§ 5.04.010. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise specifically provided, the words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows:

"Branch establishment" means a location where a business is conducted in addition to its fixed place of business.

"Business" means any employment avocation, occupation, profession, trade, calling, lawful game, show, exhibition, event, venture, fund-raising activity, commercial enterprise, company, corporation, joint enterprise, place of business, partnership or other activity or enterprise engaged in for gain, profit, benefit, advantage or livelihood, whether or not a gain, profit, benefit, advantage or livelihood is earned by such business.

"City" means the city of Chino Hills.

"Collector" means the city official charged with the administration of this chapter.

"Employee" means any person who receives his or her compensation from an employer that carries worker's compensation insurance, makes all necessary payroll deductions from such compensation, directly supervises and assumes all other responsibilities as an employer. Any person who is not an employee shall be deemed self-employed and in business for himself or herself subject to the provisions of this chapter.

"Fixed place of business" means the principal place of business of a business within the city at which the principal tools, equipment or machinery used in a business are customarily stored or located, or at which are maintained the principal stock, materials or supplies, and the books and records used in a business.

"Hawking" means offering merchandise for sale on the streets by outcry or by attracting the attention of persons by exposing goods in a public place, or by placards, labels, or signals.

"License" means the valid receipt issued by the Collector, which indicates that any fee imposed by this chapter has been paid to the city. The business license is a receipt only and shall have no other legal effect.

"Licensee" means any person holding a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

"Person" means and includes any individual, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, corporation, estate, trust, Massachusetts business trust, receiver, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit, and the plural as well as the singular number.

"Premises" means all lands, structures, places, and also the personal property, equipment and appurtenances connected or used in any business.

"Sworn statement" as used in this chapter means an affidavit sworn to before a person authorized to take oaths, or a declaration or certification made under penalty of perjury.

"Yard sale" means any event where items of personal property owned, utilized, or maintained by occupants of premises other than a licensed commercial business, are to be offered for sale to the general public. This shall include garage, patio, rummage, and other similarly conducted sales.

(Ord. 92-05 § 1)