HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 19-1987MICROFILMED JUNE 89
ORDINANCE NO. 19 -87
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 721,
"OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES ", OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CAPE
CANAVERAL, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, BY
REPEALING THE CHAPTER IN ITS ENTIRETY;
ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER; ESTABLISHING A
NEW FEE SCHEDULE; REPEALING ALL PORTIONS
OF THE CODE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Cape
Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 721, "Occupational Licenses ", of the Code
of Ordinances is hereby repealed in its entirety and replaced with
the following:
CHAPTER 721
OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES
Sec. 721.01 Definitions. As used in this chapter
the terms that follow shall have the following meanings
respectively ascribed to them unless the context re-
quires otherwise:
Business Profession and Occupation do not include
the customary religious, charitable, or educational
activities of nonprofit religious, nonprofit charit-
able, and nonprofit educational institutions in this
State, which institutions are more particularly defined
and limited as follows:
A. Religious Institutions shall mean churches and
ecclesiastical -cpr. denominational organizations or estab-
lished physical places; for worship in this State at
which nonprofit religious services and activities are
regularly conducted and carried on, and shall also mean
church cemeteries.
B. Educational Institutions shall mean State tax -
supported or parochial, church and non - profit 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.
C. Charitable Institutions shall mean only non-
profit 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.
Contractor shall mean any person accepting or offer-
ing to accept orders of contracts for doing any work on
or in any building or structure requiring the use of
building materials or accepting or offering to accept
orders or contracts to do any paving or curbing on side-
walks or streets, public or private property, requiring
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the use of appropriate material or any composition; or
accepting or offering to accept orders or contracts to
excavate earth, rock or material for foundations or any
other purpose; or accepting or offering to accept
orders or contracts to construct any sewer of approp-
riate material or other material; or accepting or offer-
ing to accept orders or contracts for building, remodel-
ing, repairing, wrecking, razing or demolishing any
structure; or for moving any building, or for the
installation, maintenance or repair of neon signs, air
conditioning apparatus or equipment; whether such work
is done or offered to be done by day labor; general
contract or subcontract. Every person engaging in the
business of accepting or offering to accept orders for
contracts for doing any work on or in any building or
premises involving erecting, installing, altering,
repairing, servicing, or maintaining electric wiring,
devices or appliances permanently connected to such
wiring, or the erecting, repairing, or maintaining of
lines, shall be deemed to be an electrical contractor.
Every person engaged in the business of plumber or
steamfitter shall be deemed to be a contractor. Every
person engaged in the business of erecting a building
or buildings for the purpose of selling or renting the
same, and making no contract with a duly licensed con-
tractor for the erection of said buildings or building,
whether or not such person contracts with one or more
duly licensed contractors for one or more portions but
does not contract with any one person for all the work
of erecting any one of said buildings, shall be deemed
to be a contractor if he shall build more than one
house in any one year.
Employee shall mean any person who engages in any
business, profession or occupation under any appoint-
ment, agency, contract of hire, or apprenticeship ex-
press or implied, oral or written.
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.
Merchandise shall mean any goods, wares or
commodities bought or sold in the usual course of
trade, wholesale or retail, including necessities,
provisions, and articles for immediate consumption.
Merchant shall mean any person 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 the sale of merchandise
except a manufacturer or processor who creates or fabri-
cates an entirely new or different product or articles
of inventory, and those businesses which pay an ad-
ditional occupational license tax based upon the number
of employees or floor space in a particular classifi-
cation. Vendors of food or flour, bottling works, pro-
cessors of bakery and dairy products, stone works,
planers or shapers of lumber and other persons who do
not create a new or entirely new or different article
shall be deemed merchants for the purpose of this
chapter.
Merchant Retail shall mean any merchant who sells to
the consumer for any purpose other than resale.
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Merchant Wholesale shall mean any merchant who sells
to another for the purpose of resale. Sales to govern-
mental entities shall be considered wholesale sales.
Number of Employees shall mean in those instances in
this chapter wherein the license tax is based upon
"number of employees" it shall mean the average daily
number of employees during the past year. A new
business shall be based on number of employees on
opening day. All principals in the business shall be
deemed as employees and be included in the calculation.
Person shall mean any individual, firm, partnership,
joint adventure, 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.
Sale shall mean the transfer of ownership or title,
or possession, transfer, exchange or barter, whether
conditional or otherwise, for a consideration.
Sec. 721.03 Occupational License Tax Levy. An occu-
pational license tax is hereby levied for the privilege
of engaging in or managing any business, profession, or
occupation within the City. Such occupational license
tax is levied on:
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 in
the City.
B. Any person who maintains a permanent business
location or branch office within the City for the
privilege of engaging in or managing any profession or
occupation within the City.
C. Any person who does not qualify under the pro-
visions of subsection (A) or subsection (B) and who
transacts any business or engages in any occupation or
profession in interstate commerce, if such license tax
is not prohibited by Section 8 of Article I of the
United States Constitution.
