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ORDINANCE NO. 0-95-11
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER
COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 30, ARTICLE fi, OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES, RECLASSIFYING OCCUPATIONS; REVISING
THE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE TAX FEE SCHEDULE; IMPOSING
ADDmONAL PENALTIES; ESTABLISHING EXEMPTIONS; IMPOSING
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES;
PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF SEBASTIAN; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING
FOR CONFLICTS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Florida Statutes Section 205.0535, on January 26, 1994, the City
Council of the City of Sebastian, Florida established an Equity Study Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Equity Study Commission met on May 16 and 23, June 13 and 27, July
11, 18 and 25, August 22, September 12, 19 and 29, 1994, which meetings were publicly noticed
and opened to the public to review Chapter 30 of the Sebastian Code of Ordinances relating to
Occupational License Taxes; and
WHEREAS, the Equity Study Commission has recommended a classification system and
rate structure for Occupational License Taxes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has found that the aforesaid classifications are reasonable
and that the recommended tax rates are reasonable throughout each class; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the total annual revenue generated by
the new rate structure for the next fiscal year, exclusive of increases attributable to the increases in
the number of licenses issued, will not exceed 110% of the revenue base (as defined in Section
205.0535 (3) (b) of the Florida Statutes),
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
SECTION 1. Article II, , Chapter 30, Licensing, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Sebastian, Florida, is amended in its entirety as follows:
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ARTICLE II. LICENSING
Sec. 30-27. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Applicant means any person desiring to obtain a license under the provisions of this article.
Business means any activity, enterprise, profession or occupation performed or engaged in by any
person for gain, benefit, advantage or livelihood, and shall include all such activities or enterprises
whether performed in one or more establishments by one or more organizational units, including
departments of an establishment operated through leasing arrangements. For purposes of this
article, a business not-for-profit shall be included within the terms of this definition unless otherwise
exempted.
Chief executive officer means the city manager and/or his designee.
Classification means the business a person has been designated to fall within under the schedule
provided for in this article.
Contractor means any person:
(1) Accepting or offering to accept orders or contracts for doing any work on or in any building
or structure requiring the use of building materials;
(2) Accepting or offering to accept orders or contracts to do any paving or curbing on sidewalks
or streets, public or private property, requiring the use of appropriate materials or any
compositions;
(3) Accepting or offering to accept orders or contracts to excavate earth, rock or material for
foundations or any purpose;
(4) Accepting or offering to accept orders or contracts for building, remodeling, repairing,
wrecking, razing or demolishing any structure;
(5) Accepting or offering to accept orders or contracts for moving any building; or
(6) Accepting or offering to accept orders or contracts for the installation, maintenance or
repair of signs, air conditioning apparatus or equipment; whether such work is done or offered to
be done by day labor, general contractor or subcontractor. Every person engaged in the business
of accepting or offering to accept orders for contracts for doing any work on or in a building or
premises involving erecting, installing, altering, repairing, servicing or maintaining electrical lines,
shall be deemed to be an electrical contractor. Every person engaging in the business of plumber
or steamfitter shall be deemed to be a contractor. Every person engaged in the business of creating
a building for the purpose of selling or renting such building, and making no contract with a duly
licenses contractor for the erection of such building, whether or not such person contracts with one
or more duly licensed contractors for one or more portions but does not contract with anyone
person for all the work of erecting anyone of such buildings, shall be deemed to be a contractor if
he shall build more than anyone house in anyone year.
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Farmer means those described in F.S. 205.064.
Fee means those charges established by the city council contained within the schedule of this
article, as such charges may be amended from time to time, and promulgated pursuant to the
authority conferred upon the city by F.S. ch. 205, or any successor thereto, for the privilege of
doing business in the city,
Finance director means the finance director for the city or his designee.
License means the document granted by the city under the provisions of this article and required
of any person before such person can engage in any business within the city.
Sec. 30w2S. Persons subject to license.
