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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 10, Page 446, No Ordinance NumberPage 446 v AN ORDINANCE AP3ENDI'NG SECTIONS 18, 19, 21, 25, 28, 36, 56, 59, 76, 96, 100, 104, 123 and 167 OF AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED: "API ORDINANCE FIXING AND REGULATI,,TC THE LICENSE TAXES, ArID MANNER AND FORM OF GRANTING AND ISSUING SAP+iE ON THE VARIOUS LINES OF BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, PROFESSIONS, TRADES AND CALLINGS IN THE I CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR NON•: -PAYMENT THEREOF, AND FOR VIOLATION! THEREOF, AND MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO ENGAGE IN ANY SUCH LINES OF BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, PROFESSIONS, TRADES AND CALLINGS INITdOUT FIRST PAYING THE LICE:'SE '.PAX AND PROCURING LICENSES AS PROVIDED HEREIN", 1',HICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF CO',IIv;ISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH ON DECEN:BER 30, 1940. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMi-IISSIONERS OF `IHE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. That Sections 18, 19, 21, 25, 28, 36, 56, 59, 76, 96, 100, 104, 123 and 167 of an ordinance entitled: "A'd ORDINANCE FIXING AND REGULATING THE LICENSE TAY.ES, AND 1t1AIRMER AND FORT OF GRA::TING AND ISSUING SAME ON TNTE VARIOUS LINES OF BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, PROFESSIONS, TRADES AVD CALLINGS IN THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, AND PROVIDING PENIALTIES FOR NON-PAYMENT THEREOF, AND FOd VIOLATION!; THEREOF, AND N;AKING IT UNLAWFUL TO ENGAGE IN ANY SUCH LINES OF BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, PROFESSIONS, TRADES AND CALLINGS WITHOUT FIRST PAYING THE LICENSE TAX AND PROCURING LICENSES AS PROVIDED HEREIN", which was adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah on December 30, 1940, be and the same are hereby amended so that said Sections as so amended shall r ead as follows "Section 18 - Auto Filling Station or Garage selling Gas and Oil only I Each person engaged in the business of conducting a filling station or garage where gas and oil only is sold, and no auto- mobile repair work is done shall pay a license 'tax of ';25.00. "Section 19 - Auto Filling Station or Garage selling Automobile supplies and accessories Each person engaged in the business of conducting a filling station or garage where automobile supplies, accessories and I ! batteries or either are sold as well as ,;as and oil, whether automobile repair work is done or not shall pay a license tax of $50.00. "Section 21 - Automobile Dealer, Accessories & Repair Shop, Each person engaged in the automobile business hereinafter; 41 specified shall pay the following license tax for each place where! such business is conducted: Page 447 Auto Battery Dealer, wholesale or distributor25.00 Selling automobiles as dealer or agent; selling supplies, accessoires, batteries, gas and oil or either, at retail; and operating; repair shop 75.00; Selling automobiles as dealer or agent; selling supplies, accessories, batteries, gas and oil, • I. or either, at retail, but not operating repair shop 50.00; Selling automobiles as dealer or agent; not selling supplies, accessories, batteries, gas and oil, or either; and operating repair shop 50.00' Selling automobiles as dealer or agent, but not selling supplies, accessories, batteries, gas and oil, or either, and not operating repair shop . . . . . . . . . 40.00 Selling supplies, accessories, batteries, gas and oil I or either, at retail; operating repair shop, but not selling automobiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.001 Operating repair shop; not selling supplies,a ccessories batteries, gas and oil, or either, and not selling automobiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00' Auto Dealer used car lot, selling or displaying used cars on lot or yard. License tax shall be paid by Auto Dealer conducting sales or display lot or lots adjoining garage or conducting lot or lots at another location, as well as by auto dealer having no other place of business 25.001 Exclusive used car lot where no other license is charged 100.00' i "Section 25 - Bakery i Each person conducting a bakery business either wholesale or retail shall pay a license tax of :„-,,25.00 if a delivery true., is not used in connection with such bakery or store. Each person conducting a bakery business, either wholesale or retail, shall pay a license tax of $50.00 where one or more delivery trucks are operated in connection with such business. Each