O93-29O RD I NANC E 093 -~
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CiTY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING
CHAPTER 13 BY AMENDING SECTION 13-5, AND
SECTION 13-11 TO COMPLY WITH FLORIDA STATUTES,
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY,
CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 205.042, Florida Statutes provides for
authority of a municipal governing body to levy an occupational
tax; and
WHEREAS, said Florida Statute has been amended; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Boynton Beach
is desirous of bringing the City Code into compliance with
Florida Statutes;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. Chapter 13, Section 13-5 is hereby amended
by adding a new subsection (c) as follows:
Sec. 13-5. License renewal; delinquency penalty.
(c)
Any person who enqages 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 $250.00.
Section 2. Chapter 13, Section 13-11 is hereby amended
by adding the words and figures in underlined type and by
deleting the words and figures in struck-through type, as
follows:
Section 13-11. Transfer of license.
(a)
Transfer to new owner. Business licenses
granted or issued under the provisions of
this chapter may be transferred with the
approval and written authorization of the
city endorsed thereon, with the business for
which they were taken out when there is a
bona fide sale and transfer of the property
used and employed in the business, but such
transferred license shall not be held good
for any longer time or any other place than
that for which it was originally issued,
provided that'the original license shall be
surrendered to and filed with the city at
the time application for transfer is made,
and such. transferred license after being
approved~ shall be of the same force and
effect as the original license. At the time
any such license is transferred, the person
aPplying for such transfer shall pay to the
city a transfer fee of tkrcc dc!!ar's ~3.00~
10 percent of the annual license tax, but
not less than $3~00 nor more than $25.00 and
shall present evidence of the sale.
(b)
Transfer to new license. Business licenses
may also be transferred from location to
location with the approval and written
authorization of the city endorsed thereof,
provided no change of ownership has occurred
or is in the process and the license
classification in which the license was
originally issued remains unaffected, but
such transferred license shall not be held
good for any longer time or any other place
than that for which it was originally
issued; provided that the original license
shall be surrendered to and filed with the
city at the time application for transfer is
made, and such transferred license after
being approved shall be of the same force
and effect as the original license. At the
time any license is transferred, the person
applying for such transfer shall pay to the
city a fee in the amount of thrcc ~cllars
,e~ nn~ 10 percent of the annual license
tax, but not less than $3.00 nor more than
$25.0O.
Section 3. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 4. Should any section or provision of this
ordinance or portion hereof, any paragraph, sentence, or word be
declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such decision shall not affect the remainder of this ordinance.
Section 5.
ordinance.
Authority is hereby granted to codify said
Section 6.
immediately upon passage.
FIRST READING this J day of August, 1993.
SECOND, FINAL READING AND PASSAGE this
August, 1993.
CITY~OF BOYNT.~Nf BEACH~ FLORIDA
Commis~.~oner ~'~ \~_j
Commission~
ATTEST:
This ordinance shall become effective
day of
'-Cit~ Clerk
(Corporate Seal)