ORDINANCE 836ORDINANCE NO. 38 -74 -836
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI,
FLORIDA, IMPOSING OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE.
TAXES ON PERSONS MAINTAINING A PERMANENT
BUSINESS LOCATION OR BRANCH OFFICE WITHIN
THE CITY FOR THE 'PURPOSE OF ENGAGING IN
OR MANAGING A ;3LoINESS, PROFESSION, OR
OCCUPATION WITHIN THE CITY, AS PROVIDED
FOR IN CHAPTER 72 -306, 'LAWS OF FLORIDA;
PROVIDING FOR TRANSFER OF LICENSES
PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR DELINQUENT
PAYMENTS; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION
OF ORDINANCE; EXPRESSING INTENT THAT
ORDINANCE NOT BE INCLUDED IN' THE ;CITY CODE;
EXPRESSING INTENT OF SEPARABILITY,; AND
PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATE; AND REPEALING ALL
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. License Required.
No person shall engage in or manage the businesses,
occupations or professions enumerated in this ordinance and
required to be licensed by the city, without first having paid .
the amount of license tax required for each separate location
in the city, for the use of the city, and having obtained a
city license therefor. For the purpose of this ordinance, any
person holding himself out to the public by sign, printed
matter, telephone directory classified section, city directory,
or otherwise, as having a permanent business location or branch
office in the city, regardless of whether such person actually
transacts any business or practices a profession or engages in
an occupation shall be considered as engaging in business and
shall be liable for an occupational license therefor, according
to the classification of the business so held out or advertised,
as set .forth herein,
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Section 2. Term and Duration -- Penalty for Operation
After Due Date.
Any license issued under this Chapter shall expire
on the 30th day of ,September of each year. No license shall
be issued for more than;one year. Those licenses not renewed
by October lst shall be considered delinquent and subject to
a de�J,ncp-ncy penalty of ten percent (101%) for the month of
October plus an additional five percent (5 %) penalty for each
month of delinquency thereafter until paid; provided that the
total delinquency penalty ,shall not exceed twenty -five percent
(25%) of the occupational license fee for the delinquent
establishment.
Section 3. Fractional Licenses.
Unless otherwise provided, for each license obtained
between October first and April first the full tax for one year
shall be paid, and for each license obtained from April first
to September thirtieth, one-half the full tax for one year shall
be paid.
Section 4. Applications Date; Filing, Necessary
Information.
Every person engaged in or managing any business,
profession or occupation referred to in this chapter in the
city, is required to procure 'a city license as herein provided
and shall, on or before October ,first of each year, and always
before engaging in any business, profession or occupation, file .
an application on the prescribed form with the tax collector,
signed by an officer, partner or owner of the business. All
licenses shall be applied for and issued in the real name of the
applicant;: in cases where the applicant has qualified under the
Laws of Florida for the use of a "Fictitious name ", the license,
if issued, shall show the real name as well as the fictitious
name of the applican`. In such application, the applicant shall
set forth the naw of the owner (if a firm, the nar4s of all:
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members of the firm; if a corporation, the names of all officers
of the corporation)!; the location of the business; the full
nature of the business; where the license tax is based thereon;
the value of stock carried or the number of seats, machines,
employees, gasoline pumps, rooms, or vehicles, etc., used, as
the c=se may be; and such other pertinent information as may be
prescribed by the tax collector.
Section 5. Misrepresentation of Material Fact.
Any license obtained 'under the provisions of this
chapter upon a misrepresentation of a material fact shall be
deemed null and void, and the licensee who has thereafter engaged
in any business under such license shall be subject to prosecution
for doing business without a license, to the same effect and
degree as though no such license had ever been issued.
Section 6. Value of Stock Carried.
Whenever in this chapter a license tax is based upon
or determinable by the "value of stock carried," the value of
stock carried shall be the cost value of all stock in trade
and merchandise on hand as of the close of the fiscal year of
the licensee next preceding the start of the license period in
question. Where the license is not a renewal license or the
licensee has not completed one fiscal year, then the value of
stock carried shall be the cost value of all stock in trade and
merchandise on hand as of the date of commencement of business.
