5.04.020 Business license fee.
A. From time to time the City Council will adopt an ordinance updating business license fees for businesses operating within the City limits. Fees shall be categorized for each class of business.
B. Fees shall be calculated, to the extent possible, to proportionately recoup costs for City services, regulatory costs, and staff time. Additional fees over the base business license fee are authorized for particular businesses generating disproportionate impacts upon City services.
1. “City services” subject to consideration in establishing business license fees shall include basic costs for City administration in addition to specific costs incurred by the City for public utilities, police protection, fire and public safety, storm water control, traffic control, parking, transportation, beautification, and snow removal.
2. “Disproportionate impacts” shall be defined as businesses generating demands for services in excess of the per business statistical average of demand for services of all businesses within the City.
3. City staff is authorized to periodically review business classifications, the license fee rates in relation to actual costs, any changes in the relative demands for City services by businesses, and to make recommendations to the City Council for changes or adjustments to the fee structure. (Ord. 18-15 § 2, 2018; Ord. 11-04, 2011)