Sec. 721.05 License Required; Payment of Tax
Prerequisite to Issuance. Each person who shall engage
in, transact or manage, or be the agent for, any
business, or who shall perform or offer to perform
services or sell goods, advertise goods for sale, or
perform services or solicit or advertise the perfor-
mance of services for any of the businesses, pro-
fessions or occupations mentioned in this chapter,
shall first procure a license from the City, and shall
upon procuring the license, and before the issuance of
the same, pay the amount of license tax required there-
for as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 721.07 Construction of Chapter Provisions.
Each provision in this chapter contained and each
license tax by this chapter imposed is intended to be
separate and independent and is intended to be con-
strued distributively.
Sec. 721.09 Employment of Personnel to Enforce
Chapter Provisions. The City Manager shall be and is
hereby empowered to employ such clerical and other help
as shall be necessary to fully enforce the provisions
of this chapter.
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Sec. 721.11 Unlawful to engage in business, etc.
without license or make false statements in license
application. It shall be unlawful for any person to
exercise any of the privileges or to carry on or engage
in or conduct any of the businesses, occupations or
professions herein specifically enumerated without
paying the occupational license tax or taxes required
by this chapter in the manner herein provided or to
fail to make any reports to the City Finance Director
as required, or to violate any other provision of this
chapter.
Sec. 721.13 Penalty for making false statement in
License Application. Any person found making a state-
ment showing value of inventory in an amount less than
the true amount thereof in his application for a
license, or knowingly making a false statement as to
any other condition or factor upon which the license
fee is or shall be based, the effect of which would be
to reduce the amount of such fee, shall in addition to
all other penalties now provided by law, pay to the
Director of Finance, upon demand therefor, the ad-
ditional amount of license fee found to be due, plus a
penalty of twenty -five (25) percent of such additional
amount with interest on the additional fee of one per-
cent per month or major fraction thereof after the date
when the original license fee was due and payable to
the Director of Finance, and any license theretofore
issued to any such person shall be subject to revo-
cation, if so determined by the council.
Sec. 721.15 Form, signing of licenses; report of
information to City Finance Director.
A. The Director of Finance shall prescribe the form
of all licenses and applications therefor, and, except
as otherwise provided by ordinance, all licenses shall
be signed by the Director of Finance and shall be in-
valid for all purposes unless so signed. Each person
required to pay an occupational license tax shall
report under oath to the City Finance Director all in-
formation necessary for a proper determination of the
occupational license tax due for each classification to
which he is subject, including the number of employees,
size or average inventory of stock on hand. The City
Finance Director is authorized to prepare interrogator-
ies to furnish forms for filing of the reports to
obtain the information necessary to determine the
proper occupational license tax due. The City Finance
Director is further authorized to make such invest-
igation and inspection of each place of business and
the records pertaining thereto as is necessary to
verify any reports or to determine the proper occu-
pational license tax or taxes due under this chapter.
B. Any person who is both a wholesale and retail
merchant as defined in this chapter is hereby required
to make separate reports for the wholesale business and
for the retail business and to obtain licenses
accordingly; however, any retail merchant who desires
to do a wholesale business also may elect to do such
wholesale business under his retail license, by paying
a license tax based on both the retail and wholesale
business at the retail rate.
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Sec. 721.17 License Year; when license tax due and
payable; term of license; proration of fees. The
license year for all occupational, business or other
licenses shall begin October 1 of each year and shall
expire on September 30 of the succeeding year. All
such licenses shall be sold by the Finance Director
beginning September 1 of each year and shall be due and
payable on October 1 of each year. No license shall be
issued for more than one year. For each license ob-
tained by any new business, occupation or agent after
April 1 of the following year, one -half of the license
for one year shall be paid, unless otherwise herein-
after provided.
Sec. 721.19 When license taxes deemed delinquent;
penalty for delinquency. Each license not renewed by
October 1 shall be considered delinquent and subject to
a delinquency penalty of ten (10) percent of the total
tax due for the month of October, plus an additional
delinquency penalty of five (5) percent of the tax due
for each month of delinquency thereafter until paid;
however, the total penalty shall not exceed twenty five
(25) percent of the total tax due. Nothing in this
section, however, shall be construed to prevent the
imposition of a fine, or imprisonment, or both, upon
conviction for violation of any provision of this
chapter.
Sec. 721.21 Licenses requiring council approval;
submission of application. All applicants for licenses
requiring approval of the council shall submit appli-
cations not less than two (2) weeks prior to regular
meeting of the council to allow sufficient time for
investigation, etc., of the applicant.
Sec. 721.23 Issuance of license to corporations,
partnerships, etc. Any license may be issued to any
corporation, association, or partnership, or to two (2)
or more persons engaged in any joint enterprise, the
same as to a single person and for the same fee, except
where otherwise specially provided.
