Ordinance 19-05ORDINANCE NO. 2019-05
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EASTVALE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 6
CHAPTER 6.72 SECTIONS 6.72.070 AND 6.72.080 OF THE
EASTVALE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE
BUSINESS REGISTRATION CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
WHEREAS, to ease the administrative burdens placed on staff by the current system of
having all business registration certificates expire on March 31 of each year, the City Council
desires to change the system to rolling expiration dates; and
WHEREAS, the City Council also desires to eliminate the requirement for all home-based
businesses to Undergo an inspection prior to obtaining a business registration and to revise the
information that Must be submitted to assist with the identification of tile owners of businesses.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City COUnCil Of the City of' Eastvale ordains as follows:
SECTION 1. AMEND?VII:NT OF SECTION 6.72.070.
a. Paragraphs (a)(3) and (4) are amended to read as follows:
"(3) In the event that application is made for the issuance of a business registration
certificate to a person doing business Linder a fictitious name, the applicant shall show
proof that the f1CtitiOLls bUSiness name has been registered with the county assessor -
clerk -recorder, and the application shall include the true name(s) Of the Owners of such
business.
(4) In the event that application is made for the issuance of a business registration
certificate to a corporation, limited liability company, linlited partnership Or limited
liability partnership, tile applicant shall show proof that the business has been registered
with the California Secretary of State, and the application shall include the Secretary
of State's registration number."
b. Paragraph (a)(5)(a) is amended to read as follows:
a. Description of each single-family rental housing property, including, but not
limited to, the street address(es)."
c. Paragraphs (b) AND (c) of Section 6.72.070 of the Eastvale Municipal Code are
amended to read as follows:
"(b) Issuance. A business registration certificate shall be issued upon satisfactory
completion of the requisite application and payment of the fee(s) prescribed in this
chapter. Said certificate shall expire at the end of month one year from when it was
issued.
(c) Business i-egistration certificate fees. Business registration certificate fees shall be
charged by the city to cover the reasonable costs of providing the regulatory services
included in the business registration program, including but not limited fees for initial
business registration certificates, renewal business registration certificates, and late
fees. Business registration certificate fees shall be set by resolution of the city council,
or as required by state law. No business registration certificate fee charged under the
provisions of this chapter shall be construed as a business license tax."
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6.72.080.
Section 6.72.080 of tile Eastvale Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
"Section 6.72.080 Renewal of business registration certificate.
Any person who has obtained a business registration certificate pursuant to this chapter shall
apply for renewal oil or before expiration Of the then Current business registration certificate
term. Said renewal application shall be accompanied by payment of the business 1'eglstration
Certificate renewal fee. Any application for renewal received by the city 30 days or more after
the business registration certificate term expired shall be subject to a late fee."
SECTION 3. CONVERSION OF EXISTING REGISTRATIONS TO ROLLING 'PERM.
At the time this Ordinance takes effect, all eXiStillO business registration certificates will
have an expiration date of March 31. The City Council hereby authorizes the Finance
D11'ector/TI•eatiUI•er to grant extensions of time oil the term of each unexpired business registration
in existence as of the effective date of this Ordinance. The Finance Director/Treasurer shall divide
the existing business registrations into twelve groups, with each group assigned a month of the
year for their business registration certificate expiration clate. The Finance Director/Treasurer shall
allow businesses to request a specific month for registration expiration and renewal, within his
reasonable discretion.
The first renewal application Submitted by a business that has been granted an extension of
time pUrSllant to this Section 3 of this Ordinance shall include the full renewal fee then in effect
Plus a pro -rated renewal fee amount based on the length of the extension of time granted. For
example, a business that received a one-month extension on the term of their registration will pay
the full registration renewal fee plus an amount equal to 1/12 of the registration renewal fee, a
business that received a six month extension of time will pay a registration renewal fee that is 1.5
times the normal renewal fee, etc.
The Finance Director/Treasurer, in consultation with the City Manager and City Attorney,
shall have the discretion to take all actions fie deems necessary or convenient to effectuate the
change to a rolling term for business registrations, provided such actions are consistent with the
terms of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY.
If' any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause., phrase, or portion of this
Ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions ofthis
Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each
section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof„ irrespective of the
fact that any one or more sections. subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
portions thereof be declared invalid or ttneonstinnional.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DA'I13.
This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from its passage by the City Council.
SECTION 6. PUBLICATION.
The City Clerk is authorized and directed to cause this Ordinance to be published within
fifteen (15) days after its passage in a newspaper of vaeneral circulation and circulated within the
City to accordance with Government Code Section .3693i(a) or, to cause, this Ordinance to be
published in the manner rctlaired by law usinL the diternativc summary and posting procedure
authorized under Government Code Section 36933)(c),
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of May, 2019.
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Todd Rm-O J
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTI, ST:
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} riea Ve��a Marc A. Donohue, MMC
City Attorney City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) §
CITY OF EASTVALE )
I, Marc Donohue, City Clerk of the City of Eastvale, California, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 19-05, was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Eastvale held on the 8`" day of May, 2019, and was passed by the City Council of the City
of Eastvale at a regular meeting held on the 22"" day of May, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: CotlnCllmenlbers Lorimore, Yow, Mayor Pro Term Plott and Mayor Rigby
NOES: None
ABSENT: COL111CI I member Tessari
ABSTAIN: None A6
Marc A. Donohue, MMC
City Clerk