The rates of license fees for the businesses hereinafter named, because of their nature and method of operation shall be and the same are hereby fixed and established and the same shall be paid by all persons engaged in such businesses in the Town as follows:
(A) Brokers-Stock, Bond Securities, Pawn, Collection, Finance, Insurance Agencies: Every surety agent and every life, fire and accident insurance agent conducting business shall pay for and obtain an annual license to carry on such business or combination of such businesses; | $ 20.00/year |
provided, however, if such agent shall operate a different type of business coincidentally with his surety and insurance business for which he shall pay for and obtain a Town license, he shall pay for the surety and insurance license | $ 10.00/year |
Every person engaged in business within the Town as a stock or bond broker, real estate broker or agent and wool or livestock broker or buyer shall pay for and obtain an annual license to carry on such business as per the schedule hereinafter set forth: | |
1. Those whose annual gross commissions are $10,000.00 or less | $ 25.00/year |
2. Those whose annual gross commissions are $10,000.00 to $25,000.00 | $ 35.00/year |
3. Those whose annual gross commissions are $25,000.00 to $50,000.00 | $ 45.00/year |
4. Those whose annual gross commissions are $50,000.00 to $100,000.00 | $ 90.00/year |
5. Those whose annual gross commissions are over $100,000.00 | $150.00/year |
(B) Vending Machines, Service Machines, Amusement Machines, Music Machines: | |
1. For every person engaged in the business of owning, maintaining or operating any machine or machines at an established place of business for the vending of goods, wares or merchandise or for the rendering of any service or information, into any of which machines money or tokens of value are deposited or paid for the operation thereof | $ 10.00/year |
Businesses otherwise licensed under the provisions of this Chapter who own vending machines shall not be required to pay a further license fee under this Section. | |
2. For every person engaged in the business of maintaining or operating any machine or machines for the purpose of amusement or demonstration of skill, or any combination amusement and vending machine into any of which machines money or any token of value must be deposited to operate the machine or machines, the license fee shall be | $ 10.00/year |
a. The term "amusement machine" shall mean any machine which, upon the insertion of a coin, slug, token, plate, or disc, may be operated by the public generally for use as a game, entertainment or amusement, whether or not registering a score. It shall include, among others, such devices as marble machines, pinball machines, skill ball, mechanical grab machines and all games, operations or transactions similar thereto under whatever name they may be indicated. | |
b. Nothing in this Chapter shall in any way be construed to authorize, license or permit any gambling devices whatsoever, or any machine, or mechanism that has been judicially determined to be a gambling device by the laws of the State of Nevada or by the Nevada Gaming Commission or the Nevada State Gaming Control Board or such other board, commission, agency or department of the State of Nevada. No such amusement machine shall be used or operated as a gambling device. Any licensee who shall use or operate any such amusement machine as a gambling device, or who shall permit any such amusement machine to be used or operated as a gambling device shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. | |
c. Every license issued under this Chapter for an amusement machine is subject to the right which is hereby expressly reserved, to revoke such license should the licensee directly or indirectly permit, cause or allow the operation of any amusement machine as a gambling device or in any other way contrary to the provisions of this Chapter. Said license may be revoked by the Town Board after written notice to the licensee, which notice shall specify the violation with which the licensee is charged, if after a hearing the licensee is found to be guilty of such violation. Ten (10) days' notice of the hearing shall be given the licensee. At such hearing the licensee and his attorney may present and submit evidence and witnesses in his defense. If the Sheriff or Chief of Police shall have reason to believe that any amusement machine is used as a gambling device, such machine may be seized by the police and impounded and if upon hearing as herein provided the licensee is found guilty of using such amusement machine as a gambling device, or permitting the use of such amusement machine as a gambling device, such machine shall be destroyed by the police. | |
3. For every person engaged in the business of maintaining or operating any machine or device for the producing of music into which machine or device money or tokens of value are deposited or paid for the operation thereof, the license fee shall be | $ 10.00/year |
4. No person shall be required to pay a license fee on any machine used for the vending of matches or United States Postage Stamps, or the placing of telephone calls or where the value of the merchandise vended or service rendered shall be less than five cents ($.05). | |
(C) Every business of general contractor or subcontractor shall obtain annually a license to conduct such business; provided, however, that no license shall be issued unless such contractor is the holder of a valid and subsisting State licensed issued. | |
1. Those whose annual city gross receipts are $25,000.00 or less | $ 25.00/year |
