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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 18182 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 l7 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1;:11►.► \Y ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME AMENDING SECTIONS 6.04.240 TO EXEMPT CERTAIN VENDORS AT EVENTS AND MARKETS CONDUCTED BY EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS FROM BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAMI does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1. A number of nonproftt organizations hold fundraisers in the City during the year. The vendors at these fundraisers are often in the City only for the event and only for a few days at most. The City wishes to exempt certain vendors who provide these goods at events held by nonprofit organizations from business license taxes in order to encourage their participation, to demonstrate that the City welcomes these events in the community, and to assist in continuing to make these events possible. This ordinance does not increase any business license tax or impose any new tax on any person. Section 2. Subsection 6.04.240(a) is amended to read as follows: (a) Charitable and Nonprofit Organizations. (l) The license provisions of this code shall not be deemed or construed to require the payment of a license fee to conduct, manage or carry on any business, or require the payment of any license fee from any institution or organization which is conducted, managed or carried on solely for the benefit of charitable purposes or from which profit is not derived either directly or indirectly by any person, if such business is exempt from the payment of bank and corporation taxes by Sections 23701 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, nor shall any license be required for the conducting of any entertainment, concert, exhibition, lecture or scientific, historical, religious or moral services whenever the receipts of such entertainment, concert, exhibition or lecture are to be appropriated to any church, school or to any religious or benevolent purpose within the city; nor shall any license be required for the conducting of any entertainment, dance, concert, exhibition or lecture by any religious, charitable, fraternal, educational, military, state, county or municipal organization or association whenever the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 I1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 receipts of any such entertainment, dance, concert, exhibition or lecture are to be appropriated for the purpose and objects for which such association or organization was formed and from which a profit is not derived either directly or indirectly by any person; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to exempt any institution or organization from complying with the provisions of any of the ordinances of the city requiring such institution or organization to obtain a permit from the city to conduct, manage or carry on such business. (2) The license provisions of this code shall not be deemed or construed to require the payment of a license fee to conduct, manage or carry on any business in the city that consists solely of selling foodstuffs, live plants, art work, or handicrafts at an event or market in the city that is operated by any religious, charitable, fraternal, educational, military, state, county or municipal organization or association. However, nothing herein contained shall be deemed to exempt any such person from complying with the provisions of any of the ordinances of the city requiring such a person to obtain a permit from the city to conduct, manage or carry on such a business. Section 3. This ordinance shall be published as required bylaw. Mayor I, DORIS MORTENSEN, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 4" day of February, 2008, and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 19`h day of February, 2008, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BAYLOCK, DEAL, KEIGHRAN, NAGEL, O'MAHONY NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE City Clerk 2-