constructed so
that it may be moved from place to place for the purpose
of selling food for immediate consumption.
5.11.030 Selling Food Products on the Streets
�- Prohibited. No person shall engage in the business of
om
and maintain
on all. such craft in sight
of the operator a
sign stating
that the use of the craft
is prohibited in
the entrance channel of Newport Harbor.
5.11.020 Portable Food ..S.tand.or ... Str.eet.Kitchen. No
person shall conduct the business of a portable food stand
or street kitchen within the City except on privately -
owned commercial or industrial property with the consent
of the owner or lessee of the property, for the purpose
of selling food or refreshments to the employees of the
business located thereon. The terms "portable food stand"
or "street kitchen" mean a place which is constructed so
that it may be moved from place to place for the purpose
of selling food for immediate consumption.
5.11.030 Selling Food Products on the Streets
�- Prohibited. No person shall engage in the business of
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selling any beverage, food or food product of any kind
intended for immediate consumption on the publit streets
or sidewalks in the following areas within the City:
Area 1. That area bounded on the west by the westerly
city limits, on the north by the northerly
right of way line of Pacific Coast Highway,
on the east by the easternmost right of way
line of Newport Boulevard, on the southeast
by 20th Street, and on the south by the line
of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean.
Area 2. That area bounded on the west by the western-
most right of way line of 20th Street, on the
north by the line of ordinary high tide of
Newport Bay, on the east by the easternmost
right of way line of G Street, and on the
south by the line of ordinary high tide of
the Pacific Ocean.
This section shall not be construed to
restrict the sale of food products in any of the above
described areas of the City when delivered to private
premises."
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be published once in
the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be
effective 30 days after the date of its adoption.
This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 23rd
day of November ,
1970,
and was adopted
on the 14th day of
December , 1970,
by the
following vote,
to wit:
ATTEST:
City Clerk —�
CERTIFIED AS TO PUBLICATION
DATE DATE
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.���CIERIC OF i4c CiTY_Of N =WPO BEAGh
AYES, COUNCILMEN: McInnis, Kymla,
Rogers, Hirth Croul, Dostal, Parsons
NOES, COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None
Mayor
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11/18/70