San Luis Obispo Municipal Code Art. IV Business License Issuance

Each business license shall state upon the face thereof the following:

A. Name of the person to whom the business license is issued.

B. Type of business.

C. Location or address of the business.

D. Date of the expiration of the business license.

E. Possession of the business license does not authorize, permit or allow the person to do any act which such person would not otherwise be lawfully entitled to do. (Ord. 1474 § 1, 2005)

All business licenses 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 fixed location in the city shall keep such business license 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 fixed location in the city, shall keep such business license upon them at all times while transacting and carrying on such business. (Ord. 1474 § 1, 2005)

A duplicate business license may be issued by the finance director to replace any business license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, which business license 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 council. (Ord. 1474 § 1, 2005)

A separate business license 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 licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to be separate places of business 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, except that a fee set by resolution of the council shall be paid upon issuance for each additional branch or location. (Ord. 1474 § 1, 2005)

No business license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be transferable; provided, however, where a business license 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 a fee set by resolution of the council, may have the business license reissued for transacting and carrying on of such business at some other location to which it is to be moved, subject to the same terms and conditions as the original license. (Ord. 1474 § 1, 2005)