(a) The urban county council hereby finds that the following occupations are of such a nature as to require special regulation and supervision; therefore, the following minimum license fees are imposed on every person engaged in the business, occupation, calling or profession, or using, holding or exhibiting articles named in this section, who shall pay in advance to the urban county government for each calendar year, or fraction thereof, the license fee or fees herein set forth, which payment shall be a credit on the license fee as otherwise provided in this article; however, where minimum fees are set forth in the following table for a period of one (1) year or less, the same shall be considered the minimum fee due for the period as set forth in such table and shall be paid in advance of engaging in such activity.
(b) In the event a licensee is engaged in more than one (1) business entity, the highest minimum license fee shall apply. Under the column headed "date due" in the following table the words "before showing" or "before activity" shall, in the case of "before showing," mean that the license fee per showing is due prior to the date of each showing and in the case of "before activity" or "yearly" shall mean that the license fee is due prior to each specified period of engaging in activity.
Subject to fee | Minimum fee | Date due |
Subject to fee | Minimum fee | Date due | |
(1) | Adult entertainment establishment | $600.00 per year | Yearly |
(2) | Adult entertainment establishment employee | 100.00 per year | Yearly |
(3) | Alarm business license | 250.00 per year | Yearly |
(4) | Amusement | 50.00 per showing or | Before showing |
200.00 per year | Yearly | ||
(5) | Bazaar | 1 to 9 individuals, 100.00 per 1 week showing or 300.00 per year | Before activity |
10 to 19 individuals, 200.00 per 1 week showing or 500.00 per year | Before activity | ||
20 or more individuals, 300.00 per 1 week showingor 750.00 per year | Before activity | ||
(6) | Bowling alleys | 15.00 per lane | Yearly |
(7) | Carnival, regardless of local sponsorship | 50.00 per day | Before showing |
(8) | Circus, unless sponsored as below | 200.00 per showing | Before showing |
(9) | Circus, sponsored by a bona fide civic, patriotic, religious or educational organization | 50.00 per day | Before showing |
(10) | Collection agencies | 25.00 per year | Yearly |
(11) | Detective agencies | 250.00 per year | Yearly |
(12) | Emergency and transportation ambulance services | 30.00 per year per vehicle | Yearly |
(13) | Escort agency | 600.00 per year | Yearly |
(14) | Escort | 100.00 per year | Yearly |
(15) | Horse-drawn vehicle business | 50.00 per year per vehicle | Yearly |
(16) | Itinerant merchant | 100.00 per month or | Before activity |
150.00 per 3 months or | Before activity | ||
200.00 per 6 months or | Before activity | ||
250.00 per year | Yearly | ||
(17) | Junk dealers | 250.00 per year | Yearly |
(18) | Meat packer or processor | 400.00 per year | Yearly |
(19) | Milk distributor | 400.00 per year | Yearly |
(20) | Model/talent business | 100.00 per month or | Before activity |
150.00 per 3 months or | Before activity | ||
200.00 per 6 months or | Before activity | ||
250.00 per year | Yearly | ||
(21) | Pawnbroker | 250.00 per year | Yearly |
(22) | Peddler | 10.00 per day per person or | Before activity |
250.00 per year per person | Yearly | ||
(23) | Pool and billiard tables | 25.00 per table | Yearly |
(24) | Precious metals dealers | 250.00 per year | Yearly |
(25) | Private impound tow truck service | 200.00 per year | Yearly |
(26) | Scrap metal dealer | 500.00 per year | Yearly |
(27) | Shooting gallery | 50.00 per year | Yearly |
(28) | Short-term rentals | 200.00 per year for the first rental, then $100.00 for each remaining rental | Yearly |
(29) | Skating rink | 100.00 per year | Yearly |
(30) | Teenage canteen | 200.00 per year | Yearly |
(31) | Temporary mall merchants | 100.00 per year | Yearly |
(32) | Theater | 300.00 per year per theater | Yearly |
(Ord. No. 78-72, § 1, 4-27-72; Ord. No. 183-79, § 1, 7-26-79; Ord. No. 36-81, § 1, 2-19-81; Ord. No. 52-83, § 2, 4-7-83; Ord. No. 70-83, § 2, 5-5-83; Ord. No. 76-83, § 1, 5-19-83; Ord. No. 143-83, § 2, 8-25-83; Ord. No. 17-85, § 2, 2-7-85; Ord. No. 18-86, § 2, 2-20-86; Ord. No. 147-90, § 1, 7-5-90; Ord. No. 207-91, § 2, 10-8-91; Ord. No. 233-91, § 1, 11-14-91; Ord. No. 64-96, § 2, 5-2-96; Ord. No. 56-97, § 5, 4-3-97; Ord. No. 205-97, § 14, 10-16-97; Ord. No. 212-98, § 1, 7-14-98; Ord. No. 260-99, § 5, 9-23-99; Ord. No. 337-2000, § 1, 11-9-00; Ord. No. 87-2001, § 6, 4-19-01; Ord. No. 79-2012, § 1, 6-21-12; Ord. No. 157-2012, §§ 1, 2, 12-6-12; Ord. No. 080-2023, § 1, 7-11-23)