The true value of stock carried, as above defined, shall be
stated by the applicant in his application for a License or for
a renewal of license.
In the event aft applicant for a license falls or
'refuses to state or net forth the Value of stoat Carried, as
abb-vd defined, or sets forth such value inaccurately, the talc
t0IIeCtof.° Of the City shall fix and date Ina auch value fro�
any information in his possession, and the value so fixed shall
be used to determine the amount of license tax due the city.
Section 7. Determination of Classification.
In the event of :a disagreement between applicant, and
the city on the question of proper classification of any
business, occupation or profession for license purposes, the
tax collector shall decide the proper classification, with the
right, in the applicant, to appeal from such decision to the
city council whose decision upon the point shall be final.
Section 8. License to Apply to One Place of Business.
All licenses provided for herein shall be issued for
and apply to only one place of business within the city.
Section 9. Bills or Notices for License Tax.
It is ;hereby declared to be unnecessary for the city
to send out bills or notices to persons engaged in business in
the city with respect to the payment or nonpayment of license
taxes.
Section 10. Exemptions to Specified_ Persons.
Exemption from the payment of the license 'tax set
forth herein shall be allowed in such cases as are provided for
in this chapter and in the following cases as provided for by
the laws of the State of Florida:
(a) Disabled veterans of the Spanish American War,
World war I, World War II, Korean Conflict,
Vietnam Conflict and widows of such deceased
veterans (exempted up to $50.00 annually);
(b) Confirmed cripples, deaf and dumb persons; invalids
physically incapable of manual labor; widows with
minor dependents; and persons 65 years of age or
older;
(c) Growers of farm and grove products, including products
manufactured therefrom (except intoxicating liquors,
wine and beer.)
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Section 11. Posting of License.
Every license shall be posted in a conspicuous place
in the place of business for which it is 'issued and the holder
of such license shall exhibit same to the city license inspector,
his deputy or any police officer upon being requested so to do .
by any of them_
Section 12. Transfer of License Location; Fees.
Licenses may be transferred from one location to
another, provided, that the licenses are presented to the tax
collector for the approval of such transfer, and provided
further that no such license shall be transferred without the
approval of the city council where any question of ,zoning arises,
and provided further, that the licensee shall pay for such
transfer, a fee in the amount of one dollar if the transfer is
applied for before the business is moved to the new location;
and two dollars if the transfer is applied for after the business
is moved.
Section 13. Change of Ownership; Requirements; Fees.
Licenses issued by the city may be transferred with
the approval of the tax collector (except in the case of alcoholic
beverage licenses, which shall require approval of the city
council) with the businesses for which they were taken out,
except as otherwise provided by law, when there is a bona fine
sale and transfer of the ;property used and employed in the
business as stock in trade, and not otherwise, subject,however,
to the following conditions:
(a) The seller of the business shall present the license
to the tax collector with an endorsement on the
reverse side thereof, assigning all right, title and
interest to the purchaser,
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(b); The purchaser shall produce a properly executed
instrument showing the transfer of stock of goods
and of the lease or deed to the property.
(c) The purchaser shall file an application for license,
and shall qualify in all respects as provided by law
and by the ordinances of the city as an applicant
for a license, as if he had applied for the license
in the first instance.
(d) a fee shall be paid to the tax collector in connection
with such transfer, amounting to $3.00.
Every person operating what is commonly known as
"lease department" in any store shall pay a license for the
operation of each department so leased according to the proper
classification of the business or occupation as set forth
therein.
Section 15. Termination of License on Notice of
Bankruptcy.
When any person engaged in mercantile or other'
business in the city shall make an assignment for the benefit
of creditors, or when any such person shall be adjudicated a
voluntary or an involuntary bankrupt or declared insolvent, any
license theretofore issued, authorizing such person to do
business in the city, shall immediately be terminated and shall,
upon such assignment for the benefit of creditors or upon such
adjudication in bankruptcy, immediately become null and void..
