O#210 ORDIN~NOE'~O. 21~
AN GRDINANCE OF THE~'~ITY OF BOYNTON
BEACH~ PALM BEACH. ~OUNTY, FLORIDA~.
AMENDING SECTION ~,~ OF ORDINANCE NO.
160 ENTITLED - "AN ORDINANCE OF THE
TOWN OF BOYNTON~ PAlM B~EACH COUNTY,_
FLORIDA~ AMENDING S~CTION ~-~ OF ORD
INANOE OF THE TOWN OF BOYNTON~ PAI~M
BEACH COUNTY~ FLOR~DA~ PROVIDING FOR
OCCUPATIONAL TAIq~,S~T0 BE IMPOSED A_WD
COLLECTED FROM kN~ PERSON~ FIRM OR
CORPORATION WITHIN THE TOWN OF BOYNTGN,
ENGAGED IN OR MANAGING ANY BUSINESS~
PROFESSION OR OCCUPATION; PROVIDING
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF LICENSES TO ANY
PERS0k~ FIRM OR CORPORATION ENGAGED
IN OR MANAGING ANY BUSINESS, PRO-
FESSION 0B 0CC~ATION: THE AMOUNT OF
TAXES TO BE IMPOSED OR COLLECTED ON
ACCOUNT THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR A PEN-
ALTY FOR VIOLATION OF SAID ORD ~I~ANCE;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT PIEREWITH."
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITT OF BOYNTON
BEACH, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA.
That Section ~ of Ord.~
OF THE TOWN OF BOYNTON~
FOR OCCUPATIONAL TAI~M,S TO BE
PF. RSON~ FIP/4 OR C~
ED IN OR MANAGING ANY
VIDING F
PORATION ENGAGED IN
OCCUPATION;
ACCOUNT THEREOE; FOR
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH," ~% amended to read as
~itled "AN ORDINkNCE
PROVIDING
ANY
ENGAG-
; PRO&
COR-
OR
:CTED ON
THE OF ALL ~RDINANCES
follows:
Section $. That the amomnt which fhall be paid by the
several persons, firms, associations or corporations engaging
in or managing such respective businesses, professions or occu-
pations be, and they are hereby fixed as follows:
"A"
Abstract, title or security company ..................... $50.00
Academy - of music (Studio, over one teacher)..... ..... lO.00
Advertising
- Agencies~ Firms Associations, Corporations,
or other nersons distributing circulars,
pamph%ets~ or other advertising matter~
except local merchants and theatres ad-
vertising in thiS' way their own goods and
merchandise, shall paya license t~x of,
per year or fzac~mon of year.~ .............. 25.00
(Providing such advertising matter shall not
be placed in automobiles or thrown on streets,
to be handed cut to receoients only)
Each person, Firm or Corporation advertising
on the streets with Banners, fleats, cartoons,
exhibitions, or by a~y other means, where ne
vehicle is used, shall pay a license tax of .... 15;00
Each vehicle advertising on the streets by
means of bamners, floats, cartoons, music
of loud speakers or by any other means,
shall ~ay a license of, other tham local
residents .....................................
25.oo
Patent Medicine vendors advertisimg by
means of ministrel or other ~nows or
vaudeville acts, shall pay allicense
tax by the day of .............................
25.00
Schemes and Devices not provided for above .... 25.00
Aeroplane Agencies ........... . .............................. 25.00
Repair Shop with within storage ............... 20.00
Charging compensation for flying passengers... 25.00
Charging compensation for flying freight.. .... 25.00
Flying instructions ...........................
Alleys - Bowling, Boxba!l or Tenpen - 1st alley ............. 15.00
each additional ....... 5.00
Amusement Parlors or Concert Halls.. ........................ 25.00
Ambulance - Seoar~te frem'umdertaking - each ambulance ...... 20.00
~imal Exhibition..... ...... .... ............................ 150.
