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§ 110.13 CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION.
   Any information gained by the City Clerk/Treasurer/Tax Collector or any other official or agent or employee of the city as a result of any returns, investigations, hearings or verifications required or authorized by this chapter shall be confidential, except for official purposes and except in accordance with proper judicial order, or as otherwise provided by law. The City Clerk/Treasurer/Tax Collector may disclose to the State Commissioner of Revenue or his or her duly authorized agent all such information and right to inspect any of the books and records of the City Clerk/Treasurer/Tax Collector if the State Commissioner of Revenue grants to the City Clerk/Treasurer/Tax Collector the reciprocal right to obtain information from the files and records of the State Department of Revenue, and maintains the privileged character of the information as furnished to him or her. The city may publish statistics based on such information.
(Prior Code, § 110.13) (Ord. A-27, passed 3-24-1969)
§ 110.14 INTEREST AND PENALTIES.
   All license fees imposed by this chapter which remain unpaid after they become due shall bear interest at the rate of 6% per annum and any person who has failed to pay such license fees when the same become due shall also be charged a penalty of 10% of the amount of such unpaid license fees. Any person who fails or refuses to pay license fees to the City Clerk/Treasurer/Tax Collector at the time it is due as provided under the terms of § 110.08 of this chapter shall become liable to the city for such fees, as well as for the interest thereon at the rate of 6% per annum, and for the aforesaid penalty.
(Prior Code, § 110.14) (Ord. A-27, passed 3-24-1969)
§ 110.15 SCHEDULE OF SPECIAL REGULATORY FEES.
   (A)   The City Council finds that the following occupations are of such a nature as to require special regulation and supervision and, therefore, the following flat annual license fees are imposed on every person, corporation, association or the like, engaged in the business, occupation, calling or profession, or using, holding or exhibiting articles named in this section who shall pay in advance to the city for each calendar year (or fraction thereof in the case of a new business) the license fee or fees herein set forth. Where fees are set forth in the following table for a period less than one year, the same shall be considered as the fee due for the period set forth in the table and shall be paid in advance of engaging in the activity.
   (B)   Under the column head “Fee and Due Date” in the following table the words, “Before Showing” shall mean that the license fee per showing is due prior to the date of each showing. Where the word “Yearly” appears under the column head, the same shall mean that the fee shall be due on or before May 11 of each year.
   (C)   In no event shall any fee set forth under this section, or under § 110.04 of this chapter, be reduced for the reason that the business or activity covering same shall have been commenced subsequent to May 11 of the fiscal year.
   (D)   Upon the payment of the flat license fee provided for in this section, no estimated net profits return or final net profits return shall be required, the provisions of §§ 110.04 and 110.08 of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding.
   (E)   Schedule.
Occupation
Fee and Due Date
Occupation
Fee and Due Date
Building contractors
   Where gross contracts total $100,000 or less
$100 yearly
   Where gross contracts total over $100,000
$200 yearly
Building sub-contractors
   Where gross contracts total $100,000 or less
$100 yearly
   Where gross contracts total over $100,000
$200 yearly
Cabinet builders
$35 yearly
Carnivals, regardless of local sponsorship before showing
$100 per week
Carpenters
$35 yearly
Circuses, regardless of local sponsorship before showing
$75 per week
City directory
12 free copies of City Directory and $50 yearly
Dance halls (tax exempt to non-profit or fraternal organizations)
$50 a dance or $200 yearly
Door-to-door salesperson, whether itinerant or not, each salesperson
$35 yearly
Electrician apprentice
$35 yearly
Electricians
$35 yearly
Fortune telling, clairvoyant, palmist
$120 yearly
General peddlers
$35 yearly
Ice cream or confection peddlers, each wagon
$35 yearly
Marina (commercial)
$75 yearly
Nurserymen, itinerant
$55 yearly
Painters
$35 yearly
Peddlers (produce grown or produced by the peddler, exempt)
$35 yearly
Pest control company
$50 yearly
Pinball, jukebox
Every person, firm or corporation conducting or engaging in the business of operating, renting, leasing, selling, distributing or installing any machine, board, table or device where same is operated by the insertion of a coin, or any counter device, either coin-operated or otherwise, used for amusement or skill, save and except those used solely for the purpose of vending chewing gum, peanuts, candy, cigarettes or other merchandise, and about which is no element of amusement or skill, shall pay a license fee, license shall be publicly displayed on each machine, per year of each machine
$10 yearly
Plumbers
$35 yearly
Poultry, itinerant dealers
$35 yearly
Stocks, bonds and investment salesperson
$35 yearly
Television repairpersons
$35 yearly
Trucks or delivery wagons
   All persons, firms, corporations or associations who are not liable for a city license and doing business in the city and whose business requires the operation of motor trucks, station wagons, cars or any type of motor vehicle for the purpose of delivering merchandise, and whose motor vehicles use the streets of the city for the foregoing purposes, shall be required to purchase a motor vehicle license for this privilege as follows:
      Motor vehicles used in the delivery of merchandise to stores
$25
      Motor vehicles used in the delivery of merchandise to individuals or consumers when not otherwise provided
$35
      The above schedule of prices is not intended to include the delivery of coal to consumers. The price of this particular license shall be
$25
   This section shall not apply to any person, firm, corporation or association whose motor vehicles operate under the authority of a certificate or permit issued by the Department of Motor Transportation. However, evidence of such permit must be prominently displayed on the vehicle
Wholesale oil company
$75 yearly
 
(Prior Code, § 110.15) (Ord. A-27, passed 3-24-1969)
§ 110.16 CONDITIONS AND STANDARDS FOR THE ISSUANCE, SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES.