Section 16. Revocation for Violation of Code or
Ordinances.
The license of any person for the operation of any
business may be revoked by the city council at any time, upon
notice and hearing for violation of any of the provisions of
the Code or ordinances of the city or laws of the State of
Florida, or for any other good and sufficient reason; provided,
however, that this section shall not affect the power of the
municipal Court to revoke certain licensoa where such revocation
is specifically provided for by ordinafice.
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Section 17. Re- issuance of License; Payment of
Debts Due City Prerequisite.
Any person being delinquent in the payment-of any
assessment, taxes, fees or any moneys due unto the city shall be
as a prerequisite to the of an occupational license
required to pay any assessment, taxes, fees or sums of money
of any nature whatsoever due unto the city before the afore-
said occupational license will be re- issued by the authorities
of the city.
This requirement shall pertain to any assessment, t%l,
fee or charge due for services rendered the premises occupied
by such business or any fee, tax or assessment or charge of
whatever nature required for services rendered the .aforesaid
business location, but the same shall not impair any obligation
on the part of the property owner to pay any sums due unto the
city by virtue of fees, assessments, taxes or charges and this
section shall be deemed to require the good standing of any
business within the city limits prior to its being qualified to
conducting business therein.
Section 18. Regulatory Provisions Remain in Effect.
Unless otherwise herein specifically excepted, changed
or differentiated, all qualifying or regulatory provisions of
the city applicable to or 'affecting any of the businesses,
operations, occupations or classifications covered by this
chapter shall be and remain in full force and effect.
Section 19. Licenses to Conform to Zoning and
Building Regulations.
Where any question of zoning arises, no license shall
be issued hereunder for any business, occupation or profession
until the Location thereof shall have first been approved by the
city council.
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Section 20. Authority of Tax 'Collector to Promulgate
Rules.
The tax collector may make such rules and regulations,
not inconsistent with this chapter, as may be necessary or
proper for the enforcement of the provisions hereof.
Section 21. License Fee a Debt.
The amount of any license tax and penalty imposed by
the provisions of this chapter is hereby declared to be a debt
due to the city, and any person carrying on any business without
first having procured a license from the city so to do, shall
be liable to the city for the amount of such license tax
recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Section.22. Replacing Lost or Destroyed Licenses; Fee.
For the purpose of replacing any mutilated, destroyed
or lost license certificate receipt relating to any occupational
license granted by the city, the tax collector is hereby
authorized and empowered to cause to be executed and delivered
an appropriate duplicate license certificate or receipt, upon the
submission of .evidence satisfactory to the tax collector that
the original certificate or receipt was mutilated, destroyed or
lost, and upon the holder of such original furnishing the city
with indemnity satisfactory to said collector, and upon the
payment to the city by the holder of the sum of one dollar for
each such duplicate license certificate or receipt executed and
delivered hereunder.
Section 23. Reciprocity.
Any person who has obtained a license by or through
examination in any other city in Dade County, which has re-
quirements similar to these in this Code with respect to the
issuance and granting of licenses for the several businesses or
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occupations, may, if approved by the examining board and without
the formality of an examination, be granted a certificate or
license by reciprocity, upon the payment of the occupational
license tax or charges applicable to such business or
occupation.
Section 2 1. Schedule of License Taxes.
The various businesses',occupations and professions
within the city are hereby classified for the purpose of this
ordinance, and assessments of license taxes therefor are hereby
fixed per annum, unless otherwise provided as set forth in the
schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof, and entitled
"Schedule of License Taxes."
Section 25. Failure to obtain License.
Any person engaging in or managing any business,
occupation or profession without first obtaining a local
occupation license, if required hereunder, shall be ;subject to
a penalty of twenty -five percent (25 %) of the license determined
to be due, in addition to any other penalty provided by law .
or ordinance.
Section 26. Penalties.
