Business licenses are required by the city. No person shall carry on, transact, operate, conduct, or engage in any occupation, trade, profession, or business, either directly or indirectly, within the city involving the sale of goods and/or services without first having procured a license from the city, provided that occupation, trade, profession, or business has not been specifically exempted from doing so by the state of Montana. Those occupations, trades, professions, and/or businesses not specifically exempted from licensing statutes of the state of Montana shall be required to purchase and maintain a business license from the city.
This licensing requirement shall apply to all business, including, but not limited to, all retail, wholesale, and industrial businesses, as well as all home based businesses and businesses operated by nonprofit organizations as defined herein. All new businesses must obtain a license prior to opening for business. Any business licensed by the city shall not be required to obtain an additional license for conducting business at a temporary location within the city. Violation of this section shall subject the violator to the penalty as proscribed herein.
A. Exceptions:
1. Out Of City Businesses: A city business license is not required for any out of city businesses doing business within city limits as a result of being directly hired or contracted for a specific project of nonrepetitive duration by a person, business, or governmental entity already licensed by the city.
a. Subsection A1 of this section does not apply to persons or businesses that actively solicit jobs within city limits, i.e., repair jobs, house painting, storm restoration, sidewalk repair, and other like projects.
2. Joint License: A person engaged in two (2) or more businesses shall not be required to obtain separate licenses for conducting each of the businesses but, when eligible, shall be issued one license.
3. Delivery: No license shall be required of any person for delivery in the city of any property purchased or acquired, in good faith, from a person or business, as the person outside the city.
4. Nonprofit: No license shall be required of any "nonprofit organization" as defined by this chapter, unless the nonprofit is operating a business for profit as defined herein.
5. Minors: No license shall be required of any person under eighteen (18) years of age.
6. Property Manager: No license shall be required for any property manager managing or renting less than three (3) rental units.
7. Itinerant Vendors: No license shall be required for itinerant vendors. (Ord. 364-2016, 5-10-2016)