A fee for the privilege of engaging in or managing any business within the city is hereby levied
on:
(1) Any person who maintains a permanent business location or branch office within the city
for the privilege of engaging in or managing any business within its jurisdiction;
(2) Any person who maintains a permanent business location or branch office within the city
for the privilege of engaging in or managing any profession or occupation within its jurisdiction; and
(3) Any person who does not qualify under the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this
section and who transacts any business or engages in any occupation or profession in interstate
commerce where such license fee is not prohibited by section 8 article 1 of the United States
Constitution.
Sec. 30w29. Required.
No person shall engage in any activities for which a license is required by this article, unless such
person has a valid occupational license issued by the city. No person shall knowingly make a false
statement in the license application as to conditions or facts upon which the fee is based.
Sec. 30-30. Disagreement as to classification; appeal.
If there is a disagreement between the applicant and the city on the question of proper
classification for any person or business licensed or to be licensed, the city clerk shall decide the
proper classification with the right of the applicant to appeal the decision to the city manager, whose
decision upon the point shall be final.
Sec. 30-31. Tenn of license; when fee due; half-year license for new businesses; delinquencies.
(a) All licenses shall be sold by the City of Sebastian beginning August 1 of each year, are
due and payable on or before September 30 of each year, and expire on September 30 of the
succeeding year. If September 30 falls on a weekend or holiday, the tax is due and payable on or
before the first working day following September 30. Licenses that are not renewed when due and
payable are delinquent and subject to a delinquency penalty of 10 percent for the month of October,
plus an additional 5 percent penalty for each subsequent month of delinquency until paid. However,
the total delinquency penalty may not exceed 25 percent of the occupational license tax for the
delinquent establishment.
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(b) Any person who engages in or manages any business, occupation, or profession without
first obtaining a local occupational license, if required, is subject to a penalty of25 percent of the
license due, in addition to any other penalty provided by law or ordinance.
(c) Any person who engages in any business, occupation, or profession covered by this
chapter, who does not pay the required occupational license tax within 150 days after the initial
notice of tax due, and who does not obtain the required occupational license is subject to civil
actions and penalties, including court costs, reasonable attorneys' fees, additional administrative
costs incurred as a result of collection efforts, and a penalty of up to $250.
(d) Any person who knowingly makes a false statement in the license application as to
conditions or facts upon which the fee is based is subject to civil actions and penalties, including
court costs, reasonable attorneys' fees, additional administrative costs incurred as a result of
collections efforts, and a penalty of up to $250.00.
(e) Any person who engages in or manages any business, occupation or profession covered
in this chapter after revocation of the occupational license for such business, occupation, or
profession, is subject to civil actions and penalties, including court costs, reasonable attorneys' fees,
additional administrative costs incurred as a result of collection efforts, and a penalty of up to
$250.00.
(f) Violations of this article are under the jurisdiction of the code enforcement board.
Sec. 30-32. Separate license for each business.
A separate license shall be obtained for each place of business conducted, operated,
maintained or carried on by every person engaged in any business for which a license is required by
the o~dinances of the city, even though such separate business is conducted within or upon the same
prenuses.
Sec. 30-33. Change of location; fee.
Upon written request and presentation of the original license, any license may be transferred
from one location in the city to another location within the city upon payment of a transfer fee of
$3.00.
Sec. 30-34. Transfer of license to new owner; fee.
A license may be transferred to a new owner when there is bona fide sale of a business upon
payment of a transfer fee of $3.00 and presentation of evidence of the sale and the original license.
Sec. 30-35. Applications.
1. All applicants for licenses requiring approval of the city manager shall submit their applications
to the city clerk not less than two weeks prior to the commencement of the proposed activity or
function.
2. Any person applying for an occupational license to practice any profession regulated by the
Department of Business and Professional Regulation, or any board or commission thereof, must
exhibit an active state certificate, registration, or license, or proof of issuance of the same.
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3, Any person applying for an occupational license or a transfer of an existing license must present
a copy of the applicant's current fictitious name registration issued by the Florida Division of
Corporations or a written statement signed by the applicant setting fourth the reason that the
applicant need not comply with the Fictitious Name Act.