Any person convicted for violating any of the terms
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof in a municipal
court of the city of South Miami, be sentenced to pay a fine
not exceeding the sum of five hundred ($500.00) Dollars or serve
a term not to exceed sixty (60) days or both such fine and
sentence, in the discretion of the municipal judge.
Each day's violation of any of the terms of this
chapter shall be deemed and considered and is hereby specially
declared to be a separate and distinct violation of the terms
Of this chapter, and punishabld as such.
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Section 27. Intent.
This ordinance shall not be included in the Code of
the City of South Miami. The term "chapter" when used in this
ordinance shall refer to this ordinance.
Section 28. Separability.
If any section, ;subsection, paragraph, or ..her
provision of this chapter, or its application to any person or
circumstance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional, such
holding shall not affect the validity of any other section,
subsection, paragraph, or other provision, or its application
to other persons or circumstances. The council hereby expresses
the intent that it would have enacted the other provisions of
this chapter as if the invalid or unconstitutional provisions
was not contained within the chapter.
Section 29. Parts of Ordinances Repealed.
All parts of ordinances in conflict with any of the
terms of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby repealed
Section 30. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall take effect on October 1, 1974.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 17th day of September, 1874.
Attest:
City Clerk
Passed on Pirst Readings
Passed on Final: Rsadinys
APPROVED:
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"SCHEDULE OF LICENSE TAXES"
(SOUTH MIAMI)
The following schedule of fees, and the classifications
of the various occupations, businesses or professions as contained
in such fee schedule,, are hereby adopted as the amounts required
to procure occupational licenses in the City in accordance with
the classification set out herein, to -wits:
AMUSEMENTS
(1) Billiard and pool tables. , One table .. . . . . .;$ 25.00
Each additional table. . . . . . . . .$ 15.00
(2) Bowling alleys. Per alley . . . . . .$ 25.00
(Permitting sale of tobacco and soft drinks,
bowling supplies, without further license)
(3) General amusement. . . . . .$ 55.00
(4) Merry -go- round. Per week. . . . . . .$ 30.00
(5) Motion picture theater . . . . + . .$ 75.00
(Refreshment Stand)'
(6) Music Furnished by Wire. . . . . . . ,$ 50.00
(7) Shuffleboard . . . . . . 30.00
('8) Theatrical troups (not in local licensed
theater)
Each performance . . . . . . . .$ 75.00
Theatrical or dramatic troupes or companies
of singers or entertainers, for profit, ex-
cluding entertainments given for local
charitable or benevolent purposes and local
amateur performances.
CO2N OPERATED MACHINES
(9) Amusements (not vending or gambling) . . . . . .$ 50.00
(10 ) Vending machines - dispensing merchandise
valued at 5 cents or more. . . 4 . . . . 4 . .$ 4.00
1 Penury vending machines . . . . . . . 4 .$ 1000
(12) Coin operated laundry eqtripment.. . . . . . . 5 #00
�y
(See No. 135)
(13) tither tnaciiinds r . . r • . a . . . . . . . . .$ 2S.00
(Music, pictures racking horses, planet, etc.)
LIVING ACCOMMODATION
(14) Apartments, hotels, motels and rooming
houses
1 -10 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 20.00
(Each additional room 50 cents)
(.15) Boarding houses, 1 -10 Rooms . . . . . .$ 25.00
(Each additional room $1.50)
Rooms used by owner for residence', lobbies, .
bathrooms, etc., not counted.
MANUFACTURING
(16) Manufacturing (except alcoholic beverages)
products sold at wholesale only.
If products are sold at retail, a merchant's
license must also be obtained.
1 -5. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.$
27.00
1 -6 employees . . . . . _. . . . . . . . . .
. . $
37.00
Over 15 employees. . . . . . . .
. .$
55.00
('17) Fruit packers and shippers (1 -5 employees) .
. .$
27.00
I- 6 -15 employees . . . . . .
.$`
37.00
Over 15 employees_ . . . .
.$
55.0`0
(18) Motion picture producers (1 -5 employees) . .
.$
30.00
6 -15 'employees . . . . . . . .
