Licenses shall be in the form and tenor herein outlined and
shall be issued for a one-year period (or any portion thereof) beginning
July 1 and extending to and including June 30 of the following year.
The fee in each case shall be such as, in the sound judgment of the
Mayor and Town Council, will be sufficient to cover all costs of regulation,
issuance of licenses, supervision, policing and other regulatory activities
or expenditures and which are deemed necessary to protect the public
health, safety and morals.
[Amended 9-12-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-O-02; 5-7-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-OR-002; 5-11-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-O-004; 10-11-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-OR-06]
Subject to the provisions of state law, owners or operators
of business trades or professions shall pay an annual license fee
as follows: The fee for all businesses, trades and professions will
raise at the beginning of each fiscal year by $50 until it reaches
a maximum of $600.
Type
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Fee
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All businesses, trades and professions
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$300
|
Mobile vendors
|
$200
|
The Mayor and Council may modify these fees by resolution.
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No person shall solicit funds for any cause by calling in person
from door to door in the Town without a permit so to do having been
first obtained from the Mayor and Town Council.
[Amended 9-10-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-O-012]
A. Every holder of a license issued by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County to sell alcoholic beverages whose place of business is located within the Town of Edmonston shall procure from the Town an annual license of the same type as the county license so held, and shall pay therefor an annual license fee to the Town which is equal to 20% of alcoholic beverage license fee payable to the Circuit Court for Prince George's County as prescribed by Article 2B §
8 through 24A of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
B. Application for a Town license as required in this section shall
be made to the Town of Edmonston and, upon payment of the fee prescribed
above; a license shall be issued by the Town of Edmonston. Every license
thus issued shall expire on the 30th day of April next after issuance.
The fee for every license issued for a period of less than one year
shall be calculated pro rata from the date of issuance until the 30th
day of April next after the date of issue, both inclusive. It shall
be unlawful for any person to sell alcoholic beverages within the
scope of this section within the Town unless and until he/she or she
shall have procured a Town license as required in this section.
C. In the event of a sale of the licensed business, such issued Town
license is not transferable and the new purchasers must apply for
a new alcoholic beverage license.
D. The license also requires the license holder to pay the annual Town
business license fee established by the Mayor and Council as a requirement
to operate a business within the Town of Edmonston.
Should any of the provisions of §§
319-1 to
319-7 inclusive of this chapter or any part thereof be held to be invalid for any reason, such holding shall not be construed as affecting the validity of any remaining sections or part of a section thereof, it being the intent of the Mayor and Town Council that the remainder shall stand notwithstanding the invalidity of such section or part of a section.
[Amended 5-11-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-O-003]
A. Licenses issued to mobile vendors shall be assigned to the owner
of the vehicle actually selling a product; ice cream, vegetables,
fruits, etc.
B. The license shall also contain the vehicle registration number and
is NOT transferable to any other vehicles without notification to
the Town of Edmonston.
C. The license shall be in the vehicle at all times and available for
inspection by the Town of Edmonston Police or Code Enforcement personnel.