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49 of 1947 - Amending Section 3721 of Chapter XXXV Amending Bill 93 of 1946 and Bill 27 of 1947 relating to licen yOTING AYE NAY MY 21 r': Salt Lake City, Utah, , 194 Affleck �,✓' I move that the ordinance be passed. Matheson . . . Romney - / Tedesco ,f ' Mr.Chairman . . . __ X AN ORDINANCE Result AN ORDINANCE 41;IENDIl G SECTION 3721 of Chapter XXXV of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1944, es passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah, on the 17th day of December, 1946, as Bill No. 93 and as amended by Bill No. 27 passed by the Board of Commissioners on the 25th day of Larch, 1947, relating to licenses. Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah: SECTION 1. That Section 3721 of Chapter yBQOV of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, 1944, as passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah, on the 17th day of Dec- ember, 1946, as Bill No. 93 and as amended by Bill No. 27 passed by the Board of Commissioners on the 25th day of larch, 1947, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3721. BUSINESS LICENSE. (a) It shall be unlaw- ful for any person at any time during the year 1947 to engage in the business of manufacturing any tangible, personal pro- perty and selling the same at retail for delivery in Salt Lake City; or of selling any tangible, personal property at either retail or wholesale or both in Salt Lake City, without first obtaining a License as hereinafter set out, or to violate any provision, or fail to comply with all of the provisions of this ordinance, and any violation thereof or failure to comply with any provision thereof shall be punished as a misdemeanor as provided by the ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah. (b) Every person engaging in one or more of the busi- nesses as above set out shall secure from the Recorder of Salt Lake City a license for each separate place of business. Such license shall be issued by the City Recorder upon a written -2- application therefor filed with the City License Assessor and Collector and upon the payment of the fees as hereinafter set out for each, separate place of business. (c) The required written application shall be filed for each separate place of business v:i_th the License Assessor end Collector of halt Lake City on or before the 31st day of July, 1947, or before commencing business if the same is commenced after said date, end such application shall set forth,the name under which applicant transacts or intends to transact busi- ness, the location of each separate place of business, the average number of employees employed by him in each separate place of business during the calendar year• of 1946, and the gross sales made by him in each separate place of business during the calendar year of 1946, and such other information as the license Assessor and Collector may require. Such license is not transferable and is valid only for the person under whose name it is issued and for the transaction of busi- ness at the place designated therein. A change of location may be endorsed upon the license by the City License Assessor and Collector upon the payment of a fee of ,1.00. The above license shall at all times be conspicuously displayed in the place of business for which issued. (d) For the privilege of engaging in the business of manufacturing any tangible, personal ;_property and selling the same at retail for delivery in Salt Lake _pity, or of selling any tangible, personal property at either retail or wholesale or both in salt Lake City, license fees are hereby imposed on every person so engaged, to be computed and paid by such per- son on each separate place of business conducted by him, which fees are to be computed and based on a combination of both the average number of employees employed in each separate place of business and on the total gross sales of each separate place of business during the calendar year of 1946; the fee to be paid based on the number of emnloyees employed and on the total -3- gross sales, respectively, for each separate place of business is the amount set opposite the number of employees and the amount set opposite the total gross sales, respectively, of each separate place of business, as listed in the following columns, to-wit: Number of Employees Total Gross ,eceipts 1 - 10 ,r 2.50 410,000 or Less 5.00 11 - 50 5.00 Over :,,.10,000 to .,50,000 15.00 51 - 100 7.50 Over 50,000 to :400,000 20.00 101 - 150 20.00 Over 100,000 to 4200,000 50.00 151 - 200 40.00 Over '4200,000 to 4350,000 75.00 201 - 300 50.00 Over 050,000 to 4500,000 100.00 301 - 400 75.00 Over :,,500,000 to y4,000,000 150.00 401 - 600 100.00 Cver .1,000,000 to 0,000,000 175.00 601 - 800 125.00 Over : 5,000,000 to ,e10,000,000 250.00 801 - 1,000 175.00 Over ,40,000,000 to ,20,000,000 350.00 Over 1,000 250.00 Over 420,000,000 500.00 The above license fees are to be paid to the City License Assessor and Collector at the time of filing the application, which shall be on or before July 31, 1947. (e) For the privilege of engaging in any or all of the businesses as above enumerated and which businesses are com- menced in halt Lake City after January 1, 1947, a license fee is hereby imposed on all persons so engaged in the amount of 47.50 for each separate place of business payable on or before July 31, 1947, or at the time of commencing business if after said date. (f) (Definitions) 1. :3ngaging in the business of man- ufacturing any tangible, personal property and selling the same at retail for delivery in Salt Lake City, shall mean the -4- actual manufacturing of any tangible, personal property within the corporate limits of halt Lake City and selling the same at retail for delivery within the corporate limits of Salt Lake City. 2. Engaging in the business of selling any tangible, personal property at either retail or wholesale or both in halt Lake City, shall mean the selling within Salt Lake City of any tangible, personal property at either retail or whole- sale or both whether the actual delivery of said tangible, personal property is made within the corporate limits of Salt Lake City or not, or the taking of an order for and the delivery in Salt Lake City of tangible, personal property. 