2. Those whose annual city gross receipts are $25,000.00 to $75,000.00 | $ 40.00/year |
3. Those whose annual city gross receipts are $75,000.00 to $150,000.00 | $ 75.00/year |
4. Those whose annual city gross receipts are over $150,000.00 | $120.00/year |
The fee for non-resident contractors having no fixed place of business in the Town shall be based upon the bid price of a contract or contracts (per above) commenced during the calendar year the license is issued or it shall be based upon the gross receipts of business in the Town of the previous year, whichever is greater. | |
(D) Games, Amusements, Carnivals, Sideshows, Circus. For every person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of exhibiting, showing or letting the use of any microscope, phonograph, kinetiscope, biograph, projectoscope, or other instrument or machine of like character; lung tester, muscle tester, galvanic battery, weight machine; ball knife or ring toss or throwing, and all other devices of similar character not otherwise herein named, the license fee shall be | $ 10.00/day |
1. For every person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of operation of a merry-go-round, circular swing, roller coaster, ferris wheel, pony ride, scooter ride or other similar amusement device or ride not otherwise herein named, the license fee shall be | $ 10.00/day |
except where such business is operated in the limits of the Town as an annual business at a known fixed location in which case the license fee shall be | $ 50.00/year |
2. For every person conducting, managing or carrying on or exhibiting a circus or trained animal show, or any sideshow or similar entertainment or exhibition, the license fee shall be | $ 10.00/day |
(E) Peddlers. Each peddler, before entering upon the business of vending and peddling, shall obtain from the Clerk and pay for a license to carry on such business of vending and peddling. Such license shall be paid for as follows: | |
1. For any period of time less than one month for each individual | $ 5.00/month |
2. For a yearly license to carry on such business, which shall date from the first of the year in which the business is transacted, for each individual | $ 25.00/year |
(F) Solicitors. An applicant for a license under this Section must file with the Sheriff or Chief of Police a sworn application in writing on a form to be furnished by the Clerk, which shall give the following information: | |
1. Name and description of the applicant; | |
2. Permanent home address and full local address of the applicant; | |
3. A brief description of the nature of the business and the goods to be sold; | |
4. If employed the name and address of the employer, together with credentials establishing the exact relationship; | |
5. The length of time for which the right to do business is desired; | |
6. The place where the goods or property proposed to be sold or orders taken for the sale thereof are manufactured or produced, where such goods or products are located at the time the application is filed, and the proposed method of delivery; | |
7. Two (2) photographs of the applicant, taken within sixty (60) days immediately prior to the date of the filing of the application, which pictures shall be 2" x 2" showing full front view of the head and shoulders of the applicant in a clear and distinguishing manner; | |
8. The fingerprints of the applicant and the names of at least two (2) reliable property owners of the County, who will certify as to the applicant's good character and business respectability or in lieu of the names of references, such other available evidences as to the good character and business respectability of the applicant as will enable an investigator to properly evaluate such character and business responsibility; | |
9. A statement as to whether or not the applicant has been convicted of any crime, misdemeanor or violation of any municipal law, the nature of the offense and the punishment or penalty assessed therefor. | |
At the time of filing the application, a fee shall be paid by the applicant to the Clerk to cover the cost of investigation of the facts stated therein, in the sum of | $ 25.00 |
1. Upon receipt of such application, the Sheriff or Chief of Police shall cause such investigation of the applicant's business and moral character to be made as he deems necessary for the protection of the public goods; including the complete fingerprinting of the applicant. | |
If, as a result of such investigation, the applicant's character or business responsibility is found to be unsatisfactory, the Sheriff or Chief of Police shall endorse on such application his disapproval and his reasons for the same, and shall notify the applicant that his application is disapproved and that no license will be issued. | |
If, as a result of such investigation, the character and business responsibility of the applicant are found to be satisfactory, the Sheriff or Chief of Police shall endorse on the application his approval and the Clerk shall issue the license addressed to the applicant for the carrying on of the business applied for and deliver the license to the applicant. | |
2. The Sheriff or Chief of Police shall issue to each licensee at the time of delivery of his license a badge which shall contain the words "Solicitor's License" and the number of the license. Such badge shall, during the time such licensee is engaged in soliciting be worn constantly by the licensee on the front of his outer garment in such a way as to be conspicuous. The badge must be placed in the hands of the Chief of Police or Sheriff at the conclusion of the visit to the Town. | |
