O-281-57 ORDINANCE NO. 281
AN ORDINANCE TO BE KNOWN AS THE OCCUPATIONAL
LICENSE ORDINANCE OF MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE;
GIVING DEFINITIONS OF CERTAIN TERMS; ADOPTING
LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS CONNECTED WITH,
INCIDENT TO AND GOVERNING OCCUPATIONAL
LICENSES; FIXING LICENSE FEES FOR VARIOUS
BUSINESSES, OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS;
FIXING LICENSE FEES FOR BUSINESSES, OCCUPATIONS
AND PROFESSIONS NOT SPECIFICALLY COVERED;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDIN-
ANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. LICENSE REQUIRED. No person shall, within the
limits of Miami Shores Village, engage in or manage any business, occupation
or profession without first having paid the amount of license tax required hereby
and without first having obtained a Village occupational license therefor issued
for and applying to the current occupational license year, or fractional part
thereof, during which such business, occupation or profession is commenced,
carried on or engaged in. Such, occupational license shall be applied for and
obtained before the commencement of any such business, occupation or profession,
and annually thereafter on or before October Ist of each year as long as such
business, occupation or profession is carried on. For the purposes of this ordin-
ance, any person holding himself out to the public, by sign, printed matter or
otherwise, as being engaged in business or as offering services or property to
the public for a consideration, shall be considered as engaging in business and
shall be liable for an occupational license tax therefor, according to the classifi-
cation of the business so held out or advertised, as set forth herein.
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SECTION 2. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE. Prior to the issuance
of any occupational license a written application therefor, signed by an officer,
partner or owner of the proposed business, occupation or profession, shall be
filed with the Village Clerk, upon forms prescribed by him. In such application,
the applicant shall set forth the name of the owner (if a firm, the names of all
members of the firm; if a corporation, the names of all officers of the corpora-
tion); the location of the business, the full nature of the business; where the license
tax is based thereon, the value of stock carried or the number of seats, employees,
gasoline pumps, rooms, or vehicles, etc. , as the case may be; and such other
pertinent in-formation as may be prescribed by the Village Clerk. All licenses
shall be applied for and issued in the real name of the applicant; in cases where
the applicant does or will do business under a fictitious, trade or firm name, the
application, and the license if issued, shall show the real name as well as the
fictitious, trade or firm name of the applicant. The Village Clerk may waive the
requirement of a written application in all cases of renewals of existing licenses,
but shall require, before issuing any renewal license, the furnishing of all
necessary information pertinent to the establishment of the proper license tax
or fee for such license.
SECTION 3. VALUE OF STOCK CARRIED. Whenever in this
ordinance a license tax is d upon or determinable by the "value of stock
carried", the value of stock carried shall be the cost value of all stock in trade
and merchandise on hand as of the close of the fiscal year of the licensee next
preceding the start of the license period in question. Where the license is not
a renewal license or the licensee has not completed one fiscal year, then the value
of stock carried shall. be the cost value of all stock in trade and merchandise on
hand as of the date of commencement of business. The true value of stock carried,
as above defined, shall. be stated by the applicant in his application for a license
or for a renewal of license. In the event an applicant for a license fails or re-
fuses to state or set forth the value of stock carried, as above defined, or sets
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forth such value inaccurately, the Clerk shall fix and determine such value from
any information in his possession, and the value so fixed shall be used to deter-
mine the amount of license tax due the Village.
SECTION 4. FALSE STATEMENTS IN APPLICATION. Any license
obtained under the provisions of this ordinance upon a misrepresentation of a
material fact shall be deemed null and void, and the licensee who has thereafter
engaged in any business under such license shall be subject to prosecution for
doing business without a license, to the same effect and degree as though no such
license had ever been issued.
SECTION 5. DETERMINATION OF CLASSIFICATION. In the event
of a disagreement be!_,��een Tipli—can-t and the 'V—illage—on the question of proper
classification of any business, -,-,ccupation or profession for license purposes, the
Village Clerk shall decide the proper classification, with the right, in the applicant,
to appeal from such decision to the Village Council, whose decisian upon. the point
shall be final.
SECTION 6. TERM AND DURATION OF LICENSE. Except as other-
wise provided, licenses shall expire on the thirtieth day of September of each
year. No license shall be issued for more than one year.
SECTION 7. LICENSE FOR FRACTIONAL PART OF ONE YEAR.
Unless otherwise provided, for each license obtained between October first and
April first the full tax for one year shall be paid, and for each license obtained
from April. first to September thirtieth, one-half the full tax for one year shall
be paid.
SECTION 8 LICENSE TO APPLY TO ONE PLACE OF BUSINESS,
All licenses provided for herein shall be issued for and apply to only one loca-
tion or place of business.
