A. Annual Fee: The annual fee for a business registration must be paid at the time an application or renewal application is submitted. In the event that a business registration cannot be issued at the time application for same is made, the director of community and economic development shall issue a receipt to the applicant for the fee paid in advance. All such receipts shall have plainly indicated thereon that the receipt of payment of the business registration fee is not to be construed as the approval of a business registration. No such receipt, or the payment of any fee in advance of the issuance of the business registration certificate in due form, shall entitle or authorize any person to any of the rights or privileges conferred by the issuance of a business registration certificate or to the operation or maintenance of any place of business contrary to any provision of this code. The annual fee for a business registration will be as set forth in the fee schedule in section 4-18-1 of this title and calculated based on the floor area of the place of business that is devoted to use by the applicant's business. All measurements of floor area shall be rounded to the nearest integral square foot; if a fraction is one-half (1/2) square foot or more, the floor area will be rounded up to the next highest integral square foot.
B. Late Filing Penalty: A late filing penalty in the amount of twenty five percent (25%) of the applicable annual fee will be applied to applications for business registration, or renewals thereof, submitted more than thirty (30) days after the filing deadline set forth in subsection 4-1-4B of this chapter. A failure to file an application for a business registration within sixty (60) days after the filing deadline, except as specifically permitted in subsection D of this section, shall be considered a failure to register the place of business and will constitute a violation of this chapter.
C. Fee Exemptions: The following types of businesses will be exempt from paying the annual fee for business registration, but shall still be required to register their places of business:
1. Religious corporations registered with the state of Illinois;
2. Charitable organizations registered with the Illinois attorney general pursuant to the Illinois solicitation for charity act 1
;
3. Additional businesses located in a place of business already registered, on the condition that: a) all businesses located in a single place of business are owned, controlled, and operated by the same person and b) there be no discernible distinction or physical separation between portions of the place of business used by the respective businesses; and
4. All governmental bodies, including agencies, departments, and political subdivisions of the state of Illinois or the United States Of America. (Ord. M-75-14, 1-5-2015)
D. Proration: Any applicant seeking to register a new place of business shall be required to pay the full annual business registration fee set forth in section 4-18-1 of this title if the business registration application is made on or between January 1 and June 30 of any year. If a business desires to commence operation in a place of business after July 1 of any year, the fee to register that place of business will be reduced by fifty percent (50%) for that registration period.
E. No Refund: In no event shall the nonuse of the place of business or discontinuance of operation of the business entitle an applicant to a rebate or refund of any portion of an annual fee paid for a business registration.
F. Moving A Place Of Business: In the event a business moves from one place of business in the city to another, separate place of business in the city during the term of a business registration period, the business will be required to apply for a new business registration corresponding to the new place of business and pay the required annual fee all in accordance with the provisions set forth in this chapter. (Ord. M-19-13, 10-7-2013)
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| 1 | 1. 225 ILCS 460/0.01 et seq. |