3. Licenses issued under the provisions of this Section may be revoked by the Town Board after notice and hearing for any of the following causes: | |
a. Fraud, misrepresentation or false statement contained in the application for license; | |
b. Fraud, misrepresentation or false statement made in the course of carrying on his business as solicitor or as canvasser; | |
c. Any violation of this Chapter; | |
d. Conviction of any crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; or | |
e. Conducting the business of soliciting or canvassing in an unlawful manner or in such a manner as to constitute a breach of the peace or to constitute a menace to the health, safety or general welfare of the public. | |
Notice of the hearing for the revocation of a license shall be given in writing, setting forth specifically the grounds of complaint and the time and place of hearing. Such notice shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the licensee at his last known address at least five (5) days prior to the date set for hearing. | |
4. Any person aggrieved by the action of the Sheriff or Chief of Police in the denial of a license as provided in this Chapter shall have the right of appeal to the Town Board. Such appeal shall be taken by filing with the Board, within fourteen (14) days after notice of the action complained of, a written statement setting forth fully the grounds for the appeal. The Board shall set a time and place for a hearing on such appeal and notice of such hearing shall be given to the appellant in the same manner as provided in writing, notice to be mailed, postage prepaid, to appellant at his last known address at least five (5) days prior to the date set for hearing. The decision and order of the Town Board on such appeal shall be final and conclusive. | |
5. All solicitors` licenses shall expire on June 30 of the fiscal year when issued. | |
(G) Petroleum Products, Delivery. For every person engaged in the business of operating a tank truck or any other vehicle for hauling, peddling and/or wholesale delivery of crude oil, petroleum, distillate, kerosene, gasoline, refined oil or any other petroleum products, either in drums or in bulk, the license fee shall be | $ 30.00/year |
(H) Trailer Courts. For every person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of operating a trailer court, the license fee shall be: | |
1. 1 to 12 trailer spaces | $ 15.00/year |
2. Each space over 12, the additional sum of | $ 1.00/year |
3. In the enforcement of this Section, the number of spaces shall be the number of spaces available for rent, whether occupied or not. | |
(I) Telephone Companies. Every telephone company having an office, station or agency within the limits of this Town, engaged in the business or occupation of maintaining a public telephone service from points within the Town to points and places in this State to points within this Town, or between points within this Town, except the maintenance of telephone service for or on behalf of any department agent or agency of the United States, and except such service as is or may be interstate commerce, shall pay for and obtain an annual license to carry on such business or occupation and shall pay for such license per the schedule hereinafter recited: | |
1. Those whose annual gross receipts from the telephone rentals within the Town are under $60,000.00 per year shall pay for such license | $ 75.00/year |
2. Those whose annual gross receipts from telephone rentals within the Town are in excess of $60,000.00 per year shall pay for such license | $500.00/year |
(J) Electric, Water, Natural or Manufactured Gas Companies. Every person engaged in the business of furnishing electric light or electric power, or furnishing water, natural or manufactured gas to the inhabitants of the Town shall pay for and obtain an annual license to carry on each of such businesses as per the schedule hereinafter recited: | |
1. Those whose annual gross receipts are under $60,000.00 shall pay for such license | $ 75.00/year |
2. Those whose annual gross receipts are in excess of $60,000.00 shall pay for such license | $500.00/year |
(K) Eating Establishments. Every person engaged in keeping a hotel dining room, restaurant, boarding house, chop house, eating house or eating stand shall pay for and obtain an annual license to carry on such business as per the schedule hereinafter recited: | |
1. Those whose annual gross receipts are less than $20,000.00 shall pay for such license | $ 25.00/year |
2. Those whose annual gross receipts are in excess of $20,000.00 shall pay for such license | $ 50.00/year |
(L) Hotels, Motels, Apartments, Boarding Houses and/or Lodging Houses. Every person engaged in the business of keeping a hotel, lodging house, apartment house, motel or rooming house shall pay for and obtain an annual license to carry on such business as per the schedule hereinafter recited in this Section: (In the interpretation of this Section, an owner who makes use of an apartment in his apartment house as a place of personal residence shall not count that unit in arriving at his license fee.) | |
1. Those with at least 3 and not more than 5 units or rooms shall pay for such license | $ 15.00/year |
2. Those with 6 to 15 units or rooms shall pay for such license | $ 25.00/year |
3. Those with 16 units or rooms or more shall pay for such license | $ 35.00/year |