4. Any person applying for an occupational license to operate a pharmacy must exhibit a current
pennit issued by the Board ofPhannacy, Occupational licenses are not required in order to practice
the profession of pharmacy.
5. Any person applying for an occupational license to operate an adult congregate living facility
pursuant to Chapter 400 Florida Statutes shall furnish proof of issuance of a license from the
Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services.
6. Any person applying for an occupational license to operate a pest control business regulated by
Chapter 482 Florida Statutes shall furnish proof of issuance of a license from the Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services for each business location in the city.
7. Any person applying for an occupational license to operate a health studio pursuant to Section
501.012 - 501.019 Florida Statutes or a ballroom dance studio pursuant to Section 501.143 Florida
Statutes shall exhibit a current license, registration, or letter of exemption from the Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services.
8. Any person applying for an occupational license to engage in business as a seller of travel
pursuant to Section 559.927 Florida Statutes shall exhibit a current registration or letter of
exemption from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
9. Any person applying for an occupational1icense for the operation of a telemarketing business
under Section 501.604 and 501.608 Florida Statutes shall exhibit a current license or registration
from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services or a current affidavit of exemption.
Sec. 30-36. Evidence of engaging in business.
The advertisement of any business by sign, newspaper, magazine, telephone listing, or other
public notice shall be conclusive evidence of the engaging in and carrying on of the business in the
city so advertised.
Sec. 30-37. Exemptions.
Any person entitled to exemption under the laws of the state shall be exempt from payment
of fee to the city. If a fee exemption provision applies, a license must still be applied for and
approved.
(1) Veterans must be at least ten-percent disabled to qualify for exemption. However, in
no case shall a person be entitled to an exemption in excess of$50.00.
(2) Nothing in this article shall be construed to require any farmer to procure a license to
sell farm, aquacultural, grove, horticultural, floricultural, tropical piscultural, or tropical fish farm
products, or products manufactured therefrom, except intoxicating liquors, wine, or beer, within
the city, if such products were grown or produced by such farmer within the state.
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(3) No license shall be required of any charitable, religious, fraternal, youth, civic, service,
or other such organization when the proceeds are used exclusively for the organization.
(4) Any person engaging in or managing a business, profession or occupation regulated by
the Department of Business and Professional Regulation who has a permanent business location or
branch office outside the city, who has paid an occupational license tax: for the current year to the
county or municipality where said permanent business location or branch offices maintained, and
who performs work or services in the city on only a temporary or transitory basis shall be exempt
from the provisions of the article.
Sec. 30-38. Renewal notices; nonreceipt of notice no defense.
The city clerk shall send out annual renewal notices to all businesses that hold a license llQ.
later than August 1. Failure to receive such notice will not be considered a justifiable defense for
nonpayment of any fee or late fee.
Sec. 30-39. Duty of officers, agents of corporation; individual liability.
It shall be the duty of all officers and agents of any corporation to ensure that such
corporation complies with the provisions of this article and all officers of any corporation required
by this article to be licensed shall be personally subject to the penalties imposed by this article where
any corporation fails to pay the fee and obtain a license required by this article. It shall be the
responsibility of any real estate agency, brokerage house, or other firm of any description to ensure
that each agent, sales~ or broker affiliated with such firm complies with timely payment
of the individual tax: as specified in this article. Failure to do so will subject the firm to fines as may
be imposed by the code enforcement board,
Sec. 30-40. Duty of city clerk to keep records.
The city clerk shall keep a complete record of all licenses issued, showing the nature of the
license, the date of issuance, the date of expiration and to whom it was issued.
Sec. 30-41. Updating applications.
The city clerk is authorized to require updated license applications.
Sec. 30-42. Preservation and display of licenses.
All licenses granted by the city shall be carefully preserved and displayed in a conspicuous
place in the place of business authorized to be conducted by such license.
Sec. 30-43. Issuance of license not prima facie evidence of ability to conduct business.
All businesses are subject to city zoning restrictions. The issuance of a license under this
article does not constitute the only authorization required to conduct a business in the city. It shall
not give a person the legal right and authority to conduct any business in violation of any law, and
in such event, no refund of the license fee shall be authorized.
