TITLE 3
BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1
BUSINESS REGISTRATION PROVISIONS
SECTION:
3-1-1: Construction
3-1-2: Definitions
3-1-3: Registration Required
3-1-4:    Registration Exemption
3-1-5: Registration Fees
3-1-6: Business Registration Application
3-1-7:    Conditions
3-1-8: Fine Or Penalty
3-1-1: CONSTRUCTION:
   Business registration promotes public safety through the provision of emergency contact information, regularly scheduled fire inspections, and confirmation of liability insurance, if applicable. Business registration also assists the city to ensure compliance with other regulations and ordinances. No provision contained in this chapter will be construed so as to license any trade, business, occupation, vocation, pursuit, profession or entertainment prohibited by the constitution or laws of the United States, or the constitution of the state of Montana.
(Ord. A-420, 11-1-1982; amd. Ord. 23-29, 11-20-2023)
3-1-2: DEFINITIONS:
For the purposes of this chapter, the words set out in this section shall have the following meanings:
   CONTRACTOR: A person or business that builds, repairs, or installs materials or devices on new or existing commercial and residential property in the city.
   GENERAL BUSINESS: All businesses and professions requiring registration other than those registered as a contractor, home occupation or short-term rental.
   HOME OCCUPATION: All businesses or offices operated out of home and defined in section 11-9-2 of this code.
   SHORT-TERM RENTAL: All businesses renting an entire furnished privately owned house, townhouse unit, condominium unit, apartment or other residence, or any space within a dwelling unit rented independently, for stays of less than thirty (30) days to transient guests or tourists.
(Ord. A-420, 11-1-1982; amd. Ord. 23-29, 11-20-2023)
3-1-3: REGISTRATION REQUIRED:
   No contractor, general business, home occupation, or short-term rental will conduct, operate, transact, or engage in business of any kind within the city before first registering with the city. Failure to register a business prior to operating a business in the corporate limits of the city constitutes a violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 10-18, 12-6-2010; amd. Ord. 23-29, 11-20-2023)
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