SECTION 9. EXEMPTIONS. Exemption fro-in the payment of the
license tax set forth herein shall be allowed in such cases as are provided for
in this ordinance, and in the following cases as provided for by the 'Laws of the
State of Florida:
(a) Disabled veterans of.the Spanish American War; World
War L or World War II, and widows of such deceased
veterans (exempted up to $50. 00 annually);
(b) Confirmed cripples; deaf and dumb persons; invalids
physically incapable of manual labor; widows with minor
dependents; and persons 65 years of age or older;
(c) Growers of farm and grove products.
SECTION 10. BILLS OR NOTICES FOR LICENSE TAX. It is hereby
declared to be unnecessary for t e Village to send out bills or notices to persons
engaged in business in the Village with respect to the payment or non-payment of
license taxes.
SECTION 11. POSTING OF LICENSE. Every license shall be
posted in a conspicuous place in the place of business for which it is issued and
the holder of such license shall exhibit same to any inspector or Police Officer
upon being requested so to do.
SECTION 12 TRANSFER OF LICENSE - LOCATION. Licenses may
be transferred from one location to another, prov-ided_._Ta_�—that the licenses are
presented to the Village Clerk for the approval of such transfer; and (b) that the
licensee shall pay for such transfer a fee in the amount of $1. 00.
SECTION 13. TRANSFER OF LICENSE - CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP.
Licenses issued by the Village may be �r_� erred as to ownership with the
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approval of the Village Clerk (except in the case of al.chol.ic beverage licenses, which
shall require approval of the Village Manager); subject, however, to the followmg
conditions.
A. The seller of the busi,ness shall present the license to the Village
Clerk with an endorsement on the reverse side thereof, assigning all right, title
and interest to the purchaser-,
B. The purchaser shall file an application for license, and shall qualify
in all respects as provided by .11aw and by the ordinances of the Village as an applicant
for a license, as if he had applied for the license in the first instance.
C. A fee shall be paid by the new business entity, in the amount of
$1. 00 to cover such transfer.
D. Where the licensee has been exernpted from payment of all or any
part of the license tax therefor, any such license shall not be transferable under this
section.
SECTION 14. REPLACING LOST OR DESTROYED LICENSES.
For the purpose of replacing any mutilated, destroyed or lost license certificate
receipt relating to any occupational license granted by the Village, the Clerk is
hereby authorized and empowered to cause to be executed and delivered an appropriate
duplicate license certificate or receipt, upon the submission of evidence satisfactory
to said Clerk that the original certificate or receipt was mutilated, destroyed or lost,
and upon the payment, to the Village by said holder of the sum of ($1. 00) one dollar
for each such duplicate license certificate executed.
SECTION1. 5. LEASE DEPARTMENT. Every person operating what is
commonly knc;,-�v7n—�`T�—Lea�`se in—an—y store shall .-, ay a license for the
operation of each department so leased according to the proper classification of the
business or occupation as set forth therein.
SECTION 16. TERMINATION OF LICENSE ON NOTICE OF
BANKRUPT C�7i—. -Vh—en--any person engaged in merchantile or other business in the
Village shall. make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or when any such
person shall be adjudicated a voluntary or an. involuntary bankrupt or declared
insolvent, any license theretofore issued, authorizing such person to do business in
the Village, shall immediately be terminated and shall, upon such assignment for the
benefit of creditors or upon such adjudication in bankruptcy, immediately become
null and void.
SECTION 17. REVOCATION FOR VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES.
The license of any person for the operation of any business may be revoked by the
Council at any time, upon notice and bearing for violation of any ordinance of the
Village or law of the State of Florida pertaining to, regulating or licensing such
business, or for any other good and sufficient reason; provided, however, that:
this section shall not affect the power of the municipal court to revoke certain licenses
where such revocation is specifically provided for by ordinance.
SECTION 18. REGULATORY ORDINANCES REMAIN IN EFFECT.
Unless otherwise herein repeaied or specifically excepted, changed or differentiated,
all qualifying or regulatory ord-irances of the Village applicable to or affecting any
of the businesses, operations, occupations or classifications covered by this
ordinance shall be and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 19. PROSECUTION AND RIGHTS UNDER PREVIOUS
ORDINANCE�—. -ffe—iti�e—rtlie fact of th-i--adoptio—nof this ordii�ance nor the fact of its
superseding or repealin.g any portion of any other ordinance of Miami Shores Village,
shall in any way be construed to z1fect or waive prosecution for violation of any other
ordinances which may have been consummated prior to the effective date hereof, nor
shall they be construed as a waiver of any license or of any penal provision applicable
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to any such violation; nor shall they be construed to affect the validity of any portion
of the cash deposit bond or insurance required by any ordinance to be posted, filed
or deposited and all rights and obligations thereto appertaining shall continue in full
force and effect.
