For the year beginning January 1, 2024, and for each year thereafter, beginning on January 1, every person desiring to continue to engage in or hereafter to begin to engage in a) a business, trade, occupation, or profession at an actual place of business in the Township, or b) either regularly or on a temporary, occasional or itinerant basis, the business of wholesale or retail, or wholesale and retail, vendor or dealer, or as a peddler, solicitor or off-street retail seller of goods, wares and merchandise, and any person operating a restaurant or other place where food, drink or refreshments are sold in the Township shall on or before the 31st day of January of every year, or prior to commencing business in such year, make application with the Director of the Finance Department for registration for each place of business in the Township, and if such person has no actual place of business within the Township, then one registration. Such registration shall be made by the completion of an application furnished by the Director of the Finance Department and shall be accompanied by payment of a fee in the amount of $50 for each place of business. Each application for registration shall be signed by the applicant, if a natural person, and in the case of an association or partnership, by a member of partner thereof, and in the case of a corporation, by an officer thereof, or by the authorized person of any other legal entity. Each applicant shall receive a certificate of registration from the Director of the Finance Department, which shall not be assignable. In the case of loss, defacement, or destruction of any certificate, the person to whom the certificate was issued shall apply to the Director of the Finance Department for a new certificate, for which a fee of $50 shall be charged. Such certificate shall be conspicuously posted at each place of business within the Township at all times.
[Adopted 12-6-2023 by Ord. No. 3145]