Sec. 30-44. No refund of fee; exception.
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No portion of any fee assessed by this article shall be refunded except when such fee is
collected by mistake or error. Refunds shall not be made after the license period for which the
erroneous payment was made has expired,
Sec. 30-45. Effect of preemption by state; obstruction of streets, sidewalks, public places.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to interfere with the regulation or taxation of any
person in business against whom the right of taxation has been preempted by the state or as giving
to any person the right to obstruct the streets, sidewalks, or other public places in the city.
Sec. 30-46. Penalty for violation of article.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon hearing thereof, be
subject to a fine as may be imposed by the code enforcement board.
Sec. 30-47. Recovery of attorney's fees, etc.
If the city initiates legal proceedings against any person to enforce any provision of this
article, including appellate proceedings, the city shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney's
fees, court costs, and such additional costs as the court shall deem appropriate.
Sec. 30-48. City not liable for damages for losses from revocation.
The city shall not be liable for any loss, monetary or otherwise, due to the revocation of a
license. Revocation of license shall require the business to cease operation in the city. The
revocation oflicense shall continue until such time as the violations that caused the revocation are
certified by the city manager as having been corrected. The following shall constitute grounds for
revocation of a license.
(1) A determination by the city manager that any statement contained in the application for
a license is false.
(2) The licensee has violated city or county ordinances or laws of the state in the practice
of business for which such license is issued.
(3) The licensee fails to comply with zoning, fire prevention and code enforcement
ordinances of the city after reasonable notice shall have been given to the licensee to eliminate or
correct any condition in violation of such ordinances of the licensed premises.
Sec. 30-49. Special requirements for carnivals, circuses and other amusement attractions.
A carnival, circus, or any amusement attraction shall meet the additional requirements listed
in this section before a license will be issued:
(1) File with the city clerk a sworn affidavit from the owner or lessee of the property upon
which the attraction is to be held stating that permission has been granted to use the property for
such purpose.
(2) Furnish a bond, collateral or other security in the amount of$I,500.00 for any expense
the city may incur in cleaning all rubbish and debris from the premises used by the attraction.
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(3) Obtain approval in writing of the zoning, fire prevention and code enforcement divisions
of the city.
(4) File with the city clerk a written statement from the county health department that the
facilities for selling food, foodstuffs or drinks for human consumption are satisfactory.
(5) File with the city clerk proof of active liability insurance in the amount of $100,000.00.
(6) Furnish the city police department a list of names of all managers, employees, and all
other persons connected or working with all or any portion of the attractions, their permanent
address, social security numbers and any other information requested by the police chief
Sec. 30-50. Fee for businesses not specifically included in schedule.
Every business, fixed or temporarily engaged in by any person, whether in a building or tent,
or upon a street, vacant lot, or anywhere within the city not specifically designated in the article,
shall pay a fee of $90.00 $60.00.
Sec. 30-51. Fee schedule.
