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Home My WebLink About545 Occupational Licenses 2>--- l�Q�` ORDINANCE NO. 545 � AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA, TO BE KNOWN AS "THE CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS OCCUPATIONAL & REGISTRATION LICENSE ORDINANCE" , PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS; IMPOSITION AND LEVY OF TAX FOR ENGAGING IN BUSINESS, PROFESSION OR OCCUPATION; PROVIDING FOR DURATION OF LICENSE, TRANSFER AND RENEWAL; PROVIDING FOR APPEAL BY PARTY AGGRIEVED BY CITY' S ACTION; PROHIBITING ISSUANCE OF LICENSE FOR CHARITABLE SOLICITATION; PROVIDING FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSE TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; REFUNDS; EXEMPTIONS TO LICENSING OCCUPATIONAL III LICENSE TAX; REQUIRING OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE FROM MUNICIPAL TENANTS; AUTHORIZING COUNCIL TO ALTER LICENSE CERTIFICATES; PROVIDING FOR CORPORATE DUTY TO COMPLY WITH CHAPTER; PROVIDING FOR A SCHEDULE OF FEES; REQUIRING PERMIT AND BOND FOR CIRCUSES, CARNIVALS, FAIRS AND TENT SHOWS; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1: DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Chapter, the following words or phrases are defined as set out in this section, unless the context indicates otherwise. Applicant: The person, organization or corporation who signs an application form requesting an occupational or registration license and pays the fees required. Business: ONE ACT SHALL CONSTITUTE DOING BUSINESS. Any person shall be deemed to be conducting business when he does any of_ the following: ( a) Sells any goods or services (s) . (b) Solicits business and/or offers goods or service(s) for sale, for hire, for lease, or for rent. (c) Acquires or uses any vehicle, premises, machine, or devise in the City for business purposes. (d) Performs a "trade" service for any owner, tenant, or person in possession or in charge of any land or building including any part thereof. (e) Holds himself out to the public at a given location, by sign, printed matter, classified section, telephone directory, city directory, word of mouth, or otherwise, as being engaged in business or as offering for sale to the public: services, personal property, or the personal property of others, regardless of whether such person actually transacts any business or practices a profession; provided, these provisions shall not apply to the sale by a family or an individual of personal property acquired by the family or individual and actually used as part of the household. (f) Rents or leases any real property or portion thereof located and situate within the City of Zephyrhills. Section 1.1: Any person doing business within the City is subject to the requirements of this Chapter, including payment of all license and permit fees, penalty charges, or any other charges and fees established in this Chapter. No person shall engage in or manage within the City a , profession, business or occupation unless a city license shall be procured from the City Manager for each such profession, business or occupation so engaged in, which license shall be issued to Record and-Return to: .,:: City Clark's Office I c� 5335 8t, Street `` i QR. f PAGE�' ► Zaphvr.f (1 s , FL , 33540;8 i �� each person on receipt of the amount stated in the license schedule, and the same shall be signed by the City Manager, and machine validated. Those persons required to procure a city license are as follows, to wit: (a) Any person who maintains a permanent business location or branch office within the City for the privilege of engaging in or managing any business within City jurisdiction; (b) Any person who maintains a permanent business location or branch office within the City for the privileges of engaging in or managing any profession or occupation within City jurisdiction; and 111 (c) Any person who does not qualify under the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) above and who transacts any interstate commerce where such license tax is not prohibited by Section' 8, Article 1 of the United States Constitution. Section 1.2: PRIMARY BUSINESS LOCATED OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS. All canvassers/solicitors, contractors and property maintenance services conducting business within the City who do not maintain. a permanent place of business or ' branch establishment within the City, shall be required to register a current Occupational License issued by Pasco County and by the governmental authority in which they maintain their primary - location. The annual fee for such registration shall be Twenty Dollars ( $20. 00) . All such registrations shall expire on September 30th of each year. Section 1.3: AGENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING LICENSE. Agents or other representatives or nonresidents who are doing business in the- City__ shall be personally respon-sibTe for the compliance of their principals and of the business or businesses they represent with the provisions of this Chapter. Section 1.4 : BRANCH ESTABLISHMENTS. Each branch establishment or business location shall be treated as a separate business and shall require a separate license; provided, however, that warehouses and Distributing Plants, used in connection with the incidental to a business that . islicensed under the provisions of this Chapter, shall not be deemed a separate place of business or branch establishment. Section 1.5: MORE THAN ONE BUSINESS AT THE SAME LOCATION. Any person engaged in two (2) or more businesses at