(A) Each person, corporation or business engaged in any occupation, trade or profession or other business activity for profit, or anyone required to file a return in the city, except those businesses engaged in those activities shown in § 60.101, or individuals under the age of 18, shall apply for and obtain an occupational license from the city, on forms provided by the city, before the applicant shall be authorized to do business, before the commencement of business, or in the event of a change of business status. A one-time occupational license registration fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be made at the time of application. A business changing its name shall notify the Finance Department of the name change, but shall not be required to pay a new occupational license registration fee. Licensees are required to notify the city of any changes in address, the cessation of business, or any other changes which render the information supplied to the city in the license application inaccurate.
(B) Each person, corporation or business engaged in any occupation, trade or profession or other business activity for profit, or anyone required to file a return shall be required to complete a separate application and pay the twenty-five dollar ($25.00) registration fee for each separate business, before the commencement of business, or in the event of a status change other than a change of address.
(C) Nonprofit organizations, as determined by the Internal Revenue Service approval of not-for-profit status, must file an application for occupational license but are exempt from the twenty-five dollar ($25.00) occupational license registration fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Upon the filing of an application by a nonprofit organization and confirmation of its not-for-profit status, the Finance Department will issue an occupational license certificate to this organization.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or business engaged in any occupation, trade or profession or other business activity to engage in any occupation, trade, profession or other activity for profit in the city without first having applied for an paid the occupational license registration fee herein required. If the occupational license registration fee is not paid prior to engaging in any business or activity, a penalty of twenty-five ($25.00) shall be imposed, in addition to any other penalties provided by this chapter for the period during which any unlawful business or activity occurred.
(F) Non-transferable. A license to operate a business, once granted, shall not be transferable by the applicant.
(Ord. No. 21.90, 10-16-90; Amd. Ord. No. 14-03, § 2, 8-19-03; Amd. Ord. No. 15-08, 7-1-08; Amd. Ord. No. 08-14, § 1, 4-15-14)