SECTION 20. "PERSON" DEFINED. The word "person" wherever
used in this ordinance shall mean either an individual, firm, partnership, corpGration ,
Association, executor, administrator, trustee or other legal entity, whether singular
or plural, masculine or feminine, as the context may require.
SECTION 21. ZONING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS. Nolicense
shall be issued hereunder for any business, occupation or profession until the location
of such business shall have first been approved by the Building Department of the
Village as to its compliance with zoning and other regulatory ordinances of the Village.
SECTION 22. REGULATIONS. The Village Clerk may make such rules
and regulations, not inconsistent with this ordinance, as may be necessary or proper
for the enforcement of the provisions hereof.
SECTION 23. PEDDLING OR DOOR TO DOOR SOLICITING. The sale
of goods, wares and merchandise by any person or persons as a peddler -dr solicitor
is permitted only under the conditions provided by Ordinance No. 206. The sale of
the natural products of the soil by the farmer by whom they are raised is not
considered to be peddling.
SCHEDULE OF LICENSE TAXES
SECTION 24. The various businesses, occupations and professions
within. the Village are hereby classified for the purpose of this ordinance, and assess-
ments of license-taxes therefor are hereby fixed, as follows.
(A) AMUSEMENTS
MOTION PICTURE THEATRE (Permitting incidental retail
sale of candy and popcorn on premises. Persons
engaged in, managing or carrying on theatres;
For each seat in any theatre . . . . . . . . . . Z5� Z50. 00
MUSIC FURNISHED BY WIRE, Operators or
dealers in: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
PUBLIC PERFORMANCES,. EXHIBITIONS AND ENTER -
TAINMENT, INCLUDING DOG RACING: Any presentation
to the public, for profit, of theatrical plays or
dramatic works of any kind, reading; lectures;
recitals; concerts; vocal or instrumental music
of any kind; magic shows; dog races; exhibitions
of persons or things; ice skating revues or
performances on an ice rink; athletic games,
contests or exhibitions; or any other similar
performance, entertainment or exhibition,
whether for education or amusement purpose,
where the performance is not given in a locally
licensed theatre (and excluding entertainments
given for local charitable or benevolent purpose
and local. amateur shows).
For each day during which any performance or
performances are given or presented. . . . . . 50. 00
GENERAL AMUSEMENT: Any person, operating
for profit any game, contest, exhibition,
parade, amusement or recreational. device,
contrivance or facility not otherwise
specifically provided for herein . . . . . . 37. 50
TIP SHEETS, RAGING FORMS (Permitting sale at
Dog Track during racing season. only) 100. 00
(B) ALCOHOLICBEVERAGES
RETAIL
BEER AND WINE. Vender of beverages containing
more than 1,16 and not more than 1416
of alcohol by weight in sealed containers
for consumption off the premises only. . . 25. 00
RETAIL
BEER AND WINE: Vender of beverages containing
more than 176 and not more than 1416
of alcohol by weight for consumption on
the premises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50. 00
RETAIL PACKAGE LIQUOR STORE: Vendors of alcoholic
beverages and intoxicating liquors regardless
of alcoholic content in sealed containers for
consumption off the premises only . . . . . . 562� 50
RETAIL LIQUOR: Vendor of alcoholi.c beverages, and
intoxicating liquors regardless of alcoholic
content for consumption on the premises. . . 750. 00
CATERERS AT DOG TRACK. 250. 00
DISTRIBUTORS
BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTOR - distributor and vendor, at
wholesale only, of beverages containing not
more than 1416 of alcohol. by weight, in sealed
containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200. 00
LIQUOR DISTRIBUTOR - distributor and vendor, at
wholes.-Je only, of alcoholic beverages and
intoxicating liquors, regardless of alcoholic
content, in. sealed containers . . . . . . . . 1,250. 00
Licenses for the sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages or intoxicating liquors
shall be issued only under the terms of Ordinance No. 200 to persons of good moral
character, who have not been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude, and
who are over 21 years of age; licenses to corporations shall be issued only when all
directors and officers qualify as above. No license shall be issued to any person or
corporation within 2 years after such person or any officer or director of such
corporation, has been convicted of a violation of the State beverage law, or to any
person or corporation whose license under such beverage lawhas been revoked.
Applicants for such licenses, or for transfers of such licenses, shall, furnish the
Village Clerk at time of application with a credit report from a reputable credit bureau
in Dade County, and with letters of character reference from at least three reputable
residents of Miami Shores Village or Dade County before such license issuance or
transfer shall be approved, and every applicant for a license or a transfer of a license
shal I be fingerprinted by the Police Department of Miami Shores Village; no license
or transfer of license to any appD.cant therefor shall be issued or made, without
special order of the Village Council, until and after a criminal record search has
been received from the Federal Bureau of Investigation upon such fingerprints, and
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any license issued or transfer of license made before such record is received
shall be null and void if the record, when received, shows the applicant to be
not qualified for such license.
