A. Applicability: It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain, carry on, operate, or engage in any business; or to hold itself out to the public for such purpose without first procuring a license to do so from the City. This chapter shall apply to all persons who conduct a business operation: 1) from a structure or location within the City; 2) from a residence subject to prior approval as a home occupation; 3) from an automobile or other type of mobile unit subject to prior approval as a peddler or vendor; or 4) on foot subject to prior approval as a solicitor; provided, that the City may waive the license requirement where in the opinion of the Licensing Official the business activity qualifies as an exception, in accordance with the provision of subsection D of this section.
B. Separate Licenses Required For Each Business: A separate license shall be required for each business. A business desiring to facilitate or attempt to facilitate sales with different: 1) goods or services; or 2) responsible person or entity, from those designated in the originally submitted completed application, shall submit a new completed application for processing.
C. Nontransferability Of License(s): Any license issued under the provisions of this chapter is nontransferable. The license does not authorize any person or entity other than those identified in the application to do business in the City, nor does it authorize any other business than the business named in the license to do business.
D. Exceptions: This chapter shall not apply to:
1. Activities that are of an infrequent nature and carried on at such an incidental level as to not require regulation by the City as determined by the Licensing Official.
2. Firms providing incidental delivery of goods purchased by residents from locations outside of the City. Also, wholesale firms delivering supplies and materials to established businesses within the City.
3. Agricultural enterprises producing commodities for sale on the premises.
4. Legally registered charitable and non-profit organizations or 501(C)(3) and legally registered 501(c)(4) organizations and recognized as such by the Internal Revenue Service.
5. A home based business that is operated only occasionally and by an individual who is under eighteen (18) years of age.
6. A home based office. (Ord. 05-02-2017A, 5-2-2017)