§ 14-36. Required; exemptions.

(a)

All persons engaging in any business within the town from a fixed location, except for those exempted by subsection (f) of this section, shall obtain a license pursuant to this article and pay a yearly license fee adopted by the council by resolution.

(b)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), transient merchants and owners of commercial rental properties located in the town shall obtain a business license in accordance with this article and article VI.

(c)

All licenses shall be issued for a period of one year and shall be valid from the date of issuance until the one year anniversary of such issuance, when they may be renewed; provided, that no license shall be renewed unless the licensee conforms with the provisions of this article. Licenses issued under this article shall not be transferable from one person to another person. Businesses with a valid business registration issued pursuant to section 66-177 prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this section is derived shall obtain a license upon expiration of the business registration.

(d)

All persons required to be licensed pursuant to this chapter shall, as a condition of the license, comply with the town zoning code and all other applicable codes and ordinances of the town, all requirements of law and the requirements of this chapter.

(e)

The issuance of a license is not deemed evidence or proof that the licensee has complied with the provisions of this chapter, nor shall it prevent prosecution by the town for any violation of this chapter.

(f)

A license shall not be required when:

(1)

The general law of the state precludes requiring a license for the business;

(2)

The business is conducted as an agency or department of the United States government for which such government has failed to make provisions allowing states and municipalities to license it;

(3)

The business is the sale of food products by an owner, proprietor or tenant of agricultural lands, orchards, farms and gardens on which such food products are grown, raised or prepared for market;

(4)

Except for transient merchants, the person conducting the business is an employee of any business either possessing a license or exempt from having to possess a license;

(5)

Newspaper carriers delivering and selling newspapers from house to house or business to business, students on school class projects, nor to acts of merchants or their employees in delivering goods in the regular course of business; or

(6)

The activity is a casual activity.

(Ord. No. 1621, § I, 2-1-05; Ord. No. 2251, § I, 9-15-09; Ord. No. 2331, § I, 6-23-11)

State law reference

Authority to license businesses, A.R.S. § 9-240(B)(18), (B)(19).