§ 110.15. LOCAL BUSINESS TAX SCHEDULE.  


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  • The following enumerated individual local business taxes shall be paid to the City by the persons engaging in or managing or transacting the several occupations or professions named yearly, unless otherwise specified:

    Classification All Fees
    $190.30
    except
    as noted
    Abstracting Company
     Land title, warranty or security company. Each individual conducting the business of abstracting title, either in part or in whole, shall pay a license tax.
    Adult Entertainment
    Advertising
     Agencies, firms, associations, corporations or other persons distributing circulars, pamphlets or other advertising matter, except local merchants and theaters advertising in this way their own goods and merchandise, shall pay an annual license tax.
    Advertising
     Agencies engaged in the business of bill posting shall pay a license tax, per year.
    Advertising Office, Public Relations
    Alleys, Bowling, Boxball or Tenpins
     Each lane 30.82
    Ambulance
     Separate from undertaking, each 107.66
    Amusement Parlors or Concert Halls
    Apartment
     Per room, excluding kitchen and bathrooms 7.74
    Art Gallery
     (1) Art Studio, workshop, classes
    (2) Artist, commercial (See Retail)
     (3) Artist material or supplies (See Merchants)
    Astrologists, Clairvoyants, Fortune Tellers, Palmists, Phrenologists, Spiritualists, Numerologists and Mental Healers
     These activities and others of a similar nature, whether or not in connection with another business charging fees, shall pay a license tax.
    Athletic Club, Gymnasium /Fitness Center
    Auctioneers
    Auctions
    Auction, Real Estate
     Per day
    Automatic Amusement Machines, Games or Devices, Distributor
     Annual Fee
     Note: It is understood that this shall not be construed to license or permit operation or display of gambling devices.
    Automatic Games and Devices
     or otherwise, marble games, such as throwing balls at figures and the like, which are not elsewhere provided for in this Chapter.
     Each machine or apparatus 76.84
    Automatic Trade Machines
     Where only incentive to operate same is to procure such as gum, nuts and the like
     Each machine 46.16
     Distributor 182.26
    Automatic Weighing Machines Distributor
     Each machine 15.52
    Automobile or Motor Vehicles, Trucks, Farm Tractors and Farm Implements, Motorcycles
     (1) Auto agency or dealer, in new or used cars, motor vehicles, motorcycles, trucks, farm tractors and farm implements, with one principal place of business, not to exceed one lot for display purposes, each agency, not to include repairs.
     (2) Each additional display lot.
     (3)  Rental of vehicle not to exceed thirty (30) days as replacement for vehicles undergoing repairs by agency.
    Automobile
     (1) Automatic car wash, not in connection with other business
     (2) Automobile association (See Insurance)
     (3) Driving school
     (4) Parking lots, commercial, each lot
     (5) Repair shop or garage, in connection with auto agency
     (6) Repair shop or garage not in connection with other business
     (7) Self-serve car wash, first unit 61.51
     (8) U-Drive rentals
     (9) Upholstering, tops, seat covers and the like
     (10) Automobile used parts, dealers in, used for purposes other than junk
     (11) Wrecker service, towing
     (12) Auto detailing
    Automobile Service Station
    Washing and polishing, greasing, lubricating and like servicing of automobiles, selling gasoline and oil, but not to include repair work and not to include the sale of merchandise required to be licensed otherwise by ordinance under Merchants.
    Automobile Service Station
     Selling merchandise other than petroleum products used in greasing and lubricating, shall pay the Merchants license on other merchandise in addition to the foregoing.
