(A) Compliance required. No person, directly or indirectly, shall conduct any business or use in connection therewith any vehicle, premises, machine or device, in whole or in part, for which a license or permit is required by any law or ordinance of the city, without first obtaining a license or permit. The person shall keep the license or permit in effect at all times, as required by this chapter or other laws or ordinances of the city.
(B) Special sales. This chapter applies to all businesses in the nature of special sales for which a license is required by any law or ordinance of the city. No person, directly or indirectly, shall conduct any sale, except in conformity with this chapter.
(C) One act constitutes doing business. For purposes of this chapter, a person shall be deemed to be in business and thus subject to divisions (A) and (B) hereof when he or she does one act of:
(1) Selling any goods or service;
(2) Soliciting business or offering goods or services for sale or hire; or
(3) Acquiring or using any vehicle or premises in the city for business purposes.
(D) Responsibility for obtaining licenses. The agents or other representatives of nonresidents who are doing business in the city shall be personally responsible for the compliance of their principals, and of the businesses they represent, with this chapter.
(E) Branch establishments. A license shall be obtained in the manner prescribed in this chapter for each branch establishment or location of the business engaged in, as if each branch establishment or location were a separate business. However, a warehouse or distributing plant used in connection with and incidental to a business licensed under this chapter shall not be deemed to be a separate place of business or branch establishment.
(F) Rental real property. Each rental real property shall be deemed a branch establishment or separate place of business for purposes of this chapter when there is a representative of the owner or of the owner’s agent on the premises who is authorized to transact business for the owner or owner’s agent, or when there is a regular employee of the owner or of the owner’s agent working on the premises.
(G) Joint licenses. A person engaged in two or more businesses at the same location shall not be required to obtain a separate license for each business, but, when eligible, shall be issued one license which shall specify on its face all businesses. The person shall pay a separate license fee for each business.
(Ord. 85-31, passed 10-15-1985)