Sec. 721.25 Duty of corporations to comply with
chapter provisions. It shall be the duty of all
officers and agents of any corporation to see that such
corporation complies with the provisions of the
chapter, and all officers or agents of any corporation
required by this chapter to be licensed who shall do
business without having paid the license tax imposed
and procured such license shall be subject to the
penalties imposed by this chapter.
Sec. 721.27 Separate license required for each
place of business. A separate license shall be
obtained for each place of business conducted,
operated, maintained, or carried on by every person
engaged in any occupation, trade or enterprise, for
which a license is required by the ordinances of the
City.
Sec. 721.29 Multiple Licenses. Except as otherwise
stated herein, in the event any person engaged in a
business, occupation, or profession at one location or
place of business is required in the operation of said
business, etc., under the terms of this chapter to have
more than one license, and to pay more than one license
tax; the licensee shall pay in full all license fees so
required.
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Sec. 721.31 Preservation, display of license. All
licenses granted by the City shall be carefully pre-
served and shall be displayed in a conspicious place in
the place of business authorized to be conducted by the
license.
Sec. 721.33 Transfer of license; fees; refunds.
A. All licenses issued by the City shall be trans-
ferred with the approval of the Director of Finance
with the businesses for which they were taken out,
except as otherwise provided for by law, when there is
a bona fide sale and transfer of the property used and
employed in the business as stock in trade, and not
otherwise; provided, that the seller of the business
shall present the license to the Department of Finance
with the endorsement on the reverse side of the license
issued, assigning all right, title and interest to the
purchaser, and the purchaser shall produce a properly
executed bill of sale showing the transfer of stock
from the person licensed to the purchaser. Licenses
may be transferred from one location to another;
provided, that the license is presented to the
Department of Finance for approval of such transfer.
B. Upon the transfer of ownership of any such
licenses, there shall be a fee of three dollars ($3.00).
For a transfer of location by the same ownership, there
shall be a fee of three dollars ($3.00). Fees pre-
scribed by this chapter shall in no case be refunded.
C. No occupation license to general or subcontractor
may be assigned or transferred from one person to
another.
Sec. 721.35 Advertisement deemed conclusive
evidence of engaging in business, etc. The advertise-
ment of any business, profession or occupation, by
sign, newspaper, magazine or otherwise, shall be con-
clusive evidence of the engaging in and carrying on in
the City of the business, profession or occupation so
advertised.
Sec. 721.37 Established place of business required.
No license shall be issued for any business where the
business is conducted from vehicle or temporary
structure.
Sec. 721.38 Exemption from payment of license tax;
state law to govern. Any person entitled to exemption
under the laws of the State shall be exempt from the
payment of a license tax to the City; however, in no
case shall a person be exempt from a payment of the
occupational license tax in excess of fifty dollars
($50.00). The laws of the State shall govern such ex-
emptions. Applicants for exemption shall make affi-
davit that total exemption, for all municipal licenses,
does not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00). Veterans must
be at least ten (10) percent disabled to qualify for
exemption. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed
as interfering with regulating or taxing any person in
business against whom the right of taxation has already
been preempted by the State, nor as giving to any
person the right to obstruct the streets, sidewalk or
other public places in the City.
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Sec. 721.39 Insurance Requirements. Whenever
indicated elsewhere in this Chapter, applicants may be
required to present the City with a certificate showing
insurance coverage for general tort liability in an
amount of not less than $100,000.00 to any one person,
$300,000.00 for any one accident and $25,000.00
property damage, prior to the issuance of a license.
Sec. 721.40 Special Provisions for Contractors and
Subcontractors.
A. All contractors and subcontractors shall be
required to furnish a surety bond in the amount of
$1,000 payable to the City of Cape Canaveral prior to
the issuance of an occupational license.
B. No license shall be issued to any contractor,
general or otherwise, unless the applicant therefor
shall first present to the City a certificate showing
said applicant to be insured for general tort liability
in the amount of not less than $100,000.00 to any one
person, $300,000.00 for any one accident and $25,000.00
property damage.
Sec. 721.41 Application of chapter provisions to
farmers. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
require any farmer to procure a license to sell vege-
tables or fruits within the City, if such vegetables or
fruits are the produce of his own farm, located within
the State.
Sec. 721.43 License fee for businesses, etc., not
otherwise designated. Every business, occupation,
profession or exhibition, engaged in by any person, not
herein specifically designated, shall pay a license fee
of thirty -one dollars and twenty -five cents ($31.25).
Sec. 721.45 Records of issued licenses; contents.
The Director of Finance shall keep an accurate and
thorough record of all licenses issued, showing the
nature of the license, its date, expiration and to whom
issued.
Sec. 721.47 Records to be kept by all persons
engaging in business for which license is required. It
shall be the duty of every person engaging or con-
tinuing in the City any business or exercising any
privilege subject to a license tax to keep and preserve
suitable records of the average annual inventory of
stock on hand, records sufficient to show the number of
employees, and a record of all goods and merchandise
purchased or received for resale. It shall be the duty
of every person to keep and preserve, for a period of
two (2) years, all invoices of goods and merchandise
purchased or received for resale and the employment
records of all employees and to furnish such records to
the City Finance Director for inspection upon request.
