A. Fee Imposed: The amount of the business license fee levied and imposed shall be the business license fee imposed under subsection B of this section, plus, if applicable, the disproportionate impact fee imposed under subsection C of this section. If a business is subject to multiple licenses for the same location and applies concurrently for such licenses, the regulatory license fee under subsection B of this section shall be the highest license fee, plus thirty dollars ($30.00) per additional license. Businesses subject to multiple licenses for the same location shall pay only the highest disproportionate impact fee assessed against all of the applicable businesses at such location. Fees applicable to new rental dwelling licenses may be prorated as provided in subsection 5-1A-13B of this chapter.
B. License Fees Enumerated: The business license fee levied and imposed, covering the cost of licensing, inspection and related administrative costs and cost of general or special regulation, as applicable, is as follows:
1. General business (applicable to all businesses not listed below) | $ 83.00 | |||
2. Rental dwellings with 2 or fewer dwelling units, including owner occupied triplexes | Not applicable | |||
3. For businesses and licenses subject to special regulation involving licensing, inspection or police supervision: | ||||
Alcoholic beverage licenses (Alcoholic beverage licenses are granted only for the privilege of selling or allowing the consumption of alcoholic beverages. The license is required in addition to any other regulatory license required herein or, if none is required, a general business license.): | ||||
Class A | $267.00 | |||
Class B | 267.00 | |||
Class C | 267.00 | |||
Combination B and C | 267.00 | |||
Class D | 267.00 | |||
Class E | 98.00 | |||
Class F | 267.00 | |||
Class G | 267.00 | |||
Liquor consumption | 83.00 | |||
Amusement halls and arcades | 83.00 | |||
Auction house | 83.00 | |||
Beer, wholesaler | 83.00 | |||
Boarding houses/rooming houses (as defined in section 5-9-1 of this title) (including hotels, motels and other short term room rentals) | 83.00 | |||
Cabarets or nightclubs | 83.00 | |||
Daycare | 91.00 | |||
Employment agencies | 83.00 | |||
Horsedrawn carriage | 83.00 | |||
Manufactured (mobile) home park | 83.00 | |||
Pawnbrokers | 546.00 | |||
Private clubs and associations | 83.00 | |||
Refuse haulers | 83.00 | |||
Rental dwellings: | ||||
Multiple-family rental dwellings (not applicable to buildings with 2 or fewer dwelling units, including owner occupied triplexes): | ||||
Per building (See discount available under section 12-16-2, "Good Landlord Incentive Program", of this code.) | 83.00 | |||
Restaurants | 83.00 | |||
Secondhand and junk dealers | 83.00 | |||
Sidewalk vendor | 83.00 | |||
Special transportation vehicle | 83.00 | |||
Swap meet: | ||||
Operator | 83.00 | |||
Individual sellers | 5.00 | |||
Taxicab, per vehicle | 83.00 | |||
Temporary businesses: | ||||
Christmas tree sales | 83.00 | |||
Distressed goods (30 days) | 83.00 | |||
Exhibitions or special events, per event | 83.00 | |||
Special event fundraiser by 501(c)(3) organization with no vendors | No fee | |||
Fireworks | 83.00 | |||
Participant in an exhibition or special event: | ||||
Per day | 5.00 | |||
Per event, up to 7 consecutive days | 15.00 | |||
Per event, weekends or 1 day per week up to 15 consecutive weeks | 25.00 | |||
Towing service | 83.00 | |||
4. For individual, occupational or employee licensing subject to special licensing and regulation: | ||||
Auctioneer | 83.00 | |||
Door to door solicitors and peddlers | 83.00 | |||
Horsedrawn carriage driver | 83.00 | |||
Taxicab driver | 83.00 | |||
5. Sexually oriented businesses: | ||||
Businesses: | ||||
Adult businesses: | ||||
Adult bookstore | 267.00 | |||
Adult motion picture theater | 267.00 | |||
Adult video store | 267.00 | |||
Adult entertainment dancing agencies | 560.00 | |||
Adult live entertainment business | 560.00 | |||
Outcall businesses | 560.00 | |||
Employees: | ||||
Employees of adult live entertainment businesses personally providing seminude entertainment to patrons | 83.00 | |||
Employees providing outcall services away from the licensed premises | 83.00 | |||
All other employees requiring an individual license | 83.00 | |||
Multiple/additional licenses: | ||||
Any individual applying for a license for outcall services and an adult entertainment dancing agency or more than 1 type of adult business at the same location, at the same time, shall pay only the higher of all applicable fees. | ||||
C. Disproportionate Costs:
1. Determination: It is hereby determined by the city council that:
a. A disproportionate level of municipal services is provided to commercial operations within the city in comparison with that level of services provided to residences within the city not classified as rental dwellings, based on the disproportionate use of police and fire services and the additional costs associated with increased usage of and demand for public facilities and services by employees; and
b. Certain types of businesses also receive a disproportionate level of municipal services in comparison with that level of services provided to other business categories and classifications, based on the disproportionate use of police and fire services.
