Ordinance 295-74 - Laserfiche WebLink

CHAPTER 13 - BILL POSTING AND ADVERTISING Section 1 Bill Posting--License--Required: It shall be unlawful for any person to exercise, carry on or engage in the occupation of Bill Posting in the City of Everett without having ob- tained from the City of Everett a license so to do to be known as a "Bill Poster' s License" , provided that no license shall be required of any person advertising any business , trade or occupation carried on or conducted in any building or structure and which advertising is intended and designa- ted to give publicity to the business , trade or occupation carried on or conducted within the building or structure to or from which such advertising is attached or displayed. Section 2 Definitions : Any person who shall maintain, post, affix, paste, paint, print, write, project or in any other manner put advertising matter on any bill board, bulletin board, sign board, electric or illuminated sign, frame work, fence , building, or structure, maintained or used for advertising purposes shall be declared to be a Bill Poster, within the meaning of this chapter. Section 3 Bill Posting--License--Fee : Every Bill Poster shall pay an annual license fee computed as follows : Every Bill Poster doing a gross business within the City of Everett of not more than $2 , 000 . 00 per year shall pay a license fee of $10 . 00 . Every Bill Poster doing a gross business of not less than $2 ,000. 00 nor more than $5 , 000 . 00 per year shall pay a license fee of $25 . 00 . Every Bill Poster doing a gross business of less than $5 ,000. 00 per year shall file with the City Clerk on January 1st and July 1st of each year, a statement showing the gross amount of bill posting business done by it in the City of Everett during the preceding six month' s period. Every Bill Poster doing a gross business of over 55 ,000 .00 annually shall pay a flat license fee of $100. 00 and in addi- tion thereto shall pay an amount equal to one-half of one (1) per cent of that part of his gross income derived from his business over $5 , 000 . 00 , which percentage of gross income shall be determined quarterly, March 31st, June 30th, September 30th and December 31st, and shall be payable within fifteen (15) days after the termination of each such quarter. A statement showing such gross income for each three month' s period shall be filed with the City Clerk of Everett by such Bill Poster on the dates mentioned. Every Bill Poster shall , however, before he shall engage in any bill posting in the City of Everett, have paid into the City Treasury of said City, a license fee of at least $10 . 00 and received a Bill Poster' s License from the City Clerk.