the same location which have been designated in the fee schedule as a separate business, occupation, or profession (including certain machines and vehicles) shall require a separate license for each such designated business, occupation, or profession. Charitable Institutions: Only nonprofit corporations operating physical facilities in Florida at which are provided charitable services, a substantial percentage of which shall be without cost to those unable to pay. Chief License Inspector: That person appointed by - the City Council to administer the provisions of this Chapter. Inventory: Items of inventory shall mean and include those chattels consisting of items commonly referred to as goods, wares and merchandise (as well as inventory) which are held for sale, rental, or lease to others in the ordinary course of business. License Year or Year: "License year" or "year" shall mean and include the twelve ( 12) month period beginning on October 1st of O.R. 2O46PAOE0635 each year and ending on September 30th of the following year. Merchandise: "Merchandise" shall mean any goods, wares, commodities or items more specifically enumerated herein which are bought, sold, rented or leased in the normal course of business or trade. Merchant: Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of selling merchandise at retail or wholesale, including merchandise agencies, merchandise brokers, dealers, distributors, jobbers, buying clubs and all others whose business includes that sale of merchandise; except a manufacturer or processor who creates or fabricates an entirely new or different product or article from inventory and those businesses which pay an additional occupational license fee based upon the number of employees. Vendors of feed or flour, bottling works, processors of bakery and dairy products, stoneworks and other persons who do not create an entirely new or different article shall be deemed merchants for the purposes of this Chapter. Merchant, retail: Any merchant who sells to the consumer or for any purpose other than resale. Merchant, wholesale: Any merchant who sells to another for the purpose of resale. Sales to governmental entities shall be considered wholesale sales. Occupation: Any person who maintains a permanent business location or branch office within the City of Zephyrhills for the privilege of engaging in or managing any occupation ' within the City; or any person not maintaining a permanent business location or branch office within the City of Zephyrhills who engages in any occupation in the City, except a person engaging in those activities upon which an occupational license fee is prohibited by_ Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution or by Florida Statutes. Person: Any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate or other group or . combination acting as a unit, association, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, trustee, executor, administrator, receiver or other fiduciary and shall include the plural as well as the singular. Profession: Any person who maintains a permanent business location or branch office within the City of Zephyrhills for the purpose of engaging in or managing any profession within the City; or any person not maintaining a permanent business location or branch office within the City of Zephyrhills who engages in any profession in the City, except a person engaging in those activities upon which an occupational license fee is prohibited by Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution or by Florida Statutes. Religious Institutions: Churches and ecclesiastical or donominational organizations or established physical places for worship in this state at which nonprofit religious services and activities are regularly conducted and carried on, and also church cemeteries. Sale: "Sale" shall mean the transfer of ownership or title , or possession, transfer, exchange or barter, whether conditional or otherwise, for a consideration. Section 2: LICENSE AND PAYMENT OF LICENSE TAX BY CERTAIN PERSONS REQUIRED. (A) It is unlawful for any person to carry on or engage in any business, profession, or occupation described or designated in this Chapter without having first applied and paid the license tax as provided herein and having lawfully in his possession, a valid and unrevoked license tax certificate for the current license year or shorter period specified, and having otherwise O.R. 046PAGE 06 complied with the terms and provisions of this Chapter. (B) Any sign, advertisement, building occupancy, directory listing or activity indicating that a business, calling, profession or occupation is being conducted at a location within this municipality shall be prima facie evidence that the person is liable for a license certificate. (C) Any person owing delinquent license taxes shall be required to pay such delinquent license taxes before being issued a new license tax certificate. Section 3: IMPOSITION AND LEY OF TAX. (A) A license tax hereby is imposed and levied upon and shall be collected from every person exercising the privilege of carrying on or engaging in any business, profession or occupation specified or described in this Chapter, and who maintains a permanent business location or branch office - within this municipality or within jurisdiction prescribed in Florida State Statutes and any person who transacts any business or engages in any occupation or profession in interstate commerce where such license tax is not prohibited by Section 8, Article 1 of the United States Constitution. The license tax amount