Sec. 721.49 Each day of failure to comply with
chapter provisions deemed separate violation. Each day
of selling or disposal of merchandise or engaging in
business or occupation without complying with this
chapter shall constitute a separate and distinct
violation of such chapter.
Sec. 721.51 Authority of council to change, revoke,
etc. chapter provisions and enact other ordinances.
The adoption of this chapter and schedule of licenses
shall not abridge the right of the council to change,
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alter, increase, decrease or revoke any of the licenses
provided for herein at any time; or to pass other
ordinances providing for excise or license taxes or
other license assessments whether pertaining to any of
the subject contained or provided for in this chapter
or not, and the same shall not affect any of the
matters or provisions of this chapter, unless
specifically so stated.
Sec. 721.53 Schedule of Rates.
ABSTRACT /TITLE COMPANIES /AGENCIES . . . $ 62.50
More than three (3) employees . . . . $ 93.75
ACCOUNTANT /AUDITOR $ 62.50
Accounting or Bookeeping
Service $ 62.50
ADVERTISING
Agents or agencies writing adver-
tisements for profit $ 125.00
Maintaining billboards signboards
upon which advertising is dis-
played either by permanent sign
painted thereon or paper posted
or attached thereto $ 125.00
Outdoor Advertising such as paint-
ed walls, bulletins, biliposting
electrical displays, etc. for
hire per space, per year $ 43.75
Contracting for Advertising in or
on buses or other public carriers . . $ 18.75
Sound Trucks,
By Police Permit only
AIRCRAFT AGENCY, including sales
service and for hire, new and used . . $ 93.75
AIRCRAFT FLYING SCHOOLS or Flight
Lessons $ 62.50
AMBULANCE SERVICE, each vehicle . . . $ 62.50
AMUSEMENTS
Arcade Operators, each $ 100.00
Billiards, Pool:
First Table $ 15.00
Each Additional Table $ 5.00
Bowling Alley, each alley $ 18.75
Carnival, each, per week, or
fraction thereof $ 1,250.00
(Requires Council Approval)
(Insurance required per Sec.
721.39)
Circus, each, per day $ 312.50
(Requires Council Approval)
(Insurance required per Sec.
721.39)
Golf Course, 18 Holes $ 62.50
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Golf Driving Range $ 62.50
Miniature and Tom Thumb Golf . . . $ 31.25
Machines, coin - operated devices
firm $ 187.50
Machines, coin - operated game,
devices, each. Any person who
leases or rents or places under
any kind of arrangement, any coin -
operated machine except cigar-
ette, penny parcel, checking
lockers, toilet locks and U.S.
stamp machines, shall pay a fee
for each machine of $ 12.50
Machines, coin - operated, other
than above, each $ 6.25
Motion Picture Theatre $ 125.00
Indoor or Outdoor
Outdoor concerts, music fests,
etc., per day $ 5.00
(Requires Council Approval)
Park Operator, Amusement, each . . . $ 150.00
Riding devices (other than coin -
operated) each per day $ 10.00
(Insurance required per Sec.
721.39)
Rinks, skating, each per year . . . . $ 62.50
Shooting gallery, each per year . . . $ 125.00
Wrestling or Boxing
Per Match $ 31.25
ANIMAL CARE AND GROOMING $ 62.50
ASTRONOMERS $ 12.50
AUCTION HOUSE OR SHOP $ 125.00
AUCTIONEERS
Per Year $ 65.00
Per Day $ 25.00
AUTOMOBILES
New Vehicle, Agency /Dealer, each
location $ 125.00
Used Vehicles, Agency /Dealer,
each location $ 125.00
Each additional location for new
or used, to include single ve-
hicles displayed at service sta-
tions, etc $ 62.50
Service Station, per station $ 62.50
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Automobile Storage:
Per 1,000 square feet up
to 2,000 $ 25.00
Each additional 1,000 feet
or fraction thereof $ 6.25
Automobile Parking Lot:
2,000 square feet or less $ 12.50
Each additional 1,000 feet
or fraction thereof $ 6.25
Vehicles for Hire (Rent -A -Car,
etc.) $ 93.75
(Insurance Required per Sec.