. .$
40.00
Over 15 employees. . . . . . . . . .
. . <$
55.00
MERCHANTS AND DEALERS
(19) Alcoholic beverages (Set by the state)
(50% of state and county tax)
(20) Arms (Alone or in connection with other
business) . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 20.00
(21) Bakery (no delivery) . . . . . . .$ 17.00
(22) Cold drink stand . . . . . . . . . . .$ 10.00
(23) Delicatessen . . . $ 15 -00
(24) Explosives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 30.010
(25) Filling station, . . . . .$ 30.00
(Four pumps minimum)
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E�yach. ;Additional Pump. .. .. . . . . . , . . .. . .:$ 5..00
(26) Florist. . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . .$ 17.00
(27) Fond: To $ 1,000 inventory. . . . .$ 20.00
To $ 5,000 inventory. . . . . . , . . . .$ 30,00
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(36) Restaurants (10 Seats) . . . . . . . . .$' 25.00
(Each additional seat 30 cents)
(37) Secondhand dealer (see Article VII City Code) ... $ 40.00
(38) Soda fountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 17.00
(39) Solicitor (requires permit from city manager) 27.00
(Solicitors for charitable organizations are
not required to pay fee but must obtain permit
from city manager)
(40) Stock Broker . . . . . . . .
. . . . .$ 1.00.00
Where the dealer offers facilities -to the
general public for dissemination of market infor-
mation and quotations board, projection of ticker
tape or similar means, the annual fee shall be .$ 125.00
(41) Vehicles, new and secondhand • . . • . . . i •$ 75,00
(42) Wholesale (for resale) and general, merchants
and dealers:
T6 $1,0100 ifivefit6 • . . . . . . s s ♦ . * a s r t'$ 20.00
To$ 10,000inventory
.$
40.00
To 20,000 inventory. _ . .
.$
55.00
To 50,000 inventory. . . . . . . . .
. .$
95.00
To 100,000 inventor. . . . . . . .
. .$
140.00
Each additional $1,000 over $100,000. .
. .$
1.00
(28')
Fuel and petroleum products. . . . . . . . .
. .$
30.00
(29)
Garage (not to include sale of vehicles) . . .
. .$
30.00
(30)
Ice. Each location . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. ..$
20.00
(1 vehicle) . . .
.$
10.00
(31)
Lumber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .$
50.00
(32)
Milk, each vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .$
11.00
(33)
Motorcycles . . . . . .
.$
30.00
(34)
Peddlers
(a) Candy and 'ice cream, per vehicle .
.;$
20.00
(b) Dress goods., per vehicle . . . . . . . . .
. .$
40.00
(c) Food products (except meat and fish) . . .
. .$
20.00
Peddlers of baked goods and box lunches
are required to have current Dade County
Health, Dept. permit.
(d) Fruit and vegetables, pet vehicle. . .
.$
35.00
(e) Gas and petroleum, per vehicle . . . . . .
. .$
25.100
(f) Wood, per vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .$
12.00.
(g) Miscellaneous (See Sec. 15 -63. Street
Sales City Code) . . . .
.$
25.00
(35)
Printing and publishing. . . . . . . . . .
.$
27.00
(36) Restaurants (10 Seats) . . . . . . . . .$' 25.00
(Each additional seat 30 cents)
(37) Secondhand dealer (see Article VII City Code) ... $ 40.00
(38) Soda fountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 17.00
(39) Solicitor (requires permit from city manager) 27.00
(Solicitors for charitable organizations are
not required to pay fee but must obtain permit
from city manager)
(40) Stock Broker . . . . . . . .
. . . . .$ 1.00.00
Where the dealer offers facilities -to the
general public for dissemination of market infor-
mation and quotations board, projection of ticker
tape or similar means, the annual fee shall be .$ 125.00
(41) Vehicles, new and secondhand • . . • . . . i •$ 75,00
(42) Wholesale (for resale) and general, merchants
and dealers:
T6 $1,0100 ifivefit6 • . . . . . . s s ♦ . * a s r t'$ 20.00
To $5,000 inventory . . . • . . . . . .