prescribed in the applicable fee section of this Chapter, or prescribed elsewhere in this Chapter or elsewhere in this Code, is the amount payable as a license tax for exercising the privilege of carrying on or engaging in any such business, profession, or occupation, for each license year or such shorter period as may be specified in this Code . (B) Whenever any business, occupation or profession shall fall into more than one of the classifications contained in the schedule set forth in this Chapter, such occupation, business, or profession shall be requir_ed___to _ comply . - with—the ___.lic.en.se- requirements and to pay the license tax imposed under or pertaining to each classification or privilege. Section 4: FAILURE OF DUE NOTICE. It shall be no defense of nonpayment of any license fee required by this Chapter that the licensee did not receive any bill or notice that the same was due from the City. Section 5: OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE; DATES DUE AND DELINQUENT, PENALTIES, PRORATION. (A) Licenses to be renewed under this Chapter shall go on sale beginning September 1st of each year and shall be due and payable on October 1st of each year and shall expire on September 30th of the succeeding year. Any license not renewed on or before October 1st shall be considered delinquent and subject to a delinquency penalty of ten percent ( 10%) between October 1st and October 31st, plus an additional five percent ( 5% ) for each month of delinquency thereafter- until paid; provided that the total delinquency shall not exceedtwenty-five percent ( 25%) of the occupational license fee. (B) Part year license ; limitation. For each license issued between October 1st and April 1st of each year the full amount of license tax hereby imposed shall be paid, and for each license issued on or after April 1st of each year, one-half of the total amount of the license shall be paid. This section shall not apply to licenses authorized to be issued for a period of one week or less. No license shall be issued for a period less than six ( 6) months except as herein otherwise specifically stated. Section 6: PERSONS ENGAGING IN BUSINESS WITHOUT A LICENSE; PENALTY. O,R, 2O4 € PAGEO637 Any person engaging in or managing any business, occupation or profession without first obtaining an occupational license or license registration required by this Chapter, shall be subject to a penalty of twenty-five percent (25%) of the license fee determined to be due . This penalty is in addition to any other penalty provided by law or ordinance or of the City Code . Section 7: SAME-TRANSFER; RENEWAL. (A) An occupational license may be transferred to a new owner, when there is a bona fide sale of the business, upon payment of a transfer fee of Three Dollars ( $3 . 00) and presentation of evidence of the sale and the original license. (B) In the event a business location is changed to another location within the city limits of the City of Zephyrhills, the holder of the occupational license shall within fifteen ( 15) days after the location is changed, have the license transferred to the new location. This transfer shall be made upon the presentation of evidence of location change and upon the payment of a fee of Three Dollars ( $3 .00) . (C) Annual renewal of license is the responsibility of each licensee. Section 8: SAME-POSTING WHEN ISSUED FOR FIXED PLACE OF BUSINESS. Each person engaged ina business, occupation or profession subject to the provisions of this Chapter, which business, occupation or profession is conducted at or from a fixed place of business shall keep the license certificate issued therefor posted in a conspicuous place upon the premises at or from which the business, occupation or profession is conducted. Section 9. SAME-ISSUANCE _OF DUPLICATE. A fee of Ten Dollars ( $10 . 00) will be assessed for each duplicate license issued. Section 10. SAME-CONTROL OF ISSUE, REISSUE, TRANSFER, REVOCATION, RIGHT OF APPEAL. • (A) The City Manager may refuse to issue or reissue or transfer any licenses provided for in this Chapter when the issue, reissue or transfer of the license would be contrary to public policy or the welfare of the City. (B) The City Manager shall notify any licensee of the City ' s intent to revoke any license tax certificate granted under this Cahpter and issued to any person. The City Manager shall cause suchnotification to be issued whenever it is made to appear that the business method or operation or work to be conducted or carried on by the licensee is being conducted or carried on through unfair or fraudulent methods or is detriment or damaging to the public health, safety or welfare or to customers or patrons of the licensee or the public in general. Unfair or fraudulent methods as used in this act are defined as including, but shall not be limited to, untrue or misleading advertising of products or services offered. Whenever in this Code any prohibition, regulation, restriction or requirement is stated, referred to or set forth pertaining to the engaging in, conduct or operation of any business, occupation or profession, or pertaining to the manner or method of engagingin, conducting or operating the same, or pertaining to the area, building or premises or stock-in-trade of the same, compliance with such prohibition, restriction or requirement shall be mandatory and violation or failure to comply therewith and conform thereto shall be unlawful. Such unlawful acts may be the basis for revocation of a license by the City, after legal notice and public hearing. O.R. 2O46PAGE 0638 (C) In each case of such refusal by the City Manager to issue, reissue or transfer any license, or Notice of Intent to revoke an existing license, the aggrieved party shall have the right to appeal such act to the City Council by filing with the City Manager notice of appeal within ten ( 10 ) days after such refusal. The City Council, within fifteen ( 15) days of such appeal, shall hold a public hearing to determine if such refusal to issue, reissue or transfer a . license under this Chapter is in the public interest. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the license applicant, which notice shall fix a date for the hearing giving the license applicant an opportunity to be heard on the denial of the issue, reissue or transfer of the license by the City .Manager. Such notice shall be given in writing by the City Clerk, at least five ( 5) days before the date of such hearing, unless such notice is waived by the aggrieved party. The City Council after hearing from all interested parties, by majority vote, shall either sustain the position of the City Manager or order the City Manager to issue or transfer the license or deny revocation of an existing license if the appeal is based on a Notice of Revocation. . The City Council shall base its decision on the best interest of the public ' s health, safety and welfare and a determination that the applicant is personally fit to engage in said operation. Any transfer ordered by this procedure and approved by the City Council will be made only after payment to the City Manager a fee of Three. Dollars ( $3 .00) therefor. Section 11. RIGHT TO ENTRY TO PLACES OF BUSINESS, OCCUPATION OR PROFESSION. The City Manager and his designees and other authorized representative shall have the authority, as may bepermitted by law, to_ enter,- free .of -c.har-ge.., " duri.ng -business hour-s,- any --p-lac-e- , of business, occupation or profession in connection with which a license tax is imposed under. this Chapter, and to . request exhibition of the license tax certificate and evidence of the amount and .date of the last license tax paid. All persons to whom a license, tax certificate has been issued hereunder .shall exhibit the certificate in an area of thebusiness open to the public. Section 12: CHARITABLE SOLICITATION. No license shall be . issued for any person, directly or indirectly to solicit money, donations of money, property or financial assistance of any kind or to sell or offer for sale any article , tag, service, emblem, publication, ticket, advertisement subscription, or anything of value on the plea or representation that such solicitation or sale, or the proceeds thereof, is for a charitable, patriotic, public, or philanthropic purpose. Persons desiring to engage in such solicitation in the City must obtain an appeals permit as provided in the City Code. Section 13 : NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. (A) Associations organized to represent a group of profitmaking organizations or persons and who engage at least one full-time employee shall be licensed as a business office. (B) "Business" , "profession" , and "occupation" as used in this Chapter do not include the customary religious, charitable, or educational activities of nonprofit religious, nonprofit charitable, and nonprofit educational institutions in this state, which institutions are more particularly defined and limited as follows: ( 1) "Religious institutions" shall mean churches and ecclesiastical or denominational organizations or established physical places for worship in this state at which nonprofit religious services and activities O.R. 2O46PAGE0639 • are regularly conducted and carried on, and shall also mean church cemeteries. ( 2 ) "Educational institutions" shall mean state tax-supported or parochial, church and nonprofit private schools, colleges, or universities conducting regular classes and courses of study required for accreditation by or membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the Department of Education or the Florida council of Independent Schools. Nonprofit libraries, art galleries, and museums open to the public are defined as educational institutions and eligible for exemption. (3 ) "Charitable institutions" shall mean only nonprofit corporations operating physical facilities in this state at which are provided charitable services, a reasonable percentage of which shall be without cost to those unable to pay. Section 14: LICENSE FEE REFUNDS. . Upon return of a license prior to engaging in a business authorized thereby and with the approval of the Director of Finance, the license fee may be refunded, less a service charge of Ten Dollars ( $10 .00) . Section 15. EXEMPTIONS: HANDICAPPED, INVALIDS, AND AGEDS; DISABLED VETERANS AND THEIR UNREMARRIED SPOUSES. (A) Upon application and furnishing of. the necessary proof, an exemption from payment of the occupational license tax shall be granted to all confirmed cripples or invalids physically incapable of manual labor, widows with minor dependents, and persons sixty-five _ (6 5) year.s. _ o.f age or older who . meet . the requirements and qualifications set forth in Florida Statutes Section 205. 162 . (B) Upon application and furnishing of the necessaryproof, an exemption from the payment, or a portion of the payment, of certain occupational license taxes shall be granted to specified disable veterans or their unremarried spouses who meet the requirements and qualifications set forth in Florida Statutes Section 205 . 