HomeMy WebLinkAbout2538 Business License CodeORDINANCE NO. ~D--~
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6.04.020 OF
THE ASHLAND MUNICIPAL BUSINESS LICENSE CODE
SECTION 1. Section 6.04.020 subsections A and H of the Ashland
Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
6.04.020 Definitions:
A. Business. All professions, trades, rentals, occupations and
activities, carried on with the intent:
1. That a profit be realized therefrom; and
2. That the profit, if any, insure to the benefit of the
owner or owners of the activitity.
H. Rental. A person who accepts payment for the use of 6 or
more properties.
SECTION 2. Section 6.04.07 of the Ashland Municipal Code is amended
to read as follows:
6.04.07~Two or More Business Premises. The conducting of a
business or businesses at two or more separate locations shall each
thereof be subject to the license tax herein provided for, except that
warehouses, rental properties and distributing plants used in
connection with and incidental to a business licensed under the
provisions of this Chapter shall not be deemed to be separate places
of business, or branch establishments, or separate types of
businesses.
The foregoing Ordinance was first read on the 21st day of November,
1989, and duly PASSED and ADOPTED this ~--~day of December, 1989.
City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this
f~day of December, 1989.
Catherine M. Golden
Mayor
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
CITY OF ASHLAND
Mayor and City Council
Jill Turner, Director of Finance
July 13, 1989
Business License Ordinance
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends passage of the attached
Ordinance amending the Business License Ordinance.
DISCUSSION: The proposed ordinance amendment defines a rental
business as a personwho has six or more rental units within the
City of Ashland. Recently an apartment owner questioned whether
he should be required to file a business license as an owner of a
12 unit apartment. Our present Ordinance lacks specific
direction as to whether a rental business is a business activity.
City practice has been to license an apartment house or trailer
court that has more than 6 units. This interpretation is based
on the fact that the previous Ordinance, #1228, had this
provision.
The basis of this ordinance is for revenue purposes and not
regulation.