(M) Professions. Every mortician, osteopath, chiropractor, chiropodist, civil and mining engineer, architect, accountant, attorney, doctor, physician, surgeon, dentist or veterinary surgeon, practicing or following his or her profession shall pay for and obtain an annual license to carry on such business as per the schedule hereinafter recited; partnerships or group operations shall pay for such license a fee based on the gross receipts of the partnership or group: | |
1. Those whose annual gross receipts are $10,000.00 or less shall pay for such license | $ 25.00/year |
2. Those whose annual gross receipts are $10,000.00 to $25,000.00 shall pay for such license | $ 40.00/year |
3. Those whose annual gross receipts are $25,000.00 to $50,000.00 shall pay for such license | $ 50.00/year |
4. Those whose annual gross receipts are $50,000.00 or more shall pay for such license | $100.00/year |
(N) Junk Dealers; Waste Products; Transient. For every person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of collecting, purchasing, selling or dealing in junk, rubbish or any waste products, whether as owner, manager or agent, and not having a regularly established place of business in the Town, the license fee shall be: | |
Per day | $ 2.00/day |
Per month | $ 25.00/month |
the monthly license to date from the first day of the month in which the business is conducted. | |
(O) Gross Business Licenses. Every person engaged in the business of selling at retail or at wholesale tangible personal property of any kind whatsoever and/or furnishing any service or services not otherwise specifically licensed by other provisions of this Chapter, shall between June 30 and July 31 next following, file with the Clerk a statement showing, with deductions as permitted hereinbefore, the gross sales bracket as hereinafter set forth, within which the gross sales of each of such businesses during the last preceding twelve (12) months prior to the date last above mentioned shall fall. | |
If the business be owned, conducted or carried on by a firm or a copartnership, such statement must be signed and filed by its president, vice-president, secretary, assistant-secretary, treasurer, assistant-treasurer, chief accounting officer or managing agent. The Clerk or any deputy Clerk may, in all cases, examine the books and accounts of any person required to file such statement for the purpose of verifying the same or for the purpose of determining the amount of gross receipts of such person. All statements filed pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be confidential and shall not be subject to public inspection. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to so preserve and keep the statements that the contents thereof may not become known except to the person charged by law with the administration of this Chapter. Any person who wilfully files a false statement of gross receipts shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as hereinafter in this Chapter provided. In the case of businesses making sales and rendering services the gross revenue from both sales and services shall be considered gross sales, and licensed as per the following schedule. Thereupon the Clerk shall issue and deliver to the person a business license as provided elsewhere in this Chapter and collect the following fees: | |
1. If gross sales for the preceding 12 months was $25,000.00 or less | $ 15.00/year |
2. If the annual gross sales are in excess of $25,000.00 | $ 40.00/year |
if at the time of filing the application no sales have been made, such person shall pay for a semi-annual license to be good for the remainder of the half year in which issued; the remainder of that fiscal year to be computed on a gross sales to be estimated from the experience of the period of the original license, such fee to be | $ 15.00 |
Provided further, that if at the time of filing the application for a license, the application is for transfer of ownership of an established business, the fee for the initial year or remainder of year shall be based upon the gross sales of the original business. | |
(P) Every person conducting or operating a convalescent home, child nursery or other related operation, the license fee shall be | $ 15.00/year |
(Q) Barber Shops, Beauty Parlors. Every person engaged in the business of operating a barber shop or beauty parlor shall pay and obtain an annual license to carry on such business as per the following schedule: | |
1. Those operating a barber shop or a beauty parlor with one chair or one operator | $ 15.00/year |
2. Those operating a barber shop or a beauty parlor with more than one chair | |
for the first chair or operator | $ 15.00/year |
for each additional chair or operator | $ 5.00/year |
(R) Transient Business License, Fees. For every person conducting a transient business as hereinbefore defined, the fee shall be based upon the proper section of this Chapter relating to those businesses with a fixed place of business. (Ord. 1967A, 10-6-67) | |
(S) Every person selling liquor at retail or by the package shall pay a business license, the fee for which shall be: 1 | |
1. For retail | $70.00/qtr. |
2. By package | $25.00/qtr. |
The business license fee for a retail or package liquor sales establishment shall be payable in advance for at least one quarter of a year. Fractional parts of a quarter year shall require payment of the entire quarterly fee. (Ord. 1977-F, 12-8-77, eff. 1-4-78) | |
The enforcement of this Section shall include all businesses not otherwise covered in this Chapter and shall include those businesses making wholesale or retail deliveries within the town from a place of business located outside the town.
Notes
| 1 | 1. See Sec. 6-4-8 for further Liquor License Fees |