    Baby Sitter Service 95.36
    Bakery
     Wholesale and retail, each store
    Ballrooms for Profit
    Banks (National and State chartered),
    Savings and Loan Associations (per Section 5219 Revised Statutes 12 U.S.C. 548)
    Barber Shops
    Beach Equipment
    (Subject to bids to the Commission)
    Beauty Shops
    Bicycle Shop, both retail and repair
    Billiard, Pool Tables
     Each table 76.84
    Blueprinting Service
    Boat Agencies, New/Used
     Each lot, not to include repairs
    Boats for Hire
     Fishing, cruising or sightseeing (each boat)
    Boathouses
     Storage only
    Boat Marinas, Dockage, Yacht Basins
    Boat Repair
    Bondsman, Bail Bonds
    Book, Magazine Solicitors
     Per week 76.84
     Per person 30.82
    Bookkeeper/Accountant , not C.P.A.
    Boot and Shoe Repair Shop
    Brokers
     Stockers, [Stocks,] bonds, mortgages, customs and others
    Building Inspector
    Burglar Alarm Company
    Bus Station , intrastate business only
    Business College, Trade Schools
    Business Office
    Butcher Shop
    Call Center
    Carpet and Rug Cleaning
    Caterers
    Fixed base or mobile, each truck 76.84
    Ceramic Studio
    Chemical Companies
    Christmas Tree Sales
     Season only, each lot
    Citrus Fruits and Vegetable Retail (See Merchants)
    Claim and Collecting Agencies
    Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing (See Laundries)
    Clothing
     Secondhand dealers
    Computer Service
    Concrete Products (See Manufacturer)
    Contractors
     (1) General
     (2) Engineering contractor (includes bridge, bulkheading, drainage, excavating, sewer construction, dredging, irrigation systems, pile driving, seawalls, sidewalk, street grading and paving and similar contract work
     (3) Structural and reinforced iron and steel
     (4) Subcontractors and others as listed:
        Concrete, stone, brick
        Electrical
        Heating and ventilating
        House movers
        Masons
        Plasterers
        Roofing
        Sheet metal and tinsmith
        Septic tank
        Tile Well drilling
        Floor sanding and finishing
        Lathers
        Plumbers
     (5) Any person who shall accept orders to be engaged in the business of accepting orders or constructs on cost plus, fixed fee, stated sum, percentage basis or any combination thereof, or for compensation other than wages for doing work on or in any building or structure requiring the use of paint, stone, brick, mortar, cement, wood, structural steel or iron, sheet iron, metallic piping, tin, lead or any other building material; or to do any paving or curbing on sidewalks or streets, on public or private property, using asphalt, brick, stone, cement or wood or any combination; or to excavate for foundations or any other purpose, or to construct sewers, septic tanks, docks, drive piling, construct bridges, construct seawalls and bulkheads of any and all description; and who is engaged in the business of building, remodeling, repairing, razing or moving, whether it be by contract, fixed fee or sublet, percentage or any combination thereof, or for compensation other than wages, shall be deemed to be a contractor within the meaning of this Chapter.
    Convalescent Home (not sanitarium)
     Ch. 400, Florida Statutes, zoning, State Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services regulations
    Credit Bureaus
    Dancing Schools
    Data Processing (See Professional)
    Dealers in Secondhand Firearms
    This license shall be exclusive of all other license taxes. All secondhand dealers shall keep a permanent record of all purchase and sales, including dates, description of property purchased or sold, names and addresses of persons purchasing or selling them.
    Delicatessen
    Dental Technician Laboratory
    Department Stores (See Merchants)
    Detective Agency
     Each location (state certificate)
    Distributor
    Dog and Pet Grooming
     Sale of supplies (See Merchants)
    Dressmaking, Hemstitching (no stock carried)
    Drugs, Retail Dealer (See Merchants)
    Dry Cleaning (See Laundries)
    Emigrant Agents
     Including any agent, solicitor or recruiter engaged in the business of hiring, enticing or soliciting laborers or emigrants.
