(A) License required. A non-profit organization proposing to engage in business within the city limits shall apply for a non-profit business license.
(B) Non-profit organizations. Non-profit organization as used in the regulations set forth in this section means:
(1) An organization organized federally as a 501(c)(3);
(2) Government entities organized under the laws of the state and its subdivisions;
(3) Corporations or any community chest, fund, foundation or other organization organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to animals, no part of the net earnings of which ensures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and which does not participate in or intervene in any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office;
(4) Civic leagues or organizations not organized for profit, but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare or education, or local associations of employees, the net earnings of which are devoted exclusively to charitable, educational or recreational purposes;
(5) Labor, agricultural or horticultural organizations;
(6) Business leagues, chambers of commerce, or boards of trade, not organized for profit and no part of the net earnings of which ensures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual;
(7) Clubs organized and operated exclusively for pleasure, recreation and other non-profitable purposes, no part of the net earnings of which ensures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual; and
(8) Fraternal beneficiary societies, orders or associations operating under the lodge system for the exclusive benefit of the members of the fraternity itself operating under the lodge system.
(C) Proof of non-profit status. The city may require any proof it deems necessary to determine the nature of alleged non-profit organizations, and may deny the status to any organization not satisfying the city that the organization is a non-profit organization as defined in this chapter.
(D) License application. Application for a non-profit business license shall be made to the City Clerk, together with all necessary information required of a general business license by this chapter.
(E) License fee and renewal. Non-profit business license fees are in the amounts and classifications set forth by resolution of the City Council as in the business license fee schedule, and must be renewed on a yearly basis the same as a general business license.
(F) License issuing. Upon proper application for a city non-profit business license, the city shall issue a license containing the following information:
(1) The name of the person to whom the license is issued;
(2) The non-profit licensed;
(3) The place where the non-profit business is to be transacted and carried on;
(4) The date of expiration of such license; and
(5) The nature of the non-profit business as identified in division (B) above.
(Prior Code, § 5.02.080) (Ord. 128, passed 9-8-2009)