(A) (1) A fee of $50 shall be charged for each vendor sales permit. Council may change these fees and adopt regulations affecting this chapter by resolution. Fees collected by the town for vendor sales permit shall be designated a separate fund accounting code.
(2) A fee of $15 shall be charged for a 30-day extension period on a vendor sales permit.
(3) A fee of $15 shall be charged for each special event vendor sales permit.
(4) Council may change these fees and adopt regulations affecting this chapter by resolution. Fees collected by the town for vendor sales permit extensions and special event vendor sales permits shall be designated a separate fund accounting code.
(B) (1) If a vendor is found to be doing business without a valid town permit, it is within the discretion of the town’s Code Enforcement Official to offer an alternative to the immediate issuance of a criminal citation as outlined in § 111.99(B) of this chapter. The fee schedule shall be the following in these circumstances:
(a) First offense: immediate purchase as applicable of a vendor sales permit at the current fee of $50, plus a penalty of $50 for a total amount of $100; purchase of an extension vendor sales permit at the current fee of $15, plus a penalty of $15 for a total amount of $30; purchase of a special event permit at the current fee of $15, plus a penalty of $15 for a total amount of $30;
(b) Second offense: immediate purchase of a vendor sales permit at the escalated permit fee and penalty of $200; purchase of an extension vendor sales permit fee at the escalated permit and penalty of $60; purchase of a special event permit fee at the escalated permit and penalty of $60; and
(c) Further offenses: each additional violation thereafter shall result in a doubling escalation of the permit fee and penalty.
(2) Each violation shall be cumulative and escalation for additional violations shall follow the vendor license to license. If, in a subsequent license, additional violations are committed by said vendor, the prior violation from the preceding license shall be used as prior offenses in calculating the amount to be paid for the permit and penalty above and in applying the penalties set forth above.
(3) At any time such permit and penalty is not immediately paid or at the discretion of the town’s Code Enforcement Official, the vendor shall be criminally cited for vending without a license pursuant to § 111.99(B)(1) of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 8-1-6) (Res. 99-01, passed - -1999; Res. 03-13, passed - -2003; Res. 07-20, passed - -2007)