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ORDINANCE NO. 31 An Ordinance of the Town of Los Altos Hills providing for the licensing for Revenue of all business, as defined therein, within the City and establishing procedures for the collection thereof and authorizing legal action for collection when necessary. The City Council of the Toxin of Los Altos Hills does ordain as follows: Term SECTION 13-1: This Ordinance may be cited as the Business License Ordinance of the Town of Los Altos Hills. Definitions SECTION 13-2: The following terms, phrases and words shall be deemed to have the meaning given herein. (a) "City" is the Toxin of Los Altos Hills. b "Council" is the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills. (c) "License Officer" is the Inspector of the Town of Los Altos Bills or deputy authorized by him as such. (d) "Insignia" is any emblem, sticker or other kind of identifying device required by this Ordinance. (e) "License" means the right to use or carry on a business as defined herein for a period of time as specified. (f) "Business" is meant to include all kinds of vocations, occupations, professions, enterprises, establish- ments and all other kinds of activities and matters, together with all devices, materials, vehicles and appurtenances used therein, any of which are conducted for commercial or monetary gain or benefit, directly or indirectly, upon any premises or elsehwere within the Town of Los Altos Hills. (g) "Person" include any individual or partnership or association together of individuals or any corporate entity or any officer, agent, or ernloyee thereof. SECTION 13-3: Compliance Required. Every person shall, except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance before engaging in, conducting, transacting or carrying on any business-trithidthe Torm of Los Altos Mills, pay -a fee for revenue only toaid City and receive areceipt and .license for such business, No pers se any vehicle, premise, device or machinery in connection with business without such fee and license. Any such license must be kept ineffect.in conformity with this ordinance and such license shall not be connected with regulation but the fee thereof imposed for revenue only and collection processed by court action in event of non-payment. SECTION 13-4: Agents Responsibility. Agents or representatives of non-resident persons who are doing business within City shall be personally responsible for the compliance by their principals with this Ordinance as well as the direct responsibility of the principals. SECTION 13-5: Exceptions as to delivery. No license shall be required of any person from any persons for the mere delivery in the City of property purchased or acquired elsewhere in good faith from such person at a regular place of business outside the City or for the regular delivery within the City upon the order of a resident thereof of food products, newspapers or other regularly established incidents of residential living. SECTION 13-6: City License Officer City License Officer shall: (a) Collect all license fees and shall issue all licenses to qualified persons.