[Adopted 11-8-1974 as Ch. 6, Art. 4, of the 1974 Code;
amended in its entirety 5-14-1976 by Ord. No. 576-1]
[Amended 4-10-1981 by Ord. No. 481-3; 12-11-1992 by Ord. No.
1292-1]
Each person, firm or corporation which has not
previously carried on, prosecuted, conducted or engaged in a business
or occupation within the corporate limits of the City of Rehoboth
Beach and which commences business part way through a license year
shall pay the following license fees pursuant to the following schedule:
A.
If business is commenced during the first three months
of the license year, 100% of the applicable annual license fee.
B.
If business is commenced during the period beginning
after the first three months of the license year and ending within
the first six months of the license year, 75% of the applicable annual
license fee.
C.
If business is commenced during the period after the
first six months of the license year and ending within the first nine
months of the license year, 50% of the applicable annual license fee.
D.
If business is commenced during the period after the
first nine months of the license year, 25% of the applicable annual
license fee.
[Amended 5-13-1977; 4-10-1981 by Ord. No. 481-3; 3-12-1993 by Ord. No. 393-6; 4-17-2015 by Ord. No. 0415-07]
Persons, firms and corporations engaged, for
profit, in selling any and all merchandise and/or given commodities
within the limits of the City, at or from any given establishment,
shall pay an annual license fee to the City Manager, for the use of
the City, as follows:
A.
Each establishment for the sale of alcoholic liquors
for consumption on the premises, which license shall include the right
to sell, in connection therewith, tidbit food items, such as nuts,
popcorn, chips, crackers and the like and/or tobaccos and/or soft
drinks: $650.
[Amended 12-21-2018 by Ord. No. 1218-01]
B.
Each establishment for the sale of alcoholic liquors
sold only in package form, which license shall include the right to
sell in connection therewith soft drinks, water, etc.: $325.
C.
Each establishment for the sale of any merchandise
and/or commodities by way of auction or downscale selling: $325.
D.
Automobile agency (open lot otherwise licensed): $325.
E.
Each establishment for the sale of any other merchandise
and/or commodities and/or combination thereof, excluding always those
mentioned in the preceding subsections of this section: $325.
[Amended 5-13-1977 by Ord. No. 577-2; 4-10-1981 by Ord. No.
481-3; 3-12-1993 by Ord. No. 393-7; 4-17-2015 by Ord. No. 0415-07]
Persons, firms and corporations engaged, for
profit, in providing facilities for use or entertainment or enjoyment
at any given establishment within the limits of the City shall pay
an annual license fee to the City Manager, for the use of the City,
as follows:
A.
Each place of amusement or exhibition under one roof
and in single and separate ownership: $325.
B.
Each bank, finance company or building and loan association
or trust company: $525.
C.
Each bicycle rental and/or vehicle rental and/or service
establishment: $325.
[Amended 12-21-2018 by Ord. No. 1218-01]
D.
Each bus terminal: $160.
E.
For each machine or similar device which machine or
device is kept, maintained or exhibited for the use or amusement of
the public, the fee to be in addition to any merchant's license, and
assessed to the operator or conductor of the establishment where the
machine is kept, maintained or exhibited for the use or amusement
of the public: $64 per machine.
[Amended 12-21-2018 by Ord. No. 1218-01]
F.
Each automatic slot machine, assessed to the operator
or conductor of the establishment where the machine is kept, maintained
or exhibited for the use or amusement of the public: $64 per machine.
G.
Product-dispensing vending machine, such as coffee,
cokes, cigarettes, etc., assessed to the operator or conductor of
the establishment where the machine is kept, maintained or exhibited
for the use of the public: $50 per machine.
[Amended 12-21-2018 by Ord. No. 1218-01]
H.
Each service machine (washer, dryer, etc.), assessed
to the operator or conductor of the establishment where the machine
is kept, maintained or exhibited for the use of the public: $50 per
machine.
[Amended 12-21-2018 by Ord. No. 1218-01]
J.
Each pool table in any establishment, assessed to
the operator or conductor of the establishment where the machine is
kept, maintained or exhibited for the use or amusement of the public:
$72 per table.
K.
Each dance hall or nightclub charging a separate admission
fee, cover charge or minimum table charge: $325.
M.
(Reserved)
N.
Each commercial parking lot: $325; each commercial
parking lot (under roof): $325.
O.
Each skating rink: $325.
P.
(Reserved)
Q.
(Reserved)
R.
Shows, plays, concerts and theatrical traveling performances
given by professionals and sponsored as a business enterprise: $325.
S.
Each theater, show house, opera house and moving-picture
house: $325.
T.
Each other person, firm or corporation providing facilities
for use and/or entertainment, not hereinbefore mentioned: $325.