(C) COIN OPERATED OR OTHER MACHINES
EVERY PERSON SELLING, LEASING, RENTING, DISTRIBUTING, OPERAT-
ING OR PLACING FOR OPERATION ANY MACHINE AS DESCRIBED BELOW:
(a) AMUSEMENT MACHINES (hereby defined as machines or
devices, not gambling devices, which are played or
operated for amusement or score and not for vending
merchandise or rendering service, and whether or not
a charge is made for play)
Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1000. 00
And in addition thereto, for each machine. . . . . . . . . 25. 00
(b) OTHER MACHINES
Operator of the following types: . . . . . . . . . . 25. 00
Music machines, music boxes, mechanical
phonographs, consoles and juke boxes.
Photographing machines.
Mechanical rocking horses, etc.
Popcorn machines (operated with attendant).
Coin operated radios.
Weighing machines.
Coin operated washing machines.
Vending machines vending merchandise of any kind.
Any other machine of general type described in this
sub-paragraph (b), but not including any machines
classified or described as amusement machines
under sub-paragraph (a) above.
PROVIDED, however, that the following machines are
and shall. be exempt from license hereunder:
(1) Machines vending cigarettes, postage stamps,
drinking cups, or unadulterated Florida
produced citrus juice; and
(2) Parcel checking lockers and toilet locks used
in depots, hotels and restaurants.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, that no operator's tax or fee shall
be required for the operation of any machines listed in sub-
paragraph (b) above, where such machines are owned by a
person who is otherwise licensed by the Village, and the
occupational license tax so paid is $37. 50 or more, and
such machines are located and operated at the owner's
regular licensed place of business.
No license shall be required for any of the machines listed
in sub-paragraph (b) above, where the entire proceeds of
such machine are used for recognized charitable or benevolent
purposes.
( D ) CONTRACTORS
ENGINEERING CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . 100. 00
Permits construction of buildings, structures
and improvements of all kinds, including (but
not limited to) bridges and culverts.; bulkheads-,
sub-terranean foundations, breakwaters and
seawalls-, water, irrigation and other utility
systems; sewer systems and disposal plants;
excavating and dredging; pile driving; grading
and paving of streets and sidewalks; land
clearing; construction. of dams, docks, wharves,
etc; excluding however, contracting work
included within the scope of the following
contractors' licenses'. as d f' dh
J�c�ne erein:
(a) plumbing, (b) electrica , dlectrical. sign,
(d) refrigeration, (e) elevator.
GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . 100. 00
Permits contracting work in all building trades
and fields, and land clearing and excavating,
except contracting work otherwise included
within the scope of the following contractors'
licenses, as defined herein: (a) plumbing,
(b) electrical, (c) electrical sign, (d) refrigeration,
(e) fire sprinkler, (f) elevator, (g) septic tank,
(h) engineering contractor, (except sidewalk
construction and construction of buildings which
are permitted).
SUB-GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . 50. 00
Permits repairs, alterations, additions, accessory
buildings, and remodeling work only, in all lines of
contracting permitted to a building contractor.
SWIMMING POOL CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50. 00
Permits installatinn of swimming pools, filtration
systems, cabanas and screening incidental thereto.
OWNER-BUlLDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25. 00
Permits the construction by owner of a single family
residence but not more than one in any two-year peiiod
and expires six months after date of issue.
AWNING CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits installation, maintenance and removal of
awnings, jalousies, and storm shutters, or any
material
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits insta'-1.1ation and maintenance of electrical
fixtures, equipment, systems and wiring; includes
contracting work included in the scope of electrical
sign contractor, as defined herein; includes connec-
tions of electric water heaters to boilers.
ELECTRICAL SIGN CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits manufacture, erection, installation and
maintenance of electric siigns of all types, and non-
electric signs, including painting of signs erected
or installed.
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ELEVATOR CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits installation. and maintenance of
elevators designed for carrying passengers
or freight.
EXTERMINATING CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits exterior and interior exterminating
of all types.
FIRE SPRINKLER CONTRACTOR (Plumbing Contractor)
FLOORING CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits laying, installation and maintenance
of all types of flooring and flooring materials
except tile and terrazzo; sanding and polishing
floors.
GLAZING CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits glazing work of all kinds; installation,
Maintenance and repair of wood or metal sash
and doors.
LANDSCAPING CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits designing, installation, planting and
maintenance of yards and grounds; planting and
care of trees, grass and shrubs; exterior
exterminating; land clearing and scarifying.
Does not include installation of sprinkler systems.
