(A) An annual license fee, set by City Council, is imposed on the act of doing business within the city.
(B) Fees are due at the time of the initial application. Renewal fees, which are set by City Council, are due annually by June 1 of the respective year.
(C) A person doing business in the city, for whom payment of a business license fee is delinquent more than 30 days, shall pay a delinquency fee in the additional sum of $100 for each calendar month or fraction thereof for which payment remains delinquent. After three full delinquent months, the business license will be revoked.
(D) Nothing contained in this chapter shall vest any right in a license as a contract obligation on the part of the city as the amount of the fee. The fees provided for in this chapter may be increased or decreased via resolution by Council, and additional fees may be imposed.
(E) A person operating more than one business shall pay the license fee prescribed for each of the businesses, except as specifically provided by ordinance.
(F) The business license fees imposed by the terms of this chapter are for revenue purposes only. Neither the acceptance of the prescribed fee nor the issuance of the applicable license shall be construed to constitute a regulation of any business activity, or a permit to engage in an activity otherwise prohibited by law or ordinance, or a waiver of any regulatory licensing requirement imposed by any other ordinance of the city.
(Ord. 438, passed 3-15-2023)