[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.
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Cross Reference--As to business regulations, Title VI; as to general business licensing and taxation, Ch. 605.