TITLE 4
BUSINESS AND LICENSE REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1
BUSINESS LICENSES GENERALLY
SECTION:
4-1-1: Definitions
4-1-2: License Required; Fees; Term
4-1-3: Businesses Exempt From Fees
4-1-4: Duties Of Clerk-Treasurer
4-1-5: Contents Of License
4-1-6: Failure To Renew; Late Charge
4-1-7: Separate License For Multiple Businesses, Branch Establishments
4-1-8: Change Of Location
4-1-9: Posting Required
4-1-10: Unlawful Businesses
4-1-11: Refusal To Issue; License Revocation
4-1-12: Violation; Penalty
4-1-1: DEFINITIONS:
BUSINESS: Any and all industries, pursuits, commercial enterprises, occupations, professions and avocations, except those carried on in a temporary manner by a religious, charitable, fraternal, educational or like nonprofit organization solely as projects for fund raising.
CITY: The city of Cut Bank, a municipal corporation of the state of Montana, county of Glacier.
COUNCIL: The city council of the city of Cut Bank.
EMPLOYEE: All owners, proprietors, partners, managers, salesmen or employees engaged in or associated directly with the management and conduct of the business concerned.
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION: Any association, firm or corporation organized for religious, charitable, educational, civic, scientific or literary purposes which does not contemplate the distribution of pecuniary gains, profits or dividends to its members.
PERSON: Any individual, firm,, association, partnership or corporation.
YEAR: A calendar year beginning January 1 and ending December 31. (Ord. 6.16, 12-20-2004)
4-1-2: LICENSE REQUIRED; FEES; TERM:
   A.   License Required: For the protection and general welfare of the inhabitants of the city, it is hereby declared that every business conducted within the city shall be subject to the police power of the city and, accordingly, no person shall engage in business in the city without first obtaining a license as hereinafter provided, unless such person is expressly made exempt by the laws of the state from such licensing authority by the city.
   B.   Schedule Of Fees: Annual license fees for businesses shall be as follows:
      1.   For all businesses except those listed below, the annual license fee shall be twenty five dollars ($25.00).
      2.   For transient/itinerant/door to door retail merchants, the license fee shall be forty dollars ($40.00).
      3.   For home businesses, the license fee shall be twenty five dollars ($25.00).
      4.   There shall be no proration of license fees for home businesses, itinerant vendors or transient retail merchants.
   C.   License Renewal: All licenses shall expire on December 31 of the year in which the license is issued, unless otherwise specified.
   D.   Manner Of Payment: All licenses herein provided for are payable in advance to the city clerk-treasurer. In no case shall the license be granted for longer than one year. No license fees will be prorated. (Ord. 6.16, 12-20-2004)
4-1-3: BUSINESSES EXEMPT FROM FEES:
All businesses within the city limits shall obtain a business license. However, all businesses identified on schedule A attached to ordinance 6.16 on file in the office of the city clerk-treasurer are exempt from paying business license fees by Montana law and, therefore, shall not be required to pay a business license fee. (Ord. 6.16, 12-20-2004)
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