Aquarium .................................................... 10.00
Astrologists and Clai~vayants~ Hypnotists, Fortune
Tellers, Palmists, Phrenologists,
S~iritualists, Numerologists, and
other o~ a similar na~ture, whether
or no~ mn connection with another
business, each charging fees ................
(Providing they submit application
to the City Council for approval)
50. OO
Auctioneers - each -oer day....... ......................... 10.OO
Automatic Amusement Machines, Games & Devices:
Automatic weighing machines, when
operated for profit, each machine ..............
5. O0
Automatic trade machines, devices where
only incentive ~o operaSe ~mei~ to
procure or receive merchandise o~ a
Billiard, ~ool or b~gatelle tables o~erated for profit
directly er indirectly, per table
10.00
Birds, dealers in ..... . .................................... 15.00
Beats for hire, (Notor)..per boat ..... . .................... lO.00
Row Boats..five or less ....................... lO.O0
Each additional beat .......................... 2.00
Boiler or Nachine shops or FoUm~arie~.... ......... o ........ 25.00
Boiler Inspector Companies (person or Firm insgecting
boilers), ................................ ''''-
Book agents or Canvassers, taking orders or selling books
(Non idents)
or magazines.. -res ..o.............o
Book Bindery ...............................................
Books, Makers of, for advertising, for directories, etc ....
10. O0
lff.oo
15. oo
25.00
Brokers:
Stocks and Bonds and Mortages ................. !00.00
Customs and Others ............................ 250.00
Boot and shoe repairing shops using machinery...... ........ 15.00
Boot-black stand, each chair ............................... 2200
Broom manufacturing company.. ....... . ...................... 50.00
Building and Loan Associations:
Capital to lO0,O00.00 dollarsy. .......... 50.00
Each additional 50,000.00 dollars ........ :~ 10. O0
Burglar Alarm Company ...................................... 25.00
Bus Station (On interstate business only) .................. 25.00
Butcher shoos and Groceries ..................... ... ........ 15.00
Business College ........................................... 25.00
Butterine: Wholesale dealers in, handling original
packages only.. ............................... 15.00
Bottling~ Works, with or without delivery ................... 50.00
Delivery trucks (Except trucks operated by
licensed bottling works) ...................... 20.00
Canning & Marmalade Manufacturing .......................... 25.00
Card Writing, Cutting & Engraving ........................... 15.00
Carpet & Rug Cleaners, Establishments, each ................ 25..00
reasonable value for cost of operating
the Same, such as ~m, peanut machines
and the like - Bach machine or device ......
7.50
Games & Devices - Automatic or other-
wise~ marble games~ as throwing balls
at figures and the like~ which are not
elsewhere provided for in this ordinance,
each machine or apparatus .................. 15.00
Auto Agencies and/or Dealers: In new or used cars,
motor vehicles, tracks, farm tractors and
farm implements, with one principal place
of business, not to exceed one lot for dis-
play purposes, each agency ............. .... 25.00
Each additional display lot ................ 25.00
Auto service station.s, washin.g an.d poli~shing,
greasing~ lubricating an~ liE~ servicing
of autos~ selling g.asoline and oil
,but
not to include repair work ........ '.--- ....
Garage & Service combination .... .... ....... 25.00
Garage only ................................ 15.00
Automobiles for hire, Drive-Yourself:
Rental Service:
First Five Autos ...........................
Each additional five autos .................
Over ten...... ...... .... ........ .... ...... .
20.00 each
10.00 each
5.00 each
Awning or tent makers~ or persons attaching any awning
to any building upon contract .............. 15.00
"B"
Baggage or Freight Transfer Com~any - tst truck ........... 15.00
each additional ................. .. ......... lO.00
Bakery - wholesale & retia!, ~ac~ store.
