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Las Vegas Nevada Evening Review-Journal November 15, 1938 WILL BE PASSED SOON, EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, BOARD DECLARES Ordinance 243 Is in Effect Now and Fees Are Due By Tomorrow NEW SET-UP SIFTED Maximum License Fee Under New Ordinance Will Be $50 A n ew business licensing ordinance, to replace the con­troversial ordinance number 243, is Under consideration by the Las V egas city commis­sion and w ill be passed w ith in a fe w days, to become e ffe c ­tive January 1, 1939, it was indicated b y mem bers o f the board at a m eeting this m orn­ing. M eantime ordinance num­ber 243 is in effect and all li­censes for the last quarter of 1938 are due and the deadline for payment is tomorrow, Mayor H. P. Marble stated. Provision is made for differ­ences: in the license rates un­der the new ordinance and those provided under ordin­ance- number 243. - The new ordinance states: “A ny person,, firm or corporation who has' 't>aid or shall hereafter pity any license fee dr fees under or­dinance No. 243 of the; city of Las Vegas for the last quarter of the .year 1938, and such ] license fee in any case shall be greater in amount than that required by I the .provisions of this, ordinance [ for the same business, shall- be entitled to a credit, of such excess on any. license fee to be paid by 1 him under the terms of this or­dinance and . the city clerk fa I hereby authorized- and directed to allow such credit upon any 1 license fee hereafter to become due under the terms of this ordin- . ance,” ' .’ i THE NEW ordinance -provides as follows: “ (A ) Where the average month­ly. sales are under the sum of one thousand dollars] the sum of five dollars per quarter. “ (B ) Where the average month­ly sales are one thousand .dol­lars and over, but are under two thousand dollars, the sum of nine dollars per. quarter. “ (C ) Where the average month­ly sales are two thousand dollars and ovei;, but are tinder three thousand dollars, the sum of fif- . teen dollars per quarter. “ (D ) Where the average month­ly sales are three thousand dol­lars and over, but are under four thousand dollars, the sum of ! twenty dollars per quarter. ’ “ (E ) Where the average month- I ly sales are four thousand dol­lars and over,, but are. under five thousand dollars, the- sum of | twenty-seven dollars per quarter, j “ (E ) Where the average month- I ly sales are fiv e thousand dollars and over, but are under seventy five hundred dollars, the sum of i thirty-three dollars, per quarter. ] “ (G ) Where the average month- | ly sales are seventy fiv e hundred j dollars and over, but are, under j fifteen thousand dollars,, the sum I of thirty-nine dollars per quarter. “ (H ) Where the average month- ; ! ly sales are fifteen thousand dol­lars and over, b u t’are under thir- i • ty fiv e thousand dollars, the sum t : of forty-five dollars per quarter. “ (I ) Where the average month- j ly sales are thirty-five thousand j ! dollars and over, the sum of fifty, i dollars per quarter.” “A ny person, firm pr corpora- ? : tion, operating, . conducting and , carrying on several different i classes .or types of business at a J ! fixed place of business in the city - 1 of Las Vegas, any of which' m a y I fa ll within the classification men-, tioned in this section, and some of which may fa ll within the classification' mentioned in sec­tion eight o f this ordinance, may have and hereby is given the op­tion of paying license fee upon his total volume of business done in i all said types of business at the I rates mentioned in this section, /or he may 'keep separate account | of the volume of business done on i the type Or types of business j which fa ll within the classifica­tion mentioned in this section and pay. his license thereon according to the- rates provided, therefor jin" this section, and may treat those ! types of business which fa ll with- | in section eight of this ordin­ance as a separate business or | businesses - and pay - his «license [ upon each such type of business according to the provisions of sec­tion eight Of this ordinance, with­out regard to the volume of busi­ness done under .such types o il i business upon which license shall be,So paid according .to the rates 1 ! mentioned in section eight of "this I ordinance.” I Under the new ordinance the II maximum license fee w ill be. $50 I per quarter for any typ e'of busi- t ness, except fo r public utilities, |j the' rate fo r which w ill remain I the*, same v as under ordinance | number 243, according to Mayor !|l Marble. -The new ordinance classifies I ! hotels, auto courts and apartments 1 in the same class,,with flat rates.; Rates provided under the new j ordinance w ill . be as follows: ] Wrecking yard or junk yard, $25 | I p e r... quarter; dray,, express, and warehouse business, $5 per'quar­ter for the first rig, and $2.50 per quarter for each additional rig, I but warehouse businesses, witji- I out rigs shall pay $5 per quarter; every person or firm operating a truck-or fleet of trucks for hire, coming into the city of Las Vegas to receive merchandise fo r de­livery outside the. city, or which .shall bring merchandise into the city from outside and-making de­liveries o f merchandise within the city, shall pay a quarterly licensfe tax of $10 per quarter upon the first truck and $5 per quarter for each additional truck; BILLARD HALL, $5 per quar­t e r for the first table and $3 per quarter fo r each additional biil- [ iard table or pool table; barber, j shop, $5 per quarter for, the first barber chair and $1 per quarter for each additional chair; assayer, I $5 per quarter; jj Outdoor advertising, $.03% pen square, yard of front surface with I a minimum quarterly license; of $12.50; swimming pool, $25. an­nually; welding or iron works,