Without Fixed Place of Business

Vending machines and mechanical devices

Every person not having a fixed place of business within the city who owns or conducts the business consisting of vending machines or mechanical devices which are placed or located within the city shall pay an annual license fee in accordance with the following gross receipts schedule: thirty-five dollars for the first five thousand dollars or fractional part thereof; plus three dollars for each additional one thousand dollars or fractional part thereof in excess of five thousand dollars. No license fee shall be required for the operation or maintenance of any postage stamp machine.

Wholesale, jobbing, retail, and other businesses 

Every person without a fixed place of business within the city engaged in business or otherwise in the selling of goods, wares, merchandise, services or other things of value and not otherwise specifically licensed in this chapter shall pay an annual license fee according to the following schedule:

Annual Gross Receipts    Fee
$5,000.00$60.00
$5,001.00-$10,000.00$80.00
over $10,000.00$110.00


Wholesale delivery

Every person in the business of wholesale delivery by vehicle to any established place of business in the city of any goods, wares or merchandise with annual gross receipts equal to one thousand dollars or more per year and not having a fixed place of business in the city shall pay an annual license fee of fifty-five dollars. Those with less than one thousand dollars annual gross receipts per year shall pay an annual license fee of thirty-five dollars.

Retail delivery

Every person without a fixed place of business within the city engaged in making retail deliveries within the city shall pay an annual license fee of eighty-five dollars, except those persons making fewer than five retail deliveries during any three-month period and after having signed an affidavit to that effect on a form provided by the license collector, shall pay a license fee of fifty-five dollars.

General maintenance services

Any person not having a fixed place of business in the city and who is doing business within the city by way of general repairs and/or maintenance services shall pay an annual license fee in accordance with the following annual gross receipts schedule:

Annual Gross ReceiptsFee
$0-$2,000.00    $22.50
$2,001.00-$3,000.00    $52.50
$3,001.00-$5,000.00    $60.00
$5,001.00-$10,000.00    $80.00
over $10,000.00    $110.00


License for less than a year

When any business shall be commenced more than three months after the beginning of the license year, applicant shall pay three-fourths of the annual license fee as provided in this chapter. If commenced more than six months afterward, the applicant shall pay one-half of the fee provided, and if commenced more than nine months afterward, the one-fourth of such fee.