. . . . . .:$
30.00
To $10,000 inventory. . . ,. . . . . .
. . . . .$
40.00
To $20,000 inventory. . . . . . . .
. . . .
55.00
To $50,000 inventory. . . . . . . . ,. . .
. .$
95_00
To $100,000 inventoty . . . . . . . . .
. . . .$
'140.00
Each additional $1,000 over $100,000. . .
. . . . .$
1.00
PROFESSIONAL
(43)
Accountant_ . . . .
. . . . _$
30.00
(44)
Architect . . . . . . .
$
30.00
(45)
Artist (commerical) . . . . . . . . .
$
30.00
(46)
Attorney .
. . . .$
30:00
(47)
Chemist, analytical . . . . . . . . ,. . .
. . . . .$
30.00
(48)
Chiropodist . . . .
. . .$
30.00
(49)
Chiropractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .;$'
30.00
(50)
Dental hygienist;. .
. , . ,$
30.00
(5,1)
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Dentist . . . . . . . . . _
_ . . .$
30.00
(52)
Dietitian , , . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .$
30.00
Ii
{ (53)
Embalmer . .
. . . . .$
30.00
f(54)
Engineer. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .,$
30.00`
(55)
Healing Art . . . . ., .
. . . . .$
30.00
(56)
Music teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .$
30.00
u (57)
Naprapath . . . . . . . . . .
.$
30.00
(58)
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Naturopath. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .$
30.00
(59)
Operator, moving picture machines . . .
. . . . .$
30.00
(60)
Optician . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . $
30.00
(61)
Optometrist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . $
30.00
(62)
Osteopath . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .$
30.00
(63)
Photoengraver . . . . . . . . . ., . . . .
. . . . .$
30.00
(64)
Physician, drugless . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .$
30.00
(65)
Physician, .MD . Y � . r r , . . Y �• . . •
• . . • s yfi
30..00
(66)
Surveyor ♦ Y Y ♦ ♦ • Y Y i s . Y . • • •
r • • s .
3O
(61)
.
Taxidermist Y . . ♦ . r Y Y Y . .
. . 9r .
i • • . .
.Y70
30.00
(60)
Vftel farfan, ♦ . . . . . . . . i
♦ a$
30400
(0)
othd tme Mated . Y ♦ .
r . . .$
30.00
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SERVICE
(70)
Abstract and Title Company . $ 55. 00
(71')
Administrative office
30.00
('72)
Addressing service. See public stenographer . . .
. $ 20,00
(73)
Advertising: Trade inducement company or
individual -- the term, "advertising or trade induce-
ment company or individual" shall. be construed to
apply to each person engaged in conducting an advertising
or trade inducement company or c;Tieinluig for sale any
goods, wares or merchandise by advertisement or in
any other manner whereby prizes or other inducements
or schemes are offered to induce trade .
. 250.00
(74)
Advertising agency . . . .
. 30.00
(75)
Advertising benches business
20.00
(For regulatory provisions and hermit fee for each
bench see sections 3 -45 -- 3 -52, City Code)
(76)
Advertising on streets .
. 30.00
(77)
Advertising: Sound truck, per day , . . .
. 55.00
(7.8')
Ambulance (1 ambulance) . . .
25.00
Each additional ambulance
20.00
(79)
Armored car,, each vehicle'
. 30.00
(80)
Auction:_ Each sale jewelry, rugs, antiques..
Per day . 1,000.00
(81)'
Auction: Other sales, per day . .
30.00
(82)
Auctioneer . . .
250,.00
(83)
Auto painting . .
30.00
(84)
Bail bondsman (for regulatory provisions see
Article II, City Code) . . . .
30.00
(85)
Banks, general
150.00
(86)
Barber shop (3 chairs, .minimum)
20.00
(87)
Baths,, turkish (masseur) , . .
30.00
(88)
Beauty shop (permits retail sale of barber and
beauty supplies) .