2. Fees Determined: Except as otherwise provided in subsections C.3., C.5., C.6. and C.7., the fee determined to be related to the disproportionate costs of such municipal services is seven dollars ($7.00) per employee, plus the designated fee for the applicable business or business license as follows:
Amusement halls and arcades under Chapter 4, Article A of this title | $105.00 | ||||
Auction houses | 105.00 | ||||
Banks, credit unions and other banking related businesses | 216.00 | ||||
Boarding houses/rooming houses (as defined in Section 5-9-1 ) (including hotels, motels and other short term room rentals but not including owner-occupied short-term rentals) | 105.00 | ||||
Businesses with alcoholic beverage license: | |||||
Retail with class A beer license | 885.00 | ||||
Restaurant with class B beer or liquor consumption license | 225.00 | ||||
Tavern with class C beer or combination B and C beer license | 253.00 | ||||
Private club with class D beer license | 253.00 | ||||
Class E beer license per event | 31.00 | ||||
Recreation business with class F license | 125.00 | ||||
Hotel, resort facility, sports center or conference center with class G license | 225.00 | ||||
Beer wholesalers | 105.00 | ||||
Constables | 105.00 | ||||
Detective agencies | 105.00 | ||||
Manufactured (mobile) home park, based on the number of rental pads or spaces | 58.00 per pad or space | ||||
New/used motor vehicle dealers (including all retailing of automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles) | 301.00 | ||||
Pawnbrokers | 105.00 | ||||
Recreational and sporting activities, other than amusement halls and arcades | 105.00 | ||||
Rental dwellings, based on the number of dwelling units per building: | |||||
1 dwelling unit (single-family dwelling) | 156.00 per unit | ||||
2 dwelling units (duplex, two-family dwelling) | 70.00 per unit | ||||
3 or more dwelling units (multiple-family dwelling) | 82.00 per unit | ||||
Restaurants (without alcoholic beverage license) | 225.00 | ||||
Retailing of goods, other than motor vehicles or secondhand goods | 245.00 | ||||
Retailing of secondhand goods (secondhand dealers) | 105.00 | ||||
Short term loan business | 216.00 | ||||
Sidewalk vendors | 105.00 | ||||
Street vendors | 105.00 | ||||
Temporary businesses: | |||||
Christmas tree sales | 21.00 | ||||
Distressed goods (30 days) | 21.00 | ||||
Exhibition or special event, per event | No charge | ||||
Fireworks: | |||||
Temporary stand | 21.00 | ||||
With ongoing business | No charge | ||||
Participant in an exhibition or special event | No charge | ||||
Spook alleys | 21.00 | ||||
All other businesses, not listed above | 105.00 | ||||
3. Special Discounts For Rental Dwellings:
a. If the owner of a rental dwelling with two (2) dwelling units per building (a two-family dwelling or duplex under the city's zoning ordinances) resides in one of the dwelling units, the owner shall be entitled to a discount of fifty percent (50%) on the disproportionate fees applicable to the remaining dwelling unit. Such discount shall be applied on a pro rata basis, if such residency is not maintained during the entire licensing year.