persone ngaged ttn the business of selling bakery products but not owning or operating a bakery or store in the city shall pay a license tax of ,25.00 if one delivery truck is used in such business, and if more than one delivery truck is used he shall pay a license tax of $50.00. "Section 28 - Beauty Parlor Each person conducting a beauty parlor shall pay a license tax of ?;;10.00 for the first operator, and X5.00 each for the next two (2) operators employed, and for four or more operators employed he shall pay a license tax of ?25.00. A person con- ducting a beauty parlor shall mean and include complexion specialists, hair dressers, manicurists, masseurs and beauty schools. "Section 36 - Brokers Each person engaged in the buying, selling, soliciting, or receiving or delivering orders for the purchase or sale of lumber, tobacco, merchandise, bonds, or securities, or any other: thing of value, on commission or otherwise, is a broker within the meaning of this ordinance and shall pay for the businesses hereinafter enumerated the following license tax: Page 448 Corporation stocks, bonds or securities of any kind ?50.00 Lumber Broker 50.00 Tobacco Broker . . . . . 50.00 Fresh Fruit and vegetable Broker only, not carrying I' floor stock . 25.00 Merchandise Broker (not including fresh fruit and ve etable broker) carrying or not carrying floor stock . . . . . . 50.00 . . Commission Broker, owner of seat on Stock W -r -change 500.00 I iAgent of owner of seat on exchange t With direct wire 250.00 Without direct wire 50.00 Live Stock Broker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 "Section 56 - Coal Merchant Each Coal D',erchant shall pay a license tax of ¢,50.00. The. I,I term "Coal Merchant" as herein used means any person regularly engaged in the sale and delivery of coal or fuel to retail cus- tomers, possession unloading, storage, delivery, sales and service facilities adequate to the needs of the retail trade area served, and malntaihing an office accessible to the public at which coal may be ordered. Any coal merchant who shall also engage in the business of, selling ice, cement and feed, or any of such businesses, shall not ii be required to pay any additional license tax. "Section 59 - Collecting Agent, Claim Agent or Adjuster Each person engaged in the business of collecting accounts for others shall pay a license tax of "15.00. Each Berson engaged in the business of conducting an agency I for investi;ating and settling claims for insurance companies shall pay a license tax of .1;;25.00. I� "SeEtion 76 - Express and Transfer Business Each person engaged in the business of expressing, trans- ferring or transporting for hire goods, wares, merchandise or personal property, and shall operate in connection with such business a public Stora e house or warehouse shall pay a license I tax of 150.00. Each person engaged in conducting the business of expressing, transferring or transporting for hire goods, wares, merchandise or personal property, and who does not own or maintain, {I a public storage house or warehouse in connection with such business, shall pay a license tax of `;110.00 upon each wagon or motor truck { having a capacity of two (2) tons or less, and a license tax of jjjj �;15.00 upon each wagon or motor truck having a capacity of more it than duo (2) tons. Pa^;e 449 lif The 11cense tax imposed under this Section shall be paid by each person whether he has an established or centerally located place of buslnoss of not, and shall be paid by any person who holrlq I himself out as en;aZin; in the express or transfer business. "Section 96 - Ice Dealer, Operatin., 1ria,-ons or Trucks Each person having an established place of business atwhichl i :ice is stored, and makes sales thereof by delivery in the city in wagons or trucks shall pay a license 'tax of {,50.70. Any ice dealer who also engaged in the business oLsellin_; coal, cement or feed or any of such businesses, shall not be required to pay any additional license tax. "Sect.on 100 - Insurance Companies Life, Ordinary Business Each life=nsurance compa ny d oink business :in tie City of P Pad ucah an wrritin;wrhat is known as "Ordinary Insurance" as distinguished from chat is known as °Industrial Insurance", wheth. I or not such company is en aZed in writin- other lines of insurance f/ q, J for which a separate linense or licenses are required to be paid under other paragraphs of this section, shall parr a minimum i license tax of 1;50.00. Life,Industrial Business Each life insurance company Join- business in the city df Paducah and writing what is known as "Industrial Insurance", as distin_-uished from "Ordinary