25.00
(80)
Bicycle rent and repair ,
20,00
(00)
Blacksmith
25.00
(01)
Book bindery (1 -5 e3fimployeeq) , . , i
27.00
0-25 employees z .
37.00
(02)
Bondsman ... .
30.00
s
(93')
Bookkeeping service
. $ 25.00
(94)
Bootblack stand, each chair
. . . . 3. 00
(95)
Broker, mercantile
. . 35.00'
(96)
Broker, mortgage loans
35. 00
(97)
Bus company=
. . 100.00
(98)
Cabinet maker's and carpentry shop:
1 -5 employees
. . . . 27.00
6 -25 employees
37.00
Over 25 employees
. . . . 55.00
(99)
Car wash
, . . 20.00
(100')
Card writer (engraver)
. . . . 7.00
(101)
Caterer
. . . . 25.00
(102)
Check cashing agency
. . . 100.00
(103)
Cleaner and dyer on premises
. . . . 50.00
(104)
Cold storage ('rental)
40.00'
(105)
Collection agency
30.00
(106)
Convalescent home
. . , . 35.00
(107)
Dance hall, ballroom
. . . . 40.00
(108)
Dance studio
. . . . 30.00
(109)
Day nursery
20.00
(110)
Delivery, .messenger service
20.00
(111)
Detective agency. See subsection (170)
. . . 500.00
(112)
Dressmaking (no stock)
, . . 15.00
(113)
Electric 'Power & Light Company
. . . . 200.00
(114)
Employment agency
. . . . 40.00
(115) Express company (set by state)
(116) Exterminator 30.,00
Each additional truck . 10.00
(117) Pander and body work, auto painting (no garage) .... 30.00
(1 13) Funeral home, embalming .... 15.00
I'Vo embalming L ... 00.00
(Ambulance fee trust be paid)
(1:19) 43a rba;ge Colter ide � . a 50, 00
a gr
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('120) Gas company (public utility)
(12 1) Hall for hire
(122) Hospital- sanatorium.
(123) Insurance adjustor.
55. 00
25.00
. . 50. 00
. . . 35.00
(124) Insurance agency - l agent
Each additional agent .
The following license fees are required to
be paid by each person operating an insurance
agency in the city. A separate license shall be
required for each separate Location and for each
person connected with such agency engaged in
soliciting or taking applications for, negotiating,
effecting or collecting premiums or insurance,
whether the insurance companies represented by
the agency are regularly licensed by the State of
Florida or not; and provided, that each insurance'
company represented by such agency shall first
have taken out a license as provided herein, per-
mitting its operation with any duly licensed insur-
ance agency in the city, and provided that there
shall be kept on display in a conspicuous place at the
agency hereby licensed, a permit executed by the
tax collector permitting the operation of each in-
surance company represented through the agency
hereby licensed.
(125) Insurance company . .
Each insurance company or association
operating in the city, including all companies
or associations writing casualty, liability, in-
dustrial, fire, health, accident, life and other
insurance of all kinds and types, including also
all companies or associations writing fidelity,
court, contract and surety bonds, financial guar-
antees and title insurance or guarantees.
30. 00
10.00
40.00
(126) Interior decorator (no stock) 27.00
(127) Investment counsellor (not a dealer in securities) . . 35.00
(128) Investments and securities . . . . 85.00
(120) Laboratory, dental, chemical, X -ray . . . . 30.00
(1 0) Landscape maintenance 15.00
(131) Laundry 50.00
(132) ,Laundry agency 30., 00
_7"
(1:33) Wand laundry , .
.$ 15. 00
(1;34) Laundry;, no local headquarters
30,. 00
Each additional truck
10.00
(135) Laundry. self - service . . .
.. 35.00
(10 Machines)
Each additional machine
2. 50
(136) Linen supply service
25. 00
(137) Mattress renovating
35.00.
(13'8) Multigraphing
20.00
(139) Patrol agency. See subsection (1.79)
(140) Patrol service , . .