MASONRY CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits laying of brick, stone, cast stone,
building blocks of any material, and all general
masonry construction and maintenance except
tile and terrazzo work; placement and pouring
of concrete, including ready mix concrete; sand-
blasting, construction of sidewalks; exterior and
interior plastering and stucco work; lathing.
MOVING AND WRECKING CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits moving and or demolition of any structure
or building.
ORNAMENTAL METALS CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits manufacture, installation and
maintenance of ornamental (not Structural)
metal. railings, guards, grills, fences and
other similar articles.
PAINTING CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits interior and exterior painting and
decorating including application of mastic
materials; water proofing; damp proofing,
sandblasting, paper hanging.
PAVING CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits grading and paving of streets and
sidewalks, land clearing; installation of
culverts, and excavating.
PLASTERING CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits interior and exterior plastering and
stucco work; lathing, sandblasting.
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PLUMBING CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits installation and maintenance of
plumbing fixtures, equipment and systems.,
oil water and gas fitting; installation and
maintenance of heating, refrigeration and
air conditioning systems, solar heating
systems; interior and exterior sprinkler
systerns,:,, well drilling; installation and
maintenance of septic tank systems.
REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTOR 37. 50
Permits installation and maintenance of
refrigeration, and air conditioning, heating
and ventilating systems; heating and
ventilating ducts, instailation of gas
appliances and gas fitting.
ROOF CLEANING CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits cleaning, spraying and painting
of roofs.
ROOFING AND SHEET METAL CONTRACTOR . 37. 50
Permits all roof construction and maintenance
above sheathing; laying and applying roofing
materials of all kinds; construction, installation
and maintenance of gutters, downspouts, and
flashing; installation of heating and ventilating
ducts and other sheet metal installation,, water-
proofing and parapet walls.
SEPTIC TANK CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits installation and maintenance of
septic tank systems and excavating.
SIGN PAINTING CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits construction, erection and maintenance
of non-electric signs; includes painting exterior
signs on buildings.
SOLAR HEATING CONTRACTOR Roofing Contractor)
STRUCTURAL STEEL CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits erection and installation of structural
and reinforcing iron and steel, orcther metals.
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SPRINKLER AND WELL DRILLING CONTRACTOR . . . 37. 50
Permits installation and maintenance of
exterior sprinkling systems; drilling, digging
and maintenance of f resh water or drainage
wells.
TILE AND TERRAZZO CONTRACTOR . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Permits laying, installation and maintenance
of floor and wall tile of any material; installation
and maintenance of terrazzo floors and walls.
MISCELLANEOUS CONTRACTORS . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Other contractors not specifically
classified above.
E ) LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS
LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS
Apartment houses, hotels and motels - renting furnished
or unfurnished:
1 to 10 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15. 00
11 to 25 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $37. 50
For each additional room over 25 1. 00
"Rooms" shall not include lobbies, outer screened
porches, bathrooms or closets, and shall not include rooms
used by the owner or manager of the premises as a
permanent year-round residence, providing the owner or manager
files with the Village Clerk an affidavit showing the number of
rooms so used by him.
Tourist Cottages - (.Same as apartments, motels, etc. )
(F) MANUFACTURING
MANUFACTURER ( Includes assembling materials or the
combination of different materials into finished
products; includes fruit and produce packing plants,
and all other manufacturing processes except manufacture
of alcoholic beverages and intoxicating liquors)
Where average number of employees dur-.,..ng period of
operation. in preceding 1.2 months or fraction thereof was;
1. to 5 inclusive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
6 to 15 inclusive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75. 00
Over 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100. 00
Provided, that where such products are sold at retail only
in the course of the manufacturer's business, or where such
products are used in the regular course of the manufacturer's
business, no separate manufacturer's license required,.
and the manufacturing process shall be covered by a merchant's
contractor's or other license, as the case may be.
