TITLE 3
BUSINESS AND LICENSE REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1
BUSINESS LICENSE PROVISIONS
SECTION:
3-1-1: License Required; Tax; Term
3-1-2: Separate Licenses Required
3-1-3: Display Of License
3-1-4: Transfer Of License
3-1-5: Duplicate License; Fee
3-1-6: License Tax Levied On Certain Occupations
3-1-7: Itinerant Occupations
3-1-8: Revocation Of License
3-1-9: Penalty
3-1-1: LICENSE REQUIRED; TAX; TERM:
   A.   Payment Of Tax; Securing Of License: It is unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to engage in, exercise or pursue any business, profession, trade, occupation or privilege for which a license tax is levied by this title or by any other ordinance or ordinance provision without paying the license tax, and securing and possessing a valid license therefor.
   B.   Issuance Of License: Upon making proper application to the city clerk, the payment of the license tax and fulfillment of any other condition which may be prescribed by law and/or ordinance, the city clerk shall issue a license therefor. (1986 Code § 5-1)
   C.   License Expiration; Proration Of Tax: Annual licenses shall expire on June 30 of the year for which they are issued. When an annual license is issued after July 1 for the remainder of the year to a person, firm, association or corporation just beginning to engage in, exercise or pursue a business, profession, trade, occupation or privilege, the tax collected shall be a fractional part of the annual tax equal to the fraction of the year remaining; provided, that the minimum tax for a part of a year shall be one-twelfth (1/12) of the required annual tax. (1986 Code § 5-1; amd. 2005 Code)
3-1-2: SEPARATE LICENSES REQUIRED:
Every person, firm, association or corporation who engages in, exercises, or pursues a business, profession, trade, occupation or privilege for which a license is required, at or from more than one place in the city, or who engages in, exercises or pursues more than one such business, profession, trade, occupation or privilege, shall pay the fee, and secure a separate license, for each such place and/or for each such business, profession, trade, occupation or privilege. (1986 Code § 5-2)
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