721.39)
Auto Parts, used $ 31.25
Auto Accessories $ 31.25
Auto /Vehicle Wrecker Service $ 31.25
Automotive Repair:
(See Garage)
BAIT, Live $ 18.75
BAKERIES, Retail $ 31.25
BAKERIES, Wholesale
(See Merchant)
Plus for each delivery vehicle. . . . $ 12.50
BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUT-
IONS, includes Banks, Small Loan
and Finance, Savings and Loan $ 375.00
BARBERSHOPS:
First Chair $ 31.25
Each Additional Chair $ 6.25
BATH, Public (Turkish, Swedish, or
Mineral) or Health Center $ 62.50
BEAUTY PARLOR OR SALON:
First Operator $ 31.25
Each Additional Operator $ 6.25
BICYCLE AND MOWER, Dealer, Rent,
Repair or Sales $ 31.25
BLUEPRINTING, PHOTOCOPYING SERVICE. . $ 62.50
BOATS FOR HIRE $ 12.50
BOATS, SALES, SERVICE /MARINAS $ 125.00
BONDSMEN $ 62.50
BOOK AGENTS OR CANVASSERS, taking
orders or selling books or maga-
zines, resident $ 18.75
BOOKKEEPER $ 62.50
BOOT, SHOE REPAIR AND SHINE SHOP. . . $ 18.75
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BOTTLE WORKS $ 62.50
Each Truck $ 12.50
BOTTLED WATER, SALES, DISTRIBUTOR . . $ 25.00
BROKER:
Mercantile broker /agent $ 62.50
Stocks and bonds, broker/
firm or office $ 62.50
Stocks and bonds agent or
salesman $ 25.00
BUILDING MATERIALS OR SUPPLY DEALER
(See Merchant)
BUS COMPANY, Local $ 25.00
BUS TERMINAL $ 125.00
BUSINESS OFFICE, persons utilizing
or renting office or desk space for
a business not otherwise licensed.
When solely operated by Owner • • • . $ 31.25
Not more than 3 employees $ 37.50
4 and not over 5 employees $ 43.75
6 and not over 15 employees $ 50.00
16 and not over 25 employees $ 56.25
26 and not over 50 employees $ 62.50
51 and not over 100 employees . . . • $ 125.00
101 and not over 150 employees. . . • $ 187.50
For each 50 or part thereover 150 . $ 62.50
CABINET OR CARPENTER SHOP $ 31.25
CAR WASH $ 31.25
CASH REGISTER, BUSINESS MACHINE,
TYPEWRITER, ETC., sales, rentals
and service only; not to include
office supplies $ 31.25
CATERING SERVICES $ 31.25
(Does not include Mobile Food
Vendors)
CHILD CARE CENTERS, DAY NURSERY,
KINDERGARTEN
6 -25 Children $ 31.25
26 -50 Children $ 62.50
51 -75 Children $ 93.75
76 and over $ 125.00
CLAIM AND COLLECTION AGENCIES; must
file a $1,000.00 Surety Bond with
the City Clerk $ 62.50
CLAIRVOYANT, FORTUNE TELLER, MIND
READER, PALMIST $ 250.00
COLD STORAGE, BULK STORAGE $ 62.50
CONCRETE PLANT OR BLOCK PLANT $ 187.50
Plus, for each truck $ 15.00
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CONTRACTOR:
Includes General Building
Contractors:
Class I $ 125.00
Class II $ 125.00
Class III $ 62.50
Class III restricted $ 62.50
Subcontractors and contractors
other than general includes but
is not limited to the follow-
ing:
Carpenter Painting
Construction Plastering
Electrical Plumbing
Electrical Sign Roofing and
Elevator Sheet Metal
Engineering Septic Tanks
Flooring Sign Painting
Glazing Solar Heating
Landscaping Structural Steel
Lathing Sprinkler
Masonry Tile and Terrazzo
Moving and Tile
Wrecking Well drilling
Ornamental Swimming Pool
Repairs Small Repair
Paving
CONVENIENCE STORES
(See Merchant)
When petroleum products are dis-
pensed from pumps a seperate
license is required (see Gasoline).
CREDIT CORPORATION $ 62.50
CREDIT COLLECTION AGENCY $ 62.50
DANCE HALL OR BALLROOM $ 200.00
DATA PROCESSING $ 62.50
DECORATOR, INTERIOR $ 31.25
Each applicant shall file with the
License Division a Surety Bond of
not less than $1,000.00.
