IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
ORDINANCE NO. 2025-XXX
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-2-500 OF THE SAN LEANDRO MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO ANNUAL CPI ADJUSTMENT TO BUSINESS LICENSE FEES WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-2-500 of the San Leandro Municipal Code relating to the annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustment to business license fees, the City Council desires to increase business license fees by the Consumer Price Index (All-Urban Consumers, San Francisco Area), which is an increase of 2.4% above the current fees.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Title 2, Chapter 2-2, Article 5, Section 2-2-500 of the San Leandro Municipal Code is amended to reflect a 2.4% annual CPI adjustment, and is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
§ 2-2-500 FEES BASED ON NATURE OF BUSINESS.
Every person commencing or carrying on a business within this City shall pay a license fee in an amount determined by the Finance Director in accordance with the nature of the business as hereinafter set forth:
Business Classification Annual
Base Fee Unit Fee Unit Fee Basis
Automobile Wrecking $856.90 $ - Flat/Annual
Bingo $171.00 $ - Flat/Annual
Carnival $171.00 $316.20 Flat/Daily
Christmas
Trees/Pumpkin Patch $856.90 $ - Flat/Annual
Coin Operated Device $171.00 $1.70 Per $1,000 of gross receipts Commercial Advertising $856.90 $ - Flat/Annual
Contractor $171.00 $105.60 Per each owner and each employee Dance Hall $856.90 $ - Flat/Annual
Firearms Dealer $171.00 $5.20
Per $100 of Gross Receipts attributable to the
sales of firearms capable of being concealed
upon the person and ammunition for such
firearms, excluding sales to public agencies
Fortune Telling $856.90 $ - Flat/Annual
Itinerant Merchant $171.00 $54.50 Flat/Weekly
Manufacturing $171.00 $52.70 Per each owner and each employee Miscellaneous $171.00 $52.70 Per each owner and each employee Mobile Food Vendors $171.00 $ - Flat/Annual
Nonresidential Property
Rental $171.00 $26.30 Per 1,000 square feet
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ORDINANCE NO. 2025-XXX 2
Business Classification Annual
Base Fee Unit Fee Unit Fee Basis
Residential Property
Rental $171.00 $15.80 Per each unit or space
Parking Lot $171.00 $118.00 Per $1,000 of gross receipts Pawnbroker $856.90 $ - Flat/Annual
Peddler/Solicitor $171.00 $52.70 Per each owner and each employee Professional $171.00 $132.00 Per each owner and each employee Public Utilities $171.00 $52.70 Per each owner and each employee Recreation and
Entertainment $171.00 $105.60 Per each owner and each employee Retail $171.00 $52.70 Per each owner and each employee
Secondhand Dealer $856.90 $ - Flat/Annual
Service $171.00 $105.60 Per each owner and each employee Towing $171.00 $1.70 Per $1,000 of gross receipts
Warehouse/Storage $171.00 $137.00 Per 1,000 square feet Waste Disposal Site $171.00 $2.40 Per ton
Wholesale/Distribution -
General $171.00 $137.00 Per 1,000 square feet
Wholesale/Distribution -
Large local seller $171.00 $52.70
Per each owner and each employee, if sales tax
revenue to the City is ≥ $50,000 based on prior
fiscal year
The business license fees established by this Section shall continue to be adjusted annually by an amount equal to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area, as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Statistics.
Section 2. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect July 1, 2025.
Introduced by ______________________ and passed and adopted this 5th day of May 2025 by the following vote:
AYES: ()
NOES: ()
ABSENT: ()
ATTEST:
Kelly B. Clancy
City Clerk
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