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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 318 Occupational License Fees RESOLl1rION NO. 318 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, FIXING THE FEES TO BE PAID BY APPLICANTS FOR CERTAIN OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES; CONFLICTS AND EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Winter Sprirogs, Florida, has determined that it needs to revise and consolidate its Fee Schedule for Occupational Licenses for certain businesses and WHEREAS, the City Council of Winter Springs, Florida, has by the adoption of Ordinance No. 224 directed that it is necessary to set Business License Fees by resolution, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, THAT: SECTION I - The following fee schedule for Business/License fees is adopted as being the official Fee Schedule for the City of Winter Springs, Florida: A. General Building Contractors, which shall include, but not be limited to: 1. General Building Contractors, Class I . . . .$200.00 2. General Building Contractors, Class II. . . . 120.00 3. General Building Contractors, Class III . . . $ 80.00 B. Subcontractors: As defined in Section 8-23 . . . . . . ......................$ 50.00 C. Entertainment: If not listed below fee is $200.00 per year. 1. Billiards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00 2. Bowling (per lane). . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 40.00 3. Amusement Machines (a) Distributor-owner. . . . . . . . . $200.00 (b) Business-per machine . . . . . . . . $ 20.00 4. Exhibitions, public performance, per day. . . $200.00 5. Fortune-teller, Palmist, Astrologer, Clairvoyant, per day . . . . . . . . . . . $200.00 6. Motion Picture Theaters, per year. . . . . . $200.00 7. Music, nomllire, per year. . . . . . . . $100.00 8. Skating Rink, per year . . . . . . . . $100.00 9. Miniature Golf Course, per year. . . . . $100.00 D. Financial: Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profit Fee $ 1.00 to $100,000.00 . . . '. . . . . . . $150.00 $100,001.00 to 150,000.00 . . . . . . . . . . $187.50 $150,001.00 to 175,000.00 . . . . . . . $225.00 $175, OOl.OO,~to 200,000.00 . . . . . . . . . . $262.50 $200,001.00 to 225,000.00 . . . . . . . . . . $300.00 $225,001.00 to 250,000.00 . . . . . . . . $337.50 $250.001.00 to 275,000.00 . . . . . . . . . . $375.00 $275,001.00 to 325,000.00 . . . . . . . . . . $412.50 $325,001.00 to 375,000.00 . . . . . . . . . . $450.00 $375,001.00 to 500,000.00 . . . . . . . . . . $437.50 $500,001.00 and above . . . . . . . . . . $468.75 E. Industrial, shall pay an annual fee of $80.00, plus an additional surcharge of $4.00 for each employee above ten employed by the firm. F. Lodging, which shall include, but not be limited to: 1. Apartment houses shall pay a minimum fee of $10.00 or $6.00 per rental unit, whichever is the higher. 2. Motels and hotels shall pay $4.00 per rental unit. 3. Rooming houses shall pay a minimum of $20.00 or $2.00 per room, whichever is the higher. 4. Trailer parks shall pay $225.00 for 100 or more trailer spaces, or $2.25 per trailer for under 100 spaces, with a minimum charge of $80.00 per trailer park. G. Merchants, which shall include, but not be limited to: Wholesale sales Solicitors Retail sales Pawnbrokers Rolling stores 1. Each merchant shall pay an annual fee of $80.00 for the first 3,000 square feet of area, and $20.00 for each additional 3,000 square feet of area or part thereof. 2. For rolling stores the fee shall be $80.00 for the first vehicle and $20.00 for each additional vehicle. Specifically excluded from classification as a rolling store is any store which has an established place of business in the city requiring an occu- pational license. Each rolling store shall main- tain upon each vehicle while in operation or use, a rolling store permit, and the holder of each per- mit or agent thereof shall exhibit the same to the city license inspector, his deputy or any police officer upon being required to do so by any of them. 3. Any person selling merchandise which has been pawned or otherwise traded for a cash consideration shall pay an annual license fee of $225.00, 4. An outside display area, supplementing the primary sales area, shall be licensed on a basis of $10.00 for each additional 15,000 square feet of area. H. News media, which shall include, but not be limited to: Radio broadcasting Newspaper publishing companies companies Television companies Each category within this class shall pay an annual license fee of either: 1. $200.00 when the company has a local office; or $100.00 when the company has no local office. I. Professional, which shall include, but not be limited to: Architects Physicians Dentists Attorneys Engineers Accountants Dental hygienists Realtors Chiropractors Musicians Surveyors Ethical hypnotists Veterinarians Stockbrokers Commercial artists Auctioneers Insurance agents Chiropodists or podiatrists 1. Individual rates shall be $60.00 per year for each firm member, partner or profit-sharing associate, and $30.00 per year for each professional associate who is a nonprofit-sharing member. 2. Insurance agents shall pay either the $60.00 annual fee as a professional agent or the $30.00 fee as an associate, in which case the company represented by the agent shall pay the $60.00 annual fee. J. Restaurants and nightclubs: 1. Establishments where only food and not alcoholic beverages are sold shall pay an annual fee as follows: a. If food is consumed on the premises the fee shall be $50.00 for the first 30 seating spaces and $2.00 for each seat over 30. b. If food is consumed off of the premises and the establishment is a drive-in restaurant, the fee shall be $100.00 plus $2.00 per parking space. c. If both on-premises consumption and drive-in service is permitted, the fee shall be $100.00 plus $2.00 per seat over 30 and $2.00 per parking space. 