wholesale (Out of Town)..ii iiii ii ij iil115.0020.00
Banks~ bankers and trust companies or persons firms
or brokers doing a banking business,
whether incorporated or not;
Having a capital of $100~000.00 or less .... 50.00
Each additional $507000.00 ................ . lO.O0
Barber shops -~each chair. .............................. .. 5.00
Bathsm~ Public houses, turkish, Russian or Vapor.. ........ 25.00
Beauty Shops .............................................. 10.00
Bicycle dealers, withor without repair .................... 20.00
Caterers., ..... .... ............... ..... .................... 10.00
Cigar Manufacturers .................... .... ............ .... 25.00
Cigars and tobacco~ retail ...................... · .......... 5.00
Circuses~
Vaudervilles, Ninstrets~ Theatrical
performances~ and other shows under
canvas for 3 days or fractional part
thereof ..... 500.00
Citrus Fruit and Vegetables:
Retail ........................................... 15.00
Wholesale .... . ................................... 25.00
Claim& Collecting agencies ................................ 10.00
Cleaning ~ Blocking Hats ................... .... ............ 10.00
Cleaning
and. Pressing and Dying establishments ............. 25.00
Agencies having location in City.. ...............
Agents & Solicitors out-of-Town concerns ......... 25.00
Clothing..Dea!ers in second-hand..each place.. ............. 15.00
Coal & Ice Peddlers, each wagon or truth ................... 10.00
Cold Storage ............................................... 35.00
Commission merchants, or persons doing business on
commission, not otherwise provided for,
both local and transient ......................... 25.00
Contractors: (except hiring outside help each has to have license.
Genemal Construction .............................
Residents ................... 20.00
Non-residents ............... 35.00
Electrical Contractor ............................
Residents ................... 15.00
Non-residents ............... 25.00
Elevator Contractor .............................. 30.00
Engineering Contractor (includes Bridge,
· Bulkheading, Drainage, Excavating &
Sewer Construction~ Dredging, Irrigation
Systems~ Pile Driving~ Seawalls, Sidewalk,
Street Grading and paving~ Sidewalk and
similar contract work.
Residents ................... 20.00
Non-residents ............... 35.00
Floor sanding & finishing contractor ............. 15.00
Plumbing .........................................
R~sidents ................... 15.00
Non-residents ............... 25.00
Painting.. .......................................
Residents ................... 15.00
Non-residents ............... 25.00
Concrete Products .......................................... 30.00
Convalescent Home (not sanitarium) ........................... 25.00
Cool drink or ice cream stands ............................... 7.50
Coppersmiths, Manufacturers or agents for ................... . 25.00
Credit Bureaus ................ ~ .............................. 25.00
Cressoting Plants ............................................ 25.00
-D.
Dairies: Milk distributors, jobbers or c~eameries
delivering milk not produced by them.... .... .. 10.00
Dance Halls ................................................. 50.00
Dancing schools ............................................. 15.00
Dealers in 2nd hand fire arms:
(This license shall be exclusive of all
other license tax)
Must submit application before City Coun¢il...lO0.O0
Delicatessen ................................................ 15.00
Dental Supplies ............................................. 25.00
Detective Agency-earn person, firm or corporation operating detective agencies. .................
Dressmaking shops ........................................... 15.00
(Provided that this shall not be construed
to include home dressmaking where no
materials are sold or furnished)..
Drive-In,Restaurants... ..................................... 25.00
Dynamit~ Dealers - Must submit application to City Council.. 15.00
"E"
Employment ~gencies..each ................................... 25.00
Engravers or Lithographers .................................. 15.00
Exhibits..Treak or other curiosities, per week .............. 150.00
Express Companies..each company..(Interstate business only). 25.00
Feather Renovators. ......................................... 20.00
Fertilizer Manufacturer or Mixing Plant ..................... lO0.O0
Fire or Wreck Sales ...................................... ~..lO0. O0
Florist, or dealer in ftowerso,each.. ........................ t5.00
Fruits:.oretail .............................................. 10.00
Fruits:..sold from truck or moving vehicles .................. 25.00
"G"
Gasoline and 0il Distributors:
Selling Bottled Gas .............................
In town ...................... 15.00
Out-of town .................. 25.00
Gas tank wagon delivery only ....................
