All licenses pertaining to this chapter shall be valid for a period of not greater than one year, and shall expire at midnight on the 30th day of April of each year.
(A) Tour guide business license. A license allowing a person, firm, corporation or other entity to operate a tour guide business as defined in this chapter.
(1) Fee: $50 per license.
(2) Limit: None.
(B) Tour service license. A license allowing a person, firm, corporation or other legal entity to operate a tour service business, as defined in this chapter. There shall be no limitation as to the number of tour service vehicles each licensee may rent, own, or lease; provided, however, that each license may allow a tour service business to operate up to three tour service vehicles at any given point in time, and only on approved routes.
(1) (a) Fee. The fee for each license shall be $150.
(b) There shall be no more than three licenses issued an outstanding at any time.
(c) A tour operator may provide tours between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
(d) Any person, firm, corporation or other legal entity with a tour operators license who operates a tour service after 6:00 p.m. shall be required to conduct their tours in a fully enclosed tour service vehicle. It shall be unlawful to operate any sound reproducing device for the production of sound that is audible beyond the confines of the tour service vehicle.
(e) Any person, firm, corporation or other legal entity with a tour operators license shall comply with the route designations of § 114.07.
(2) Tour guides. Although tour guides employed by a tour service business do not need an individual tour guide business license, all tour guides employed by the tour service business shall comply with all other tour guide business regulations stipulated in this chapter. The tour service business shall be responsible for assuring that each tour guide in their employment will fully comply with all regulations as set forth herein.
('69 Code, § 12-116) (Ord. O-88-15, passed 5-9-88; Am. Ord. O-93-45, passed 6-14-93; Am. Ord. O-98-21, passed 10-26-98; Am. Ord. O-02-08, passed 5-13-02; Am. Ord. O-05-25, passed 7-25-05; Am. Ord. O-07-10, passed 5-29-07; Am. Ord. O-12-05, passed 3-26-12; Am. Ord. O-13-12(B), passed 9-8-13; Am. Ord. O-14-16, passed 11-10-14) Penalty, see § 110.99