Article IV — Business Tax Certificate Issuance

All business tax certificates required by the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be prepared and issued by the director of finance upon the payment to the city of the proper amount of business tax. Each business tax certificate shall state upon the face thereof the following:

• A. The name of the person to whom the business tax certificate is issued;

• B. The type of business taxed;

• C. The location or address of the business taxes;

• D. The date of the expiration of the business tax certificate. (Ord. 707, 2002)

All business tax certificates issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be posted and kept in the following manner:

• A. Any persons transacting and carrying on business at a permanent location in the city shall keep such business tax certificate posted in a conspicuous place upon the premises where such business is carried on.

• B. Any persons transacting and carrying on business, but not operating at a permanent location in the city, shall keep such business tax certificate upon them at all times while transacting and carrying on such business.

• (Ord. 707, 2002)

A duplicate business tax certificate may be issued by the director of finance to replace any business tax certificate previously issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, which business tax certificate has been lost or destroyed, upon the filing of a statement of such fact and the payment of a duplicate fee set by resolution of the city council. (Ord. 707, 2002)

A separate business tax certificate shall be issued for each branch establishment or location of business; provided, however, warehouses and distributing plants used in connection with, and incidental to, a business taxed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to be separate places of businesses or branch establishments; and provided, further, any person conducting two or more types of businesses at the same location and under the same management, or at different locations, but which businesses use a single set or integrated set of books and records, may elect to pay only one business tax calculated on all the gross receipts of the businesses.

(Ord. 707, 2002)

No business tax certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be transferable; provided, however, where a license is issued authorizing a person to transact and carry on a business at a particular place, such license may be amended upon application to authorize the transacting and carrying on of the same business at some other location to which the business is moved.

(Ord. 707, 2002)