In town ...................... 15.00
Out-of town .................. 25.00
Golf CourseS..each ............ .. ...................... · ...... 75.00
Golf Driving Ranges..each ..................................... 50.00
Guaranty or Surety Title Co .................................. 50.00
Gypsies..each band or troop..(per week) ....................... 300.00
"H"
Harness & Saddlery.. ............ · ...... .-.-. .... · ............ 15.O0
Hotels, Apartment
, Rooming or Lodging Houses:
1 to ~
5 to 9
l0 to 19
~8 to 29
30 to ~9
50 to 69
70 to 89
90 to 109
llO to 129
130 to 1~9
150 to 199
200 & over
rooms ............................... 5.00
rooms.... ........................... 10.00
rooms ............................... 15~00
rooms ............................... 20.00
rooms ........................ .-. .... 35.00
rooms ............................... 50.00
rooms .......................... . .... 65.00
rooms ............................... 80,00
rooms ..... . .................. · ...... 95.00
rooms ............................... 115.00
rooms ............................... 150.O0
rooms ............................... 185.00
"I"
Ice cream carts~ wagons or automobiles selling on s~reets
at retail, each ................................. 25.00
Ice Cream & Soft drinks .... .. .............................. .. 10.00
Ice Cream Manufacturers ....................................... 35.00
Ice Cream Parlors ............................................. 15.00
Ice Cream& Soda Fouutains ................................ ... 15.O0
Ice Cream wagon or truck selling at wholesale..,. ............. 10.O0
Ice Manufacturing or Storage, including cold
storage plants connected therewith~
having the right to sell at wholesale
or retail~ shall pay tax as follows:
With a capacity of more than ten tons
and less than thirty tons per day, shall
pay a license ..................................
30.00
With a capacity of more than thirty tons
and less than sixty tons per day ............... $0.00
With a capacity of more than sixty tons ........ 55.00
Ice Wagons:..selling on streets~ not owned or
operated by Ice Factories who pay
license..each wagon .......... · .................
10.O0
Insecticide..Manufacturers ................................... 2~.00
Insurance agents (Life) for each company represented ......... 15.00
Insurance agents, any aRd all other comoanies ................ l~.O0
Jewelry..Dealers who buy and sell old gold and silver
and other precious metals~ or offer to
buy and sell .................................... lO0o00
Job Printing:
By hand ......................................... 10.00
By power .......... · ............................. l~.OO
Junk shope or dealers handling old roper brass or,her
metals or waste, cotton, or ~ther articles
of any kind~ unless for their original
purposes.. ....... ......... .... ..o. ...... .. .... ..
(Provided that j~nkdealers shall hold
their stock subject to inspection by the
City Chief of Police or his representatives,
and shall keep a record of all purchases
showing articles, price paid, and name
of oarty from whom purchased~ with all
marks which would assist in identification
and shall make written reoorts to the Chief
of Police daily of all purchases)
25.00
"K"
Knife & Sicissor Sharpener .................................. lO.00
"L-
Laundries:..Employing over 2 and less than 5 persons ......... lO. O0
5 and less than l0 " ......... 15.00
l0 and less than 20 " ......... 20.00
20 and less than 30 " ......... 30.00
Local ~gency..Permanent Office .................. 25.00
Agents out of To~................ 25.00
Laundry..serve yourself .....................................
25.00
Livery Stables:..1 to l0 Horses or Mules.. .................. lO.O0
l0 or more ................................. 20.00
Lightning rod dealers, resident ............................. 25.00
Non-resident ..................... ..... ..... ~0.00
Loan and Discount Company .................... .-. ....... . .... 50°00
Lunch stands ~ud iced bottle6 drinks
not over 25 chairs ......................... 15.00
Lung Testers, when operating for profit ..................... 10.00
Machine Shops ............................................... 25.00
Manufacturers of Moss or Moss Packers .................. · .... 15.00
Manufacturers of Terra Cotta~ Earthenware, Pottery,
asphalt or Mineral~ or other concrete
clay or rock products ..... Hand power ...... 20.00
Machine Dower... 3~.00
Manufacture of Furniture. ...................... · ............ 30.00
Medicine ........ ..... ....................... 25.00
Proprietary Medicines.... ................. . 25.00
Roofing ............ . ....................... 25.00
Manufacturers not provided for ............. 25.00
Marble & Granite Works ........................................
