Item 09 - Agreement for Business License Tax and Fee Software Services

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(Ord. No. NS-1922, § 1, 7-20-87) Sec. 21-104.1. Exemptions. No business license tax or identification shall be required for the maintenance or operation of: (1) Any U.S. postage stamp machine; (2) Any change machine; (3) Any machine dispensing sanitary or hygienic articles, or drinking cups, towels or medicine, which machine or device is entirely owned by the owner or operator of the premises where installed and is maintained solely for the convenience of the employees, visitors or customers; (4) Any machine or device dispensing newspapers or magazines; provided, that the distributor owning and or the independently contracted agent servicing each such machine or device has paid a business tax for the current license year pursuant to Article X of this Chapter. In the event a business license tax has not been paid, the collector or his or her duly authorized agent shall take action pursuant to Sections 21-101 and 21-102 by sealing the coin openings or seizing any such machines or devices that are found available to the public for operation. (Ord. No. NS-1922, § 1, 7-20-87) Sec. 21-105. Discontinuing maintenance of machines or devices; substitution of other machines or devices. In the event any person discontinues maintaining any machine or device duly licensed under this Chapter during a period when such machine or device is licensed under this Chapter, such licensee may substitute another like machine or device in its place, and may maintain such substituted machine or device without payment of an additional license tax for the unexpired period of the license carried on such discontinued machine or device; provided, that such person shall surrender the city -provided identifying decal, metal -cal or label, whichever the case may be, to the collector or his or her duly authorized agent and obtain a new identifying decal, metal -cal or label for such unexpired period for such substituted machine or device. (Ord. No. NS-1922, § 1, 7-20,87) Sec. 21-106. Applicability of chapter; operation of illegal machines or devices. Nothing contained in this Chapter nor any action of the collector or any duly authorized agent in issuing a license shall in any manner be considered as expressing any opinion or approval as to the legality of any machine or device and shall be no authority to operate any machines or devices as set forth in this article which may be illegal or illegally operated under the laws of the state. (Ord. No. NS-1922, § 1, 7-20-87) Sec. 21-107. Peddlers, solicitors and pushcarts. (a) Any person, whether a resident of the city or not, traveling by foot, automotive vehicle or any other type conveyance from place to place or from street to street carrying, conveying or transporting goods, wares, merchandise, and offering and exposing the same for sale, or making sales and delivering articles to the purchasers or offering to sell or take orders for goods, wares, or merchandise or other things of value for City of Santa Ana RFP No. 23-165 Page 117 of 196