171. Section 16. OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE REQUIRED FOR TENANTS IN MUNICIPAL OWNED/LEASED FACILITIES WITHIN CORPORATE LIMITS. Persons engaged in sales, promotional activities and concessionaires on or in municipal owned/leased facilities must obtain an occupational license. Persons participating in home, trade or similar shows who hold a City license are exempt from obtaining an additional license under this section. Promoters of activities who sublease space to other persons are responsible to assure that all such persons obtain any applicable. occupational license prior to opening, unless the facility or the promoter are exempt therefrom as provided herein. Section 17. RIGHT OF COUNSEL TO CHANGE, ALTER, INCREASE, DECREASE OR REVOKE LICENSES UNAFFECTED BY ADOPTION OF CHAPTER. The adoption of this Chapter and schedule of license taxes shall not abridge the right of the City Council to change, alter, increase, decrease or revoke any of the license certificates provided for in this Chapter at any time ; or to pass other ordinances providing for excise or license taxes or other liens, or assessments, whether pertaining to any of the- subjects contained or provided in this Chapter or not, and the same shall not affectany of the matters or provisions of this Chapter unless specifically so stated. O.R. o <a c ` Section 18. CHAPTER NOT TO EXEMPT PROPERTY USED IN LICENSED BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION. License fees imposed and collected pursuant to this Chapter shall not be construed to exempt from other forms of taxation the property used in the licensed business and occupation. - Section 19 . DUTY OF OFFICER OR AGENTS OF CORPORATIONS AND FIRMS; LIABILITY OF PERSONS OPERATING BUSINESS IN ABSENCE OF OWNER; PROPRIETOR, MANAGER OR AGENT. It shall be the duty of all officers and agents of a corporation to see that the corporation complies with the provisions of this Chapter and all officers or agents of any corporation required by this Chapter to be licensed, which shall carry on or conduct any business without having made the payments and otherwise complied with the terms of this Chapter shall be subject to the penalty for violating the provisions of this Chapter, and the members of any firm who neglect to comply with the provisions of this Chapter. . In the absence of any owner, proprietor, manager, or agent, any person operating or in charge of any business being conducted without the requirements of this Chapter having been complied with, shall be subject to the penalty for violating the provisions of this Chapter. Section 20. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE TAX CERTIFICATE AND PAYMENT OF TAX NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS AUTHORIZING CONDUCT OF ILLEGAL BUSINESS. No license tax certificate issued under the provisions of this Chapter, and no payment of any license tax required, imposed or levied under this Chapter, shall be construed as authorizing the conduct or continuance of any illegal business, occupation or profession, or of any such business, occupation or profession as may now or hereafter be prohibited by ordinance, or of any legal business, occupation or profession in an illegal manner. Section 21. SCHEDULE OF FEES. Each applicant shall be required to procure a separate license for each category which applies to his or her activities. Except as may otherwise be provided, the following license taxes shall be assessed and collected each year: A ABSTRACT OR TITLE COMPANIES $ 50 .00 ACCOUNTANT: (See Profession) ACCOUNTING: (See Profession) ADDRESSING, PACKAGING, MAILING OR DUPLICATING $ 5.0. 00 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE. Where manufacture and delivery of products and inventory are located out of the City $ 50_. 00 ADVERTISING: Agency, general $ 50 . 00 Coupon book publisher or distributor . (See Note B) $ 50.. 00 Directory or guidebook publisher $ 50 .00 Welcome or greeting service $ 50.. 00 AGENT OR AGENCY: Book or magazine $ 50 . 00 Claim or collection $ 50 .00 Credit reporting and mercantile $ 50 . 00 Employment $ 50 .00 Insurance (See Insurance) O.R. 2046PAGE O641 Manufacturers, NOC $ 50. 00 Private detective or company (See Note B) $ 50 .00 Real Estate (See Real Estate) Travel $ 50 .00 Representative, NOC, for unlicensed business $ 50 . 00 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY $ 50 .00 AGRICULTURAL TOOL AND IMPLEMENT: Sales and service $ 50 . 00 Separate license required for equipment rental. AIR CONDITIONING: (See Contractor) AIRCRAFT: (See Note B) Charter or rental $ 50 . 00 Flying . instruction $ 50 .00 Passenger service $ 50 . 00 Sales, new or used $ 50 .00 Servicing $ 50 . 00 Storage, field or hangar $ 50 .00 Each activity subject to license and fee. AIRPORT: (See Note B) $ 50 .00 Operation including any and all activities incident thereto and listed above under Aircraft. ALARM SYSTEM, FIRE, BURGLARY, MEDICAL MONITORING: Sales and service (not at installation site) $ 50 .,00 Installation and on-site service (See Notes B & D) ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: (See Lounge) AMBULANCE SERVICE $ 50 .00 AMUSEMENT MACHINE: (See Vending Machines) AMUSEMENT PARK: (See Note B) $ 50 .00 ANIMAL GROOMING $ 50 . 00 ANIMAL HOSPITAL $ 50 .00 ANSWERING SERVICE, TELEPHONE $ 50. 00 ANTIQUE DEALER: (See Merchant) APARTMENTS: (See Rental Units) APPRAISER $ 50 . 00 ARCHERY RANGE: (See Note B) $ 50 . 00 ARCHITECT: (See Profession) ARCHITECTURAL FIRM: (See Profession). ARMORED CAR SERVICE: (See Note B) $ 50 . 00 ARTIST: (See Profession) ATTORNEY: (See Profession) AUCTIONEERS: (See Note D) : Jewelry auction $ 50. 