Every person transacting, conducting, managing, engaging in
and carrying on the business and activities set forth in this section
shall pay a license tax as set by resolution by the city:
A.
Auctioneers.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person, firm
or corporation having an established permanent place of business for
conducting a public auction, or to any fixed business who may auction
any merchandise for purposes of winding up the affairs of said business
or for the purpose of closing out of a special line of merchandise;
B.
Bail
bondsman;
C.
Outdoor
festivals (any music festival, dance festival, or similar musical
activity which is held at any place other than in a permanent building
constructed for such purpose);
D.
Carnival.
Carnival means any shows, entertainments, mechanical rides, amusements,
performances, or games of any kind, which as a result of the operation,
things or representatives of value are given or paid;
E.
Circus.
A circus is defined to be an exhibition or entertainment at which
feats of horsemanship, acrobatics and trained or wild animals are
exhibited or displayed, to which exhibition or entertainment and admission
fee is charged;
F.
Convalescent
hospitals, rest homes, hospitals and sanitariums;
G.
Dancing,
public dance without charge;
H.
Dancing,
public dance for admission fee or charge;
I.
Delivery
by vehicle (making deliveries of merchandise to business establishments
in the city and not having a fixed place of business in the city);
J.
Dog
kennels (where dogs are boarded or bred for sale; this section shall
not be applied to a kennel with three or less dogs; all dogs owned
by a commercial kennel shall be subject to the provisions of this
section upon attaining the age of six months);
K.
Handbill
distributors (not having a fixed place of business within the city
and conducting the business of advertising by the distribution of
handbills, circulars or other written or printed materials);
L.
Security
service (night watch service, security service, private policeman,
or detective agency);
M.
Peddlers
and solicitors (peddling or soliciting, by use of telephone service
or other communication, travel by foot, or any type of conveyance
from place to place, and carrying or conveying goods, wares, or merchandise
for sale and having no fixed place of business within the city);
N.
Savings
and loan associations;
O.
Shoeshine
stand;
P.
Redemption
store (redeeming any stamps, coupons, tickets, cards or other devices
issued for or with the sale of goods, wares or merchandise, which
said stamps, coupons, tickets, cards, or other devices so issued shall
entitle the purchaser receiving the same to procure from said person,
firm or corporation, any goods, wares or merchandise free of charge,
upon the production of one or any number of such stamps, coupons,
tickets, cards or other devices);
Q.
Swap
meet.
1.
Swap
meet means any business which rents spaces to various dealers or individuals
for selling or offering for sale, goods, wares and merchandise, and
wherein an admission fee is charged to enter the area where the merchandise
is being offered for sale;
2.
Receipts
for the space rental shall be written in triplicate on numbered receipts,
and shall contain the name and address of the dealer or individual,
and the make and license number of his or her automobile. One copy
of the receipt shall be furnished to the dealer, one copy filed with
the city immediately after the sale, and one copy retained by the
swap meet operator for a period of three years for audit purposes.
R.
Transportation
of passengers (auto livery, bus, taxi, ambulance or other vehicle,
for the transportation of passengers for hire);
T.
Contractors,
engineers, professionals (state-licensed and not otherwise specifically
included within any other clarification);
U.
Real
estate agents;
V.
Fortunetelling
and related practices.
(Ord. 191 Art. 3 § 1, 1978; Ord. 201 § 4, 1979; Ord. 282 §§ 1 and 2, 1982; amended during 11-90 supplementation)