The schedule for license fees charged in the city shall be as follows:
(1) AMUSEMENTIENTERTAINMENT:
a. Bars or restaurants with entertainment for patrons
Dance area in lounge or restaurant (with Council approval)
Dance hall or ballroom (with Council approval)
$ 60.00
60.00
60.00
b. Entertainment establishment or facility (permanent)
Animal show or ride:
First day
Each additional day
Arcade operators in addition to stickers
Carnival - Each per week or fraction thereof
Circus - Each, per day
Billiards, pool
Bowling alley, per year
Golf Course
Golf driving range
Miniature golf
Motion picture theater
Indoor, initial screen
Each additional screen
Outdoor
Museum
60.00
60.00
60.00
30.00
30.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
30.00
60.00
60.00
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Shooting galleries
Parades (must be approved by city manager)
Riding academy
Shows: For traveling shows of all kinds, except when performed in
local theaters, including moving picture shows and/or
vaudeville, when under tent or otherwise. (Must be approved
by city manager)
Per day
Sports places and arenas
Wrestling or boxing: to promote or hold wrestling or boxing
matches
c. Sightseeing vehicles, per vehicle
Transportation for hire (taxi, limo, boat)
d. Charter boat for fishing, diving, sightseeing, parasailing,
water-taxi or similar activity
Riding devices, other than coin-operated (per vehicle)
e. Amusement park operator
In addition, for each device, show, exhibition or other
form of diversion or amusement
Rinks, skating
(2) COIN-OPERA TED MACHINES:
a. Coin-operated machines, non-laundry, per unit
Any person or firm who leases or rents or places under any
kind of arrangement, and coin-operated machine, except
checking lockers, toilet locks and U.S. stamp machines,
shall pay a fee for each machine
Public scales
b. Coin-operated machines, laundry, per unit
Laundromat, self-service
(3) FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS:
Banks
Credit association/union (firm or corporation)
Credit card company
Loan company, broker, person, firm or corporation
Savings & loans association
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60.00
60.00
60.00
30.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
30.00
50.00
10.00
100.00
10.00
10.00
30.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
(4) FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES: 60.00
Delicatessen: Merchant 60.00
Delicatessen, as part of another business such as a grocery
store, etc. 60.00
Restaurants, must provide license from the division of hotels
& restaurants, department of business & professional
regulation (private boardinghouse, 5 chairs or less exempt) 60.00
a. No seats (take out, deli, catering)
Catering services 60.00
Snack bars & fast food services which maintain no seats 60.00
Drive-in, added to regular restaurant license if combined 60.00
Ice Cream & Cold Drink stand 30.00
Ice peddling veWcle, each (health department lie. req.) 30.00
Mobile truck (food vendor) 60.00
Seating (in addition to the above fees)
b. Seating 1 to 15 10.00
c. Seating 16 to 40 20.00
d. Seating 41 to 60 30.00
e. Seating 61 to 120 40.00
f Seating 121 and over 50.00
(5) GAS STATION: All gas stations, including those offering repairs
and other accessory uses; does not include convenience stores
a. Service station, gasoline 60,00
b. Per pump 20.00
(6) HOSPITAL:
Hospitals, sanitarium, or nursing home, operated for profit (must
possess approval by state board of health and license from state 90.00
(7) INSURANCE: Companies writing any class of insurance upon any
person or property residing or located witWn the city limits or
risks occurring within the city limits
Insurance or bonding agent (state license required) 60.00
Insurance or bonding company (state license required) 60.00
Insurance sales~ 60.00
(8) MANUFACTURINGIPROCESSING: All manufacturing or processing
business
TO INCLUDE:
Bottling works
Custom T-Shirts
60.00
60.00
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Dairies 30.00
Factories 60.00
Ice Cream Manufacturers (health department license required) 60.00
Ice Manufacturers (health department license required) 60.00
Manufacturer, when performed by individual 60.00
Manufacturing, other (manufacturing, producing, processing
assembly of apparel and accessories, chemical & allied
products, metals, glass, plastics, electronics, shell novelties
and other manufacturing) 60.00
Mobile home manufacturers 60.00
Packing house (doing private order business) 60.00
Pulpwood dealers 60.00
Tire & recapping setvice 60.00
Boat builder 60.00