DELIVERY SERVICE $ 31.25
DELICATESSEN $ 31.25
DETECTIVE AGENCY:
Fee for Agency $ 62.50
In Addition, Each Investigator . . $ 31.25
DIRECTORY, CITY, to engage in com-
piling City Directory. Required to
furnish all copies required by the
City. Each applicant must file a
Performance Bond of not less than
$1,000.00 with each license di-
vision $ 125.00
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DOG, PONY OR OTHER ANIMAL SHOW:
First Day $ 31.25
Each Additional Day $ 6.25
DRESSMAKING SHOP $ 18.75
DRY CLEANER:
Plant in City $ 31.25
Pickup station $ 12.50
ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING AND
SERVICE COMPANY (Computer Program-
ming - Software)
Including all types of account-
ing, printing, computing and
other services done by electronic
equipment. Each location $ 125.00
ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANIES
(See Utilities)
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY $ 62.50
EXPRESS COMPANIES, each, F.S. 167 . . $ 31.25
Plus for each delivery vehicle. . . $ 12.50
EXTERMINATOR, TERMITE AND PESTS . . . $ 31.25
In addition, each truck $ 12.50
FACTORIES:
Production or assembly of apparel
and accessories, chemical and al-
lied products, metals, nonferrous
metals, glass, plastics, elec-
tronics and other manufacturing,
including Research & Development. . . $ 125.00
FERTILIZER, Agent or Dealership
(See Merchant Schedule)
FIRE AND WRECK SALES, each, weekly. . . $ 62.50
FIREWORKS, Wholesale and Retail
(Prohibited)
FISH MARKET
(See Merchant)
FLORIST
(See Merchant)
When operated with other business
for which annual license tax has
been paid $ 20.00
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE STORE
(See Merchant)
FUNERAL HOMES, includes undertaking
and embalming $ 93.75
FURNITURE DEALER,
(See Merchant)
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GARAGE; AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR:
Operating separately $ 62.50
In connection with other business
for which annual license tax has
been paid $ 25.00
GAS DISTRIBUTORS, Bottled $ 31.25
GASOLINE, KEROSENE AND OIL:
Delivered in containers or by
tank truck $ 125.00
Wholesale with storage facilities
in the City $ 125.00
Distributors retailing from tank
wagon (Prohibited)
Retail pump sales, per pump $ 31.25
GLASS, PLATE, Installation $ 62.50
GUNS, DEALERS IN ARMS, FIREARMS
(See Merchant)
GUNSMITH, independent business $ 31.25
When in connection with other
business $ 20.00
HAULING CONTRACTOR:
Per Vehicle $ 18.75
Per Vehicle with tandem -type
axles $ 31.25
HEALTH SPAS
Includes gymnasiums, physical
culture and slenderizing salons . . . $ 250.00
(Masseur /masseuse requires sepe-
rate license unless salaried (See
Masseur)
HOSPITAL, SANITARIUM OR NURSING
HOME, operated for profit:
10 rooms or less $ 62.50
Each additional room $ 6.25
Must possess approval by State
Board of Health and License from
State
HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENTS, BOARDING
HOUSES AND LODGING HOMES
(See Lodging)
HYPNOTIST:
Therapeutic (F.S. 456) $ 25.00
Other than Therapeutic $ 125.00
ICE CREAM MANUFACTURERS $ 62.50
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ICE MANUFACTURER, without cold
storage $ 125.00
INSURANCE OR BONDING COMPANY $ 31.25
INSURANCE OR BONDING AGENCY:
Insurance Adjuster, each $ 31.25
Insurance Salesman, each $ 31.25
INTRODUCTORY SERVICE
Unmarried opposite sex only, not
to include escort service, lonely
hearts club or marriage bureau or
other business of a like nature.
For a six month periods, renewal
contingent upon the lack of sub-
stantial complaints. Licensee
and all personnel shall be sub-
ject to a satisfactory police
investigation to include finger-
prints, photograph, and FBI check.
Prior conviction of a crime in-
volving moral turpitude shall be
grounds for the refusal of a
license. Applicants or licensees
shall have the right of appeal to
the city council in the event of
a refusal to issue or in the
event of revocation of a license.
For the initial 6 month period or
fraction thereof $ 250.00
For each additional 6 months
period or fraction thereof $ 125.00
JANITOR AND COMMERICAL CLEAN-
ING SERVICE $ 31.25
Each applicant shall file with
the License Division a Surety
Bond of not less than $1,000.00
JEWELRY
(See Merchant)
KENNELS, ANIMAL $ 62.50
KNIFE AND SCISSORS SHARPENER $ 12.50
LABORATORIES, Dental, Chemical, Re-
search & Development, etc., each. . . . $ 125.00
LANDSCAPING, except Contractors,
Architects, Engineers, or Florists
paying a City license tax as such . . . $ 31.25
LAUNDRIES:
Plant $ 31.25
Pickup Station $ 12.50
LAUNDROMAT $ 31.25
In addition, each, coin - operated
machine $ 6.25
LOAN COMPANY, BROKER, FIRM, PERSON,
CORPORATION $ 250.00
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LOCKSMITH AND KEYSMITH, each $ 31.25
LODGING, includes Apartments, Room-
ing Houses, Motels and Hotel, and
Trailer Parks
Each of the above categories
shall pay an annual license fee
according to the following
schedule:
Apartment houses, per rental unit . . $
Motels and hotels, per rental unit. $
Rooming houses, per room $
Mobile home trailer parks, per
trailer $ 2.00
Travel trailer parks, per space . . $ 2.00
MACHINE SHOP $ 62.50
MAIL ORDER BUSINESS, each person,
company or firm, etc $ 31.25
MANICURIST, each $ 12.50
MASSEUR, MASSEUSE $ 31.25
2.00
2.00
2.00
MERCHANTS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL:
Every merchant, dealer, agent, bro-
ker, manufacturer, or distributor
shall pay a license tax based on the
gross sales for the 12 months ending
with the last month of the previous
calendar or fiscal business year
prior to August 1.