[Amended 5-13-1977 by Ord. No. 577-2; 4-10-1981 by Ord. No.
481-3; 8-10-1984 by Ord. No. 884-1; 10-10-1986 by Ord. No. 1086-6; 11-13-1992 by Ord. No. 1192-1; 3-12-1993 by Ord. No. 393-8; 4-17-2015 by Ord. No. 0415-07]
Persons, firms and corporations engaged, for
profit, in providing services for use or entertainment or enjoyment
within the limits of the City shall pay an annual license fee to the
City Manager, for the use of the City, as follows:
A.
Each auctioneer, excluding those employed exclusively by a licensee under § 120-17C of this chapter: $275.
[Amended 12-21-2018 by Ord. No. 1218-01]
B.
Each barbershop or establishment, including the privilege
of selling, in connection therewith, beauty supplies: $325.
C.
Each massage establishment within the City: $325.
[Added 12-21-2018 by Ord.
No. 1218-01]
D.
Each massage therapist: $110.
[Added 12-21-2018 by Ord.
No. 1218-01]
E.
Each street decorator and/or advertiser soliciting
his own business and collecting from merchants: $325.
F.
Each dry-cleaning, pressing and/or laundry establishment:
$325.
G.
Each contractor engaged in building, alteration, repairing,
remodeling, construction and/or maintenance of buildings who does
not operate out of an office or warehouse located within the City
limits: $275.
[Amended 12-21-2018 by Ord. No. 1218-01]
H.
Each contractor engaged in building, alteration, repairing,
remodeling, construction and/or maintenance of buildings who operates
out of an office or warehouse physically located within the City:
$325.
[Amended 12-21-2018 by Ord. No. 1218-01]
I.
Each employment agency: $325.
J.
Each pawnbroker or loan establishment: $325.
K.
Each photography establishment, including film development
and the privilege of selling, in connection therewith, photographic
equipment and supplies: $325.
L.
Each printing and/or newspaper publishing establishment:
$325.
M.
Each person engaged in rendering professional services,
with offices in the City: $325.
N.
Each person licensed by the State of Delaware as a
real estate broker and/or rental agent and/or insurance agent doing
business in the City: $325.
O.
Each person employed by a real estate broker as a
real estate salesperson or rental agent: $110.
P.
Each shoemaking and/or repairing and/or shoe-shining
establishment, including the privilege of selling, in connection therewith,
shoestrings, shoe-cleaning materials, shoe supplies and the like:
$160.
Q.
Each person, firm or corporation engaged in the business
of repairing and/or servicing and/or installation of radio or television,
or either: $325.
S.
(Reserved)
T.
Each taxicab, jitney or horse-drawn vehicle for transportation
of passengers: $325.
U.
Each pet walking service: $95.
[Added 12-21-2018 by Ord.
No. 1218-01]
V.
Each person, firm or corporation providing the following:
|
Service
|
Fee
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Conjuration
|
$1,500.00
| |
|
Dealing with spirits
|
$1,500.00
| |
|
Divining
|
$1,500.00
| |
|
Telling fortunes
|
$1,500.00
| |
|
Inspection of leaves or crystal balls
|
$1,500.00
| |
|
Palm reading
|
$1,500.00
| |
|
Phrenology
|
$1,500.00
|
W.
Each person, firm or corporation engaged in providing
lawn cutting services, not to include landscaping: $95.
[Amended 12-21-2018 by Ord. No. 1218-01]
X.
Each person, firm or corporation providing services
not hereinbefore mentioned, with an office or warehouse in the City:
$325.
[Amended 12-21-2018 by Ord. No. 1218-01]
Y.
Each pedicab (meaning a human powered bicycle-type
vehicle offered to transport the public, whether with or without charge):
$35.
Z.
Each person, firm or corporation providing services not hereinbefore
mentioned, without an office in the City: $275.
[Added 12-21-2018 by Ord.
No. 1218-01]
[Amended 4-10-1981 by Ord. No. 481-3; 3-12-1993 by Ord. No.
393-9; 4-17-2015 by Ord. No. 0415-07]
Persons, firms and corporations engaged, for
profit, in renting rooms, cottages, cabins, private houses and apartments
and/or serving food within the limits of the City shall pay an annual
license fee to the City Manager, for the use of the City, as follows:
A.
Hotels, motels, inns, rooming houses or boardinghouses
or private houses offering rooms for private rental: $26 per room.
B.
For each apartment of more than one room with private
bath, cottage or home: $50.
C.
For each one-room apartment with bath: $41.
D.
For each cabin: $33.
E.
Restaurants and/or eating establishments not serving
alcoholic beverages: $325; restaurants and/or eating establishments
serving alcoholic beverages: $650.