l .OO
Meats:..Meat & Poultry Market. .............................. 15.00
Packing House .............................. 2~.00
Fresh..Wholesale ............................ 25.00
Mattress Makers ............................. · .............. . 20.00
Mental Healers: ........ All persons claiming te heal by
absent treatment.. ......................... 75.00
Messenger Service..(Exclusive of Telegrams). ................ 15.00
Mimeograph & Letter Shop .................................... lO.O0
Monuments & Tombstones ...................................... 15.00
Traveling agents.. ......................... 15.O0
Motor Boat Dealers .......................................... 2~.00
Motorcycle Dealers .......................................... 15.00
Motion Picture Theatres:
With seating capacity of less than 300 .......
With seating capacity of 300 to 500 .......... 37.50
With seating capacity of 500 to 10OO ......... 50.00
Merchants:..any merchant not covered in this ordinance ......
Eerry,go-ronnd or other riding devices, per device per day.. lO.O0
Motor transportation Companies, whether incorporated
or not transporting merchandise for a
consideration.. ..............................
Musical Devices:
Operator of mechanically operated
(Whether operated in connection with
or separate from any other business) ......... lOoOO
Musicians, street..each ...................................... 10. O0
l! N~
Newspapers: ..weekly or monthly .............................. lO.O0
daily ........................................ 15.00
News Comp anies ................................................ 15.00
Night Clubs.. 50.00
Novelty Works. o ...... .. ...................................... 30.00
Oriental Goods .............................................. 25.00
Paint M~uufacturers ...................... .. ............. ~... 25.00
Pawn Broker s ..... . .......................................... 500.00
Peddlers, or dealers in dry goods, notions, jewelry~
and clothing or other merchandise on foot~
selling at retail ........................... lO0.O0
Peddlers, same as above, from vehicles, per vehicle ........ .lO0oO0
Peanut Deale~s..Retail .............. .. ........................ t0.00
Photographers, 'resident ...................................... 10.00
Non-resident or traveling ................... 25.00
Piano Tuners ........ . ........................................ I0.O0
Plating with Metals ......................................... 15.00
Pop Corn or Peanut Stands ................. · ............... ... 15.00
Potato Chips: Wholesale
· 2~ O0
Post Card Stands 0nly
.................. ' .......... · ........... lO.O0
Printing Office .................. ... ......................... 25.00
Professional: each person..
Professional License ........................... 25.00
For each additional partner or person
operating with the oerson~ firm or corporation
licensed in the preceding clause ............... lO.O0
0ccountants & Auditors
~rchitects or Drafting ~rchiteets
Analytical Chemist
Artists~ including retouching
sketching, cartooning,
crayon or ferret~er, or ~hers.
Attorney at Law
Chiropodists
Chiropractor
Civil~ Drafting or Consulting Engineer
Detectives
Dietitians
P~ychroanalyst
Doctors, Physicians & Surgeons
ElecTrical Engineers
Homeopathic Physicians
Laboratory Techn~c_~ns'
Landscape Architects
Masseurs
Mechanical Engineers
Mental Healers or Practitioners
Natureopaths
Optician
_t
00 ometr~st
Osteopaths
Bhysical Culture Directors
Physiotheropists
Pediatrist
Tsx Experts
Veterinarian or Veterinary Surgeon
Public Hall
Any Profession not listed ..................... 25.00
for hire ........................ · .... o ........ ...
