Chapter 5 · Business Regulations

Article 1. General Regulations and Licenses

Sections 5-101 to 5-111 · 11 sections

5-101 License required.

No person, either as principal, agent or employee, shall conduct or pursue in this city any business, trade or occupation enumerated in this article without first paying to the city clerk the license tax as provided in this article.

(Ord. 905, Sec. 2)

5-102 Same; when payable.

(a)All licenses required in this article shall be due and payable immediately upon the commencement of a business, trade occupation for which a license is required.

(b)For business, trades or occupation which have been licensed for the preceding year, the license shall be payable on the first day of May of each year.

(Ord. 905, Sec. 2)

5-103 Same; duration.

(a)All licenses issued under this article shall be for a period of one year and shall expire on April 30 next following the date of their issuance.

(b)No license shall be issued for less than one year except when this article shall provide for the issuing of a license for a lesser period of time, nor shall the unexpired portion of any licenses be refunded because of the cessation of any business or the removal of any business from the city.

(Ord. 905, Sec. 2)

5-104 Same; not transferable.

No license issued under this article shall be transferable or assignable.

(Ord. 905, Sec. 2)

5-105 Same; city clerk to issue.

(a)All licenses required under this article shall be issued by the city clerk upon the filing of a proper application and payment of the required license fee.

(b)Each license shall show the name of the licensee, the kind of business, the location of the business and the date of expiration of the license.

(Ord. 905, Sec. 2)

5-106 Same; record.

The city clerk shall record in a book kept for that purpose the name and address of each person licensed, the date of the license, the name and address of the business for which issued, and the date when the license shall expire.

(Ord. 905, Sec. 2)

5-107 Same; to be displayed.

(a)All persons doing business in a permanent location are required to keep their license conspicuously displayed in their place of business.

(b)All persons not having a permanent place of business are required to carry their licenses with them and shall present the license for inspection upon request by any citizen or officer of the city.

(Ord. 905, Sec. 2)

5-108 Specific provisions control.

In any case where a tax is specifically imposed upon a certain trade, occupation or business, which business trade or occupation would be liable under some general provisions if the specific provision where absence, then, and in that case, the tax shall be that specifically imposed.

(Ord. 905, Sec. 2)

5-109 Interstate commerce.

No provision of this article shall be construed in any way to interfere with the subject of commerce between the states. Persons claiming to be engaged in the sale of goods in such manner as to constitute interstate commerce, and who would otherwise have to pay a license tax, shall, before engaging in such business in this city, produce satisfactory evidence to the city clerk showing that such business actually is interstate business.

(Ord. 905, Sec. 2)

5-110 Billiard, pool halls.

(a)All billiard and pool halls within the city shall be closed from midnight to 7:00 a.m. and on Sundays

(b)No minor under the age of 18 shall frequent loiter or remain in any billiard or pool hall within the city.

(c)No proprietor of any billiard or pool hall shall allow any minor to frequent, loiter or remain within such place of business.

(Ord. 905, Sec. 2)

5-111 Junkyards prohibited.

No person shall establish within the city any business known as a junk or salvage yard wherein junk is gathered and sold, or automobiles or other machinery is dismantled. The prohibition in this section shall not apply to any business established and operating as of January 14, 1957.

(Ord. 905, Sec. 2)