(A) For the maintaining, operating or carrying on of any business at an established place of business or the performance or rendering of any services within the city when such business, or the rendering of services, is not elsewhere in chapters 1 through 20 of this title, or provided for in any other ordinance.
(B) "Monthly receipts" refers to the average monthly gross receipts for the quarter immediately preceding the issuance and/or renewal of any business license. Upon commencement of a new business not in existence during such preceding quarter the minimum license fee shall be paid. Sales tax collected shall not be included in gross receipts. (Ord. 621-94, 12-20-1994)
(C) The annual license fee shall be based upon the monthly gross receipts and in accord with the following schedule:
Monthly Gross Receipts | Fee Per Year |
Monthly Gross Receipts | Fee Per Year |
$2,000.00 or less | $30.00 minimum fee |
$2,000.01 to $4,000.00 | $50.00 |
$4,000.01 to $6,000.00 | 70.00 |
$6,000.01 to $10,000.00 | 90.00 |
$10,000.01 to $14,000.00 | 110.00 |
$14,000.01 to $20,000.00 | 140.00 |
$20,000.01 to $30,000.00 | 170.00 |
$30,000.01 to $40,000.00 | 200.00 |
$40,000.01 to $50,000.00 | 250.00 |
$50,000.01 and over (based on actual average monthly gross receipts) | Average monthly gross receipts multiplied by 0.005 (Example $98,525.00x0.005=$492.63) |
(D) In the event any business, under this section, consists entirely of sales at wholesale for purposes of resale to ultimate consumers, the license fee for such complete wholesale business shall be one-half (1/2) of the fee provided in subsection (C) of this section, but in no event less than thirty dollars ($30.00) per year. In the event any licensee operates both a retail and wholesale business at the same premises, the licensee may, at his option, segregate the wholesale from the retail business and obtain a license for each type of business. Upon failure of the licensee to so segregate, the business shall be licensed in accord with the full schedule of fees set forth in subsection (C) of this section.
(E) In the event any business combines both sales of goods or personal property and the rendering of services, the term "monthly receipts" shall include receipts for both sales and services, whether they shall be charged for separately or as a unit price.
(F) No license is required of any person employed solely for wages by any person, firm or corporation in the furtherance of a business regularly licensed by the city.
(G) This section shall include, but not be limited to, the following businesses or any combination thereof:
Accountant, certified public.
Agent, real estate, all others.
Airplane renting, sales or service.
Anesthetist.
Architect.
Assayer.
Attorney.
Auction house.
Auditor.
Automotive sales and service.
Bar and/or cocktail lounge.
Barbershop.
Beauty shop.
Blacksmith.
Bookkeeping and accounting.
Broker, real estate, insurance.
Carpenter.
Chemists.
Chiropodist.
Chiropractor.
Cleaning and/or dyeing.
Confectionery wagons.
Contractors (classification A, B, and C), all builders.
Dental lab (technician).
Dentist, orthodontist.
Designer, structural or building.
Draftsman.
Electrician.
Engineer, registered.
Equipment lease or rental.
Foundry.
Garage.
Geologist.
Gymnasium.
Ice plant.
Itinerant photographer.
Laundry.
Machine shop.
Manufacturer.
Mechanic.
Medical lab or technician.
Mortgage companies.
Oculist, optician, optometrists.
Painter.
Pay or subscription television.
Pharmacy.
Photographer and/or photographic studio.
Physician, surgeon, psychiatrist.
Physiotherapist.
Plumber.
Printing and publishing.
Private detective.
Psychologist.
Repairman.
Restaurant and/or dining room, coffee shop, lunch room, stand or lunch counter.
Retail and/or wholesale merchant.
Service station.
Shoe repairing.
Soda fountain.
Stockyard.
Surveyors, licensed land.
Television cable relay systems.
Travel bureau/ticket agency.
Veterinarian.
Warehouse.
Welder.
The rendering of any service whatsoever.
The rendering of any service or carrying on of any business not provided elsewhere in chapters 1 through 20 of this title, or any other ordinance. (Ord. 794-12, 11-20-2012)