(A) The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed or construed to require the payment of a business license tax to conduct, manage or carry on any business, occupation or activity from any local institution or organization which is conducted, managed or carried on wholly for the benefit of charitable, educational, civic or philanthropic purposes, if no profit therefrom is derived, either directly or indirectly by any individual; nor shall any business license tax be required for the conducting of any entertainment, concert, exhibition, or lecture on scientific, historical, literary, religious, or moral subjects within the city whenever the receipts of any such entertainment, concert, exhibition or lecture are to be appropriated to any church or school or to any religious or benevolent and/or charitable purpose in the city; nor shall any business license tax be required for the conducting of any entertainment, dance, concert, exhibition or lecture by any religious, charitable, fraternal, educational, military, state, county or municipal organization or association whenever the receipts of any such entertainment, dance, concert, exhibition, or lecture are to be appropriated to any church, school or to any religious or benevolent and/or charitable purpose within the city; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to exempt any such organization or association from complying with any provisions of this code requiring a permit from the City Council or any commission or officer to conduct, manage or carry on any profession, trade, calling or occupation.
(B) Any person desiring an exempt business license as provided in this section shall make application for an exempt business license through the City Clerk. The applications shall be written upon a form provided by the City Clerk. The application shall contain the name of the person or organization or brief description of the class of persons for whose benefit the activity or solicitation is being made, together with the address and telephone number of the person or organization (and, if an organization, the name and addresses of its officers); the name of the person or persons who are to solicit; the total amount to be realized; the estimated total amount to be expended as compensation therefor, and the total amount to be raised or realized in the activity, drive or campaign and the purposes for which the money or property derived from the activity is to be used, which statement shall be signed by either the person applying therefor, the chief officer of the organization, for whom the activity is conducted, or if the activity is to be for an unorganized class of persons, verification shall be made by the person in charge of the activity.
(C) Before issuing an exempt business license, the City Clerk may make inquiry of the applicant, or any other person, concerning the plan of conducting the activity, the disposition of the proceeds thereof, and the matters set forth in the application required in this chapter. If upon such inquiry and/or from the application, he has reason to believe that the method of conducting the activity and/or the disposition of the proceeds does not qualify them as a local charitable or nonprofit organization as required under this section, he shall refuse to issue an exempt business license.
(D) In the event the City Clerk does not grant an exempt business license to any person or organization, the person or organization shall have a right to appeal the decision to the City Council, in the time and manner set forth in § 30.04.
('83 Code, § 5.04.200) (Am. Ord. 1109, passed 12-20-95)