    Employment Agencies
    Engravers or Lithographers
    Export or Import Companies
    Express Companies (Intrastate only)
    Exterminators (State certificate)
    Fish or Poultry Market
    Fishing Tackle (See Merchants)
    Florists or Dealers in Flowers , each
    Fruit, Vegetable Stand
    Fumigating (See Exterminators)
    Furniture and House Furnishing (See Merchants)
    Gas Companies
     (1) Distributing and selling gas through pipelines
     (2) Selling bottled gas
    Gasoline and Oil Distributors
    Golf Courses , each
    Golf Driving Range , each
    Golf Miniature , each
    Guard, Patrol Service (See Detective Agency)
    Guns, Sales or Repair/Gun Range
     Need Federal firearms dealers license
    Home Health Aides
    Home Health Care Agency
    Home Occupation
    Hospitals, Sanitarium
    Hotels
     Per room, excluding kitchens and bathrooms 7.74
    Hypnotists
     Must meet requirements set forth in F.S. Chapter 456
    Ice Cream Parlors
    Ice Cream Wagon or Truck , each 153.66
    Import, Export (See Export)
    Insurance Adjusters
    Insurance Agency
     For each company represented
    Insurance
    Insurance
     Casualty, life, hospitalization, industrial, burial, bonding and surety companies, each
    Interior Decorator
    Invalid and Hospital Supplies
    Jewelry
     Dealers buying and selling old gold, silver and other precious metals, or offer to buy and sell (permanent records of all purchases and sales, including dates, description of property purchased and sold, names and addresses of persons purchasing or selling required).
    Jewelry Repair
    Jewelry Store (See Merchants)
    Kennels, Animal (Approved location)
    Key Shop, Locksmith and Associated Services (See Merchants)
    Landscape Company
    Laundry or Dry Cleaning Plant
     Agent for out of town laundries
     Local agency, permanent office
     Self-service
    Lawn Maintenance
    Lawn Spraying
     Board of Health certificate
    Loan, Finance, Mortgage Company
    Mail Order Business
    Maintenance (Floor, home, office, building)
    Manicurist , each 92.35
    Manufacturer
    Marble and Granite Works
    Massage Salon
    Masseur, Masseuse , each 92.35
    Merchants, Druggists and Storekeepers
    Motion Picture Theaters
     Performances of moving pictures or other forms of entertainment
    Movers (See Storage)
    Moving Company
    Musical Devices
     Operator of mechanically operated (whether operated in connection with or separate from any other business)
     License or tag must be displayed on each machine
    Music Teachers
    Nails, Acrylic Shops (State certificate)
    Newsstands
     Owners or managers of, where daily and weekly newspapers or magazines, postcards and the like are sold
    Night Clubs
     Restaurants, dining rooms or other establishments, whether floor show or other form of entertainment, exclusive of orchestra, is provided for guests.
    Novelty Works (See Manufacturer)
    Nursery
     Shrubs, trees, plants or landscaping
    Nursing Home (See Convalescent home)
    Oil (See Gasoline)
    Outpatient Mental Health Counseling
    Paint Manufacturer (See Manufacturer)
    Pawnbrokers
    Peddlers of Merchandise
     (1) Not otherwise enumerated specifically herein, shall pay a license tax per day of, each person 30.82
     (2) Peddlers who are not producers of the product they sell and who peddle from house to house the products of the farm, grove or waters, shall pay a license tax per day of, each person 30.82
     (3) Peddlers, hawkers or vendors engaged in the occupation of selling products such as fruit, eggs and vegetables and farm products from wagon, push cart or other vehicle, shall pay a license tax of, each vehicle
     (4) Peddlers, hawkers, vendors, agents or solicitors soliciting business for out-of-town business houses or enterprises not maintaining place of business in city, providing however that this provision does not apply to wholesalers dealing exclusively with retailers
     (5) Traveling stores, dry goods, groceries, clothing, boots and shoes
    Pet Boarding
    Pet Daycare
    Pet Shop or Grooming (See Dog and pet grooming)
    Pet Training
    Pharmacies
    Photographers
    Physical Therapist
    Pressure Cleaning
    Print Shop or Publishing
    Private Postal Mailbox
    Private Schools (See Schools)
