Nevada City Municipal Code Art. II Licensing Requirements

The license and tax requirements of this chapter are imposed for the privilege of doing business in the city and apply to any person transacting, conducting, or carrying on any business or providing services in the city, whether or not they have a fixed place of business within the city. Applicability is to be interpreted broadly and the city council is authorized, after a duly noticed public hearing, to adopt amendments and regulations if needed to clarify applicability of the requirements herein. These requirements shall apply in addition to any inspection and permit requirements and fees that may be required under any other ordinance of the city.

(Ord. No. 2015-11, § I, 10-28-2015)

There are imposed upon the businesses specified in this chapter license taxes in the amounts hereinafter prescribed, and it shall be unlawful for any person to transact and carry on any business in the city without first having procured a license from the city to do so, or without complying with any and all applicable provisions of this chapter; and each day such business is carried on without a license shall constitute a separate violation of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2015-11, § I, 10-28-2015)

A separate license must be obtained for each branch establishment or location of the business transacted and carried on within the city and each license shall authorize the licensee to transact and carry on only the business licensed thereby at the location and in the manner designated in such license; provided, that warehouses and distributing plants used in connection with and incidental to a business licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to be separate places of business or branch establishments.

(Ord. No. 2015-11, § I, 10-28-2015)

A. Every person required to have a license under the provisions of this chapter shall make application for the same to the collector of the city, and, upon payment of the prescribed tax, the collector shall issue to such person a license in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

B. The application shall furnish all information required to enable the collector to properly classify the business of the applicant and determine the proper license tax to be paid by such applicant. The completed applications must be submitted to the collector who shall determine the proper amount of the license tax and, on payment of said amount, shall issue the appropriate license.

(Ord. No. 2015-11, § I, 10-28-2015)

Business licenses may be issued for either one or three years. No license will be issued for less than twelve (12) months. Licenses issued pursuant to this chapter are non-transferrable and cannot be prorated even if the business or event will occur during less than a year.

(Ord. No. 2015-11, § I, 10-28-2015)

Any person aggrieved by any decision of the collector, or any administrative officer or agency, with respect to the issuance or refusal to issue a license, may appeal to the city council by filing a notice of appeal with the clerk of the council. The council shall thereupon fix a time and place for hearing such appeal. The clerk of the council shall give notice to such person of the time and place of hearing by serving it personally or by depositing it in the United States Post Office in Nevada City, California, postage prepaid, addressed to such person at his last known address.

(Ord. No. 2015-11, § I, 10-28-2015)

Should the city council at any time determine that the premises wherein any business is conducted are not in good sanitary condition or are dangerous to adjacent property, or that the business does injure or affect the public health, peace, safety or morals, it may revoke the license for such business, and no further license shall be issued without authorization of the city council.

(Ord. No. 2015-11, § I, 10-28-2015)