CHAPTER 1
LICENSING BUSINESS FOR REVENUE
ARTICLE 2. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
SECTION:
§2110: Imposition Of License Tax; Unlawful To Carry On Business Without License
§2112: Licensees Requiring City Permits
§2113: Licensees Required To Comply With Zoning Ordinance
§2114: Business License Application Referral
§2110 IMPOSITION OF LICENSE TAX; UNLAWFUL TO CARRY ON BUSINESS WITHOUT LICENSE
There are hereby imposed upon the businesses, trades, professions, callings and occupations carried on in the City license taxes in the amounts hereinafter prescribed. It shall be unlawful for any person to commence, manage, engage in, conduct, transact or carry on any business, trade, profession calling or occupation in the City without first having procured a license to so do from the Director of Finance of the City. (Ord. 540, §2, adopted 1961)
§2111 BRANCH ESTABLISHMENTS
A separate license must be obtained for the business at each location of a branch establishment or separate place of business in which the business, trade, calling or occupation is carried on, and for each separate business at the same location. Each such license shall authorize the person obtaining it to carry on only the business specified in the license at the particular location therein specified.
A. "Branch establishment" shall include any location physically separate from the main business location wherein any work is done, services performed, goods held out for sale, or sales solicited or transacted.
B. "Branch establishment" shall not include warehouses or distributing plants incidental to a business where goods are held or stored where no services are performed, goods held out for sale, or sales solicited or transacted. (Ord. 540, §2, adopted 1961)
§2112 LICENSEES REQUIRING CITY PERMITS
No person shall be licensed under this Chapter to carry on any type of business activity requiring a permit, certificate or license under some other ordinance of the City, unless he shall at the time of making application for a business license hereunder possess such valid permit from the City. (Ord. 540, §2, adopted 1961)
§2113 LICENSEES REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH ZONING ORDINANCE
No person shall be licensed under this Chapter to carry on any type of business activity at a location where such activity is prohibited by a zoning ordinance. (Ord. 540, §2, adopted 1961)
§2114 BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICATION REFERRAL
Whenever any person, applies to the Department of Finance for a business license, other than the renewal of an existing business license when there is no change of location, for any business conducted within a building or structure, the Director of Finance shall refer the application to the Community Development Department, Fire Department, Police Department, Health Department or any other department or agency of the City concerned with the enforcement of any codes, statutes or ordinances pertaining to the safeguarding of life or limb, health, property or public welfare. Upon such referral the City official or officials concerned with the enforcement of such codes, statutes or ordinances shall inspect the structure to be used for the proposed business, or take other action as may be necessary, to insure that the business as conducted in that location complies with the applicable building, zoning, fire and similar codes, ordinances, statutes and regulations. The referrals required by this Section shall not delay the issuance of a business license. The issuance of a business license shall not waive or excuse noncompliance with any applicable zoning, building, fire or similar code or law. (Ord. 837, §1, adopted 1984; amd. by Ord. 933, §1, adopted 1993)