(A) There is levied and established an annual business license fee upon all persons doing business or conducting any business in this city. No person shall conduct any business within the corporate limits of the city without first having paid the established fee and having obtained the prescribed license therefore.
(B) Any person engaging in a business or occupation other than the rental of real property, shall pay an annual business license fee of $100.
(C) There is levied and established an annual rental license fee upon all persons or businesses who own rental property within the city. No person or business shall be allowed to rent out, or have occupied, parcels of real property within the corporate limits of the city without first having paid the established rental license fee and having obtained the prescribed license therefor. One rental license shall be required for each rental dwelling unit. Additionally, the city shall have authority to exercise its own regulatory powers under this chapter, including the power to issue, deny, renew, or suspend any rental dwelling license, with respect to any dwelling unit.
(D) Any person or business applying for a rental license within the city shall pay a non-refundable application fee of $100 and an additional license fee of$25 per unit, per building (a single family home rental fee is only $25 as it is considered one unit under this chapter) for said rental license and said fee is to be made payable to the city of and paid directly to the office of the City Clerk at the City Building, or other such place housing the office of the City Administrator and/or City Clerk.
(E) A separate rental license fee shall be paid as directed in division (D) for each individual parcel of real property owned by the person or business seeking the rental license.
(Ord. 2001-17, passed 1-10-2002; Am. Ord. 2007-11, passed 11-8-2007; Am. Ord. 2011-6, passed 4-14-2011; Am. Ord. 2012-5, passed 3-8-2012; Am. Ord. 2014-10, passed 8-14-2014; Am. Ord. 2016-8, passed 11-10-2016)