Wholesale and Retail Schedule:
0 to
25,001.00 to
37,501.00 to
50,001.00 to
75,001.00 to
100,000.00 to
125,001.00 to
150,001.00 to
175,001.00 to
200,001.00 to
250,001.00 to
300,001.00 to
350,001.00 to
400,001.00 to
475,001.00 to
550,001.00 to
625,001.00 to
700,001.00 to
25,000.00 minimum . $
37,500.00 $
50,000.00 $
75,000.00 $
100,000.00 $
125,000.00 $
150,000.00 $
175,000.00 $
200,000.00 $
250,000.00 $
300,000.00 $
350,000.00 $
400,000.00 $
475,000.00 $
550,000.00 $
625,000.00 $
700,000.00 $
775,000.00 $
775,001.00 to 850,000.00 $
850,001.00 to 925,000.00 $
925,001.00 to 1,000.000 00 $
1,000,000.00 to 1,250,000.00 $
1,250,001.00 to 1,500,000.00 $
1,500,001.00 to 1,750,000.00 $
1,750,001.00 to 2,000,000.00 $
2,000,001.00 to 2,250,000.00 $
31.25
37.50
43.75
53.25
62.50
68.05
75.00
84.38
93.75
100.00
106.25
115.62
125.00
140.63
156.25
171.90
187.50
203.15
218.75
234.40
250.00
281.25
312.50
343.75
375.00
406.25
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2,250,001.00 to
2,500,001.00 to
2,750,001.00 to
3,000,001.00 to
3,250,001.00 to
3,500,000.00 to
3,750,001.00 to
4,000,001.00 to
4,250,001.00 to
4,500,001.00 to
4,750,001.00 to
Each additional
MICROFILMED JUNE 89
2,500,000.00 $ 437.50
2,750,000.00 $ 468.75
3,000,000.00 $ 500.00
3,250,000.00 $ 531.25
3,500,000.00 $ 562.50
3,750,000.00 $ 593.75
4,000,000.00 $ 625.00
4,250,000.00 $ 656.00
4,.500,000.00 $ 687.50
4,750,000.00 $ 718.75
5,000,000.00 $ 750.00
500,000.00 $ 52.50
New merchants opening business
shall pay a license tax based on
the following inventory schedule
for the first year only:
0 to
10,000.00 to
30,000.00 to
60,000.00 up
10,000.00 $ 35.00
30,000.00 $ 50.00
60,000.00 $ 75.00
$ 100.00
MIDWIVES, no license issued until
certificate issued within the past
year from the State Board of Health
is submitted: (Exempt)
MONUMENT AND TOMBSTONES, dealer in
and /or agent for, each $ 31.25
MUFFLER SHOP, sale and installation
of mufflers, only $ 31.25
NEWS BUREAU, representing news-
papers published outside City $ 100.00
NEWSPAPER, daily, 4 or more pub-
lished per week $ 100.00
NEWSTAND $ 18.75
NURSERY, trees, plants, etc. (See
Merchant)
OFFICE SUPPLIES AND /OR OFFICE
FURNITURE (See Merchant)
PACKING HOUSE:
Private Order Business $ 18.75
General Business $ 62.50
PAINT AND BODY SHOP, only $ 93.75
PARADES, must be approved by the
Council and requires Police Permit.
PAWNBROKERS $ 250.00
PHOTOGRAPHER $ 31.25
PHOTOFINISHING, pickup station,
when operated not in connection
with another business, each $ 25.00
PIANO TUNER $ 12.50
PRINTING, JOB PRINTING $ 31.25
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MICROFILMED JUNE 89
PRINTING, JOB PRINTING AGENT, not
otherwise licensed $ 62.50
PROFESSIONALS $ 62.50
Includes the following, but is
not limited to:
Attorney
Architect
Civil Engineer
Chiropodist
Chiropractor
Dentist
Dental Hygenist
Electrologist
Electrotherapist
Electrical Engineer
Homeopathic Phys.
Mechanical Engineer
Musician
Naturopath
Ocultist
Optician
Optometrist
Osteopath
Psychiatrist
Photographer
Physician
Stockbroker
Surgeon
Veterinarian
PUBLIC RELATIONS $ 62.50
PUBLIC SCALES, Truck Weighing $ 12.50
PUBLIC SCALES, Coin - Operated
(See Amusement)
RADIO AND TV REPAIR
Repair
Sales (See Merchant)
RADIO STATIONS
RAILROAD COMPANIES, Maximum allowed
by State
REAL ESTATE
Includes the following:
Agent
Appraiser
Broker
Salesmen
Rentals
$ 31.25
$ 100.00
$ 250.00
$ 62.50
REDUCING SALON
(See Health Spa)
RENTAL AGENCY $ 62.50
Includes the following:
Automobiles
Equipment
Furniture
Recreational
Equipment
Real Estate
Tool
Trucks
Trailers
Supplies
Etc.
