§ 5.04.190. Fee exemptions.

The following persons shall be exempt from the payment of license fees, but shall be required to file an application with the license collector:

A.

Every honorably discharged veteran who qualifies pursuant to the provisions of Business and Professions Code § 16102. All claims for such exemption shall be referred to the Veterans' Service Office for investigation and recommendation;

B.

Any person engaged in wholesaling goods, wares, and merchandise to retail dealers and manufacturers for resale or for incorporation into produced goods;

C.

All nonprofit charitable, religious, fraternal, and educational organizations and any solicitor or peddler employed by such organization who does not profit from such business activity;

D.

Any person conducting the following types of public auctions:

1.

Sale of government property,

2.

Sale of property through a court order or a deed of trust,

3.

Sale of property by a trustee, assignee, or receiver in bankruptcy;

E.

Any person selling used household goods or other used personal property at his or her residence;

F.

Any public utility possession a franchise granted by and making payments thereunder to the county of Madera;

G.

Any person selling agricultural, viticultural, horticultural, stock, dairy, or poultry products, grown or produced by the person's own labor on property owned, leased, or possessed by that person. All claims for such exemption shall be referred to the county agricultural commissioner for investigation and recommendation;

H.

Any person who is transacting or carrying on any business that is exempt from the payment to a political subdivision of business license fees by virtue of the Constitution or applicable statutes of the United States or the state of California.

(Ord. No. 475D, § 1, 12-10-13)