Radio Supplies..wholesa!e .............. . ......... ............. 15.00
Radio Repair ......................................... · ....... 25.00
Railroad Companies
...... '' ................................ ... 25.00
Real Estate Salesmen, each ................... ..-..-.o..~.... t0.00
Real Estate Broker, each ........ ..o.....,... .... .. .... .o .... 25.00
Repair shop;..Keys, locks, knives~ lawnmower,
Gun Smithing~ Motorcycle and Bicycle repair ..... lO. 00
Repair Shop and/or Machine Shop. ............................ 25.00
Restaurant or lunch stand~ ~ith 12 chairs or less~
including restaurants of hotels and boarding
houses .................................. ... ..... 5.00
13 chairs or !ess than 21 ....................... ?.50
21 chairs and less than 31 ...................... 12.50
31 chairs or J more ............................... 19.50
Rinks~ Bicycle, skating or other ............................
Rubber Baloon Dealers ....................................... lO.00
~S-
Sand & Gravel ............................................... 20.00
Saw-Mill Yard ............................................... 50.00
Shingle Mills ................................................ 50.00
Ship Brokers .................. · ............ · .............. ..200.00
Shoemaker Supplies .......................................... 15.00
Shooting Gallery (Not operated after ll:O0 P.N.- must submit
application to city council). ............. 50.00
Sign Painters..Commercial..But not erecting ................. 10.00
Slaughter Pens ............................................. .100.00
Storage Ware House or Room ................... · ......... ..... 15.00
Striking Machine..each ...................................... 15.00
Tailor~ merchant~ each shop ................................ ... 15.00
Tax Agency ..................................................
Taxidermist ................................................. 15.00
Telephone Systems & Co. (Interstate business only~ ...... .... 50.00
Telegraph Co. ~ith teletype Machines ........................ 10.O0
Termite Control Co .......................................... $0.00
Taxis...lst Auto ......... · 5.00
Each additional ~~]]]~]~]]~]~]~ lO.00
Trucks for hire o~ not more than one ton capacity ..........
of more than one ton, and not more than two tonw,, lO. O0
of more than 2 tons, and not more than $ tons ..... l~.O0
more than 4 tons .................................. 25.00
Trucks~ wholesale de!ivery~ not otherwise provided for ..... 15.00
Theatrical or Dramatic Trouoes or Co.~ for profit~
where performances is not given in local
licenses theatre .... 1st day ....................... 2~.00
Each succeeding day ............................... 20.00
Theatrical Directors who charge (or services in
directing local talent plays or per-
formances..each performance ....................... 25.00
Tip Sheet:..sales from newstand or otherwise ............... 25.00
Towel Supply Co .... each Local .............................. 1~.00
each non-resident ................................. 25.00
Travel Bureau ............................................... 25.00
Travelihg Moving Picture shows..per day ............. .. ..... 25.00
Trading Stamp Co ............... .i.... ..................... .500.00
Tree Pruner ................................................ 15.00
Undertakers or Embalmers & Funeral Directors ............... 25.00
Upholsters ................................................. 1%.00
"V~
Vulcanizing, for each place of business operated
as a vulcanizing shop... ........................ l~.OO
Watch repairing (Where not connected with). ................ 15.00
(W~ere connected with). .................... 10.O0
Water..Sold in bottles ..................................... l~.O0
Water Companies, person~ firms or corporations operating
shall pay ...................................... lO0oO0
Water Softening Service ...................... ~ .............. 35.00
Wood Yard .................................................. lO. OO
Every Business, Occu~ation~ Profession not
specifically set forth herein ................. . 25.00
In the event any provision or provisions of this Ordinance
shall be declared er adjudged invalid or ~tuconstitutional~
such adjudication shall in no manner affect any other provision
or provisions of this Ordinance but all the rest hereof shall be
in f~ll force and effect just as though the provisions so declared
or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a
Part hereof.
The above Ordinance, having been placed on its first reading
at a Regular Meeting of the City Council held on June 9th, 1959,
was finally passed and adopted on ~he.second reading at ~ Rogue. ar
Meeting of said Board of City. Commissioners held on July ~ 19~9.
Mayor-~_~
Conn~ilman
Comncilman
C~uncilman
~_ttest:
City Clerk