No person shall conduct any of the following kinds of business
in the City without first obtaining a license, as hereinafter provided:
A. Any lumber or coal yard, business for the sale of used or secondhand
furniture and other articles or merchandise sold by it, antique store,
auctioneer, junkshop keeper and junk dealer or store or place of business
for the sale of meats, groceries and provisions, dry goods and merchandise
and goods and chattels of every kind and description;
B. Any tailoring store or place of business or establishment for cleaning,
dyeing, altering or repairing garments and household articles, and
any establishment, shop or place of business for repairing boots and
shoes;
D. Places of business for the sale and distribution of motor fuels and
automobile accessories;
E. Hair dressing, beauty shops and barbershops;
All applications for license shall be in writing, signed by the applicant and presented to the Municipal Clerk. The application shall be made pursuant to and contain information required by the provisions of §
213-2.
[Amended 4-7-2009 by Ord. No. 10-2009]
The license fees shall be as follows:
A. The fee for mercantile licenses where stores for the sale of merchandise and other kinds of business as hereinbefore enumerated shall be operated or conducted after an assessment for personal property has been made by the Assessor: an annual fee as set forth in Chapter
146, Fee Schedule, shall be paid. Each business shall apply for a license to be issued by the Council.
B. No adjustment of the amount of the license fee shall be made where
the store or business is conducted for a period of less than one year.
All license fees as herein provided shall be paid to the Municipal
Clerk, retained in the Municipal Clerk's account and turned over
to the Treasurer at the end of each month.