   (A)   Standards for issuance. An application for a business or professional license shall be approved and the license issued by the city unless there is tangible evidence that the conduct of the business or professional would pose a threat to the public health, safety, morals or general welfare, or would violate the law. Tangible evidence of any of the following shall constitute a valid reason for denying the issuance of a business or professional license:
      (1)   The applicant has made willful misstatements in the application;
      (2)   The applicant, any owner of the business or professional has a record of continual breaches of business contracts;
      (3)   The applicant, any owner of the business or professional has unsatisfactory moral character;
      (4)   The applicant, any owner of the business, or professional has been convicted of a felony, a misdemeanor for which a jail sentence could have been imposed, or a crime involving moral turpitude; and
      (5)   The applicant, any owner of the business or professional has been convicted of any crime or violation which directly relates to the conduct of the business or professional for which the license is sought. In determining whether a prior conviction directly relates to the conduct of the business or professional for which the license is sought, the authorized city official shall consider:
         (a)   The nature and seriousness of the crime or violation for which the applicant, owner of the business or professional was convicted;
         (b)   The relationship of the crime or violation to the purposes of regulating the business or professional for which the license is sought; and
         (c)   The relationship of the crime or violation to the ability, capacity and fitness required of the applicant or owner to perform the duties and to discharge the responsibilities of conducting the business or professional.
   (B)   Notice of denial. If a business or professional is denied a license for any of the reasons set forth above, the city shall notify the applicant in writing of the following:
      (1)   The reason for the denial;
      (2)   The applicant has the right to a hearing before the City Council, if a written request for a hearing is filed with the City Clerk/Treasurer within ten days after the service of the notice of denial. Service of the notice of denial may be by certified mail, return receipt requested; and
      (3)   If a business or professional is denied solely because of the prior conviction of a crime or violation, in addition to the information specified above, the city shall notify the applicant in writing of the following:
         (a)   The earliest date the applicant may reapply for the business or professional license; and
         (b)   Evidence that the applicant or owner has been successfully rehabilitated may be considered upon reapplication.
   (C)   Standards for revocation or suspension of license. Any business or professional license issued pursuant to this chapter may, with notice to the holder thereof and after a hearing, be revoked or suspended by the City Council for the following reasons:
      (1)   If there shall occur in, on or at the licensed premises any condition which constitutes a public nuisance, which otherwise endangers or is obnoxious to the public safety, health, morals or general welfare or otherwise violates the law of the state;
      (2)   If the license holder suffers or permits any disorderly conduct in, on or at the licensed premises;
      (3)   If the license holder shall misrepresent any material fact concerning the business which is necessary and proper to determine the amount of the annual license tax due;
      (4)   If the license holder is convicted of a felony, a misdemeanor for which a jail sentence could be imposed, or for a crime involving moral turpitude; or
      (5)   If the license holder is convicted of any crime or violation which directly relates to the conduct of the business or professional. In determining whether or not a conviction directly relates to the conduct of the business, the City Council shall consider:
         (a)   The nature and seriousness of the crime or violation for which the license holder was convicted;
         (b)   The relationship of the crime or violation to the purposes of regulating the business or professional; and
         (c)   The relationship of the crime or violation to the ability, capacity and fitness of the license holder to continue to perform the duties and to discharge the responsibilities of conducting the business or professional.
   (D)   Procedure for revocation and suspension of license. When there is evidence to support a belief that a business or professional license issued pursuant to this chapter should be suspended or revoked for any other causes enumerated above, it shall be duty of the city to prefer charges against the license holder. The city shall reduce the charges to writing and shall clearly set forth each charge. The city shall file the charges with the City Council and shall mail to the license holder, at the address shown on the license, certified mail, return receipt requested, a notice of the filing of the charges with the City Council and a notice of the date, time and place of the hearing thereon, which hearing shall be held by the City Council within ten days after the mailing of the notice to the license holder. The evidence taken at the hearing shall be transcribed and the decision of the City Council, whether to revoke or suspend the license, shall be reduced to writing and recorded in the minute books. If the Council determines that the license should be revoked or suspended, it shall notify the license holder of the following:
      (1)   The earliest date the license holder may reapply for the business or professional license; and
      (2)   Evidence that the license holder had successfully rehabilitated may be considered upon reapplication, if the license is suspended or revoked because the license holder was convicted of a crime or violation.
(Prior Code, § 110.16) (Ord. passed 2-6-1989)
§ 110.17 EXEMPTIONS.
   The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any business, occupation or profession which is exempt from municipal licensing and/or license taxes pursuant to state or federal law.
(Prior Code, § 110.17)
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