00 Personal property $ 50 . 00 Real estate $ 50 . 00 Auction shops or stores, owners or managers, each store $ 50. 00 O.R. 2O46PAGE° 642 AUTOMOTIVE: Business carried on at different locations shall each be licensed as a separate entity. Each business engaging at a single location in more than 1 of the 5 classes of activities listed below may secure a combination license. Rate for combination license will be that fee which is highest for any single activity engaged in plus one-half the single or graduated fee specified for each of the other classes of business undertaken. As used herein, "motor vehicle" means as defined in Section 322.01, Florida Statutes, except motorcycle, moped, motorbike or motor scooter. AGENCY: Sale and servicing of new and used motor vehicles. Includes category of Dealer and Garage listed below $ 50 .00 Body & Paint Shop $ 40. 00 Dealer: Sale & servicing of only used motor vehicles. Includes category of garage listed below $ 50 . 00 Detailing: $ 50. 00 Garage: General repairs. Repairs and replace- ments, general or specialized $ 40. 00 AWNINGS, SALES & SERVICE $ 50 . 00 B BAIT DEALER $ 50 . 00 BAKERY $ 20. 00 BAKERY GOODS; RETAIL STORE $ 50 .00 BANKS, OR TRUST COMPANIES: Each bank location, main or branch $150 . 00 Each automatic teller machine $ 50 .00 BARBERSHOPS: (See Note D) : Two (2 ) chairs or less $ 40. 00 Each additional chair $ 6 .25 BATHS, TURKISH, RUSSIAN, VAPOR, MINERAL, ETC. : Each technician, each (See Note B) $ 50 .00 BEAUTY SALON: (See Note D) : Two (2 ) chairs or less $ 40. 00 Each additional chair $ 6 .25 BEVERAGE, NONALCOHOLIC: $ 50. 00 Distributor or wholesales $ 50 .00 BICYCLES: Sales or service $ 50 . 00 BILLIARDS OR POOL TABLES: (a) Four (4 ) tables or less $100. 00 (b) Each additional table $ 12 . 50 BLUEPRINT, PHOTOSTAT OR SIMILAR REPRODUCTION $ 50. 00 BOARDINGHOUSES, LODGINGHOUSES, HOTELS AND MOTELS: (a) Four ( 4 ) rooms or rental units or less $ 40 . 00 (b) Each additional room or rental unit over four (4 ) $ 6 .25 BOATS, (OUTBOARD WATERCRAFT) , Sales & service $ 50 . 00 BONDING COMPANIES: (See Broker) BOOKKEEPING SERVICE $ 50 .00 O.R. 2046PAGE 0643 BOOKSTORES $ 50. 00 BOOTBLACK STAND, on premises of a licensed business only $ 25. 00 BOTTLED GAS: (See Petroleum Products) BOWLING, SKEET BALL, TENPIN, ETC. $ 60 . 00 BROKER: (a) Stocks and bonds $ 50 .00 (b) Real estate. (See Real Estate) (c) Merchandise, wholesale $ 50. 00 (d) Mortgage $ 50 .,00 BUILDING CONTRACTORS and subcontractors: $ 50. 00 BUILDING MATERIALS, sand, brick, lime, cement, lumber and other building materials, including cabinet & shop work $ 50 .00 BUSINESS ADVISORY OR CONSULTANT SERVICES, NOC $ 50. 00 BUSINESS SCHOOL: (See School, Studio and Instruction) BUSINESS MACHINE RENTAL: Portable or fixed equipment $ 50. 00 BUS COMPANIES $ 50 .00 BUTCHER, MEAT OR FISH SHOP $ 50 . 00 C CABINET AND OR MILLWORK $ 50.00 CABLEVISION COMPANIES $200. 00 CANNING OR PRESERVING $ 50 .00 CARNIVALS: (See Circus) CARPET AND RUG CLEANING $ 50,. 00 CATERER $ 50 .00 CEMENT AND CONCRETE PRODUCTS $ 50. 00 CEMETERY $ 50 .00 CHARTERED VEHICLE SERVICE $ 50. 00 CHIROPODIST: (See Profession-Physician) CHIROPRACTOR: (See Profession) CHRISTMAS TREE SALES: (See Ordinance #408) CIRCUS, CARNIVALS, FAIRS, OR TENTS, each day upon approval of City Council (See Section 22) $100 .00 CITRUS FRUIT SHIPPER $ 50. 00 CIVIL ENGINEER: (See Profession) CLEANERS: (See Dry Cleaners) CLOTHING OR COSTUME RENTAL $ 50. 00 COIN-OPERATED MACHINE: (See Vending Machines) O.R. 2046PAGE 0644 CONGREGATE CARE FACILITY $ 50. 00 CONTEST AND ADVERTISING SUPPLIES $ 50 . 00 CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR: Acoustics $ 50. 00 Air Conditioning $ 50 . 00 Aluminum $ 50. 00 Awning, shade and venetian blinds $ 50 . 00 Carpentry, cabinet and millwork $ 50. 00 Dry wall $ 50 . 00 Electrical $ 50 . 00 Excavating $ 50 .00 Elevator $ 50 . 00 Exterminator, termite or vermin $ 50 .00 Fencing $ 50. 00 Filling and grading $ 50 .00 Floor covering, laying, sanding, finishing $ 50 . 00 Floor, terrazzo $ 50 .00 Garage door and operator installation $ 50. 00 Glazing $ 50 .00 Gunite and sandblasting $ 50 . 00 Hauling, trucking or moving $ 50 . 00 Heating, ventilating and air conditioning $ 50. 00 Housemoving $ 50 . 00 Insulation $ 50. 00 Intercommunication and sound system $ 50 . 00 Janitorial service $ 50. 00 Land clearing $ 50 .00 Landscaping $ 50. 00 Lathing, includes plastering $ 50 . 00 Lawn, yard and garden care $ 50 . 00 Marble setting includes tile $ 50 . 00 Masonry, cement, block, brick and stone $ 50 ..00 Mechanical contractor $ 50 .00 Ornamental iron work $ 50. 00 Painting and paperhanging $ 50 .00 Paving, asphalt or concrete $ 50. 00 Plastering, includes lathing $ 50 . 00 Plumbing $ 50. 00 Refrigeration $ 50 .00 Roofing $ 50. 00 Roof cleaning and painting $ 50 . 00 Sheet metal $ 50. 00 Sign $ 50 . 00 Sprinkler system: ( 1) Building $ 50. 00 (.2 ) Lawn - Landscape $ 50 .00 Stuccoing $ 50.00 Swimming pool $ 50. 00 Tree Surgery, includes trimmings and removal $ 50. 00 Utility - Buried cable, water/sewer lines $ 50 . 00 Well drilling $ 50. 00 COURT REPORTER: (See Profession) CREDIT, CLAIM OR COLLECTION $ 50 . 00 D DANCE STUDIO $ 50 .00 DATA PROCESSING SERVICES $ 50 . 00 DATING SERVICE $ 50 .00 DAY CARE CENTERS $ 50. 00 DECORATOR, INTERIOR $ 50 .00 DELICATESSENS $ 50. 00 O.R. 2O46PAGEOG45 DELIVERY SERVICE $ 50. 00 DEPARTMENT STORE $ 50 . 00 DETECTIVE $ 50. 00 DIRECTORY PUBLISHER $ 50 .00 DRUGSTORES $ 50. 00 DRY CLEANERS AND LAUNDRY $ 50 .00 E ELECTRIC COMPANY $ 50 .00 ENGRAVING, PRINTING, LITHOGRAPHING AND BINDING $ 20. 