    Professional
     (1) The following practitioners are classed as professional, and each person engaged in the practice of this profession other than persons receiving only a salary or wage by a licensed practitioner in this City, is required to pay a professional local business tax:
        Accountants and auditors
        Architects
        Architects, landscaping
        Attorneys and lawyers
        Business consultant
        Chemists
        Chiropractors
        Chiropodists
        Data processing
        Dentist
        Draftsman
        Engineers, civil, consulting
        Interior Design
        Opticians
        Optometrists
        Osteopathic physicians
        Physicians
        Psychiatrists
        Research laboratory or office, for profit
        Surgeons
        Tax consultant
        Veterinarians or veterinary
        Other professions not classified
     (2) For each person operating with the person licensed in the preceding clause, other than the professional employees
    Propane
    Property Management
    Promoters
     Entertainment, sports or contests
    Public Stenographer
    Publishing Company
     Books, directories and the like
    Radio Communications
    Radio Repair Shop (See Repair Shops)
    Recording Studio
    Rental Equipment (All types)
    Repair Shops , each
    Repairs from Truck or Other Vehicle
    Restaurants
     Cafes and public eating places (whether food is served in connection with or separate from other business, except dining rooms in connection with hotels)
    Residential Outpatient Housing
    Retirement, Rest Home (See Convalescent home)
    Roof Trusses (Se Manufacturer)
    Schools
    Secondhand Dealers
     (1) In goods, wares and merchandise, secondhand or otherwise, known as secondhand dealers exclusive of firearms. (See Dealers in secondhand firearms and secondhand clothing)
     (2) All secondhand dealers shall keep a permanent record of all purchases and sales, including dates, description of property purchased and sold, names and addresses of persons purchasing or selling them.
     (3) However, the business shall be adequately housed inside a substantial store building and provided that before any person shall sell or be engaged in the business of selling goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property, the sales being advertised as bankrupt, insolvent, insurance, assignee, trustee, auction, syndicate, railroad or other wreck, wholesale, manufacturer's or closeout sale, or as goods damaged by smoke, fire, water or otherwise, the person shall file an application with the Commission, which application shall be passed on by the Commission and a license tax paid.
    Shoemaker and Repairs
    Shooting Gallery (See Gun Ranges)
    Sign Painters
     Commercial but not erecting
    Solicitor (See Peddlers of Merchandise)
    Sporting Goods (See Merchants)
    Stamp or Old Coin Dealer
    Storage Warehouse or Room
    Tailors /Seamstress
    Tanning Salon
    Tattoo Salon
    Tax Agency (See Professional)
    Taxis
     First vehicle 153.92
     Each additional vehicle 76.84
    Telemarketing
    Telephone Solicitation (See Sections 118.40 through 118.45)
    Temporary Holiday/Vendors 92.32
    Termite Control Companies
    Towing Service (See Automobile)
    Trade Schools
    Trailer, Truck Rental
    Travel Bureaus
    Tree Pruner (Must have insurance)
    Trucks
     Motor-driven, also doing freight transportation, hauling or transfer business for profit, except where other licenses are paid in conducting business, each. (Does not apply to trucks owned by the city, county or state)
    U-Drive-It Cars (See Automobile)
    Undertakers, Embalmers and Funeral Directors
    Uniform Supply (See Towel, diaper, uniform supply company)
    Upholsterer
    Valet Parking
    Vending Machines (See Automatic trade machines)
    Yoga/Pilates
    Watch Repair
    Water (Sold in bottles) (See Bottling works)
    Weight Clinic
    Window Cleaning
    Window Tinting
    Wrecker Service (See Automobile)

     

(Ord. No. 63-06, § 1, passed 11/21/06; Ord. No. 12-08, § 1, passed 3/18/08; Ord. No. 14-10, § 1, passed 6/15/10; Ord. No. 29-10, § 1, passed 9/21/10; Ord. No. 20-12, § 1, passed 7/5/12; Ord. No. 18-14 , § 1, passed 6/17/14; Ord. No. 16-16 , § 1, passed 6/21/16; Ord. No. 16-18 , § 1, passed 8/21/18)