§ 110.31 ENUMERATION OF BUSINESS FEES.
   (A)   The businesses for which a fee is required under the provisions of this subchapter and the annual fee thereof are:
Business
Fee
Business
Fee
Auto parts
$125
Auto repairs
125
Auto wash
125
Bakery, wholesale
125
Banks, financial institutions
250
Barber shop/beauty and nail salons
125
Commercial/home solicitors
 
   Per day
40
   Per week
175
Contractors (electrical, heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, masonry, concrete, cement, roofing, excavators, paving, plasterers, dry wall, tuck pointers, house movers) N.C. Bonding requirements under building code must also be met, where applicable
175
Drugstore
150
Dry cleaner
125
Exterminator
125
Food and beverage delivery, sale route
100
Food take-out (cooked food)
125
Fuel dispensing nozzles
45
 
Business
Fee
Business
Fee
Furniture repair, upholstery
$125
Gasoline stations
175
Per nozzle
45
Grocery, delicatessen or combination meat market
125
Hardware store
125
Ice cream truck
350
Each additional truck
150
Jewelry store
125
Juke box
150
Laundromat
125
   Washers and dryers
75
Manufacturing (includes light through heavy handling)
 
   Up to 5,000 square feet
200
   Up to 15,000 square feet
350
   Up to 25,000 square feet
600
   25,000 square feet and over
900
Mobile food service establishment
 
      First truck   
350
      Each additional truck
150
Panhandlers, peddlers, hawkers, per day
40
Pool tables, darts, bowling, per game/table
150
Public halls (special events)
125
Printer or publisher - see Manufacturing
 
Restaurant
 
Seating capacity:
 
   1 - 99
125
   99 and over
225
Scavenger, route scavengers
650
Second-hand dealers
350
 
Business
Fee
Business
Fee
Supermarkets (over 10,00 square feet)
250
Tobacco sales over the counter
200
Undertaker/funeral services
150
Vending machines
75
Warehouse (*see definition of Floor Area below)
   1 - 5M square feet
250
   Up to 15M square feet
400
   15M square feet and over
800
All business licenses not otherwise listed
   For square feet less than 10,000 square feet
125
   For square feet over 10,000 square feet
300
 
   (B)   Definition.  FLOOR AREA shall be calculated as herein defined. Total floor area applicable for the determination of the yearly license fee shall include the sum total of all the floor area in use or reserved for or retained for the use of the commercial establishment and industrial, including but not restricted to, principal and accessory floor area, cellars and basements, even though any such floor area may be temporarily vacant or not in use.
   (C)   All such licenses shall be due May 1 each year and shall expire April 30 following the date of issuance.
   (D)   Any business requiring an additional inspection fee from an outside service or agency for the operation of the business in question said fee shall be charged to the licensee as part of the annual business license fee.
(`95 Code, § 110.31) (Am. Ord. 82-4, passed 2-24-82; Am. Ord. 85-17, passed 10-23-85; Am. Ord. 06-35, passed 3-22-06; Am. Ord. 12-6, passed 2-15-12; Am. Ord. 23-12, passed 9-20-23) Penalty, see § 110.99