Closing-Out and Damaged Merchandise Sales
Chapter 7: Licenses, Permits and Business Regulations; Article III. Division 2 License; Section 7-88 Conditions for Issuance; Fee; Bond
(A) If the City Clerk is satisfied from the application for a license required by this division that the proposed sale is of the character which the applicant desires to advertise and conduct, the Clerk shall issue a license, upon the payment of a fee of $50 therefore together with a bond payable to the city in the sum of $500 conditioned upon compliance with this article, to the applicant authorizing him to advertise and conduct a sale of the particular kind mentioned in the application; provided, however, that the license shall be good for a period of 30 days from its date. If the applicant does not complete such sale within such 30-day period, then the applicant shall make application to the City Clerk for a new license, which shall be good for an additional period of 30 days, and shall pay therefor the sum of $50. A second extension period of 30 days may be similarly applied for and granted by the City Clerk upon payment of an additional fee of $50 and upon the City Clerk being satisfied that the applicant is holding a bona fide sale of the kind regulated by this article and is acting in a bona fide manner, provided, however, that the City Clerk may not grant an extension period as provided in this section if:
(1) The applicant conducted a distress sale immediately preceding the current sale for which the extension is applied for; and
(2) The period of the extension applied for, when added to the period of the preceding sale and the period of current sale will exceed 120 days.
Note: Business who have operated in the same location for at least one year are exempt per the City ordinance and GS66-77.
Privilege License Fees
Amusements - $25.00 regular rate
Automatic Laundry - $25.00 regular rate
Bagatelle - $25.00 regular rate
Bakeries - $15.00 regular rate
Barber Shop - $2.50 regular rate
Beauty Shop - $2.50 regular rate
Beer/Off Premises - $5.00 regular rate
Beer/On Premises - $15.00 regular rate
Billiard Table - $25.00 regular rate
Body Shop - $25.00 regular rate
Bowling Alleys (Chg. Per Lane) - $10.00 regular rate
Cabinet Shop - $15.00 regular rate
Car Wash - $10.00 regular rate
Chain Stores - $50.00 regular rate
Concessions - $2.50 regular rate
Insulation Contractors - $50.00 regular rate
Contractors - $50.00 regular rate
Dry Cleaners - $50.00 regular rate
Dry Cleaners/Pick up Only - $50.00 regular rate
Electricians - $50.00 regular rate
Festival - $50.00 regular rate
Flea Market - $200.00 regular rate
Florist - $15.00 regular rate
Gas Pumps - $1.25 regular rate
General Contractor - $10.00 regular rate
Hauling & Transfer - $25.00 regular rate
Heat & Air - $50.00 regular rate
Hotel & Motel - $1.00 regular rate (per room) $25.00 minimum rate
Ice Cream Truck/Shop - $2.50 regular rate
Itinerant Merchant - $100.00 regular rate
Janitorial Services - $15.00 regular rate
Landscaping/Heavy Equipment - $10.00 regular rate
Laundries - $50.00 regular rate
Loan Agency - $100.00 regular rate
Locksmith - $5.00 regular rate
Lumber Dealer - $25.00 regular rate
Manufactured Ice Cream - $50.00 regular rate
Manufacturing - $25.00 regular rate
Miscellaneous - $25.00 regular rate
Motion Pictures - $200.00 regular rate
Motor Vehicle Dealers - $35.00 regular rate
Music Machines - $5.00 regular rate
Painters - $10.00 regular rate
Patent Rights-Drug Stores - $25.00 regular rate
Peddler (see City Clerk) $25.00 regular rate
Peddler/On Foot (see City Clerk) $10.00 regular rate
Photo Shop & Supplies - $15.00 regular rate
Plumbers - $50.00 regular rate
Pool Room - $25.00 regular rate
Printing - $25.00 regular rate
Repair Shops - $15.00 regular rate
Restaurant/0-4 Seats - $25.00 regular rate
Restaurant/5 or More - $85.00 regular rate
Retail - $25.00 regular rate
Roofers - $10.00 regular rate
Sale of Monuments - $10.00 regular rate
School of Dance - $25.00 regular rate
Selling Certain Oils - $25.00 regular rate
Service Stations/Garage - $12.50 regular rate
Sign Erectors - $12.50 regular rate
Sign Painters - $10.00 regular rate
Storage Warehouses - $35.00 regular rate
Sundries - $4.00 regular rate
Tattoo Artist – (MISC) - $25.0
Taxi Cabs - $15.00 regular rate
Chapter 7: Licenses, Permits and Business Regulations; Article IX Taxicabs and other vehicles for hire; Section 7-372 Fee; Term; Transfer. (A) For each certificate granted pursuant to this article, there shall be paid to the city a permit fee of $5.00 per company and a certificate fee of $3 for each vehicle for which a certificate shall be granted. No additional fee shall be charged for renewal of any certificate granted.
Telegraph - $20.00 regular rate
Temporary Services - $100.00 regular rate
Tree Trimmers - $10.00 regular rate
Undertakers - $50.00 regular rate
Upholstery - $15.00 regular rate
Vending Machines - $50.00 regular rate
Video - $5.00 regular rate
Welding - $10.00 regular rate
Wholesale Auto Equipment - $37.50 regular rate
Wholesale Jobbers - $25.00 regular rate
Wine/Off Premises - $10.00 regular rate
Wine/On Premises - $15.00 regular rate
Wood Dealers - $10.00 regular