RESTAURANTS:
First 10 chairs $ 12.50
Each additional chair or seating
space $ .65
Private Boarding House, 5 chairs
or less, is exempt.
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Snack Bar, Fast Food Service $ 62.50
Drive -In added to regular rest-
aurant license if combined $ 31.25
Approval by State Hotel Com-
mission required for hotel dining
rooms, eating houses, stands,
boarding houses, lunch counter,
etc.
RUG AND CARPET CLEANERS $ 31.25
SAFES, for sale or exchange, each
agent $ 31.25
SANDING OR FINISHING OF FLOORS $ 31.25
SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS
(See Banks)
SCHOOLS, such as dancing, business,
or commercial, beauty or barber,
music, physical education, riding,
driving, telegraph, etc., when oper-
ated for profit.
1 - 25 Students $ 31.25
26 - 50 Students $ 62.50
51 - 75 Students $ 93.75
76 and over $ 125.00
SECONDHAND DEALER, to buy or sell
secondhand merchandise, clothing,
furniture, guns, etc $ 125.00
SECURITY AGENCY, including Armored
Car $ 62.50
SELLING, not specifically covered:
except that those representing char-
itable organizations which are
recognized as such by the Internal
Revenue Service, and donations to
which are considered deductible
under the rules and regulations of
the Internal Revenue Service shall
not pay a license tax, but shall
make application for a permit $ 62.50
SEPTIC TANK CLEANERS, $ 62.50
SERVICE STATION
(See Merchants)
SEWER CLEANING SERVICE $ 62.50
SEWING MACHINE
Dealers and /or Agents $ 31.25
SHOESHINE PARLOR $ 12.50
SHOOTING GALLERIES, location must
be approved by the Council $ 125.00
SIGN PAINTERS $ 31.25
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SOLICITORS AND CANVASSERS:
(Require Council Approval)
Per Day $ 6.25
Per Year $ 31.25
Solicitors and Canvassers not speci-
fically covered except that those
representing charitable organi-
zations which are recognized as
such by the Internal Revenue Ser-
vice, and donations to which are
considered deductible under the
rules and regulations of the Inter-
nal Revenue Service shall not pay a
license tax, but shall make appli-
cation for a permit $ 62.50
SPORTS PLACES AND AREANAS $ 250.00
STENOGRAPHER, PUBLIC AND COURT RE-
PORTER, per individual $ 12.50
STORAGE AND WAREHOUSE, Public, each
building $ 62.50
TAILORS $ 31.25
TAXI COMPANY $ 100.00
Plus, each car $ 25.00
Insurance required per Sec. 721.39
TAXIDERMISTS $ 31.25
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE SYSTEMS
AND COMPANIES (See Utilities)
TELEVISION CABLE SYSTEMS AND COMP-
ANIES (See Utilities)
TIRE AND RECAPPING SERVICE $ 31.25
TOURIST CAMPS OR COURTS
(See Lodging)
TOWEL AND LINEN SUPPLY $ 62.50
TRADING STAMPS, per year $ 125.00
To engage in the business of sell-
ing or furnishing to merchants or
others, checks, tickets, or
stamps, commonly known as trading
stamps, on the terms of agreement
to redeem them by exchange of
goods, wares or merchandise for
them or otherwise.
TRAILER, RENTAL
(See Rental Agency)
When operated in conjunction with
other business $ 31.25
TRAILER, CAMPS
(See Lodging)
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TREE SURGEON $ 31.25
Each applicant shall file with
the License Division a Surety
Bond of not less than $1,000.00.
TRUCK LINES, receiving and /or
delivering, freight or express $ 62.50
UPHOLSTERERS OR FURNITURE MENDERS . . $ 31.25
UTILITIES $ 312.50
Includes the following:
Cable TV
Electric
Natural Gas
Telephone
Each company in this class shall
pay the annual license fee in
addition to any Franchise Fee or
Property Tax Payments.
VACUUM CLEANERS
Dealers or Agents $ 31.25
WATCH & CLOCK REPAIRING $ 31.25
In addition to other license $ 31.25
WATER, BOTTLED $ 31.25
Each Truck $ 12.50
WELDING SHOP $ 62.50
WELL DRILLERS $ 43.75
Sec. 721.53 Penalty.
A. Each day of sale or disposal of merchandise or
engaging in business or occupation without complying
with this chapter shall constitute a separate and
distinct violation of such ordinance.
B. Any person violating any of the provisions of
this chapter shall be punished as provided in §801.02.
SECTION 2. All portions of the Code in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption.
ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral,
Florida, this 21st day of July , 1987.
Mayor
First Readirig 7 -07 -87
Posted: 7 -08 -87
Advertised: 7 -11 -87
Second Reading: 7 -21 -87
NAME YES NO
HOOG X
KIDD X
LEE X
MARCHETTI X
MURPHY X
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