(G) MERCHANTS AND DEALERS
ARMS ( Including pistols, rifles, shot guns and firearms of all
kinds):
Dealer in - alone or in connection with any other business 37. 50
AUTOMOTIVE DEALER (Permitting agency for sale of new
automobiles, aeroplanes or other motor driven vehicles,
sale of second hand vehicles taken in exchange on sale of new
vehicles, and vehicle accessories):
Alone, or in connection with any other business . . . . . . . 100. 00
BAKERY (Permitting the manufacturing of bakery products
customarily sold in a bake shop' at retail only and
including other items of food stuffs sold in delicatessens
or bakeries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50. 00
BAKERY PRODUCTS TRUCK ( Retail selling or peddling of
bakery products not manufactured within corporate limits
as required by Ordinance #Z06)- Each truck . . . . . . . 75. 00
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GARAGE ( Permiting keeping, storing, servicing and repairing
of automobiles or other motor driven vehicles, including
§dle of qasoline, motor oils, repair parts, vehicle
accessories, tire shop, battery station and auto painting,
but not including sale of new or used vehicles):
Alone or in connection with any other business . . . . . . . 50. 00
GASOLINE STATION (Permitting the retail sale and direct
delivery to motor vehicles of gasoline, lubricating oil,
and minor motor vehicle accessories, but not including
the keeping of any vehicles for rental or the performance
of any auto body work, welding, painting or other than
emergency repairs on any motor vehicle, and not including
any repair work on buses or on trucks of 1-1/2 ton
capacity or more; and permitting the incidental retail sale
of tobacco and soft drinks, where not from vending machines):
Alone or in connection with any other business:
For not exceeding four (4) gasoline pumps . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
For each additional gasoline pump over 4 pumps . . . . . . 2. 50
LUMBER - operating a lumber yard including mill work
(Permitted to handle lumber, lath and shingles) alone
or in connection with any other business (does not
permit stock of paints, oils, sash, doors, blinds or
any other merchandise without merchant's license)
where average stock carried is as follows:
Not exceeding 200 M ft. B. M. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 75. 00
More than 200 M ft. , not exceeding 500 M ft. B. M.. 150. 00
More than 500 M. ft. B. M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,00
RESTAURANT (Including soda fountains, cafes, lunch counters,
cafeterias, dining rooms, tea rooms and all other
establishments where food is sold for consumption on the
premises; permits sale of cigars and tobacco and
packaged candy without additional license):
Alone or in connection with any other business:
with chairs'and stools, each to count the same
as follows:
Minimum fee, covering first 25 seats . . . . . . . . 37. 50
and, for each additional seat over 25 . . . . . . . . . 25
ICE OR BOTTLED WATER, JUICES, ETC. DISTRIBUTORS
(Permitting distribution and sale ofice and/or bottled
mineral or carbonated waters, juices, etc. at retail or
wholesale):
For each vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. 00
MILK DISTRIBUTOR (Permitting distribution and sale of
milk and dairy products, wholesale or retail):
For each vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. 00
BOTTLED GAS DEALER� (Permits retail or wholesale sale of
natural or manufactured gas or liquefied petroleum
gas; not required when merchant's license has been
issued):
Alone or in connection with any other business . . . . 25. 00
PRINTING AND/OR PUBLISHING ESTABLISHMENT . . . . . . 37. 50
MERCHANTS AND DEALERS Continued
GENERAL MERCHANT ( Permitting retail or wholesale sale
of merchandise and tangible personal property of all
kinds, including food for consumption off the premises,
except those business or occupations otherwise specifically
licensed herein; permitting rental and repair of merchandise
carried as a regular line, and manufacture of products sold
at retail only):
Alone or in connection with any other business:
Up to and including $5, 000 of value of stock carried. 37. 50
Over $5, 000 - per each additional $1, 000 or
major fraction thereof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 00
H ) PROFESSIONAL
THE FOLLOWING PRACTITIONERS ARE CLASSED AS PROFESSIONAL,
and each person engaged in the practice of any such profession
is required to take out a professional license as follows:
ACCOUNTANT , AUDITOR OR TAX CONSULTANT . . . . . . . . . . 15. 00
ARCHITECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50 .
ATTORNEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15. 00
CHIROPODIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
CHIROPRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
DENTAL HYGIENIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
DENTIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
ENGINEER - Civil, consulting , drafting, electrical, mechanical,
or similar lines ( where contractor's license not required) 37. 50
MASSEUR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
MUSIC TEACHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
NATUROPATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
OPTOMETRIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
OSTEOPATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
PHYSICIAN AND/OR SURGEON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
PODIATRIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
SURVEYOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
VETERINARY SURGEON OR VETERINARIAN . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50 .
ANY PERSON LICENSEP BY STATE UNDER FLORIDA BASIC
SCIENCE LAW FOR PRXTICE OF THE HEALING ART . . . . . . 37. 50
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( I ) SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS
ABSTRACT AND TITLE COMPANY ( Including abstract, land
title, and title warranty companies, and permitting
doing business as a mortgage and loan broker or agent. 37. 50
ADDRESSING, MAILING, OR DUPLICATING SERVICE
(Including stenographic service) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE (Where manufacture and delivery
of products and inventory is located entirely outside
of the Village) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
ADVERTISING
Trade inducement company or individual - The term
"advertising or trade inducement company or individual"
shall be construed to apply to each person, engaged in
conducting an advertising or trade inducement company or
offering for sale any goods, wares or merchandise by
advertisement or in any other manner whereby prizes
or other inducements or schemes are offered to induce
trade.
