0438 Occupatonal License FeesORDINANCE NO. 438
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE; AMENDING CHAPTER 12, SECTION 12-
22 TO PROVIDE A NEW SCHEDULE OF LICENSE TAXES; PRO-
VIDING FOR THE ELIMINATION OF OCCUPATIONS NO LONGER
APPROPRIATE; PROVIDING AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION_ I: Chapter 12, Section 12-22 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Okeechobee is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 12-22, License Schedule
The following license taxes shall be assessed and collected
annually, unless otherwise provided, on the following businesses,
occupations and professions:
A.
(1) ABSTRACTORS ......................................$25.00
(2) ACCOUNTANTS, PUBLIC BOOKKEEPER
OR AUDITOR
$25.00
(3) ADVERTISING
(a) Vehicle is used, per vehicle
$25.00
(b) No vehicle is used
$12.50
(4) AGENTS, REAL ESTATE, TRAVEL
$35.00
(a) Claim and collection agencies,
not taxed as bankers or lawyers,
per agent for
$25.00
(b) Loan agents, not taxed as bankers or
lawyers
$50.00
(c) Monuments and tombstones, where no
other occupational license is held
$25.00
(5) AMUSEMENT PARKS
$187.50
(Not applicable to associations organized
to hold county fairs)
(6) AMUSEMENT PARLORS OR PENNY ARCADES ...............$10.00
(a) or Video games per machine, including
automatic slot machines, phonographs,
music boxes or similar devices ..............$125.00
(b) Less than fifteen, per machine ..............$2.50
(7) ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS ..............................$25.00
(8) ANSWERING SERVICE ................................$25.00
(9) ARCHITECTS .......................................$25.00
(10) AUCTION SALES ....................................$150.00
(11) AUCTIONEERS ......................................$75.00
(1)
(12) AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINES,* per machine $2.50
• (Not applicable to machines vending citrus juice
drinkin cups or postage stamps and operated on
trains or steamboats or in rail road stations
or public waiting rooms)
(13) AUTOMOBILES.
(a) Dealer or sales agent (including dealers or
sales agents engaged in the sale of automobiles,
automobiles trucks, each place of business.)
(1) Resident .................................$50.00
(b) Automobile Repair Service .....................$25.00
(c) Motorcycles, dealers in .......................$25.00
B.
(14) BAKERIES ...........................................$25.00
(15) BANKS & SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATIONS
(a) Capital more than $100,000.00 .................$100.00
(16) BARBERSHOPS, one chair .............................$12.50
Each additional chair ..............................$6.30
(17) BEAUTY PARLORS .....................................$12.50
(18) BICYLE REPAIR SHOPS ................................$25.00
(19) BILLARD OR POOL PARLORS,* per table ................$20.00
(20) BOARDINGHOUSES, LODGINGHOUSES
AND HOTELS, MOTELS
(a) Accommodating 300 or more lodgers .............$375.00
(b) Accommodating 200 but less than
300 lodgers ...................................$281.25
(c) Accommodating 100 but less than 200
lodgers .......................................$187.50
(d) Accommodating 75 but less than 100
lodgers .......................................$137.50
(e) Accommodating 50 but less than 75
lodgers .......................................$62.50
(f) Accommodating 25 but less than 50
lodgers .......................................$37.50
(g) Accommodating 15 but less than 25
lodgers .......................................$25.00
(h) Accommodating 10 but less than 15
lodgers .............$12.50
(21) BARS'S
Any place of business licensed by the State
Beverage Department to sell alcholic beverages
to be consumed on the licensed premises, Liquor
package store-by inventory, same as merchant $62-50
(22) BOWLING ALLEYS .....................................$62.50
(23) BROKERS.
(a) Insurance .....................................$25.00
(b) Merchandise ...........$25.00
(c) Stocks and bonds ..............................$62.50
State law references---Postage stamp machines, citrus fruit
vending machines exempt from state, county and city license taxes,
##205,631, 205,632. Fla. Stats.
*Cross references Unlawful to admit minors, #14-21; sale
of intoxicating beverages prohibited, #14-23; hours of operation,
#14-22
(2)
C.
• (24) CABLE TELEVISION ....................................$75.00
(25) CAR WASH ............................................$25.00
(26) CEMENT, CONCRETE OR ARTIFICIAL STONE,
dealers in or manufacturers of where
no other occupational license is held ...............$25.00
(27) CHILD CARE CENTER ...................................$25.00
(28) CIVIL ENGINEERS, SURVEYORS ..........................$25.00
(29) CLOTHING, SECONDHAND, dealers, in ...................$62.50
(30) COLD STORAGE PLANTS .................................$25.00
(31) CONTRACTORS.
(a) contractor .....................................$50.00
(b) subcontractor ..................................$30.00
(32) CUSTOM DRAPERIES ....................................$25.00
D.
(33) DEALERS IN SEAFOOD, wholesale or retail .............$25.00
(34) DENTIST, resident ...................................$25.00
Nonresident .........................................$62.50
(35) DETECTIVE AGENCY ....................................$50.00
(36) DETECTIVE, private ..................................$25.00
(37) DIRECTORIES, compiling or selling ...................$25.00
(38) DRY CLEANERS, where no other occupational
license is held .....................................$25.00
E.