00 EQUIPMENT RENTAL $ 50 .00 EXPRESS COMPANY $100. 00 EXTERMINATORS $ 50 .00 F FACTORIES: (a) One to five ( 5 ) employees $ 20. 00 (b) Each additional employee $ 1 .25 FEED AND SEED STORE $ 50. 00 FINANCE COMPANY: (See Loan Company) FLEA MARKETS: (a) One ( 1) to fifty (50) stalls $300 . 00 (b) Fifty ( 50 ) to one hundred ( 100) stalls $400 .00 (c) Over one hundred ( 100 ) stalls $800 . 00 FLORIST $ 50 . 00 FORTUNE TELLERS: (See Astrologers) FRUIT PACKER OR SHIPPER $ 50 . 00 FUEL DEALER $ 50. 00 FUNERAL DIRECTOR, UNDERTAKER, EMBALMER $ 70 . 00 FURNITURE REFINISHING $ 50. 00 FURNITURE STORE $ 50 .00 G GAS COMPANY, bottled gas $ 50 . 00 GIFT SHOP $ 50 . 00 GOLF COURSE $ 50 .00 Miniature golf $ 50. 00 Driving range $ 50 .00 GREETING CARDS AND STATIONERY $ 50. 00 GUN DEALER $ 50 . 00 H HARDWARE $ 50 . 00 HEARING AID, AGENT OR DEALER $ 50 . 00 O.R. 2046PAGE 0646 HOSPITAL $ 50. 00 I ICE CREAM: (a) Parlors or stores (not including soda fountains $ 20 . 00 (b) Manufactures (wholesale) $ 60 . 00 — (c) Soda fountains Alone $ 10 . 00 With sandwiches, cakes, pies, etc. $ 20 . 00 INSURANCE COMPANY - AGENCIES of accident-, health, burglary, casualty, damage, fire, and any other kinds, classes or forms of insurance: (a) For one company represented: $ 50 .00 (b) Each additional company presented $ 10 . 00 INTERIOR DECORATOR $ 50 .00 J JEWELERS $ 30 .00 JUNK DEALERS $100. 00 K KENNEL $ 50 . 00 KEY SHOP $ 20. 00 KINDERGARTEN OR NURSERY $ 50 .00 L LABORATORY: Analytical, chemical testing, dental, medical, research, etc: $ 50,. 00 LAUNDROMATS $ 50 .00 LIMOUSINE SERVICE $ 50. 00 LOAN COMPANY $150.00 LOUNGE $ 50. 00 M MACHINE SHOP $ 50.00 MANICURIST, WHEN FLOOR SPACE IS LEASED/OWNED $ 25. 00 MANUFACTURING, FABRICATING, PROCESSING, COMPOUNDING: NOC $ 50.. 00 MARKETS, vegetable, independently operated $ 50 .00 MERCHANT AND MERCHANDISING $ 50. 00 MESSENGER OR PACKAGE DELIVERY SERVICE $ 50 .00 MOBILE HOME PARKS : (a) Ten ( 10 ) or less $ 50. 00 (b) Each additional $ 1.25 MOBILE HOME SALES $ 50. 00 MONUMENTS, tombstones, or marble works $ 50 .00 MOTORCYCLE, MOPED, MOTORBIKE AND MOTOR SCOOTER $ 50. 00 o.R, 2046PAGE 06 4 7 MUSIC STUDIO $ 50. 00 N NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $ 50 .00 NIGHTCLUBS $ 50. 00 (Nightclub means a place regularly operated for profit, where alcoholic beverages or food are served for consumption on the premises, and one or more forms of amusement are provided which may be included in the price of the food and beverage or both purchased by the patrons thereof. ) NURSERY (Sale of plants, shrubs, trees or sod) $ 50 .00 NURSING OR CARE FACILITY, NOC $ 50. 00 0 OFFICE SUPPLIES AND FURNITURE $ 50 . 00 P PATROL, NIGHT PATROLMAN OR PRIVATE WATCHMAN $ 50 .00 PAWNBROKER $100. 00 PET SHOP $ 50 . 00 PHARMACY $ 50. 00 PHOTOGRAPHER or studio $ 50 .00 PROFESSION: The following licenses are required for individual practitioners and consultants. (See Note D where applicable) : Accountant Architect Artist Attorney Auditor Chiropractor Christian Science healer or practitioner Consultant Court Reporter Dental Hygienists Dentist Draftsman Engineer Homeopathic Physican Masseur/Masseuse/Technician Napr ap ath Optician, including sale of lenses or frames Optometrist Physician Physiotherapist Profession, NOC Psychologist Surveyor Veterinary Each person $ 50.00 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OR LEASING AGENTS (other than Real Estate Brokers) $ 50. 00 PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS $ 50 . 00 R O.R. 2046PAGE 0648 RADIO, TELEVISION, SOUND OR VIDEO RECORDING AND REPRODUCING AND VCRS $ 50 .00 RAILROAD COMPANIES $100. 00 REAL ESTATE: (a) Agents or rental agents ( salesmen who sell real estate for a dealer, broker or agency) $ 20 . 00 (b) Dealers or Brokers $ 50 .00 RECORDING STUDIO $ 50 . 00 RENTAL UNITS: Residential Rental Units Houses - Duplexes - Apartment Complexes - Mobile Homes: One ( 1) - four (4 ) Rental Units, each $ 10 . 00 Five ( 5) and over Rental Units, each $ 7 .00 Commercial Rentals: Minimum $ 20 . 00 (or . 01 per square foot whichever is greater) Mini Warehouse Storage Units ' One ( 1) - Fifteen ( 15) Units $ 50 . 00 Each Additional Unit $ 3 . 00 Hotels, Motels : (See Boardinghouses) RESTAURANTS: (a) Seating for zero ( 0 ) to fifteen ( 15) persons $ 40 . 00 (b) Seating for fifteen ( 15) or more $ 60 . 00 (c) Drive-thru $100 .00 (d) Take-out or delivery $: 50.00 S SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS $150 . 00 SCHOOL, STUDIO AND INSTRUCTION: (See Note D) : Art, arts and crafts, auto driving, barber, beautician, bridge, business, dancing (See Note B) , dramatics, golf, model or charm (See Note B) , music, sewing, skiing, tennis or trade $ 50. 00 SECONDHAND DEALERS $ 50 . 00 SECRETARIAL SERVICE $ 50 . 00 SERVICE STATION ONLY $ 40.00 SEWING MACHINES, repairs and sales $ 50. 00 SHOE REPAIR SHOPS, not including merchandise $ 20 . 00 SIGN PAINTERS, as separate business $ 50. 00 SKATING RINKS $ 50. 00 SOFT WATER EQUIPMENT: Sale, rental and service $ 50. 00 SOLICITATION, TELEPHONE, payable by the business represented or advertised $ 50. 00 • STORAGE: See Rental Units SWIMMING POOL (See Contractor/Subcontractor) : Maintenance $ 50 .00 O.R. 2046PA6E0649 T TAILOR $ 50. 00 TANNING SALONS $ 50 .00 TAXICABS, per vehicle $ 40. 00 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES $200 .00 TELEPHONE BUSINESS, PRIVATE: Advisors, sales, installation or service $ 50 .00 TELEPHONE COMPANIES $100. 00 THEATERS $ 50 .00 TOILETS, PORTABLE SERVICE $ 50. 00 . .TRAILER (CARGO) - Rental Service $ 50. 00 U UPHOLSTERERS $ 50 . 00 USED AND NEW CAR SALES $ 50. 00 V VEGETABLE AND FRUIT MARKET $ 50 . 