Chapter 5.64
HARDWARE STORE – RETAIL
Sections:
5.64.010 Retail hardware store defined.
5.64.060 Additional privileges.
5.64.010 Retail hardware store defined.
“Retail hardware store” means any building, room, enclosure, premises, place, establishment or part of an establishment in the village operated, maintained or conducted for the sale or offering for sale at retail of any of the following articles: hardware; tinware; aluminumware; enamelware; cutlery; tools; implements; apparatus; machinery; plumbing; engineers’, janitors’, blacksmiths’, contractors’, or electrical supplies; gas, kerosene; rifles, shotguns and loaded shot shells or cartridges where not more than twenty-five thousand are kept on hand at one time; provided, however, that dealers or establishments of a similar nature specifically defined and licensed by other parts of this code shall be exempt from the provisions licensing retail hardware stores.
5.64.020 License required.
No person shall engage in the business of a retail hardware store without first having obtained a license therefor.
5.64.030 Application.
An application for a retail hardware store’s license shall be made in conformity with the general requirements of this code relating to application for licenses. The applicant shall also describe the premises to be licensed and state the location of the same.
5.64.040 Investigations.
A. The building inspector shall cause an investigation to be made of the premises named and described in the application for a license to conduct a retail hardware store, for the purpose of determining the fitness and suitability of the premises for such business from a sanitary standpoint, and determining whether or not the premises comply with all the provisions of this code and laws of the state regulating health, safety and sanitation so as to safeguard properly the lives and health of the employees engaged therein.
B. The fire chief or an inspector of the bureau of fire prevention shall investigate the premises to determine whether the fire regulations prescribed by village ordinances or state law applicable thereto have been complied with.
5.64.050 Fee.
The annual fee for such licenses shall be one hundred ten dollars per year for each such retail hardware store which occupies two thousand square feet or less of area. For retail hardware stores which occupy in excess of two thousand square feet of area, an additional fee of twenty-eight dollars shall be added for each additional one thousand square feet of area or part thereof: provided, however, that the license fee shall in no case exceed the sum of five hundred sixty-five dollars. In computing square foot area, storage, office, basement and loft space shall be included in such computation. (Ord. 2010-08A § 12, 2010; Ord. 2010-08 § 12, 2010; Ord. 2002-07 § 32, 2002; Ord. 89-5 § 29, 1989; Ord. 84-5 § 28, 1984)
5.64.060 Additional privileges.
Every licensed retail hardware store shall have the privilege of engaging in the business of a retail paint store, within the same building, room, enclosure, premises, place, establishment or part of an establishment, without the necessity of obtaining an additional license.