ARTICLE 303

General Business Licenses and Permits

303.01 Licenses and permits; fees.
303.02 Term.
303.99 Penalty.

CROSS REFERENCE

Power to license - See 3rd Class §2601 (53 P.S. §37601)

303.01 LICENSES AND PERMITS; FEE.

(a) All persons except as hereinafter provided in subsection (b) engaged in the following trades, businesses, occupations, or activities shall obtain a business license or permit and pay to the City Treasurer the following fees:

(1) (A) Bus Companies $ 35.00 per bus

(B) Taxicab Companies $ 25.00 per taxicab

(2) Carnivals and circuses except $100.00 per year those for religious, educational or charitable purposes

(3) Food Service Establishments $ 1.00 per year

(4) Peddlers and solicitors of $ 10.00 per day bread, meat, vegetables and food articles

(5) Peddlers and solicitors of $ 10.00 per day goods, wares, or merchandise

(6) Operas, shows, circuses and $100.00 per year all kinds of public exhibitions for pay except those of reli-
gious, educational or charitable purposes

(7) Utility Companies (including $100.00 per year gas, electric, telephone and telegraph)

(8) Carrying of firearms on one's $ 2.00 per permit person per year

(9) Alarm Monitor Equipment $100.00 per installation

(Except in governmental entities) $100.00 per year

(10) Septic Tank Waste $ 25.00 per 1,000 gallons With a minimum charge of $ 25.00 per load

(11) Inspection of Motor Fuel Meters $ 20.00 per meter

(Ord. 3013. Passed 9/3/85; Ord. 3064. Passed 3/4/86; Ord. 3186 §1. Passed 5/3/88; Ord. 3681. Passed
4/4/95; Ord. 4152. Passed 11/6/2002.)

(b) Members of political and/or religious organizations for the sale of political newspapers and/or religious articles are excepted from (a) above. (Ord. 2833. Passed 4/7/82.)

303.02 TERM.

All licenses or permits, unless otherwise indicated herein, shall be issued on an annual basis for the calendar year, renewable each January, and the fees set forth in Section 303.01 are due and payable on March 1 of each year and are not subject to proration of a part thereof. (Ord. 1904 §2. Passed 2/16/65.)

303.99 PENALTY.

Any person who violates any provision of this article shall be fined six hundred dollars ($600.00) or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both. (Ord. 1768 §1. Passed 11/13/62; Ord. 3242. Passed 2/7/89.)