(39) ELECTRIC LIGHT OR POWER PLANT,".,.. ..................$112.50
(Municipal corpsration owning and operating its
own plant shall-be exempt from license tax)
(40) EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES ................................$25.00
(41) EXPRESS COMPANIES ..................................$25.00
F.
(42) FLORISTS ...........................................$25.00
(43) FORTUNTELLERS ......................................$1,500.00
Palm Readers, Clairvoyant
G.
(44) GASOLINE DEALERS, wholesale ........................$37.50
(45) GAS PT,.A.NTS-(Bulk gasoline, Kerosene and Propane)...$62.50
(3)
(46) GREEN GROCERIES, FRUITS AND NUTS,
is dealers in, when no other occupational
license is held .................................$7.50
H.
(47) HARNESS AND SADDLERY. ...........................$12.50
(48) HEALTH SPAS .....................................$35.00
(49) HOSPITAL, except hose operated by charitabel
association or societies ........................$31.50
(50) HYPNOTISTS ......................................$1,500.00
I.
(51) ICE CREAN CARTS .................................$15.00
(52) INSPECTION STATIONS .............................$25.00
(53) INSURANCE COMPANY..... ..........................$25.00
(a) per agent ..................................$25.00
J.
(54) JANITORIAL SERVICES .............................$25.00
(55) JOB PRINTING ....................................$25.00
(56) JUNK DEALERS ....................................$25.00
(Note-License shall keep full record of each
transaction and same shall be at all times
availabel for inspection by police or peace
officers)
L.
(57) LAUNDRIES, coin .................................$12.50
(58) LAWN AND YARD MAINTENANCE .......................$25.00
(59) LAWYERS .........................................$25.00
(60) LOCKSMITHS AND TRUNK REPAIRERS.
When no other occupational license is held $12-50
(61) LUMBER DEALERS ..................................$62.50
M.
(62) MACHINE SHOPS ...................................$25.00
(63) MANUFACTURES, not otherwise provided for $25-00
(64) MANUFACTURERS, $60.00
(65) MERCANTILE AGENCIES .............................$62.50
(66) MERCHANTS, DRUGGESTS AND STOREKEEPTERS,
RET
AIL AND WHOLESALE
a.
First $1,000
$10.00
b.
$1,000 to $7,000
$25.00
. c.
$7,000 to $25,000
$70.00
d.
$25,000 to $50,000
$100.00
e.
$50,000 to $100,000
$140.00
f.
$100,000 to $200,000
$190.00
g.
$Over $200,000
$250.00
(4)
(67) MOBILE HOME SALES DEALER .......................$45.00
• (68) MISCELLANEOUS $25-00
(69) MUSIC BOXES, per instrument $12-50
N.
(70) NEWS COMPANIES .................................$125.00
0.
(71) OTICIANS, OPTOMETRISTS
(a) Resident ..................................$25.00
(72) OIL DEALERS, wholesale, illuminating or
lubricating ....................................$62.50
(73) OSTEOPATHS .....................................$25.00
(74) PAINT MAUFACTURERS.... $62.50
(75) PAWNBROKERS ....................................$187.50
(76) PEANUT CARTS AND STANDS ........................$12.50
(77) PEDDLERS (as set by Ordinance #245)............$250.00
(78) PEST CONTROL SERVICE ...........................$35.00
(79) PHOTOGRAPHERS.
(a) Resident ..................................$25.00
(b) Nonresident See Peedlers
(80) PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS......... ...............$25.00
Padiatrists, Psychologists, Veterinarians
(81) PIANO TUNERS ...................................$12.50
R.
(82) RAILROAD, BUS AND TRUCK AGENCIES ...............$62.50
(83) RENTAL SERVICES ................................$25.00
(84) REPAIR SERVICE .................................$35.00
(85) RESTRAURANTS, CAFES ............................$25.00
S.
(86) SANITATION SERVICE .............................$75.00
Garbage & Trash
(87) SHOOTING GALLERIES .............................$35.00
(88) SHOW, CIRCUSES, CARNIVALS, ETC .................$100.00
Since 1942 the American Legion has a
gentleman's agreement with the County
that no other fair, carnivals, circus, etc.
can be held on any County owned property
for 90 days before and 60 days after the
fair sponsored by the American Legion.
. The City has no such agreement, resolution
or ordinance governing this.
(5)
(89) SKATING RINKS .................................$100.00
(90) SLOT MACHINES, for vending merchandise $2.50
(91) STUDIOS, DANCE & CHARM ........................$25.00
T.
(92) TELEPHONE SYSTEMS .............................$62.50
(93) TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS .............................$62.50
(94) UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS.
(a) Undertakers ..............................$62.50
(95) UPHOLSTERY SHOPS ..............................$25.00
V.
(96) VEHICLES FOR HIRE .............................$100.00
W.
(97) WAREHOUSES, bonded or storage .................$25.00
(98) WATCHMAKERS ...................................$62.50
SECTION II: THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS PROVIDED BY LAW.
Introduced and passed on first reading this 12 day of May ,1981.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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ity Clerk
Introduced and passed on second and final reading this g day of June
1981.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk "
APPROVED AS TO FOR
C' Attorne