2018/11/28 Council Agenda Packet

3 upon payment of the fee provided in this section, a business license. Such applicant shall complete an application form for such business license upon such forms as provided by the office of the city clerk and shall accompany such application with the required fee. Such business license shall be personal and nontransferable. If a taxpayer transacts business at two or more locations within the city, the taxpayer must obtain additional business licenses for each additional location and pay the required additional location fee annually. Prior to license issuance, all business license applications will be reviewed by the City's department of Planning and Community Development for compliance with the City's Land Use and Zoning Code. Business license issuance does not indicate that the business complies with all federal, state, and local regulations. 1. For purposes of the license by this chapter, any person or business whose annual value of products gross proceeds of sales, or gross income of the business in the city is equal to or less than $2,000 and who does not maintain a place of business within the city, shall submit a business license registration to the city clerk. For businesses meeting this threshold no registration fee is required The threshold does not apply to regulatory license requirements or activities that require a specialized permit. Section 2. Section 1 of Ordinance 2809-04 as amended by Section 1E of Ordinance 3385-14 (EMC 3.19.030 E), which reads as follows: 3. 19.030 Registration/license certificates. E. License Fees. 1. Registration Fee. A registration fee of seventy- five dollars ($ 75. 00) will be due at the time of filing an application for a business license. If the application for a business license is filed between July 1 and December 31, the registration fee will be thirty-seven and one- half dollars ($ 37. 50). 2. Additional Location Fee. For each additional location at which a taxpayer transacts business, —the tax paye a a-f_ee_of twent -dollars $ 20.00 -per year at the time_of registration If the py p y- — _y — - -- ----- -- _— application for an additional location is filed between July 1 and December 31, the additional_ - location fee will be ten dollars ($ 10.00). 3. Renewal Fee. A renewal fee will be due prior to January 1 of each year. For businesses with a gross income of less than twenty thousand dollars ($ 20, 000. 00) in the preceding year, the annual renewal fee is twenty- five dollars ($.25. 00). For businesses with the annual renewal fee is twenty thousand dollars ($ 20, 000.00) or more in the preceding year, seventy- five dollars ($ 75. 00). The renewal fee for each additional location will be twenty dollars ($ 20.00). Pagj g of 6