[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981; Amendment
approved by electorate, April 7, 1987]
The council shall have power by ordinance to license, tax, and
regulate all business, occupations, professions, vocations, activities,
or things whatsoever set forth and enumerated by the statutes of this
state now or hereafter applicable to constitutional charter cities,
or cities of the first, second, third, or fourth class, or of any
population group, and which any such cities are now or may hereafter
be permitted by law to license, tax, and regulate. In addition, the
council shall have power by ordinance to license, tax, and regulate
the following businesses, occupations, professions, vocations, activities
or things: accountants, bookkeepers, inventory services, addressing
services, billing services, telephone answering services, data processing
services, and public stenographer services, advertising agencies,
designers, taxidermists, ticket or travel agencies, radio or television
advertising agencies, audio-visual producers, recording studios, agricultural
and farm machinery agents, directory agents, photography agents, ambulance
or hearse services, appliance repair, associations and clubs, barge
lines, building specialists, blasting services, sanitation engineers,
septic tank installation removal and cleaning, landscaping, lawn maintenance,
tree cutting, paving, well drilling, window cleaning, sign painting,
snow removal, swimming pool repair and cleaning, demolition, consultant,
counselor, appraiser, engineers, exterminators, furniture repair and
stripping, guard and patrol services, mail order businesses, motor
repair, newspaper offices, novelties, packing and crating services,
peddlers, pollution controllers, produce dealers, research labs, meteorologists,
medical examiners, embalmers, stands in public places, translators
and interpreters, radio or television stations, and vending machines.