Aircraft kit 60.00
(9) NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS:
News bureau (representing newspapers published outside of
the city) 60.00
a. Daily publication
Newspaper (four or more published per week) 60.00
b. Periodical publication
Newspaper (weekly, biweekly, or montWy) 60.00
(10) RENTALS:
a. Commercial property rental (mall, shopping center, or any other
property owner renting or leasing space to five or more commercial
Tenants, including booth tenants on a single parcel), per rental unit
Apartment rental 30.00
each individual rental 5.00
Storage & warehouse, public 30.00
Office rentals 30.00
b. Motel/hotel/timeshare/guest house/bed and breakfast, per unit 30.00
Boardinghouses, hotels, motels, and lodging houses
Plus, per unit after first (must provide license from Division
of Hotels & Restaurants, Department of Business & Professional
Regulations), per room 3.00
c. Campground or mobile home park or trailer camp, per space
Each rental unit within the park
Tourist camps or courts 60.00
Each guest room (per unit) 3.00
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Trailer camps, RV parks 60.00
Per space 3.00
d. Motor driven rental items (including mopeds, jetskis, tools) 60.00
Vehicles for hire (rent-a-car, courtesy car etc.) 60.00
Boat rental 30.00
Trailer, V-Haul 60.00
Aircraft 60.00
e. Non-motor driven rental items (including bicycles) 60.00
Equipment rental 60.00
(11) RETAIL, MAIL ORDER, OR WHOLESALE SALES: 60.00
Aircraft sales 60.00
Appliances: stoves, refrigerators, dishwashers, dryers, air-
conditioners, heating, etc, dealers or agents and service 60.00
Art shops, supplies, lessons 60.00
Automobiles:
New/used vehicles, agency/dealer, each location 60.00
Service station, does not include mechanic service
Repair shop, per station 60.00
Automobile parking lot (parking space rental):
2,000 sq. feet or less 60.00
Over 2,000 sq. feet 60.00
Auto parts, used 60.00
Auto accessories 60.00
Auto parts sales 60.00
Bait, live 60.00
Bakeries, retail or wholesale 60.00
Bicycle dealer/rent and or sales 30.00
Boat sales 60.00
Book agents or canvassers (taking orders or selling books or
magazines) resident 60.00
Boot, shoe repair & shine shop 60.00
Bottled water sales distributor 60.00
Building materials or supply dealer 60.00
Business machines: cash registers, typewriter, etc., sales,
rentals and service only. Not to include office supplies 60,00
Ceramic shop 60.00
Cold storage, bulk storage 60.00
Dealers, secondhand 60.00
Fertilizer: agent or dealership 60.00
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Fireworks, wholesale or retail
Flea market
Florist
Fruit & vegetable stand
Furniture dealer
Gas distributors: bottled
Grocery store
Gunsmith: repair & sales when in connection with another business
with police department approval
Jewelry shop
Lumberyard
Mail order business, each person, company or firm, etc.
Manicurist, each
Marine supplies
Merchants, itinerant
Merchants, storekeepers, etc.
Mobile home sales
Monument & tombstones (dealer or agent for)
Mower, dealer, rental and/or sales
Newsstand
Nursery (trees, plant, shrubbery, etc.)
Office supplies and/or office furniture (with business supplies
sold as adjunct to)
Security: Security & guard service, electronic surveillance,
alarm systems, etc.
Photofinishing: pickup station (when operated not in connection
with another business)
Photographers:
Resident
Itinerant or transient
For the purpose of this subsection, an itinerant
or transient photographer is defined as one who not
regularly maintain his studio or place of business in the
City where the work of photographing, enlarging,
copying, or coloring is conducted. Each agent or
canvasser or solicitor representing an itinerant photographer
shall pay the license fee for solicitors under this article
Popcorn or peanut stand 60.00
Safes: for sale or exchange, each agent 60.00
Satellite systems/sales or service 60.00
Seafood dealers:
Wholesale
Retail
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30.00
60.00
30.00
30,00
Both 60.00
Secondhand dealers (to buy or sell secondhand merchandise,
clothing, furniture, etc.) 60.00
Selling (when not specifically covered herein) persons selling
magazines, bibles, encyclopedias, and other publications
shall pay fee) 60.00
Showroom only 60.00
Sign shop 60.00
TelevisionlVCR sales and repairs 60.00
Trading stamps: to engage in the business of selling or furnishing
to merchants or others, checks, tickets or stamps, commonly
known as trading stamps, on the terms of agreement to
redeem them by exchange of goods, wares or merchandise
for them or othetwise 60.00
