Title
Amendment to Ordinance No. 1018-07 (Business License Ordinance) relating to half year license fees
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Request amendment to the business license ordinance to change the verbiage to accurately parallell that of the State Code as set forth in the Business License Reform Act of 2006, as relates to half year license fees
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Code of Alabama, 1975, Section 11-51-90 to 11-51-185, the City of Foley adopted Ordinance No. 1018-07 levying and
assessing business license fees for doing any kind of business, trade or profession or other activity in the municipality or its police jurisdiction, and
WHEREAS, in an effort to exactly parallel the State Code, as set forth in Act 2006-586, the City finds the need to alter the verbiage in our ordinance as relates to half year license fees.
BE IT ORDAINED that the Foley City Council as follows:
Section 1. Amends Ordinance No. 1018-07, Section 5 as follows:
(b) Half Year: In case the license of any business, trade, occupation or profession is based on a flat rate and is taken out after July 1, only one half of the license shall be charged and collected, except for those subjects for which daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or semiannual licenses are provided by law.
Section 2. "The terms and provisions of this ordinance are severable. If any part or portion of this ordinance is declared invalid, void or unconstitutional, that portion shall be deemed severed, and t...
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