A. Compliance Required: It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in or operate any business, trade or occupation without first obtaining a license therefor and paying the license fee listed below. Not for profit businesses shall be required to obtain a license, but shall be exempt from the license fees set forth below.
Applicants shall pay a fifty dollar ($50.00) application fee with the initial application for a business license in the Village of Oak Park. The application fee will not apply toward the license fee. All license fees are for a one year period, with the exception of temporary food establishment licenses. There shall be no application fee for the renewal of a business license, temporary food establishment initial annual event license, temporary food establishment subsequent annual event license or temporary food establishment farmers' market license.
B. Fees For Specific Businesses: The business license fee for the following categories of businesses shall be as set forth in this table. Where a business falls into more than one category, it will be charged only the higher fee.
Category | License Fee | ||
Category | License Fee | ||
Accessory use tour house | $ 200.00 | ||
Adult day program, for profit | 300.00 | ||
Assisted living establishment as defined by 210 Illinois Compiled Statutes 9/10 | 1,000.00 | ||
Bed and breakfast | 350.00 | ||
Catering facility | 640.00 | ||
Day/night care center for children | 560.00 | ||
Daycare home based | 100.00 | ||
Dealers in household pets | 250.00 | ||
Environmental: | |||
Junk dealer (includes scrap metal and other scavengers) | 200.00 | ||
Scavenger/waste hauler: | |||
Per service | 1,000.00 | ||
Per vehicle: Commercial truck which operates on alternate fuel such as compressed natural gas | 500.00 | ||
Per vehicle: If under contract with the Village | 200.00 | ||
Hospital | 1,050.00 | ||
Itinerant or mobile vendor, peddler or commercial solicitor | 100.00 | ||
"Long term care facility", including nursing home, skilled nursing, intermediate care facility or sheltered care facility as defined in section 8-25-1 of this chapter | 1,300.00 | ||
Massage establishment | 300.00 | ||
Mobile food food establishment | |||
Category I - high risk (3 annual inspections) | 325.00 | ||
Category II - medium risk (2 annual inspections) | 200.00 | ||
Category III - low risk (2 annual inspections) | 150.00 | ||
Pawnbroker | 2,000.00 | ||
Professional offices (For records only, includes, but is not limited to, professionals holding State licenses such as doctors, lawyers, accountants, real estate brokers, architects, detective agencies, opticians, insurance offices or political party offices. Also includes government office, not for profits, banks and savings and loans.) | 0.00 | ||
Restaurant: | |||
Category I - high risk | 790.00 | ||
Category II - medium risk | 670.00 | ||
Category III - low risk | 490.00 | ||
"Retail food store" as defined in section 8-24-1 of this chapter: | |||
With 12,000 or more square feet | 1,700.00 | ||
Between 8,000 and 11,999 square feet | 920.00 | ||
With less than 8,000 square feet | Fee per subsection 8-2-1C of this section | ||
Roll-off waste hauler, dropoff container service (The Public Works Department charges right-of- way permit fees and daily fees which are separate from this license fee.) | $ 200.00 | ||
Roll-off waste hauler, per truck | 50.00 | ||
Temporary food establishment initial annual event fee: a temporary food establishment initial annual event fee shall be charged for the first event for which a license is issued during a calendar year and shall be valid for not more than fourteen (14) consecutive days after the start date of the event. | 100.00 | ||
Temporary food establishment subsequent annual event fee: a temporary food establishment subsequent event fee shall be charged for the second and all subsequent events for which a license is issued during a calendar year and shall be valid for not more than fourteen (14) consecutive days after the start date of the event. | 50.00 | ||
Temporary food establishment late fee: a late fee shall be charged for temporary food license applications received by the Village less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the event. Applications received by the Village less than three (3) days prior to an event shall not be accepted by the Village. | 50.00 | ||
Temporary food establishment farmers' market fee: a license fee shall be charged for a market season license which shall be valid for up to twenty five (25) total market dates. | 150.00 | ||
Temporary operations including, but not limited to, Christmas tree vendors, single auctions, events, or amusements and single transaction firearm sales authorized by law. | 100.00 | ||
Theater: 500 or fewer seats | 1,000.00 | ||
Theater: 500 or more seats | 1,400.00 | ||
Tobacco sales | 300.00 | ||
Transportation: | |||
Horsedrawn carriage | 100.00 | ||
House mover | 200.00 | ||
Mover | 100.00 | ||
Private ambulance per driver | 10.00 | ||
Private ambulance per vehicle | 50.00 | ||
Taxi company or chauffeur service | 200.00 | ||
Taxi: Each driver | 20.00 | ||
Taxi: Each vehicle | 70.00 | ||
Tour trolley | 100.00 | ||
Valet parking service | 300.00 | ||
Veterinarian | 250.00 | ||
C. General Business Fees:
1. Fee Based On Square Footage: Any business not specifically identified in subsection 8-2-1B of this section with a permanent location in Oak Park shall pay a general business license fee based on the number of square feet of occupied space according to the following table:
0 - 1,999 square feet | $100.00 |
2,000 - 4,999 square feet | 150.00 |
5,000 - 7,999 square feet | 200.00 |
8,000+ square feet | 250.00 |
2. Food Establishments: In addition to the general business license fee set forth in subsection 8-2-1C1 of this section, all food establishments, as defined in section 8-24-1 of this chapter, adult daycare facilities and pharmacies with food sales which are not specifically identified in subsection 8-2-1B of this section, shall be charged a food establishment fee as follows:
Category I (low risk) food establishments | $240.00 |
Category II (medium risk) food establishments | 420.00 |
Category III (high risk) food establishments | 540.00 |
The Director of Public Health or the Director's designee shall determine whether a food establishment or a mobile food establishment is a category I, II or III food establishment in accordance with the definition of those terms as set forth in 77 Illinois Administrative Code 615.310, as amended.
3. Swimming Pools, Whirlpools And Spas: Any business with a swimming pool, whirlpool or spa shall pay an additional fee of one hundred sixty dollars ($160.00).
4. Preemption: In the case that State or Federal law preempts a home rule municipality from the regulation of the location or existence of a business or activity, the establishment shall register with the Village but not be charged a fee. (Ord. 15-068, 3-2-2015; amd. Ord. 18-334, 1-16-2018; Ord. 19-116, 11-18-2019)