[Amended 12-21-2018 by Ord. No. 1218-01]
F.
For each bedroom in excess of two in an apartment,
cottage or home: $20 each.
G.
Efficiency apartments, one room only and bath: $41.
[Amended 12-12-1986 by Ord. No. 1286-1]
A.
Persons, firms and corporations engaged, for profit,
in exhibiting or selling items at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Hall
facilities during an exhibition event shall pay a one-time event license
fee to the City Manager, for the use of the Convention Hall facilities,
as follows: for each exhibitor who does not hold a valid Rehoboth
mercantile license: $12 per event.
[Amended 4-17-2015 by Ord. No. 0415-07]
B.
The person(s), firm(s) or corporation(s) renting the
Convention Hall facilities shall provide the City Manager with a list
of the names and addresses of exhibitors at least two weeks prior
to the scheduled event.
C.
The person(s), firm(s) or corporation(s) renting the
Convention Hall facilities shall be responsible for collecting the
license tax from each exhibitor and forwarding the fees to the City
Manager no later than 48 hours prior to opening of the scheduled event.
[Amended 6-11-1976 by Ord. No. 676-3; 4-10-1981 by Ord. No.
481-3; 3-12-1993 by Ord. No. 393-10; 11-14-1997 by Ord. No. 1197-1]
Solicitors and/or peddlers and/or hawkers, whether
on foot, motor vehicle or horse-drawn vehicle, engaged in selling
any and all merchandise and/or commodities within the limits of the
City shall pay an annual license fee to the City Manager, for the
use of the City, as follows:
A.
Soliciting agents selling books, magazines, etc.,
or taking orders for subscriptions (local students exempt): $87.
C.
Photographers working on the streets as a principal
part of their business and/or soliciting, each camera: $325.
[Amended 4-17-2015 by Ord. No. 0415-07]
D.
Each person, firm or corporation whose place of business
is not within the corporate limits of the City, but who is engaged
in the business of supplying to the inhabitants of the City commodities,
including but not limited to fuel, oil, gasoline, kerosene or milk,
or services, including but not limited to laundry, dry cleaning or
other commodities: $87.
E.
Each other solicitor, peddler or hawker engaged in
selling any and all merchandise and/or commodities, not hereinbefore
mentioned: $325; provided, however, that no person, firm or corporation
shall solicit, peddle or hawk the sale of merchandise, services or
commodities nor take orders for the future delivery of merchandise
or commodities or the future furnishing of services, except as provided
in this article.
[Amended 4-17-2015 by Ord. No. 0415-07]
[Added 6-14-1996 by Ord. No. 696-1]
A.
The provisions of § 120-22 shall not apply to the following:
(1)
Any person who shall peddle, solicit, distribute or
hawk within the limits of the City of Rehoboth Beach any merchandise
or literature in pursuit of a religious or political activity or for
the purpose of communicating a religious, political or philosophical
issue and not for private profit or purely commercial purpose, provided
that said person makes an oath before the City Manager, to the Mayor
and Commissioners of the City of Rehoboth Beach that his or her peddling,
soliciting, distributing or hawking will be in a pursuit of a religious
or political activity or for the purpose of communicating on religious,
political or philosophical issues and not for private profit or purely
commercial purpose and register with the City Manager.
B.
The City Manager shall, upon the making of the required
oath and upon payment to him of the sum of $1, allow such person to
register as an unlicensed solicitor and issue an identification tag
or card to such person, which shall be kept or displayed conspicuously.
The City Manager may waive the making of the oath and/or the payment
of the aforesaid administrative fee of $1 upon the request of such
person.
[Added 6-14-1996 by Ord. No. 696-1]
A.
Persons excepted from the application of the provisions of § 120-22 by § 120-23 may peddle, solicit, distribute or hawk on any City street or public way, boardwalk, beach or any parking lot during the period from the 15th day of September of each year to the 15th day of May of the next year. During the period from the 16th day of May to the 14th day of September of each year, peddling, soliciting, distributing or hawking by such persons shall take place only in the following areas:
(1)
At the area bounded by the curbing that encircles
the City's bandstand, but shall not include the stage area and/or
seating area.
B.
Peddling, soliciting, distributing or hawking by such
persons at any other places within the limits of the City of Rehoboth
Beach during the period from the 16th day of May to the 14th day of
September each year shall be prohibited and unlawful.
[Added 6-14-1996 by Ord. No. 696-1;
amended 11-14-1997 by Ord. No. 1197-1]
B.
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this
article shall for the first offense be fined not less than $50 and
no more than $100 and shall pay the cost of prosecution. For each
subsequent offense, he or she shall be fined not less than $100 and
no more than $200 and shall pay the cost of prosecution.