Video sales and rentals 60.00
Water sales and dispenser rental 60.00
Window treatment sales and installation 60.00
(12) SERVICES:
a. Professional real estate salesperson, massage therapist, or
cosmetologist, per person 60.00
Bath, public (turkish, swedish or mineral) or health center 60.00
Financial consultant 60.00
Laboratories (state license required) dental, chemical, etc. 60.00
Land investment 60.00
Masseur (requires state license) 60.00
Midwives (no license issued until certificate issued within
the year from the state board of health is submitted) 60.00
Private investigator 60.00
Private School 60.00
Real estate appraiser 60.00
Real estate broker 60.00
Schools (such as dancing, business or commercial, beauty or
barber, music, physical education, riding, driving,
telegraph, etc.) 60.00
b. Professional attorney or any other State of Florida licensed
professional not listed in (12)(a) above, per person 60.00
Auditors 60.00
Bondsmen 60.00
Dentist 60.00
Directory, City (to engage in compiling city directory), required
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to furnish all copies required by the city 60.00
Physician 60.00
Professionals (attorneys, architects, opticians, computer
programmers, electrologists, engineers, naturopaths,
oculists, chiropractors, osteopaths, electritherapists,
veterinarians, and other such professionals) 60.00
All other physicians and dentists 60.00
Property management 60.00
Psychiatrist 60.00
Surgeon 60.00
Surveyor (must have valid certificate of registration issued
by state) 60.00
Well driller 60.00
c. General service provider not listed in 12a or 12b above,
per business 60.00
Accountinglbookkeepinglauditing firm or person, certified
or non-certified 60.00
Advertising: agents or agencies writing advertisements for profit 60.00
Aircraft, flying schools or flight lessons 60.00
Aircraft service 60,00
Animal boarding 60,00
Animal grooming and training 60.00
Answering service 60.00
Artists 60.00
Astronomers, where fee is charged 60.00
Auto vehicle wrecker service 60.00
Auto body shop 60.00
Auto repair shop 60.00
Auto window tinting 60.00
Bicycle repair only 30.00
Blueprinting, photostat, map survey 60.00
Boat builder 60.00
Boat canvas sale/repair 60.00
Brass & copper refinishing 60,00
Burglar alarm company 60.00
Bus terminal 60.00
Business advisor or consultant 60.00
Cabinet or carpenter shop 60.00
Cabinet, carpenter, upholstery 60.00
Carpet and upholstery cleaners 60.00
Child care, nurseries, preschool, day care centers 60,00
Claim and collection agencies 60.00
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Computer services 60.00
Contractor: 60.00
General building 60.00
Street paving 60.00
House moving & wrecking 60.00
Subcontractor: including but not limited to carpentry,
painting, roofing, sheet metal, electrical, concrete
construction, masonry, plastering, lathing, clearing,
grading, etc. 60.00
Copy service 60.00
Custom framing 60.00
Dancing schools 60,00
Decorator, interior 60.00
Delivery service 60.00
Detective agency: fee for agency 60.00
Drafting service 60.00
Dressmaking shop 60.00
Employment agency 60.00
Express companies 60.00
Exterminator, termite & pests (must provide health dept. license) 60.00
Fence sales and installation 60.00
Funeral home (including undertaking and embalming) (state
license required) 60.00
Glass, plate: installation 60.00
Golf club sales and repair 60.00
Handyman 60.00
Hauling contractor: per vehicle 60.00
Health center (must possess approval by state board of health
and license from state) 60.00
Home nursing/daily living care (not professional) 60.00
House and condo sitting 60.00
Hypnotist: therapeutic or other than therapeutic 60.00
I.D. service, cards, fingerprints 60.00
Insurance adjuster 60.00
Janitor & commercial cleaning service 60.00
Jewelry repair 60.00
Kennels, animal 60.00
Land development 60.00
Landscaping: except contractors, architects, engineers or
florists paying a city license tax as such 60.00
Laundries, dry cleaners (with plant in city, pickup station with
plant in city, pickup with plant out of city, or pickup
service with plant out of city) 60.00
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Lawn maintenance 60.00
Locksmith or keysmith, each 60.00
Machine shop and/or welder 60.00
Maid service 60.00
Mercantile broker/agent 60.00
Merchandise solicitors 60.00
Mobile home set-up 60.00
Mobile truck: 60.00
Auto repair 60.00
Car/mobile home washing 60.00
Equipment repairs 60.00
Mower, repair only 60.00
Muffler shop (only service offered, sale and installation of mufflers) 60.00
Piano tuner 60.00
Pressure cleaning 60.00
