TITLE 3
BUSINESS AND LICENSE REGULATIONS

CHAPTER 1
OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE FEES

SECTION:

3-1-1: Fee Levied On Certain Occupations

3-1-2: Ex-Service Persons

3-1-3: Separate Licenses Required

3-1-4: Display Of License

3-1-5: Transferability

3-1-6: Duplicate License

3-1-7: Revocation Of License

3-1-1: FEE LEVIED ON CERTAIN OCCUPATIONS:

   A.   Occupations Specified: A license fee is hereby levied on every person engaging in, exercising or pursuing any of the following for-profit businesses, professions, trades, occupations or privileges in this City, in the amount set by the City Council by motion or resolution on itinerant occupations, including the following:

      1.   Agents or solicitors selling insurance, or taking orders for insurance policies;

      2.   Agents or solicitors selling or taking orders for sale of books, magazines, periodicals or publications of any description;

      3.   Carnival, circus or menagerie where admission is charged;

      4.   Collection agents;

      5.   Concessions, games and amusements not a part of an organized carnival where a fee is charged;

      6.   Fortune tellers;

      7.   Palm readers;

      8.   Persons selling or undertaking to sell unsolicited services not specifically listed herein;

      9.   Photographers;

      10.   Real estate agents;

      11.   Shows, including tent shows, other than circuses and menageries, where admission is charged; or

      12.   Salesmen, solicitors, vendors or peddlers, selling or taking orders for sale of goods and merchandise at retail not heretofore listed.

   B.   State Permit Required: In order to receive a license under this Chapter, every person regulated pursuant to this Section is required to possess a valid and current State sales tax permit if such person is a vendor subject to collection of sales taxes under the Sales Tax Code of the City and State. A copy of this permit shall be provided by the applicant for a license to the City Clerk prior to issuance of the City license.

   C.   Term; Delinquency; Proration: All annual occupation taxes hereinbefore assessed each and every year shall become delinquent after May 1 unless another expiration is provided. License fees are prorated if purchased new (not renewal) after May 1 with a minimum fee of one dollar ($1.00). (Refer to Appendix A following this Code.) (1988 Code § 9-101)

3-1-2: EX-SERVICE PERSONS:

Nothing in this Chapter or in other ordinances of the City shall be deemed to require ex-service persons to secure a license or pay a license fee for engaging in a business, occupation or privilege when he is exempted therefrom by statutes of the State or other provisions of law, and provides proof thereof to the City. (1988 Code § 9-102)

3-1-3: SEPARATE LICENSES REQUIRED:

Every person who engages in, exercises or pursues a business, profession, trade, occupation or privilege for which a license is required, at or from more than one place in the City, or who engages in, exercises or pursues more than one such business, profession, trade, occupation or privilege, shall pay the fee and secure a separate license for each such place or for each such business, profession, trade, occupation or privilege. (1988 Code § 9-103)