[R.O. 2013 §605.090; CC 1984 §9-21; Ord. No. 307 §1, 12-5-1955; Ord. No. 1245 §9-21, 9-5-1995]
No person shall engage in any of the various businesses, employments,
occupations, agencies, amusements or exhibitions; or own, manage,
operate or control any public buildings, public halls, or any other
of the matters, things or businesses listed in this Article, unless
such person shall first apply to the City Clerk for a license; whereupon
said City Clerk shall advise the Director of Public Works, who shall
determine if the applicant is in compliance with all City ordinances,
and if said applicant is in compliance, shall inform the City Clerk
to issue said license, and upon payment of the license fee, the City
Clerk shall thereupon issue the license.
[R.O. 2013 §605.100; CC 1984 §9-22; Ord. No. 1086 §1, 12-7-1992; Ord. No. 1869 §1, 5-16-2011; Ord. No. 1891 §1, 5-21-2012]
A.
The
license for certain businesses per year shall be:
[Ord. No. 2004, 3-19-2018]
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Auctioneer (when maintaining an office in the City)
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$50.00 per year
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Barbershops
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$50.00 per chair
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Billboard posters (over 64 square feet)
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$1,000.00 per year
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Billiard and pool tables
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$20.00 per table
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Bowling alleys
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$75.00 per alley
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Canvassers, solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, hucksters, itinerant
merchants individual
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$500.00 per day, per $5,000.00 per month, per individual
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Each individual must register with the Police Department and
be of good moral character.
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Cleaning agencies and plants
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$100.00 per year
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Cleaners and laundries
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$100.00 per year
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Launderettes
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$25.00 per machine
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Ice cream trucks
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$50.00 per year
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Limousine service
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$50.00 per car
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Maintaining telecommunications antennae receiving no gross receipts
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$1,000.00 per year
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Miniature golf courses, golf tees, trampoline parks and similar
parks or devices, per year or part thereof
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$350.00 per year
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Newspaper vending machine
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$10.00 per machine
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Nursing homes
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$1,000.00 per year
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Photographers
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$100.00 per year
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Private amusement parks
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$1,500.00 per year
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Telecommunications antennae receiving no gross receipts
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$1,000.00 per year
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Theaters, including motion picture
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$350.00 per year
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B.
For
the following businesses, the license fee shall be the higher of twenty
cents ($0.20) per square foot occupied or the flat fee listed below:
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Bank or trust company and bank corporation
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$500.00 per year
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Credit union
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$500.00 per year
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Loan agency
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$500.00 per year
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Savings and loan
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$500.00 per year
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C.
For the following businesses, the license fee shall be the lower of twenty cents ($0.20) per square foot occupied or one dollar ($1.00) on each thousand dollars or part thereof of gross receipts as shown by the application in Section 605.090; provided that the minimum aggregate license fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).
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Abstract agency
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Land surveyor (when maintaining an office in the City)
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Actuarial firm
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Office not otherwise classified
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Adjustment agency or company
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Manufacturing representative
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Architect (when maintaining an office in the City)
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Mortgage broker
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Automobile body and/or repair shops
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Moving and storage
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Business or correspondence school
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Nursery school
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Collection agency
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Pawnbroker
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Contractor
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Parcel delivery
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Employment agency
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Pay parking lots
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Engineer, professional (when maintaining an office in the City)
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Publisher
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Food storage locker
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Public hall
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Funeral home
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Real estate agency/brokerage (when maintaining an office in
the City)
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Health club
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Storage (public warehouse)
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Home for the aged
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Swimming pools
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Insurance agency/brokerage/sale
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Ticket or travel agency
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Insurance companies, all types
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Veterinarian (when maintaining an office in the City)
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Insurance inspection/rating/claim
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Warehouse (public)
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[R.O. 2013 §605.110; CC 1984 §9-23; Ord. No. 627 §1, 5-2-1977]
The license fee for private recreational facilities is one thousand
five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) per year.