Insurance", whether or not such company is enlaSed in writing other lines of insurance for which a separate license or licenses are requ'red to be paid under another paragraph of this section, shall pay a license tax of 850.00 where less than ten (10) agents, solicitors and collectors I are employed during the Fiscal Year for which license taxes imposed hereunder are due, and for each additional agent, I solicitor or collector employed during said year, the company iI shall pay a license tax of $10.00. Health and Accident Business Each company doing business in the city of Paducah and writing health and accident policies, whether or not such company is engaged in writing other lines of insurance for which a se_oarate I license or licenses are required to be paid under other para-raphsl of this section s?iall F y a license tax of <25.00. 01TIM I1,1SURAUCE BUSINESS Each insurance company doing business in the city of Paducah and writin7, policies coveri.n, autunobile liability, public liability, ,^eneral liability, manufacturers' public liability, j Page 450 elcuator liability, contractorls liability, household liability, residence theft, pay -master robbery, ;,eneral bur,;lary, bank bur la.ry and robbery, electrical machinery, group d9.sabi.11.ty, forery, �I mercantile safe burglary, marine, plate glass, messenger or interior robbery, automobile collision, automobile fire and theft,) all Proms of surety bonds, and all forms of liability and hazard I insurance, including fire, windstorm, .flood and hail insurance, or any other form of hazard insurance covering real property, or any or all of the lines of insurance enumerated herein, excluding workmens compensation and health and accident :Insurance, shall pay a license tax in an amount equal to 2P of the total premiums on policies issued and renewed, with a minimum license tax of "::50.00. Provided, however, any company vm_ting exclusively fire, windstorm, flood and hail insurance of any other form of hazard insurance coverin,, real property, shall pay a license fee of 21" of t$re total annualpremiums with a minimum license 'tax ofx:25.00. j Finance Companies i i i jj Each finance co.pany platin -and ter collectincc insurance j premiums on accounts handled by such copan3 - shall pay a license � tax in an amount equal to 2/ of the total annual premiums issued I and renevied with a minimum license tax of :jj50.G0. I The amount of the license tax required to be paid by such ! company engaged in writing the above mentioned forms of insurances shall be based upon two (2/10') per cent of the total premiums on policies issued and renewed in the city by such company or its agent or agents during the precedin year. The City Treasurer shall not issue a license to any company until such company has filed with her a sworn statement showing the td-, al amount of the I premiums received from renewals and new business durin-- the preceding year on business written in the city or on property or persons in the city. Such sworn statement- shall be made by the! agent or by an official of the insurance company at its Home Office or by any other duly authorized a;ent or official of the company applying for such license. In the event of the original application for a license under this Section, the Company so applying therefor shall pay a license tax of $':50.00 where the minimum fee is ?p50.00, and $25.00; where the mi.nirrum fee is ,,,25.00. "Section 104 - Lime and Cement Dealer Each person engaged in the business of selling lime and cement shall pay a license tax of °,25.00. Pa„*,e 451 Any lime and cement dealer who s&all also engage in the business! of selling coal, ice and feed, or any Of such businesses, shall pay a license tax of 4;50.00. "Section 123 - Oil and Gas - :Iholesale Dealer ! I Each person selling and dealing in lubricating oils and lgasoline from bulk plants shall be classified as a wholesale oil !dealer and shall pay the following license tax: Dealer operating terminal bulk plant ..:300.00 Local Dealer operating bulk plant I. G-00.00 !Dealer delivering and selling at sholesale but not operating -bulk plant .. 200.07 "Section 167 - Undertaker, 7uneral Director &-; Embalmer Each person conducting an u dertalcing es'tablishmen't or actin; as a funeral director or an embalmer shall pay a license tax of 4.;25.00.” SECTION 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith 1, are to the extent of such conflict hereby repealed. SECTIM 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption, S• p. Pulliam, 1,;ayor Pro Tem Passed by the Board of Commissioners, January 21st, 1901 I Recorded by Rudy Stewart, City Cleric, January 22nd, 1941.