[Adopted 3-18-1975 by Ord. No. 70-75; amended in its entirety 4-21-2009 by Ord. No. 090-09]
A. 
The following schedule of fees for licenses is hereby established:
[Amended 11-5-2010 by Ord. No. 250-10]
Type
Fee
Automobile dealers
$125
Boxing match (state license required)
$20
Circus, large
$150
Circus, small
$80
Filing fee for licenses requiring public hearing by City Council except special permit (see below)
$75
Special permit by City Council
$300
Hawkers and peddlers
$25
Theaters, annual fee
$100
Telephonic fire alarm tie-in service
Effective July 1, 2010
$150
Effective July 1, 2011
$175
Effective July 1, 2012
$200
Wrestling matches
$20
B. 
In accordance with the provisions of MGL c. 2, § 34, the following fees shall be charged:
[Amended 6-3-2014 by Ord. No. 100-2014]
Type
Fee
Filing and indexing assignment for the benefit of creditors
$25
Entering an amendment of a record of the birth of a child out of wedlock, subsequently legitimized
$25
Correcting errors in a record of birth
$25
Furnishing a certificate of a birth
$10
Furnishing an abstract copy of a record of birth
$7
Entering a delayed record of birth
$25
Filing a certificate of a person conducting business under any title other than his or her real name
$35
Filing by a person conducting business under any title other than his or her real name of a statement of change of his or her residence or of his or her discontinuance, retirement or withdrawal from or of a change of location of such business
$20
Furnishing a certified copy of a certificate of a person conducting business under any title other than his or her real name or a statement by such person of his or her discontinuance, retirement or withdrawal from such business
$10
Recording the name and address, the date and number of the certificate issued to a person registered for the practice of podiatry in the commonwealth
$25
Correcting errors in a record of death
$25
Furnishing a certificate of death
$10
Furnishing an abstract copy of a record of death
$7
Issuing and recording licenses to keepers of intelligence offices
$25
Issuing and recording licenses to junk dealers
$100
Issuing and recording licenses to junk collectors
$50
Issuing and recording licenses to pawnbrokers
$100
Issuing and recording licenses to keepers of billiard saloons, pool or sippio rooms or tables, bowling alleys and similar places
First
$30
Each additional
$15
Entering a notice of intention of marriage and issuing certificates thereof
$25
Entering a certificate of marriage filed by persons married out of the commonwealth
$25
Issuing a certificate of marriage
$10
Furnishing an abstract copy of a record of marriage
$7
Correcting errors in a record of marriage
$25
Recording power of attorney
$25
Recording a certificate of registration granted to a person to engage in the practice of optometry or issuing a certified copy thereof
$25
Recording the name of the owner of a certificate of registration as a physician or osteopath in the commonwealth
$25
Recording an order granting locations of poles, piers, abutments or conduits, alterations or transfers thereof and increases in number of wires and cables or attachments under the provisions of MGL c. 166, § 22
Flat rate
$75
Additional fee, per street
$25
Examining records or papers relating to birth, marriage or deaths upon the application of any person
The actual expense thereof, but not less than $10
Copying any manuscript or record pertaining to a birth, death or marriage, per page
$10
Receiving and filing of a complete inventory of all items to be included in a closing out sale
First page
$15
Each additional page
$5
Filing a copy of written instrument or declaration of trust by the trustees of an association or trust, or any amendment thereof, as provided by MGL c. 182, § 2
$35
Recording a deed of a lot or plot in a public burial place or cemetery
$15
Recording any other documents
First page
$15
Each additional page
$5
Voter's certificate
$10
Signs over public ways
$10
Auctioneers
$25
Auctioneers (special 1-day for nonresidents)
$15
Jobbers (trucking license), each vehicle
$10
Card-reading and fortune-telling
$10
Keeping, storage and/or selling of crude petroleum or any of its products
Not more than 300 gallons
$8
Not more than 1,000 gallons
$30
Not more than 5,000 gallons
$40
Not more than 10,000 gallons
$50
Not more than 30,000 gallons
$60
Not more than 100,000 gallons
$75
Not more than 200,000 gallons
$90
More than 200,000 gallons
$100
Storage of automobiles
Not more than 5 automobiles
$5
Not more than 10 automobiles
$10
Not more than 25 automobiles
$25
More than 25 automobiles
$50
C. 
The following schedule of annual fees for dog licenses is hereby established:
Type
Fee
Male
$15
Female
$15
Spayed female
$9
Neutered male
$9
Kennel, residential (4 to 9)
$30
Kennel, commercial (10 or more)
$60
Fine for dogs not licensed by May 1
$15
D. 
License Commission fees. The License Commission fees shall be adopted by regulation of the Commission and approved by the Council and Mayor.