3. For the purpose of this ordinance, wholesale and retail sales as above defined shall include retail or whole- sale sales made by a jobber. 4. For the purpose of this ordinance, a retail sale shall mean any sale of tangible, personal property to the ultimate consumer. A contractor such as e plumber, electrician, or builder, etc., who purchases tangible, personal property for incorporating the same in his finished work or otherwise use the same in his business shall be deemed an ultimate consumer hereunder. 5. The word "person," as used in this ordinance, means any individual, receiver, assignee, trustee in bankruptcy, trust, estate, firm, co-partnership, joint venture, club, company, joint stock company, business trust, corporation, association, society, or other group of individuals acting as a unit, whether mutual, cooperative, fraternal, non-profit, or otherwise. 6. The term "gross receipts," as used herein, does not include: (a) The amount of any Federal tax, except excise taxes imposed upon or with respect to retail or wholesale sales, whether imposed upon the retailer, wholesaler, jobber, or upon the consumer, and regardless of whether or not the -5- amount of federal tax is stated to customers es a separate charge; and (b) The amount of net Utah State sales tax. 7. The term "gross receipts" includes the amount of any manufacturers' or i ;,porters' excise tax included in the price of the property sold, even though the manufacturer or importer is also the wholesaler or retailer thereof, and whether or not the amount of such tax is stated as e separate charge. (g) The license fees imposed by this ordinence shell be in addition to any and all other taxes or licenses imposed by any other provision of the ordinances of Salt Lake city, Utah. (h) .henever any fee required to be paid by this ordinance is not paid on or before the day on which it becomes delinquent, a penalty of 10 per cent of the amount due shell be imposed. Such penalty shall become a part of the fee imposed by tnis ordinance. (i) It shall be the duty of every person liable for the payment of any license fee imposed by this ordinance to keep and preserve for a period of five years such books and records es will accurately reflect the amount of his gross wholesale and retail sales and from which can be determined the amount of any license fee for which he may be liable under the pro- visions of tnis ordinance. (j) tieturns made to the License hssessor and Collector of Salt ipke city as required by this ordinance shall not be made public nor shall they be subject to the inspection of any person except the ..ity License hssessor end Collector or his authorized agent or to those persons first authorized to do so by order of the Board of Sity Co_;missioners. 1t shall be unlawful for any person to make public or to inform any other person as to the contents or any information contained in, or permit the inspection of any return except as is in this section authorized. -6- (k) ivo person required by this ordinance to make and file a return shell make and file a false return knowing the same to be false. (1) any person to whoa a _License is issued may have the same revoked b7 order of the noerd of pity Lonnissioners upon his violating any provision, or his failing to fully comply with all of the provisions of this ordinance. (m) If any licensee hereunder fells, neglects, or refuses to file his application and pay the fees as and when required herein, the License _.ssessor and dollector of Celt Lake City is authorized to determine the amount of the license fees due, together with penalties and interest, and by mail to notify such licensee of the amount so determined. The amount so fixed shall thereupon become the amount due and shall be immediately payable. zor the purpose of determining the amount of the license fees due the License Assessor and Collector shall have access to all of the books, records, invoices, inventories, and stock of goods, wares, and merchandise of said Licensee end it shall be unlawful for any such Licensee to refuse the License Assessor and Collector or his duly authorized agent free access thereto at all reasonable times. (n) Any license fees due end unpaid under this ordinance and ell penalties thereon shall constitute a debt to Salt Lake City and shell be collected by court proceedings in the same manner as any other debt in lire amount, which remedy shall be in addition to all other existing, remedies. (o) If any sub-section, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance, including but not limited to any execption, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitu- tional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City hereby declares that it would have adopted. this -7- ordinance and each sub-section, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that an;; one or more sue-sections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional." J C`_'ICt' 2. In the opinion of the Board of Commissioners it is necessary to the peace, health, end safety of the inhabitants of bolt Lake City that this ordinance shall take effect immediately. ST]CTIQI! 3. This ordinence shall take effect et once ucon its first publication.. %; Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah, on the Z/, / day of , ,. D. 1947. cl AdC yo r l — ') v ,, -? '' ' ' !/ ' ' 7/ //',' -/ Ali i,1/4'IC , , • '' '_77::/46 ''. ' City Recorder 49 Presented to the Board of Commissioners AND PASSED MAY 2 1 1947 CITY RECORDER First Publication in 1424.4.A.Akt k /14. ,113—i91/7 ,9144,tee, CITY BRAX,PROlini c)_} yvy (.77