Lodi Municipal Code Art. IV Business License Registration Certificate Issuance

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

A. The name of the person to whom the business license registration certificate is issued;

B. The type of business registered;

C. The location or address of the business registered;

D. The date of the expiration of the business license registration certificate;

E. That the possession of the business license registration certificate shall not authorize, permit or allow the person to do any act which such person would not otherwise be lawfully entitled to do.

(Ord. No. 2023, § 1, 3-6-2024)

All business license registration 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 the business at a permanent location in the city shall keep such business license registration 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 license registration certificate upon them at all times while transacting and carrying on such business.

(Ord. No. 2023, § 1, 3-6-2024)

A duplicate business license registration certificate may be issued by the finance director to replace any lost or destroyed business license registration certificate previously issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, upon the filing of a statement of such fact and the payment of a duplicate fee set by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. No. 2023, § 1, 3-6-2024)

A separate business license registration certificate shall be issued for each branch establishment or location of business; provided, however, warehouses and distribution plants used in connection with, and incidental to, a business pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall not be deemed to be separate places of business or branch establishments. Any person conducting two or more types of business at the same location and under the same management, where such businesses use a single set or integrated set of books and records, may elect to operate under one business license registration certificate, but separate business license registration certificates must be issued for each additional branch or location.

(Ord. No. 2023, § 1, 3-6-2024)

No business license registration certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be transferable; provided, however, where a business license registration certificate is issued for a person to transact and carry on a business at a particular place, such person, upon an application therefor and the payment of the fee set by resolution of the city council, may have the business license registration certificate reissued for transacting and carrying on of such business at the new location.

(Ord. No. 2023, § 1, 3-6-2024)