1-12-2: BUSINESS LICENSES:
A.
Base Fee: Base fees for business licenses are as follows:       
 
1.
General business license
 
$ 75.00
 
 
 
Transfer fee
 
25.00
 
2.
Fair, circus and carnival:
 
 
 
 
First day
 
550.00
 
 
 
Each succeeding day
 
137.50
 
3.
Temporary sales (auctions, Christmas tree lots, fireworks stands and car, truck and RV sales from parking lots)
 
330.00
 
4.
Cleanup deposit for temporary sales
 
110.00
 
5.
Temporary sales in permanent commercial establishments (45 days or less per year)
 
55.00
 
6.
Home occupation license (not prorated)
 
30.00
 
 
 
Inspection (if needed)
 
20.00
 
 
 
Administrative fee (for fee exempt home occupations who request to have a printed license)
 
15.00
 
 
 
Fee exempt home occupations
 
No charge
 
7.
Residential rental triplex or more (per unit):
 
 
 
 
All nonowner occupied dwellings
 
$ 17.00
 
8.
Peddler, solicitor, vendor license (per person, with each company to furnish a list of solicitors operating within the City)
 
50.00
 
9.
Sexually oriented business (not prorated) (additional to other licenses/fees required):
 
 
 
 
a. Adult business or seminude dancing bar
 
110.00
 
 
 
b. Outcall business
 
220.00
 
 
 
c. Seminude dancing agency or seminude entertainment business
 
165.00
 
 
 
d. Initial investigation fee (onetime fee in addition to above)
 
110.00
 
10.
Sexually oriented business employee (per individual, not prorated) (additional to other licenses/fees required):
 
 
 
 
a. Employee providing outcall business services away from business premises
 
165.00
 
 
 
b. Employee of subsections A9a through A9c of this section who is not a performer or provides no services outside licensed premises
 
55.00
 
 
 
c. Employee of subsection A9c of this section personally providing seminude entertainment to patrons
 
165.00
 
 
 
d. Professional dancer performing in seminude dancing bar
 
110.00
 
 
 
e. Any individual applying for more than 1 license under this subsection shall pay the higher fees, plus an additional fee per each additional license
 
22.00
 
11.
Food trucks:
 
 
 
 
a. If not licensed (includes fire inspection)
 
85.00
 
12.
Special event permit
 
125.00
 
 
 
a. Special event vendor's license
 
$10.00 per vendor
 
 
 
b. Law enforcement police officer hourly rate
 
$70.00
 
 
 
c. Additional fees may apply for use of City services
 
 
 
 
d. Failure to secure a special event permit is a Class B misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to penalties in accordance with the Utah State Code which may include fines or imprisonment or both. Each person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this subsection is committed. Violators may be prohibited from organizing another special event in Riverdale for 12 months, or longer with Council consensus
 
Fine to be determined in court
 
13.
New business (prorated per month of business after April 30 of each year)
 
$5.50/mont h
 
14.
Federal, State, County and local government agencies and nonprofit organizations
 
No charge
 
 
Nonprofit organizations must be registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization
 
 
B.
Variable Fees: Variable fees for business licenses are as follows (in addition to general fees, with the exception of home occupations, where no variable fees apply):       
 
1.
Barber and beauty shops per chair
 
$ 11.00
 
2.
Car dealership exterior display area (per 5,000 square feet or portion thereof)
 
55.00
 
3.
Car wash (per wash bay)
 
25.00
 
4.
Off premises advertising sign (per sign)
 
50.00
 
5.
Billiard or pool table (per table)
 
55.00
 
6.
Bowling lane (per lane)
 
25.00
 
7.
Food establishment (per individual seat)
 
5.00
 
8.
Golf course (per hole)
 
11.00
 
9.
Mobile home park (per rental space)
 
7.50
 
10.
Motel, hotel or other rental unit (per unit)
 
5.00
 
11.
Movie theater or drive-in (per screen)
 
110.00
 
12.
Service station (per hose)
 
25.00
 
13.
Storage units (per rental unit)
 
2.50
 
14.
Storage space - open (per 1,000 square feet or portion thereof)
 
3.50
 
15.
Coin or token operated gaming devices (per device)
 
25.00
 
16.
Pawnshops
 
300.00
 
17.
Swap meet:
 
 
 
   Operator
 
55.00
 
 
   Individual vendors (per day)
 
2.00
 
18.
New business variable fees shall be prorated after April 30 for all new business applications. This fee will be calculated by taking the yearly variable fee and dividing by 12 and multiplying this by the number of months the business will operate to December 31 of the same year.
 
C.
Square Footage: If none of the variable fees listed in subsection B of this section are applicable, apply square footage fee of $55.00 per 5,000 square feet or portion thereof (with the exception of home occupations, where no variable fees apply). The square footage fee will be prorated at $5.50 per month of business per 5,000 square feet for new business applications that are received after April 30 of each year.
D.
Late Fee: A late fee of 25 percent of the total owing shall be assessed if a business fails to renew their business license on or before February 15. (Res. 2015-19, 6-16-2015; amd. Res. 2017-10, 6-20-2017, eff. 7-1-2017; Res. 2017-25, 10-17-2017, eff. 10-17-2017; Res. 2018-19, 7-17-2018; Res. 2018-24, 10-2-2018; Res. 2019-19, 7-16-2019; Res. 2022-29, 8-16-2022)