Each advertising or trade inducement company or
individual or others as provided . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250. 00-
Advertising Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Aeroplane - using streamers or otherwise . . . . . . . . . 150. 00
AMBULANCE SERVICE
For first vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25. 00
For each additional vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20. 00
ARTIST - COMMERCIAL (Painting, crayoning, sketching,
cartooning, illustrating, retouching, ferrotyping,
etching, & similar lines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
AUCTIONEER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * * * 250. 00
And for each sale of jewelry, antiques and/or rugs,
(except sales of furniture and household goods located
and actually used in such residences as ordinary
household furnishing, where contents of specific houses
are sold) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000. 00
And for each sale of other goods, wares, merchandise
or real estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
(For each day or fraction of a day at each location)
BARBER SHOP (With or without manicurist or bootblack
stands; permitting retail sale of barber and beauty
supplies): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
BATHS - TURKISH OR MINERAL OR MASSEUR'S ESTAB-
LISHMENTS (Or any combination thereof) . . . . . . . . 37. 50
BEAUTY SHOP ( Hairdressing, facial massage, manicuring;
permitting retail sale of barber and beauty supplies):
Each shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
BOOKKEEPING SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
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BROKER OR AGENT - Mercantile.
Each person acting as agent and,6r broker handling
materials, supplies or other tangible personal property . . . 37. 50
BROKER OR AGENT - Mortgages and Loans:
Each person acting as agent for the borrower or lender,
or as a broker representing both the borrower and
lender, in the obtaining or procuring of mortgage or
other loans, but who does not himself lend money . . . . . . 37. 50
BUS COMPANY
Private company operating school buses: each bus . . . . . . 15. 00
Private company operating to Dog Track . . . . . . . . . . . 125. 00
CATERING (Preparing food, delivering and/or selling at
retail or wholesale) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
COLD STORAGE ( Renting cold storage space to the public) . . . . . 50. 00
COLLECTION AGENCY, CREDIT BUREAUS, TAX COLLECTION
AGENCIES: For each place of business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
DELIVERY OR MESS)ENGER SERVICE ( Exclusive of telegrams) . . 37. 50
DETECTIVE AGENCY (Including all types of private investigative
work)
Permitting two investigators or detectives . . . . . . . . . . . 100. 00
For each investigator or detective over two, an additional . . 10. 00
DRESSMAKING ( Does not permit stock without merchant's license). 10. 00
ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER GO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250. 00
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY OR EMPLOYMENT AGENT . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
EXPRESS COMPANY ( having place of business in Village ) . . . . . . . 100. 00
EXTERMINATING SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,1. 50
FOR-HIRE CARS (see taxi)
GARBAGE AND TRASH COLLECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
GAS COMPANY ( Permitting the selling of natural or manu��ctured gas
through pipe lines but not including gas fitters) . . . . . . . . . . . 250. 00
HAULING ( see transfer Co. )
INSURANCE COMPANY ( Including all companies or associations
writing casualty, liability, industrial, fire, health, accident,
life and other insurance of all kinds and types; including also
funeral benefit associations or companies; including also all
companies or associations writing fidelity, court, contract and
surety bonds, financial guarantees and title insurance or
guarantees):
Each insurance company or association operating in
the Village through independent agency . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15. 00
Each insurance company or association operating a
company office in the Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
And for each agent operating from company office
in the Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 50
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INSURANCE ADJUSTOR . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
INSURANCE AGENCY
The following license fee is required by each insurance agency
operating in the Village, provided, that each insurance company
represented by said agency shall first have taken out a license
as provided herein, permitting its operation with any duly
licensed insurance agency in the Village - Agency 37. 50
Each Solicitor 2. 50
INVESTMENT COUNSELLOR (Not a dealer in securities) . . . . . . 37. 50
INVESTMENTS AND SECURITIES DEALER . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50. 00
(Includes all persons, except state and national banks and building
and loan associations, who buy, sell or otherwise deal in securities,
stocks, debentures, notes, certificates of interest, futures, �warehouse
receipts or other evidences of indebtedness or rights therein, as agent
or principal for a commission or at a profit; includes all persons selling
any security (as commonly defined) issued by another, or purchasing
or otherwise acquiring securities fiom another for the purpose of re-
selling them or offering them for sale to the public or other persons;
does not include businesses of small loan companies as classified
herein; does not include the business of obtaining or procuring the
lending of money where the person acts as an agent of the lender or
borrower or as a broker representing both lender and borrower).
