[Amended Ord. 110.000.01, passed 8-6-2018]
(A) For the purpose of this chapter, "business" is defined as a person,
business or other legal entity doing business within the City of Hawk
Point and maintaining an office or place of business within the City
limits for more than 30 consecutive days in a given year, and landlords
owning any rental property within the City limits.
[Amended 7-12-2022 by Ord. No. 110-001(A).01]
(B) "Business" shall not include a person following for a livelihood
the profession or calling of minister of the gospel, duly accredited
Christian Science practitioner, teacher, professor in a college, priest,
lawyer, certified public accountant, dentist, chiropractor, optometrist,
chiropodist, or physician or surgeon in the City.
(C) "Business" shall not include any person following for a livelihood
the profession of insurance agent or broker, veterinarian, architect,
professional engineer, land surveyor, auctioneer, or real estate broker
or salesman in the City unless that person maintains a business office
within the City of Hawk Point.
(D) "Business" shall not include any person selling goods or services
for not-for-profit or charitable purposes on a temporary basis or
any person selling agriculture products at a temporary location.
[Amended Ord. 110.000.01, passed 8-6-2018]
(A) All businesses shall be required to purchase and keep on display
(or readily produce) a City of Hawk Point business license.
(B) Any business operated under the same name at multiple locations shall
be required to have a separate license for each such location.
(C) All business at one location shall be required to have a separate
license.
(D) It is hereby declared unlawful for a business to operate within the
City limits without a valid business license obtained under this chapter.
(E) Police officers shall have the right of entry to any structure for
the purpose of verifying compliance with this chapter.
[Amended Ord. 110.000.01, passed 8-6-2018; Ord. No. 110-003.01, passed 5-3-2021]
(A) Business licenses shall be purchased at City Hall from the City Clerk
each year at a cost of at least $30. Lost, stolen or destroyed business
licenses shall be replaced within 30 days after such loss, theft,
or destruction upon appropriate application for replacement at City
Hall and upon payment of a replacement fee of at least $5. Business
licenses shall be effective from July 1 through the next June 30.
Business licenses bought after July 1 in any given year shall only
be good until the next June 30 with no reduction in fee.
(B) Businesses who fail to renew on time will be charged a $10 per month
administrative fee on the first of each month after the due date.
[Amended Ord. 110.000.01, passed 8-6-2018]
(A) All licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be
issued only upon duplicate written application therefor to the City
Clerk upon an application form prepared by the City Clerk and received
of the City Clerk by the applicant or his or her duly authorized agent.
(B) The application shall contain blanks, requesting the insertion of
the following information:
(4)
Business or occupation address;
(5)
If applicant is an agent, give name and address of principal;
(7)
Other information as may be requested by the City Clerk.
(C) The applicant shall make affidavit printed at the end of such application
form, swearing to the truth of the application as filled out.
[Amended Ord. 110.000.01, passed 8-6-2018]
(A) No license provided for or required under the provisions of this
chapter or any other ordinance of the City shall be issued by the
City to any person until the personal property tax and merchants'
ad valorem tax for the year next preceding the year for which such
license is issued shall first have been paid.
(B) It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to establish and promulgate
rules and regulations relative to an orderly method of checking unpaid
city personal property taxes and merchants' ad valorem taxes in order
to determine the amounts thereof due and owing to the City by such
applicant.
(C) Business licenses are not assignable or transferable.
(D) Business licenses shall be prominently displayed by the business
or readily produced upon demand of any City official or agent.
[Amended Ord. 110.000.01, passed 8-6-2018]
No business license shall be issued to applicants who have outstanding
water and/or sewer charges due to the City. No business license shall
be issued to applicants who have outstanding taxes, assessments, judgments,
fines, or court costs due to the City. The City Clerk may establish
procedures to ensure compliance with this section.
[Amended Ord. 110.000.01, passed 8-6-2018; Ord. 110.07.01, passed 10-7-2019]
(A) All holders of business licenses shall comply with all City ordinances
and state statutes, including, but not limited to, the City's ordinance
requiring check valves on all outside hydrants or spigots [see § 50.19(I)].
(B) Business licenses may be revoked by the Board of Aldermen when it
is found that the holder of a business license is in violation of
City ordinances or state statutes, or that the applicant provided
false information to obtain a business license, or that the holder
habitually fails to timely pay water and/or sewer charges due to the
City. Prior to revocation, the holder of the business license shall
be given a ten-day written notice and an opportunity to be heard at
a regularly scheduled Board of Aldermen meeting.
(C) Any business that continues to do business after such revocation
shall be liable for fines and penalties prescribed in § 110.99.
[Added Ord. 110.000.01, passed 8-6-2018]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this
chapter is guilty of an infraction and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by a fine of not more than $500, under such limits as
may be imposed by the state statute.