Business Licenses and Permits

Business owners operating spas in Sandy Springs, Georgia, will now have to apply for a business license after local officials decided to regulate the establishments.
The permit will restrict spas’ hours of operation to between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., bringing the city in line with others across the state, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Assistant city …

A pilot scheme has been set up in Clark County, Nevada, to test a possible change in the ordinance allowing contractors to apply for a single business license.
Currently, contractors who work in multiple cities across the county must obtain a permit for each location, many of which come with different costs and expiration …

Business owners operating in Reno, Sparks and Washoe County, Nevada, could soon have an easier time renewing their business licenses.
Plans have been proposed to create a single office where businesses can get all three licenses, rather than visit each location.
If accepted, the new method could be implemented beginning in January of next year, RGJ.com …

Three girls who were selling lemonade to save up for a trip to a water park have been forced to shut down their stall after they were told they did not have a business license.
They had only been running the stall for one day when police in Midway, Georgia, including police chief Kelly Morningstar, …

Hundreds of bars and liquor stores are in danger of shutting down because of expired business licenses as the Minnesota budget standoff continues.
The Wall Street Journal reports that as many as 300 establishments have $20 alcohol-purchasing licenses or buyer’s cards that expired since July 1, meaning that they cannot restock.
Doug Neville, spokesman for the …

The city council of Hermosa Beach, California, is planning on updating its business license tax measures in this November’s ballot as it looks to target restaurants and downtown bars.
The city council’s business license tax review committee met earlier this month to try and agree on a new fee structure that would update a system that …

The Fresno, Calif., city council will target door-to-door salespeople in the coming weeks through a proposal to ensure they have a business license.
The council’s president, Lee Brand, has unveiled a new Home Privacy Act which would require those selling items door-to-door in the city to have the correct permit.
He told fresnobee.com that introducing the measures …

An Illinois casino is nearly ready to open after receiving its business license.
Rivers Casino in Des Plaines could be opened to the general public as early as Monday, July 18, after the owners were given a temporary license. The Daily Herald reports that while the temporary license allows the casino to remain open for a …

A “significant number” of businesses in Nevada are falsely claiming that they are exempt from the annual business license fee, according to results from an executive branch audit.
The research, which started in July of last year, revealed that Nevada will lose around $11 million in potential revenue over the next fiscal year because of businesses …

Civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit against Alabama’s new immigration law, which includes a threat to business licenses if companies employ workers who lack legal resident status.
The new law, set to come into effect on September 1, has been criticized by the American Civil Liberties Union as subjecting both citizens and non-citizens to “criminal …