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148 through the fence in an emergency. Motion to introduce ordinance carried on roll call vote, Councilmen Granger and Henderson voting no. Report of Business License Committee. Councilman Bury, Chairman of the Council's Business License Committee, reported on the review the Committee had made on the two requests submitted and referred to the Committee by Council for possible amend- ments to the Business License Ordinance and of the recommendations made as follows: 1. Realtors operating within the City requested: (a) that the brokerage fee of $25 be a, per -office charge, rather than levied on an individual basis; (b) the reduction of the charge of $10 for each additional employee, to $5. Recommendation: Committee recommended compliance with request (a) as it was felt there is a justification for levying the brokerage fee of $25 on a per -office basis. Committee did not agree that the individual charge for other employees should be reduced and recommended the retention of the $10 fee per employee. 2. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company request that their firm be placed in the industrial, rather than retailer category. Recommendation: Committee recommended that all utnities be placed in the manufacturing -industrial category since appli- cable fee of $300 per year (maximum permitted by the ordinance) would not be changed. 3. Pacific Gas & Electric Company's formal objection to the imposi- tion of a business license tax because of their rendering their services on a franchise basis. City Attorney has ruled that the business license tax is, in fact, legal and representatives of the PG&E have been so notified. It was reported by the City Attorney that there was no corre- lation between a franchise fee and business license taxes, the franchise fee representing a charge for use of public rights- of-way, while business license is a tax on doing business. 4. Members of trucking industry request for clarification of section dealing with fees for operating vehicles. Committee referred to a prior amendment, not yet reviewed by mem- bers of the trucking industry, which now was felt would satisfy their request for a more specific rule subject to less interpre- tation. Councilman Bury stated this would-be again reviewed with the trucking industry. Mayor Herkner suggested that amendment referred to in regard to trucking be more fully explained. City Clerk read text from Section 32.122, Ordinance 1316, amending the basic Business License Ordinance, which more clearly defined the basis on which the tax is based. 5. Local credit bureau request for exemption from the ordinance because of the public service nature of their work. Committee, subsequent to review, is of the opinion this enterprise should be covered by ordinance and that category and rate appeared to be equitable. In summarizing Committee's report, Councilman Bury stated that the new business _ license tax ordinance had been well accepted by the business interests of the com- munity, and stressed the fact that Committee had assured Council prior to the adop - tion of the Ordinance it was the intent of Committee to continue to meet periodi- cally in order to discuss merits of any further requested revisions in the ordinance. Wm. A. Kogelschatz, President, Redwood City -San Carlos - Belmont, Board of Realtors, stated that realtors on peninsula paid 5 or 6 different license fees in surround- ing cities besides the Redwood City fee for number of employees, which might set a precedent to peninsula cities to adopt similar ordinances and felt a percentage of busi- ness more equitable. ,R IO V