2. If food and alcoholic beverages are served, the fee shall be the same as established in subsection (j) (l)a. 3. If food and alcoholic beverages are served and dancing is allowed, the fee shall be the same as established in subsection (j) (1) a., plus $150.00 per year. 4. Where no food is served but alcoholic beverages are served and dancing is allowed, the fee shall be the same as established in subsection (j)(l)a., plus $150.00 per year. K. Retail, which shall include, but not be limited to: Bakeries Bottled gas Firearms Florists Ice distributors General merchants Milk distributors Peddlers of fresh fruit Secondhand dealers New vehicle dealers Cemetery sales Retail Food Markets The fee for retail occupational licenses shall be as established for merchants. L. Service businesses, which shall include, but not be limited to: Automotive service Personal service Repair service Service agency Coin-operated machine service 1. Automotive service shall include, but not be limited to, automobile painting, body and fender work not connected with a garage, vehicle rental, garages, parking lots, rental car agencies, taxi- cabs, wrecker service, car washes and related work, mobile home moving and used car dealers, the fee for which shall be $80.00 per year, except that filling stations shall pay an annual fee of $100.00 plus $20.00 for each pump over four in number. A pump is defined as being the apparatus from which gasoline is dispensed. 2. Personal services shall include, but not be limited to, baths, masseurs, bookkeeping service, cleaners, laundries, storage, dressmakers, embalmers and funeral homes, tailors, interior decorators, photo- graphers, photofinishing, private schools, public stenographers, rug cleaners, taxidermists, canine grooming, upholstering, catering services, delivery of messages, tree and landscaping businesses, exter- minators, laboratories, barbershops, beauty shops, self-service laundries and sewer cleaning services, the fee for which shall be $50.00 per year, except as follows: a. Barber and beauty shops shall pay an annual fee of $50.00, plus $10.00 per chair for each chair over one. b. Linen and uniform service shall pay an annual fee of $60.00 per year, plus $20.00 per pickup and delivery vehicle. c. Bookkeeping services performed by a self- employed individual and operating out of a residence shall pay an annual fee of $50.00. d. Laundry pickup stations, where no work is done on the premises and no more than one person is employed shall pay one-half of the base rate applicable to laundries. e. Shoeshine shops shall pay an annual license fee of $30.00, plus $4.00 for all shoeshine stands over two. 3. Repair services shall include, but not be limited to, television repair, radio repair, electrical appliance repair and special installation, repair and maintenance service, the fee for which shall be $50.00 per year. 4. Service agencies shall include, but not be limited to, advertising, collections, credit bureaus, employment agencies, express companies, patrol agencies, printing or publications, rental agencies, abstract and title services, telegraph agencies, armored cars, answering services, bonding companies, data processing service and local business offices, the fee for which shall be $100.00 per year. 5. Coin-operated machine service, includes service and vending machines, but not amusement machines. The fee for such businesses shall be as fo 1l0\-1s: a. Distributor-owner for 1 to 25 machines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00 b. Distributor-owner for 25 to 50 machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150.00 c. Distributor-owner for 50 to 75 machines. . . . . . . . . . . . . $200.00 d. Distributor-o\vner for 75 or more machines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $225.00 In addition to the above fees, a sticker shall be required for each machine, the fee for which sticker shall be $2.00 for non- electric five-cent vending machines, $6.00 for each coin-operated self-service, laundry machine and $4.00 for all other coin-operated machines. M. Utilities, which shall include, but not be limited to: Telephone companies Electricity companies Natural gas companies Cable television companies Each utility company shall pay an annual license fee of $200.00 in addition to any franchise or property tax payments. N. Wholesale, which shall include, but not be limited to: Food dealers Petroleum dealers Storage warehouses Each wholesale business shall pay an annual fee of $100.00. O. Other occupations: All other occupations not specifically set forth in this section shall pay a general occupational license fee of $80.00. SECTION II - This Resolution shall remain in force and effect until supplemented, amended, repealed or otherwise altered. SECTION III - All Resolutions or parts of Resolutions in conflict with this Resolution are hereby repealed. SECTION IV - This Resolution shall take immediate effect October 1, 1980 upon its passage and approval. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 23 day of September, 1980. CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA By: Troy J. Piland, Mayor ATTEST: Mary T. Norton CITY CLERK