The following licenses will be issued by the city attorney’s office:
License | Term | Fee |
License | Term | Fee |
Circus, menagerie, combined circus and menagerie, Wild West show, carnival or other exhibition given under canvas | Per continuous engagement | $100 |
Escort | Annual fee | $50 |
Escort runner | Annual fee | $50 |
Escort service | Annual fee | $100 |
Fortuneteller, clairvoyant, palmist, astrologer, or any person practicing mesmerism, phrenology, necromancy, divination, mediumship, magic or life or character reading, or any person practicing hypnotism who is neither a licensed practitioner of the healing arts as defined in SDCL 36-2-1(6) and 36-2-2 nor under the direct supervision of a licensed practitioner, who demands or receives a fee for exhibition or exercise of his or her art or profession | Annual fee | $35 |
Livery vehicles | First vehicle, per year | $25 |
Additional vehicles | $10 | |
Motion picture theaters; seats or seating capacity (per theater or total for theater complex) | Seating capacity per theater | |
500 or under | $50 | |
501 to 1,000 | $75 | |
1,001 to 1,500 | $100 | |
1,501 to 1,750 | $175 | |
1,751 to 2,000 | $200 | |
Over 2,000 | $225 | |
Pawnbroker, secondhand goods dealer, or dealer in precious metals or precious gems | Annual fee | $25 |
Shooting galleries | Per week | $15 |
Per year | $50 | |
Vehicles for hire; a bus, motorbus, limousine, taxicab or wheelchair transport | First vehicle, per year | $50 |
Each additional vehicle | $25 | |
(1992 Code, § 23-22) (Ord. 96-94, passed 10-31-1994; Ord. 77-98, passed 8-3-1998; Ord. 140-06, passed 10-16-2006; Ord. 161-06, passed 12-11-2006; Ord. 3-10, passed 2-8-2010; Ord. 54-11, passed 7-18-2011; Ord. 69-19, passed 7-2-2019; Ord. 20-24, passed 3-5-2024; Ord. 46-24, passed 5-14-2024; Ord. 67-24, passed 8-13-2024)
Cross-reference:
Amusements, see ch. 113
Dealers in precious metals and gems, see ch. 116
Escort services, see ch. 118
Pawnbrokers, see ch. 116
Shooting gallery location, see § 113.002