Provided,that where the dealer offers facilities to the general public
for dissemination of market information and quotations by use of a
quotation board, projection of ticker tape or similar means, the annual
license fee shall be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100. 00
LABORATORY (Dental, chemical, X-ray, etc. , where not
incidental to licensed business or profession; merchants
or manufacturer's license required where products
sold commercially) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
LAUNDRY ( Permitting cleaning and dyeing and fur storage and
repair)
Plants ( Where laundry work, cleaning, pressing or
dyeing is done on premises:) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100. 00
Agency ( Where no laundry work, cleaning, pressing or
dyeing is done on premises) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
(Includes laundromats but not self-service)
LOAN AGENCY
Each person (other than state or national banks and building
and loan associations) engaged in the business of loaning
money, secured by real or personal property or otherwise,
not herein classified as a Small Loan Company or as a
Pawn. broker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
PATROL AGENCY ( Including business or service of opening and
closing homes and watchman service therefor)
Permitting one patrolman or agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
And for each additional patrolman or agent . . . . . . . . . 5. 00
PAWNBROKERt (Or other loan business wherein tangible personal
property is retained by the lender -as security for loans
made) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250. 00
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PHOTOGRAPHER OR PHOTO FINISHER ( Permits blue printing
and photostating, and sale of finished pictures, including
framing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 80
PRIVATE SCHOOL ( Schools, colleges or any other
educational or training services, studies or
institutions operated for profit;
For each school where more than one teacher . . . . . . . . 37. 50
Where only one taacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15. 00
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER - COURT REPORTER . . . . . . . . . 15. 00
RADIO AND/OR TV BROADCASTING STATION . . . . . . . . . . . 100. 0LQ_
REAL ESTATE
Broker ( Permitting doing business as a Mortgage and Loan
Broker or Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
For each salesman connected therewith . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 50
REDUCING SALON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
RENTAL AGENCY ( Personal property of all kinds except
passenger automobiles, not incidental to any other
licensed business) . . . . . . . I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7. 5-*0
RENTAL CARS
Each operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100. 00
And for each vehicle used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. 00
SHOE REPAIR SHOP ( Permitting sale of shoe polishes and
cleaners, shoe cleaning equipment and bootblack stand) 37. 50
SIGN WRITER , ( Portable signs, showcards and window lettering:
provided Contractor's license and permit from Building
Inspector necessary for erection of exterior signs) 37. 50
SMALL LOAN COMPANY ( Including all companies or agencies
licensed by State of Florida as small loan businesses, or
as Morris Plan banks, or under the Discount Consumer
Financing Act) . . . I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75. 00
STORAGE WAREHOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 37. 50
TAILOR ( Permitting pressing, and sale of wearing apparel) . . . . 37. 50
TAXIDERMIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
TAXIS -FOR HIRE CARS
Taxis - Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25. 00
And for each vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. 00
TELEPHONE COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100. 00
TICKET OFFICE - TRAVEL BUREAU (Selling tickets for
transportation of persons or freight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.-50
TRANSFER COMPANY - GENERAL HAULING
Freight transportation or general hauling:
Foreach vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. 00
TREE SURGEON (Including tree and/or shrub spraying service) . . . . 37. 50
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VALET SHOP ( Including laundry and/or cleaning agency and
clothing repair) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. 50
WINDOW, HOUSE OR COMMERCIAL CLEANING SERVICE
( Includes cleaning of rugs, furniture, upholstery, etc. ) . . . 15. 00
YARD MAINTENANCE (Not includingd-ay laborers, or
individuals who do work themselves without employees,
includes work of cutting grass, pruning and minor
planting customarily done by yard maintenance men . . . . . 15. 00
GENERAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT
Each person engaged in any other business not specifically
listed herein, as owner, agent or otherwise, whereby
services are performed for the public in return for a
consideration, and where no part of such business consists
of sale of merchandise or other tangible property . . . . . . . 37. 50
SECTION 25. LICENSE FEE A DEBT. The amount of any license tax and
penalty imposed by the provisij—ns �T t!7is ordinance are hereby declared to be a
debt due to Miami Shores Village and any person carrying on any business with-
out first having procured a license from the Village to do so, shall be liable to
the Village for the amount of such license tax recoverable in any court of
competent jurisdiction.
SECTION 26. PENALTIES. Any person convicted for violating any of
the terms of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof in a municipal court
of Miami Shores Village, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding the sum of
Five Hundred Dollars ($500. 00) or serve a term not to exceed sixty days in
jail, or both such fine and sentence, in the discretion of the Municipal Judge.
SECTION 27. ADDITIONAL PENALTY FOR DELINQUENCIES.
Whenever any license tax provided by this ordinance shall remain unpaid
after its due date for a period of ninety days, there shall be added to, and
become a part of, the license tax, a penalty of ten percent of the original
amount of such license tax.
SECTION 28. SEPARABILITY. In the event that any portion of this
ordinance shall be held to be void, inconsistent or of no effect by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such holding shall in no wise effect or distrub the
remaining portions of this ordinance.
SECTION 29. REPEALING CLAUSE. All ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, insofar
as there is conflict.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 17th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1957
Charles D. Bailey (signe7
Mayor
ATTEST-
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d7)M.A. ViLyneron s
Village Clerk
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