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TITLE 3
BUSINESS AND LICENSE REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1
BUSINESS LICENSE PROVISIONS
SECTION:
3-1-1: Statutory Authority; Purpose
3-1-2: Definitions
3-1-3: License Required
3-1-4: Exemptions
3-1-5: Application For License
3-1-6: Mailing Of Application; Failure To File
3-1-7: Fee For License; Payment Provisions
3-1-8: Investigation Of Applicant; Determination
3-1-9: Contents Of License
3-1-10: Display Of License; Operation After Expiration; Transferability
3-1-11: Change In Location Or Ownership
3-1-12: Revocation Of License
3-1-13: Appeal Procedure
3-1-14: Request For Reconsideration By City Council
3-1-15: Fees And Penalties Declared Debt To City
3-1-16: Use Of Funds
3-1-17: Operation Without License Declared Nuisance; Injunction
3-1-18: Penalty
3-1-1: STATUTORY AUTHORITY; PURPOSE:
The licensing of all wholesale and retail occupations and businesses within the city and the levying of a license fee, uniform to all classes imposed, pursuant to the statutory authority vested in the city by Idaho Code section 50-307, is hereby declared to be justified and necessary for the purpose of protecting and providing services to the citizens of the city and the businesses and occupations doing business therein, and to ensure future businesses locate in an area zoned for that particular business. (1984 Code § 3-1-1)
3-1-2: DEFINITIONS:
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings indicated, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION: All activities, occupations, callings, trades, pursuits or professions located or engaged in, within the city with the object of gain, profit, benefit or advantage. Each business location shall be deemed a separate business unless it is a specific annex to the main location of the business.
EMPLOYEE: Any person employed at any business location within the city, and any person furnishing or performing services within the city. It shall include all persons who are self- employed, and shall include part time employees.
ENGAGING IN BUSINESS: Commencing, conducting or continuing in any business or occupation, the exercise of corporate and franchise powers, and the liquidating of a business, where the liquidators hold themselves out to the public as conducting such business when he does one act of:
   A.   Selling any goods or performing any services.
   B.   Soliciting business or offering or holding out goods or services for sale or hire.
   C.   Acquiring or using any vehicle or any premises in the city for business purposes.
   D.   Delivery of any goods, either at wholesale or retail, unless licensed under another section of this code.
PERSON: Any person doing business in the city.
PREMISES: All lands, structures, places and equipment, and appurtenances connected or used therewith in any business, and also any personal property, including any vehicle which is either affixed to or is otherwise used in connection with any such business conducted on said premises.
YEAR: The calendar year. (1984 Code § 3-1-2)
3-1-3: LICENSE REQUIRED:
No person shall engage in any business or activity in the city for which a license fee is imposed by this chapter, without first having obtained and being a holder of a valid and subsisting license to do so, to be known as a business and occupation license, issued under the provisions of this chapter, and without paying the license fee imposed by this chapter, which license fee shall accompany the application for the license. (1984 Code § 3-1-5)
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