[R.O. 2013 §605.120; CC 1984 §9-24; Ord. No. 307 §5, 12-5-1955; Ord. No. 1996, 11-20-2017]
All license fees provided for in this Article shall become due
and payable on the first day of February of each year, provided that
if a person commences business on or after the first day of July,
then only one-half (½) of said license fee shall be due and
payable.
[R.O. 2013 §605.130; CC 1984 §9-25; Ord. No. 307 §4, 12-5-1955]
Any person who shall obtain a license under this Article shall
keep the same in a conspicuous place so that it may be readily seen
by any Police officer or any other Officer of this City.
[Ord. No. 2067, 10-21-2020]
A.
Any
license may be revoked by the City Administrator at any time for conditions
or considerations which, had they existed at the time of issuance,
would have been valid grounds for its denial; for any misrepresentation
of a material fact in the application discovered after issuance of
the license; or for violation of any provision of the business or
enterprise for which the license has been issued. Such revocation
shall become effective upon notice to such licensee. Such notice shall
specify the reasons for suspension and may provide the conditions
under which reinstatement of the license may be obtained. Upon compliance
with such conditions within the time specified, such license may be
restored.
B.
No licenses shall be suspended or revoked, except as provided in Subsection (C) hereof, until notice has been given to the licensee as hereinafter provided, until a reasonable time, not to exceed seven (7) days, has elapsed to enable the licensee to comply with the provisions of this Article and applicable State Statutes and until the licensee has been given an opportunity to appear at a hearing as provided in this Section. Such suspension or revocation of a license may be in addition to any fine imposed by this Article. No licensee whose license has been revoked, as provided in this Section, shall be eligible for a new license during the period for which the revoked license was originally issued.
C.
Anything
herein or hereafter notwithstanding, the City Administrator may suspend,
for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days, without prior warning,
notice or hearing, any license issued under this Article during the
term of such license for the failure of any licensee to comply with
any provision of this Article, a Statute of the State or the license
relating to the business, occupation or activity for which such license
was issued if, in the judgment of the City Administrator, such failure
constitutes a clear and present danger to the public safety.
D.
A license
holder whose license is suspended or revoked shall immediately discontinue
the business, occupation or activity for which the license was issued.
A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day the license
holder continues to do business after a license suspension or revocation.
E.
A licensee
whose license is suspended may, at any time, petition, in writing,
the City Administrator for a hearing or make a written application
to the City Administrator for reinspection for the purpose of reinstatement
of the license. Any such hearing shall be held as soon as possible
and shall be conducted at a time and place designated by the Administrator.
Based upon the record of such hearing, the Administrator, as the case
may be, shall make a finding and shall sustain, modify or rescind
any official notice or order considered in the hearing. A written
report of the hearing decision shall be furnished to the licensee
within seven (7) days after the hearing is concluded.
F.
The
licensee may appeal any decision of the Administrator at such a hearing
to the Finance and Administration Committee of the Council by giving
written notice of a request for consideration by the Council of the
Administrator's decision. Such notice must be received by the City
Clerk within seven (7) working days from the receipt by the licensee
of the written decision of the hearing.
G.
When
the Board of Aldermen or the City Administrator is aware of conditions
which may justify the suspension or revocation of a license and schedules
a hearing in that regard, written notice of that hearing shall be
given to the licensee. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been
properly served when it has been delivered personally to the licensee
or when it has been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, to the last known residence or business address of the
licensee.
[Ord. No. 2067, 10-21-2020]
Upon receipt of an application for a license which requires
an investigation or an inspection by any department of the City or
other government unit and the approval thereof as to the character
or fitness of any applicant for a license, or as to the proper location
or condition of the premises in which the business for which a license
is applied is to be managed, conducted, operated or carried on, the
City Administrator shall transmit to each department or governmental
unit charged with the investigation and approval of any such application,
such information as may be necessary in order that the required investigation
or inspection may be made. Each department head so charged with such
investigation or inspection shall, upon receipt of such information,
cause an investigation or inspection to be made and shall, within
ten (10) days after the receipt of such information, either approve
or disapprove the issuance of such license and shall notify the Director
of Finance.
