Business Licenses and Permits

The city of Bloomington, Indiana is facing a lawsuit after denying a business license to a woman looking to start an operation to drive party-goers home from downtown.
Julie Crowe feels officials unfairly failed to approve her vehicle-for-hire application last year to drive a 15-passenger van, WJBC reported.
The law suit was filed …

A new zoning ordinance has been approved in Poquoson City, Virginia, in an attempt to attract technology businesses to the area.
Officials voted to create a technology zone in the city, which will offer incentives to business, the Daily Press reported.
The new zone will comprise all of Poquoson’s village commercial, research, development and …

The financial deficit created by unpaid business licenses in Long Beach, California has left the city facing budgetary problems.
Officials are expecting business license tax revenues to be down nearly by $300,000 at the year’s close, according to the Long Beach Business Journal.
Disparity between projected business license income and that collected is, …

Souderton Borough Council, Pennsylvania is set to review its business licensing fees.
In an attempt to be more in line with costs and pricing from neighboring municipalities, officials are planning to increase a range of fees, according to The Reporter.
Business licenses are expected to see the biggest hike, rising from $50 every …

A massage parlor in Thousand Oaks, California was forced to close for the night after a masseuse was arrested.
During a routine business license check, the Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving unit arrested the worker who was caught performing a lewd act on a customer, the Ventura County Star reported.
Sergeant Romano Bassi …

Some 180 businesses in Charleston County, South Carolina have been caught operating without a license.
Despite the fact that all companies in the county are required to have a business license, many establishments are flouting this law, ABC News reported.
The discovery was made by Tami Fralick, manager of the Revenue Collections Department, when …

Officials in Eutawville, South Carolina have been debating a grocery store’s protests over paying their business license fee.
IGA has objected to paying its new business license fee, which has changed this year in light of an ordinance that requires businesses to pay an annual charge based on a percentage of their gross …

Emergency measures to correct a procedural mistake relating to business license regulations have been approved by officials in Hyattsville, Maryland.
Revisions to modify the appeals process for building code violations and business license revocations have been invalidated by the failure of officials to have the measures approved by the County Council, the …

A cafe chain in Phenix City, Alabama has closed down its establishments after not renewing its business licenses.
Sports Rock Cafe and Sports Rock Cafe II have ceased operations after owner Brent Taapken didn’t reapply for a license before the annual deadline passed.
However, Phenix City police had recommended that the businesses’ licenses …

San Clemente, California is planning to repeal a business license code that charges tattoo shop owners $20 a day.
Currently people who want to open such an establishment face a daily business license fee charge under a regulation that dates back decades, the Orange County Register reported.
However, officials are looking to amend the …