§ 14-17. License required; payment, duration; multiple businesses, premises.

(a)

Every person doing business and engaged in any of the businesses, occupations, professions or services shall pay the license fees set forth in this chapter which shall be annual and which shall be due and payable and issued on or before the first day of March of each year and be valid until the last day of February of the following year.

(b)

All persons, merchants, agents, peddlers, salesmen, businesses, or their representatives, before offering any item, product, merchandise, service or commodity for sale shall make application for renewal or new annual license, and such person may commence business upon issuance of such license.

(c)

Any person operating both a retail and wholesale business on the same premises, shall purchase both wholesale and retail licenses, however, such person shall compute the gross receipts fee collectively from their gross wholesale and gross retail receipts.

(d)

Where two (2) or more retail licenses are required for a person to operate a business on one (1) premises, such person may combine all his gross receipts from all such retail transactions for computing the gross receipts fee thereon.

(e)

Where an additional retail license is required for a person to operate his business on one (1) or more separate premises, such person may combine all his gross receipts from all such retail transactions from all premises for computing the gross receipts fee thereon.

(f)

No renewal application will be accepted or renewal license issued unless in compliance with the provisions of subsection 14-33(c).

(g)

No refund shall be made on any gross receipts fee, license fee or investigation fee imposed under this chapter due to the cessation of the business during any license year.

(h)

In the event that the license applied for is not issued, for any reason, whatsoever, then the license fee(s) and investigation fee(s) imposed under this chapter will not be refunded up to two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). Fees over two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) will be refunded.

(i)

All new applications for a license require an investigative fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) in addition to the required license fee.

(j)

In addition to any applicable license fees set forth in this chapter, any person using the city brush site for business operations will pay an annual fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) in conjunction with the application for renewal or new annual license.

(Ord. No. 11950 § 1, 2-7-2011; Ord. No. 12040, § 1, 1-28-2013; Ord. No. 12178 , § 1, 11-16-2015, eff. 1-1-2016; Ord. No. 12182 , § 1, 12-7-2015)

Editor's note

Section 1 of Ord. No. 12040, adopted Jan. 28, 2013, changed the title of § 14-17 from "Payment, duration; multiple businesses, premises" to "License required; payment, duration; multiple businesses, premises."