§ 522-2.404. Amounts.

(a)

Annual device registration fees. The annual device registration fees due under this chapter are adopted pursuant to and under the authority of California Business and Professions Code Sections 12240 and 13350. The annual fee amounts established in this chapter shall remain in effect unless superseded by a change in California Business and Professions Code Section 12240. Annual registration fees are set by business location and the number of commercial devices and/or point-of-sale registers at each business location under common ownership or management, as follows:

Table A (Annual Business Location Fees)

DEVICE	FEE AUTHORITY	FEE
Business Location Fee	California Business and Professions Code ("B&P") Section 12240(f) and (u)	$100.00 per Business Location

 

Table B (Annual Device Fees)

DEVICE	FEE AUTHORITY	FEE
Water submeters	B&P §12240(g)	$2.00 per device per space or apartment
Electric submeters	B&P §12240(g)	$3.00 per device per space or apartment
Vapor (Gas) submeters	B&P §12240(g)	$4.00 per device per space or apartment
Vehicle mounted & wholesale fuel meters	B&P §12240(m)	$75.00 per device
Vehicle odometer used to charge mileage fees, vehicle rentals, or other services	B&P §12240(q) and (s)	$60.00 per device ($340.00 maximum per location)
Liquefied petroleum gas meters, truck mounted or stationary	B&P §12240(1)	$185.00 per device
Livestock scales ≥10,000 lbs.	B&P §12240(k)	$150.00 per device
Livestock scales 2,000 — 9,999 lbs.	B&P §12240(k)	$100.00 per device
Jewelry and prescription scales	B&P §12240(o)	$80.00 per device
Weighing devices, other than livestock scales, 2,000 — 9,999 lbs.	B&P §12240(h)	$150.00 per device
Weighing devices, other than livestock scales, ≥10,000 lbs.	B&P §12240(h)	$250.00 per device
Computing scales <100 lbs.	B&P §12240(n)	$20.00 per device ($1,000.00 maximum per location)
Weighing devices, other than computing and prescription scales, 100 — 1,999 lbs.	B&P §12240(p)	$50.00 per device
All other commercial weighing and measuring devices not listed in B&P §12240(g) to (r)	B&P §12240(t)	$20.00 per device ($1,000.00 maximum per location)
Point-of-sale systems with 1—3 point-of-sale registers	B&P §13350(d)	$149.00
Point-of-sale systems with 4—9 point-of-sale registers	B&P §13350(d)	$237.00
Point-of-sale systems with 10 or more point-of-sale registers	B&P §13350(d)	$427.00

 

(b)

Point-of-sale systems fees. The point-of-sale system device fees are based on the number of point-of-sale registers at a single business location as set forth in Table B.

(c)

Fee exemptions.

(1)

Business location fees will be waived for:

(i)

Seasonal vendors who bring their scales in for testing to a central location designated by the Contra Costa County Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures.

(ii)

Seasonal agricultural users of stationary scales, if a stationary scale is used no more than thirty days in a calendar year.

(2)

A business is exempt from having to pay a business location fee for its use of a point-of-sale system if it is already required under this chapter to pay a business location fee at the same location or address.

(d)

Fee reduction. The business location fee will be reduced by fifty percent (50%) for those small businesses that have both a single location in Contra Costa County and gross annual revenue that does not exceed $60,000, subject to verification by the director. Businesses must apply annually for this fee reduction by providing records of its gross annual revenue, such as prior year tax returns.

(Ord. No. 2015-1, § II, 3-1-16)