Each license or permit issued shall bear the signature of the
Town Manager or his or her designee.
Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Town Manager may,
within five days, take an appeal to the Board of Commissioners by
giving written notice of his or her election to do so to the office
of the Town Manager. The Town Manager shall notify the President,
who shall call a meeting of the Board of Commissioners to hear the
appeal after giving notice of the hearing in a newspaper of local
circulation at least 15 days prior to said hearing.
An annual license fee of $100 shall be due and payable to the
Town of Bridgeville no later than the first day of January of each
year for renewal licenses or upon submittal of the business license
application to the Town Manager or his or her designee, and all licenses
shall terminate on December 31 of each year.
The location of any licensed business or occupation or any permitted
act may be changed, provided 10 days' notice thereof is given
to the Town Manager or his or her designee in the absence of any provision
to the contrary; provided that the building and zoning requirements
of the ordinances of the Town of Bridgeville are complied with.
No business, licensed or not, shall be so conducted or operated
as to amount to a nuisance in fact.
It shall be the duty of any person conducting a licensed business
to keep his or her license posted in a prominent place on the premises
used for such business at all times or, if necessary, the license
can be maintained in the vehicle used for the business or carried
by an employee or person involved in the business. A license, issued
by the Town of Bridgeville, must be presented upon request by the
Town Code Enforcement Officer, his or her designee or a law enforcement
official.
If any business proposed to be operated in the Town is not specifically
named in any licensing ordinance of the Town, the lack of such mention
shall not be deemed to prohibit the operation of such business.
In the absence of a specific provision restricting the number
of licenses to be issued for a particular business, no ordinance or
other action of the Town shall be determined to limit the number of
licenses or franchises that may be issued.
The following shall be exempt from the payment of business license
fees charged by the Town of Bridgeville:
A. Yard sales, residential: The sale of personal property at a person's
residence is not a business or work. Yard sales are limited to two
times per year, and the Town is to be notified of such sales.
B. Any business with a principal place of business within the Bridgeville
Town limits is exempt from the fee requirements but must apply and
register as a business under this chapter.
C. Nonprofit entities are exempt from the fee requirements but must
apply and register as a business under this chapter.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter, upon conviction thereof, shall pay such fines as set out in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, Penalties.
Per Bridgeville Code Chapter
135, titled "Financial Good Standing," any person applying for a business license must be considered in financial good standing with the Town prior to the issuance of a business license.