00 VEHICLE SALES, NOC $ 50. 00 VENDING MACHINES, owners or operators for profit, music boxes, jukeboxes, pinball, marble, or other games of amusement for profit, food, drinks and candy, each $ 20. 00 VIDEO OR FILM RENTALS $ 50.00 W WAREHOUSES AND STORAGE ROOMS, excluding mini storage $ 50. 00 (See Rental Units) WELDING SHOPS • $ 50. 00 WOOD DEALERS $ 50 . 00 WRECKER AND TOWING SERVICE $ 50. 00 UNCLASSIFIED, Every business, occupation, pro- fession or exhibition, substantially fixed or temporarily engaged in by any person within the City and for which no license has been ordained and not herein specifically designated shall pay a license tax of $ 50,00 The above fees may be amended by Resolution duly passed by City Council. Section 22. CIRCUSES, CARNIVALS, FAIRS AND TENT SHOWS; PERMIT AND BOND REQUIRED. It shall be unlawful for any person to set ' upon or operate any circus, carnivals, fairs, tent or attraction, or -- any amusement with temporary structure or tent within the corporate limits of the City until a permit has been issued by -said City, and the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ( $250. 00) shall have been deposited with City Manager to ensure the;City against.:loss O.R. 2046PAGEO6 O in cleaning the premises to be occupied and used by said entertainment. Section 23. REPEAL OF INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES, COMPLIANCE WITH STATE-IMPOSED REQUIREMENTS. All - ordinance provisions inconsistent with this Chapter are hereby repealed. Any state-imposed prerequisite for occupational licenses and any overriding exemptions from occupational licenses imposed by the state shall be adhered to. Before any permit shall be issued, the applicant shall first present bona fide evidence of financial responsibility and insurance coverage acceptable to the City and compliance with the laws of the state. The said deposit shall be credited by the City Manager to the sanitary department of the City and so much of said deposit as shall be necessary to defray the expenses of cleaning said premises shall be retained by the City and the balance thereof, if any, shall be returned to the person depositing same. If the person shall clean said premises in a manner satisfactory to the City, the manner of cleaning and the result thereof to be determined by said City, the entire deposit shall be returned by the City Manager. NOTES: A. Requires approval by the City Council. B. Requires City Police Department approval. Said approval will require the applicant to complete a background information report, executed under oath, and to submit to a background investigation, photograph, and fingerprints. C. Requires City Fire Department inspection and approval. D. Requires inspection, approval or license of state or county authority. E. Requires City Building Department permit for each job. NOC - Not otherwise classified. Section 24 . SEVERABILITY OF CHAPTER. Each provision in this Chapter contained and each license tax by this Chapter imposed is intended to be separate and independent and such license taxes are intended to be construed distributively and if any section or any part of any section shall be held or declared unconstitutional or invalid, it shall not affect any other section or part of a section not so specifically held or declared to be unconstitutional or invalid. If this Chapter or any provision hereof shall be held inapplicable to any person, group of persons, property, kind of property, circumstances or set of circumstances, such holding shall not -affect the applicability thereof to any other person, property aor circumstance. -Section 2S:. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon final passage and approval by City Council. The foregoing Ordinance No. 545 was read and passed on its first reading in open and regular meeting by the City Council of th. C. ty,,,. •-of Zephyrhills, Florida on the ;21-4t.- day of ✓ _ `�ENrr _ A.D. , 1991• r' k.., JOHN GEIGER " ,, : :„).<1- / / President of City C. • cil ATTR"' l✓ .9.�iirt� c0 i t%y ,Gler}�' Lifirl." O.R. 2O46PAGE 0651 ;• _, • ORDINANCE NO. : 545 The foregoing Ordinance No. 545 was read and passed on its second reading in open and regular meeting by the City Council of theOCity of - Zephyrhills, Florida on the /eql...0t, A.D. , 1991. ur ,•• :HifZEPNI, -._ . day of 0 ,),',. •------ 0. --- A, ... . 0 /.4-,,c‘ ,..,,, . • ,,_.._ _, _ ....,.„..„ , •. : ,,-:,,,,.,.. •••, -' ,,,-- „,„ JOH r---. GEIGER 4I _ President of City Co cil ATTESTOP'4119*>- : ,*- --4111 ...," -`i- .y• clerk'----,'n•' — _ f_ „, •• ...... -..__u_ [i tjT•,,/. --. • , The foregoing Ordinance No. 545 was read and passed on its third reading in open and regular meeting by the City Council of the ity ,,of,. Zephyrhills, Florida on the .9,11,-- day of EP . ,:-.“,. , A.D. , 1991. t ,,I, . ,..• •.-•.,,,..4)",,-,.:,, .:(' 4, .• --Y., --- %e -. :4( - Nt• - --- - ' - - : . JOH . GEIGER President of City k.oincil cl,„• 1., ,-.,-• _- AQ, . ATTEST,c,' ,A .. ." ...•'4! . ,_" /---ki--) F-04---C:i_ •,rj;y,&,;,-ek - The foregoing Ordinance No. 545 was approved by me on the C/Z7- day of ,dert,r,...46/,, , A.D. , 1991. I ... . i - , 1 - 7 ' - ROBERT H. JOHNSON/ ayor ' • RECORD VEMELED JED PITTMAN Clerk Circuit Court,Pasco County Mr 7/6L0n1 L:( 0 / •. -.4. Rilinw 5109090 no!Ilf Qa 0v3=-O I, REFERENCE 115071 RFCORDWINDFXING 7 n RECORDS MODERNIZATION FEE ininn TOTAL: p-.7 rin • „" .i.,,, ilrimi cHAReFn: A7,n0 in.FeJNo ni-A ANT PAID: lin .-..., . . cl, ,..i,..... • ..„-- ,.;;;,v, 1-..' r......- :u -.f : .! 416. Ctb .0- ;i'i ••^1' O.R. 2046 PAGE 06 a ' 2