Printing, job printing 60.00
Printing, job printing agent (not otherwise licensed) 60.00
Public relations 60.00
Public scales, truck weighing 60.00
Radio and TV repair 60.00
Real estate broker 60.00
Real estate salesman/agent, each 60.00
Reducing salon 60.00
Repair of small appliances 60.00
Sanding and finishing of floors 60.00
Secretarial service 60.00
Security systems/alarms sales and installation 60.00
Septic tank: cleaners 60.00
Sewing machine/vacuum cleaner: dealers and/or agents & service 60.00
Shoeshine parlor 30.00
Each additional seat 25.00
Sign painters 60.00
Solicitors and canvassers, per year 60.00
Sprinkler systems, selling and/or installing 60.00
Stenographer, public and court reporter 60.00
Stocks & bonds, broker/firm or office 60.00
Stocks & bonds, per agent or sales~ 60.00
Tailors 60.00
Taxidermist 60.00
Telegraph systems and companies 60,00
Tree surgery 60.00
Typing service 60.00
Upholstery or furniture menders 60.00
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Water, bottled
Welder
Window cleaning
60,00
60,00
60,00
d. Pawnbroker
Fortuneteller, astrologers, astrologists, clairvoyant,
mind reader, etc.
175.00
175.00
e. Barbershop, Beauty shop:
The business owner
Each non-employee licensed barber
Each non-employee licensed cosmetologist
Each chair/station
30.00
30.00
30.00
5.00
(13) TRANSPORTATION (EXCLUDING TAXICABS AND PEDICABS)
a. Airlines, railroad companies
Truck lines: receiving and/or delivery, freight or express
b. Vehicles, including bus service and ambulance service
Ambulance service (not voluntary)
Bus company
Handicap Transport
60.00
60.00
150.00
90.00
60.00
90.00
(14) UTILITY /COMMUNICA TIONS
a. Telephone, gas, cable television, solid waste pickup, telegraph
and similar utilities
Cable television company 45,00
Electric light and power company 60.00
Gas companies: natural and bottled gas 90.00
Telephone systems and companies 45.00
Television cable systems and companies 45.00
Water and Sewer 30,00
b. Radio stations maintaining business office within city 90.00
(15) NON-CLASSIFIED (not otherwise mentioned) 60.00
SECTION 2. CODIFICATION. It is the intention of the City Council of the City of Sebastian, Florida,
that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Sebastian, Florida, and that the sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered, relettered, and the word
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"ordinance" may be changed to "Section", "Article", or such other word or phrase in order to accomplish such
intention.
SECTION 3. CONFLICT. All other Ordinances or parts of Ordinances, including Ordinance
No. 0-88-16, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY. If any clause, section, or other part or application of this
Ordinance shall be held by any Court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, such
unconstitutional or invalid part or application shall be considered as eliminated, in no way affecting the
validity of the remaining portions or applications, which shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. The fee schedule which exists in Sections 30-51 and 30-
52 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Sebastian will continue in effect through September 30,
1995. The fee schedule which is set out in Sections 30-50 and 30-51 of this Ordinance shall be effective
on October 1, 1995. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its passage and
adoption.
The foregoing
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Ordinance was moved for adoption by Councilmember
The motion was seconded by Councilmember
and, upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Mayor Arthur L. Firtion
Vice-Mayor Carolyn Corum
Councilmember Louise Cartwright
Councilmember Norma Damp
Councilmember Raymond Halloran
The Mayor thereupon declared this Ordinance duly passed and adopted this I '-I ~ day of
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CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA
By r1Jl:J ;;z:~
Arthur L. Firtion, Mayor
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I BEREBY CERTIFY that notice of public hearing on this Ordinance was published in the Vero Beach Press
J.ournal as r~uired by State Statute, that one public hearing was held on this Ordinance at 7:00 p.m. on the Jl/41-
day of ~ ~ -J 199i:, and the following said public hearing this Ordinance was passed by the City Council.
Approved as to form and content:
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Clifton A. McClelland, Jr., City Attorney
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