The purpose of business registration in the City of Lapeer is
to promote the general health, safety and welfare of the citizens
by identifying business locations and operations within the City to
enhance the efficient delivery of City services, including police,
fire, water and wastewater services and to promote compliance with
all planning, zoning, building, tax, and all related City ordinances
and codes.
The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
BUSINESS
Any trade, occupation, work, commerce, profession, and all
devices, machines, vehicles, and appurtenances used therein, any of
which are conducted for private profit or benefit, either directly
or indirectly on any premises in this City or anywhere else within
its jurisdiction.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, association, or corporation
sharing in the profits of the business.
Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, every person or business
required to obtain a registration from the City of Lapeer to engage
in a business shall make application for such registration to the
City Clerk, or designee, upon forms provided by the City Clerk, or
designee, and shall state under oath or affirmation such facts as
may be required for, or applicable to, the granting of such registration.
No registration may be transferred from one business to another.
A registration may be transferred for a change in location of a business
within the City of Lapeer's jurisdiction. Each registration holder
shall immediately notify the Clerk's office, or designee, of any change
in location of a business, address, or any other change in the information
provided in the registration application.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall
be punished by a fine of not more than $500 and/or imprisonment for
not more than 90 days, or both such fine and imprisonment, and any
other relief that may be imposed by the court.