A. Category I. Category I businesses are businesses which are neither Category II, Category III, nor Category IV businesses. They shall be assessed business license fees on the basis of gross receipts plus fixed-rate fees, if any. The initial application fee and gross receipts assessment shall be established from time to time by resolution of the city council upon recommendation of the business license officer.
B. Category II. Category II businesses are businesses which require a complex inspection or investigation in order to grant a business license. Category II businesses also include businesses which require a greater use or frequency of public services in enforcing the provisions of this chapter. The types of businesses to be placed in Category II, their initial application fee, and gross receipts or other assessment shall be set from time to time by resolution of the city council upon recommendation of the business license officer.
C. Category III. Category III businesses are those businesses which require the most complex inspection or investigation in order to grant a business license. Category III businesses also include those businesses which require the greatest frequency of public services in enforcing the provisions of this chapter. The types of businesses to be placed in Category III, their initial application fee, and gross receipts or other assessment shall be set from time to time by resolution of the city council upon recommendation of the business license officer.
D. Category IV. Category IV businesses are those businesses so designated by resolution of the city council, which, because of the manner in which their business is conducted, indicates a special method of assessment. The business license fee for Category IV businesses shall be set from time to time by resolution of the city council and shall be not less than the minimum business license fee for Category I businesses.
E. Flat Rates. Professional license fees shall be as established as flat rate fees. This category supersedes Section 5.04.120.
F. Exempt. This category includes businesses defined in Section 5.04.060.
(Ord. 279 § 1 (part), 2003; Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 5.02.075)