. 60.00
Where such services do not conflict with
the police department, but are confined to homes
and does not extend beyond the following; Check -
ing on homes when owners are on vacation; chang-
ing tires; purshing cars that will not start; check-
ing on baby sitters; taking members of household,
other than boarders, to doctor; free ambulance
service; answering calls as to prowlers and if
located, notifying police; and any emergency that
might occur around the home.
(141) Parking space
30.00
(142) Pawnbroker , .
225.00
(143) Photographer
25,00'
(144) .Photographer, ,finisher . . . .
25.00
(145) Photographer:, street
25.00
(Must have solicitor's license and permit from
the chief of police).
(146) Private school
50.00
(147) .Property management , , , ,
30.00
(143) Public stenographer (includes addressing
Sol-vice)
20.00
(149) Radio bt4oadcasting station a
116.00
15 0) ilea! estate balker
40.00
i ach salesman
10.00
(i �1) R(I'Mal ;3t hey (equfpment & materials)
35.00
(102) Rental, tar.4
110.00
:arh vehicle
10.00
4-
(153;)
Repair shop .
$
25.00 `
(154)
Riding academy ,
$
55.00
(155)
Salesman, outside (with locally licensed
firm) each . . .
$
6.00
(156)
Savings and loan association .
$
150.00
(157')
Services, general
$
25.00
(158)
Shoe repair shops . . .
$
25.00
(Permits retail sale of shoe polishes and
cleaners)
(159)
Sightseeing buses. Each vehicle
$
60.00
(160)
Sign writer .
_$
20.00
(161)
Small loan company . . .
'$
100.00
(162)
Storage warehouse to 5,0,00 sq. ft. . .
'$
50.00
Over 5,000 sq ft. .
$
80.00
(163)
TV and radio repair (no sales) . , .
$
20.00
(164)
Tailor
$
20.00
(165)
RESERVED , .
$'
(166)
Tax agency . . .
$
30.00
(167)
Taxis
Right to engage in the taxicab business .
$
50.00
Each vehicle . . .
$
60.00
(168`)
Telegraph company . . .
$
35,.00
(169)
Telephone company . .
$
175.00'
(170)
Ticket office . . .
$
30.00
(171)
Transfer company, each vehicle . . .
$
15.00
(172)
Trash and junk collector . . .
$
40.00
(173)
Travel.. bureau . .
$
25.00
(114)
Tree surgeon . .
$
30.00
(175)
Upholsterer
$
30400
(176)
water company . . .
$
125.00
(177)
Window, house cleaning 4
$
15100
(178)
General, service establishment .
$
25.00
Each Person engaged in any Other business
not specifically listed hereinj an Owner, agent
Or otherwise, whereby serVices are performed for
the public in return for a consideration, and
whOtd no part of such business consists of sale
of
f erchand.ise or Other tangible property.
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(179) Detective or patrol agency.
(a)
Any application for a license either as a
private detective agency or patrol agency
shall designate the location of said agency
in which said business shall be conducted,
the exact name of the individual, corporation
or co- partnership who seeks to conduct said
business, the age of such individual if sucn
application for an individual only. That the
police chief of the City of South Miami is
hereby authorized to have prepared the applica-
tion as herein described and can add to said
application as to matters deemed necessary in
properly inquiring of said applicants as to
their fitness.
(b)
Tt is further provided that it shall be man -
datory for any applicant to afford to the
city his financial 'standing and previous
experience in the type of activity for which
the license is applied and the police depart-
ment shall be under a duty to investigate
the past records of the individuals or individual
applying and making proper recommendation to the
city council of the City of South Miami as to
whether the said application shall be granted
or derided.
(c)
All applications for either a private deter-
agency or patrol agency must be granted by the
city council b'as'ed on the recommendations of the
City of South Miami Police Department and no
such application if granted shall be transferable
except if the same is allowed by the City of
South Miami City Council.
(d)
The yearly license fee for either a private
detective agency or a patrol agency shall
be in the sum of $5oo.00
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