§ 14-34. Exempt businesses; waiver of fee under certain circumstances.

(a)

The following businesses are expressly exempt from the provisions of this article:

(1)

Any business that involves only distribution within the city, such as distribution by street delivery, through the mail or otherwise, without the location of a business office or headquarters, warehouse, store, shop, etc., upon identifiable premises within the city.

(2)

Any business for which a permit or license is required under state or federal law, but only if the licensing or permit legislation of the state and/or federal government is of such a nature as to constitute a preempting of the field to the extent that a registration permit requirement by the city would be deemed unlawful interference with state or federal regulations of the particular business.

(3)

Any nondepository financial institution, as defined in article VII of chapter 14 of the City Code, that is registered with the city pursuant to said article.

(b)

To the extent that a registration permit fee requirement by the city would be deemed preempted pursuant to state or federal regulation of a particular business, the fee is hereby waived and the registration requirement pursuant to this article shall apply without cost to the particular business.

(Ord. No. 2011-11, § 1, 6-21-11)