Beaumont Municipal Code Ch. 5.04 General Requirements

It is unlawful for any person, persons, firms or corporations to transact, engage in, run, maintain, carryon or conduct, within the City, any business, trade, profession, exhibition, or occupation in his, her or its name, or as agent or agents for any other person, persons, firms or corporations, without first procuring from the City a license or permit therefore.

(Ord. 333 §2, 1961)

A. Separate licenses must be obtained for each branch, establishment, or separate place of business in which the business is carried on.

B. Any person, firm or corporation who conducts, manages or carries on two or more allied businesses, licensed by this Title at the same location and under the same management shall pay the highest license fee provided for in this Title for only one of such businesses, trades, professions, exhibitions or occupations carried on by the same person and under the same management whether in adjoining or adjacent rooms connected by doors or an entrance, or not, shall pay the separate license as set forth in this Title. For the purpose of this Title, "different lines of business" means businesses, trades, professions, exhibitions or occupations that do not plainly demonstrate their need and use in alliance with another business.

C. No person who is an employee or who is the direct representative of a licensee shall be required to pay a license fee for the doing of any part of the work of such license.

(Ord. 333 §2-a, 1961)

All renewal licenses shall be delinquent if not paid on or before the last day of the month next succeeding the expiration of the license. A ten percent penalty shall be added to delinquent licenses unless otherwise provided. If still unpaid, additional penalties often percent shall be added on the last day of each succeeding month; provided, that the amount of such penalties shall not exceed 50 percent of the license tax due.

(Ord. 333 §2-d, 1961; Ord. 388 §1(part), 1968)

Any persons, firms or corporations who engage in any business, trade, profession, exhibition or occupation without first obtaining an appropriate license shall be penalized 100 percent of that appropriate license fee.

(Ord. 333 §2-da, 1961; Ord. 499 §1, 1979)

Those persons, firms or corporations engaged in any business, trade, profession, exhibition, or occupation beginning after October 1, but before December 31 of any calendar year, shall be liable for the payment of three-fourths of their appropriate business license fee. Those persons, firms or corporations' engaged in any business, trade, profession, exhibition, or occupation beginning after January 1, but before March 31 of any calendar year, shall be liable for the" payment of one-half of their appropriate business license fees.

Those persons, firms, or corporations engaged in any business, trade, profession, exhibition, or occupation beginning after April 1 but before June 30 of any calendar year shall be liable for the payment of one-fourth of their appropriate business license fee. This section is not applicable to those business licenses which are not issued for the fiscal year.

(Ord. 333 §2-e, 1961; Ord. 388 §1 (part), 1968)

The City Council shall have the discretion to refuse to permit the issuance of a license to any applicant who in the judgment of the City Council will conduct or attempt to conduct such business in an unlawful manner or in an illegal way or in violation of any law or ordinance.

(Ord. 333 §4, 1961)

No license issued under this title shall be in any manner transferred or assigned nor shall the license authorize any, person, persons, firms, or corporations other than the therein mentioned or named, to transact any manner of business within the City.

(Ord. 333 §4-a, 1961)

No license fee or any part of the license fee paid under the provisions of this title shall be refunded.

(Ord. 333 §4-b, 1961)

In cases where the original license has been lost or destroyed, a charge of $1.00 shall be made for a duplicate copy.

(Ord. 333 §4-c, 1961)

No license shall be issued on any application if the location of the business, trade, profession, exhibition or occupation is not in the proper zone as set forth in the zoning ordinance of the City.

(Ord. 333 §4-d, 1961)

It is made the duty of the Chief of Police and/or the Business License Control Officer, and/or their deputies to cause complaints to be filed against all persons violating any of the provisions of this chapter, and each of them shall have the power to make arrests of such violators; each of them shall have the right to enter, free of charge, at any time during normal business hours, any place of business and require exhibition of the current license by any person engaged or employed therein.

(Ord. 333 § 4-e, 1961; Ord. 578, 1983)

Every license shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the same address and in the same place where such business is operated. In the event that such business has no fixed address, then such license shall be exhibited when requested by the Chief of Police or any of his deputies.

(Ord. 333 §4-f, 1961)

No licenses shall be issued for any wrecking yard, junk collector, astrologer, auctioneer, billiard hall, poolroom, skating rink, shooting gallery, bowling alley, merry-go-round or other similar games and pastimes, until the City Council shall have issued a permit therefore, at a meeting of a committee of the City Council which may be appointed for review of circumstances regarding the application for a license.

(Ord. 333 §4-g, 1961)

Any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this title may be revoked by the City Council for what it may deem good and sufficient reasons in order to preserve the peace, health, safety or general welfare of the City. The findings and conclusions by the City Council thereon shall be final and conclusive, with right of appeal by the licensee to any court of competent jurisdiction.

(Ord. 333 §5, 1961)