3-1-13: ANNUAL BUSINESS LICENSE FEES:

Business				Fee
Adult use businesses				$500.00
	Administrative processing fee			200.00
Adult-use cannabis dispensing organization				$2,500.00
Amusement devices:
	For the first year			500.00
	Annually thereafter			250.00
	Video games per machine			25.00
	Nonvideo games:
		Not having a coin or token receptacle		25.00
		Having a coin or token receptacle		25.00
Amusements				100.00
Auctions and auctioneers				900.00
	Not to exceed 20 days			45.00
Automobile rental establishments				250.00
Automobile sales and service				250.00
Billiards, pool tables				10.00 for each billiard or pool table on the premises
Brokers				100.00
Cigarette and tobacco dealers:
	Wholesalers			250.00
	Retailers			150.00
	Cigarette or tobacco machines, each			150.00

 

 

Contractors:			License Type	Annual License	Annual License After July 1	Bond	Liability Insurance
Contractors who are required to be licensed by the state of Illinois shall provide the city of Countryside a copy of their valid state license or registration and a copy of the certificate of insurance provided to the state (showing current coverage). No license fee shall be charged			IL (state license or registration type)	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	Copy of insurance provided to state (showing current coverage)
Demolition/house wrecker			Demolition	100.00	50.00	40,000.00	$1,000,000.00
Electricians who are tested and licensed by an Illinois municipality shall provide the city of Countryside a copy of their valid municipal license, an original bond and a certificate of insurance. No license fee shall be charged			Electrician	0.00	0.00	20,000.00	1,000,000.00
Any and all other contractors or subcontractors doing only work for which a permit is not required			Limited contractor	100.00	50.00	0.00	1,000,000.00
Any and all other contractors or subcontractors doing work for which a permit is or is not required			Contractor	100.00	50.00	20,000.00	1,000,000.00

 

Business				Fee
Explosives				200.00
Automotive filling station, per year				200.00
Automotive filling station with car wash, per year				300.00
Automotive filling station with mini mart, per year				400.00
Automotive filling station with car wash and mini mart, per year				550.00
Fire extinguisher services				50.00
Firearms dealers				200.00
	Gun show or event			50.00
Florists and sales of Christmas trees:
	Christmas tree sales			50.00	plus $100.00 deposit
Florist				50.00
Food delivery vehicles				30.00	for each vehicle
Food dispensing vehicles				100.00	for each vehicle
Golfing activities:
	Golf driving ranges			300.00
	Miniature golf or putting courses			50.00
House/commercial movers				70.00
Home occupation				50.00
Jukeboxes				25.00	for each such device kept or installed on the licensed premises, plus 3.00 for each coin receptacle, station or box capable of operating such device
Limousine driver's license				400.00
Limousine services				1,000.00	plus $150.00 per limousine operated within the city
Mobile home parks				200.00	plus $5.00 for each mobile home space in the mobile home park
Motels - hotels (up to 10 rooms), per year				250.00
	Motels - hotels (over 10 rooms), per year			250.00
	Plus (for each room)			6.00
Outdoor storage container rental or use				150.00	per container - limit 3 per property (includes $50.00 inspection fee and $100.00 license fee)
Parking lots:
	Not exceeding 25 vehicle spaces, per space			6.00
	Exceeding 25 vehicle spaces, an additional			75.00
	Plus for each additional space in excess of 25			3.00
Petroleum product dealers				200.00
	Plus for each vehicle used to store or deliver such products			5.00
Precious metal purchasers				200.00
Rooming houses				50.00
Scavengers				50.00
Self-storage facility				100.00
Service merchants				50.00
	Except as to the businesses hereinafter set forth, which shall be as follows:
		Bank		200.00
			For each additional banking facility	50.00
		Consultant		50.00
		Currency exchange		50.00
		Electronic repair		50.00
		Income tax service		50.00
		Loan company		50.00
		Locksmith		50.00
		Manufacturer's selling agency		50.00
		Pet grooming		50.00
		Plumbing and heating		50.00
		Printing		200.00
		Pump service		50.00
		Rental shop		50.00
		Savings and loan		200.00
			For each additional savings and loan facility	50.00
		Secretarial service		50.00
		Special education transportation		50.00
		Telephone answering service		50.00
		Travel agency		50.00
Stable				50.00	plus $5.00 for each horse permitted to be boarded or kept
Street advertising				100.00
Taxicab operator, regardless of number of vehicles operated				50.00
Towing operator				200.00
	Plus for each tow truck			30.00
Undertakers and undertaking establishments				150.00
Vending machines				25.00
	Cigarette or tobacco machines			150.00
Vending machines, nonautomatic items				25.00
Vending machines, nonfood items				25.00

 

Unless exempted from business licensing requirements pursuant to city code, all retail, wholesale, service, entertainment, or other business establishments for which a fee is not provided above or elsewhere in the city's code, shall pay the following license fees on a square footage basis:

0 - 1,500 sq. ft., per year	$ 200.00
1,501 - 2,500 sq. ft., per year	250.00
2,501 - 5,000 sq. ft., per year	300.00
5,001 - 10,000 sq. ft., per year	350.00
10,001 - 15,000 sq. ft., per year	400.00
15,001 - 20,000 sq. ft., per year	450.00
20,001 - 30,000 sq. ft., per year	600.00
30,001 - 50,000 sq. ft., per year	750.00
50,001 - 100,000 sq. ft., per year	900.00
100,001 - 150,000 sq. ft., per year	1,000.00
150,001 and over, per year	1,150.00

 

(Ord. 00-38-0, 12-13-2000; amd. Ord. 01-21-0, 9-26-2001; Ord. 04-29-0, 7-28-2004; Ord. 06-09-0, 3-8-2006; Ord. 06-18-0, 5-24-2006; Ord. 07-05-0, 1-24-2007; Ord. 07-19-0, 6-13-2007; Ord. 08-25-0, 5-14-2008; Ord. 12-35-0, 5-23-2012; Ord. 20-01-0, 1-8-2020; Ord. 20-41-O, 12-9-2020; Ord. 21-29-O, 8-11-2021; Ord. 22-36-O, 9-28-2022)