b. Landlords may qualify for a discount under the good landlord incentive program as provided in section 12-16-2.
c. The owner of a multi-family rental dwelling with no more than four (4) dwelling units in the building shall be entitled to a discount of fifty percent (50%) on the disproportionate fees applicable to the remaining dwelling units located within the rental dwelling, if the owner resides in one of the dwelling units but does not otherwise qualify for a discount under subsection C.3.b. for such building. Such discount shall be applied on a pro rata basis, if such residency is not maintained during the entire licensing year.
4. Fixed Location Required: Disproportionate impact fees shall only apply to businesses with a fixed location within the city. It shall specifically not apply to individual, occupational, or employee licenses identified under subsection B.4. or to any other license or permit required of an employee of a business licensed herein.
5. Home Occupations: Businesses which are located in the principal residence of the owner of the business and which are classified as a home occupation under the city zoning ordinances are exempt from the disproportionate impact fee.
6. Special Discounts For Small Businesses:
a. Small businesses, as defined herein, shall be entitled to the following discount:
Gross Receipts
| Discount
|
$0.00 to $9,999.00 | 100% |
$10,000.00 to $49,999.00 | 50% |
b. A "small business", for purposes of this Subsection C.6., shall include any business with less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) in gross receipts in the immediately preceding calendar year. It shall not apply to any of the following business classifications: businesses with alcoholic beverage licenses, sexually oriented businesses, banks, credit unions and other banking related businesses, new/used motor vehicle dealers, boarding houses, rooming houses (including hotels, motels and short-term rentals), pawnbrokers, rental dwellings, manufactured (mobile) home parks, taxicabs, or temporary businesses.
c. For purposes of Subsection C.6., "gross receipts" shall mean:
(1) The gross receipts derived from the trade, business, commerce or sale of tangible personal property or services, or both, without deduction or exclusion for the cost of goods or property sold or the expense of carrying on any business, trade, profession, craft, occupation or calling; or
(2) The gross receipts of each and any person received as compensation for personal services without deduction or exclusion for the expense of carrying on any business, trade, profession, craft, occupation or calling specified therein.
d. Any person applying for the small business discount shall report and declare, in writing, under oath, the true and correct amount of the gross receipts by which the discount is measured. The business license coordinator is authorized to deny any discount, if determined that the information is inaccurate or that the applicant was not otherwise qualified for the discount.
7. Independent Contractor: An individual who engages in business as an independent contractor shall not be subject to the disproportionate impact fee, under the following circumstances:
a. The independent contractor shares or uses office or work space within the premises of another licensed business;
b. The other licensed business is subject to the applicable disproportionate impact fee for the entirety of the business location;
c. The business activities of the independent contractor are directly related to and a part of the business operations of the other business; and
d. The independent contractor is not in a landlord-tenant relationship with the other licensee.
D. Reserved.
E. Business License Transfer Fees:
1. For ownership transfers permitted under section 5-1A-23 of this chapter, the following fees shall apply:
a. General businesses | $30.00 | |
2. For location transfers as may specifically be authorized under the provisions of this title | 30.00 | |
F. License Amendment Fees: For rental dwelling license amendments under section 5-10-9 of this title:
Rental dwellings with 2 or fewer units | No fee |
Multi-family rental dwellings, per application | $30.00 |
Together with the disproportionate impact fees applicable to the additional rental dwellings. Disproportionate fees applicable to new rental dwellings may be prorated as provided in subsection 5-1A-13B of this chapter.
G. Certificates:
Certificates of public convenience and necessity | $83.00 |
H. Duplicates:
Duplicate original licenses | 10.00 |
(Ord. 2016-61, 12-20-2016; amd. Ord. 2024-12, 5-7-2024)