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CITY BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICATIONS FEES, PENALTIES AND INSPECTION & APPROVAL SCHEDULE Updated 12/16/2025 1 1. Approval of all new city license applications shall be in accordance with the Business License Approval Schedule which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. 2. The City Clerk, as required by State Statutes or the City Ordinances, or as directed by the City Council, or upon his own discretion shall submit applications for licenses to such City officials whose approval is deemed necessary before such license is to be issued. 3. All licensees are required to file an application at least seven days prior to the event. Failure may be grounds for denial of the application. 4. If an inspection is required outside of normal working hours, the applicant shall pay the cost of the inspection prior to the issuance of the license. The fee shall be $56.00. 5. The City Clerk, when notified in writing by any department more than thirty (30) days prior to the renewal date that a license should be denied, shall not renew said license until such time as the department has granted its approval. 6. The provisions for payment of one-half (1/2) of the annual license fee for businesses starting after six months of the current license year have expired. 7. The City shall be entitled to retain, from the license fee paid, the sum of twelve (12) dollars on any application which is denied or cancelled. 8. Non-profit organizations conducting a one or two day "bake sale shall only be required to obtain a permit from the Code Enforcement Division. No fee shall be charged for this permit. 9. Penalty Amounts: Special Amusement Permit - Chapter 10 Amusements and Entertainments A fine of $525.00 for a first offense, 1,050.00 for a second offense and $2,100.00 for a third or subsequent offense. Note: This penalty is outlined in the City Code of Ordinances Chapter 10, Article III Special Amusement Permit. After Hours Entertainment Events - Chapter 10 Amusements and Entertainments A fine of $525.00 for a first offense, 1,050.00 for a second offense and $2,100.00 for a third or subsequent offense. Note: This penalty is outlined in the City Code of Ordinances Chapter 10, Article IV After Hours Entertainment Events. Massage Therapists - Chapter 22 Businesses A fine not less than $265.00 nor more than $530.00 for each offense. Note: This penalty is outlined in the City Code of Ordinances Chapter 22 Businesses, Article XIII Massage Establishments and Massage Therapists. ---PAGE BREAK--- CITY BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICATIONS FEES, PENALTIES AND INSPECTION & APPROVAL SCHEDULE Updated 12/16/2025 2 Outpatient Addiction Treatment Clinic - Chapter 22 Businesses A penalty between $105.00 and $2,630.00 per violation, per day. Note: This penalty is outlined in the City Code of Ordinances Chapter 22 Businesses, Article XIV Outpatient Addiction Treatment Clinics. ---PAGE BREAK--- CITY BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICATIONS FEES, PENALTIES AND INSPECTION & APPROVAL SCHEDULE Updated 12/16/2025 3 Unless otherwise provided, no person shall engage in any of the following businesses or activities in the city without having paid the proper fee and obtained a license or permit therefor: 1. Adult amusement device, per $ 1108.00 2. Adult entertainment 1660.00 3. After hours entertainment 220.00 4. Automobile Graveyards and Junkyards: a. Non-refundable application b. Publication 75.00 25.00 5. Beano/bingo 20.00 6. Billiard and pool halls, per 90.00 7. Bowling 90.00 8. Carnivals and circuses, per 180.00 9. Class A lounge: a. Up to 1200 sq. b. 1201sq. ft. to 2000 sq. c. 2001sq. ft. to 3000 sq. d. 3001sq. ft. and 1470.00 1815.00 2045.00 2275.00 10. Closing out Sixty-day 61.00 28.00 11. Coin-operated amusement devices, per Ten devices or 75.00 750.00 12. Flammable liquid (storage): a. For retail b. Not for retail 115.00 61.00 13. Flea market: a. One through 75 spaces, per b. Seventy-six spaces and over, per c. Yearly 34.00 61.00 578.00 14. Food service establishment: a. Class A: 1. Up to 3,000 sq. 2. 3,001 sq. ft. to 6,000 sq. 3. 6,001 sq. ft. and b. Class c. Class d. Class e. Class f. Class g. Class 350.00 465.00 575.00 200.00 200.00 150.00 355.00 65.00 50.00 15. Games of 17.00 16. Garage sale 10.00 17. Group care 66.00 18. Junk 44.00 ---PAGE BREAK--- CITY BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICATIONS FEES, PENALTIES AND INSPECTION & APPROVAL SCHEDULE Updated 12/16/2025 4 19. Liquor service approval: a. Catering permit for off premise liquor b. Application for license for incorporated civic organization……………….. c. Permit to serve alcohol outside the establishment…………………………. 17.00 17.00 25.00 20. Lodging house: a. hotel, motel, inn 1. Not offering for sale spirituous, vinous and malt liquor………………. 2. Offering for sale spirituous, vinous and malt liquor………………….. b. Bed and breakfast c. Dwelling unit occupied by more than one family 1. Ten rooms or 2. Over ten d. Properties under common management at the same location where 4 or more rooms, cottages, or condominium units are available 1. Four to ten 2. Over ten 117.00 575.00 117.00 56.00 84.00 56.00 84.00 21. Massage establishment and therapists: a. Application b. License 110.00 195.00 22. Marijuana Businesses – Non-refundable a. Marijuana Store: Annual Operation Permit/License b. Marijuana Manufacturing Facility: Annual Operation Permit/License Fee… c. Marijuana Testing Facility: Annual Operation Permit/License Fee………… d. Marijuana Cultivation: Tier 1: 0 to 500 SF of plant canopy – Annual Permit/Licensing Fee………. Tier 2: 501-2000 SF of mature plant canopy – Annual Permit/Licensing Fee Tier 3: 2001-7000 SF of mature plant canopy – Annual Permit/Licensing Fee Tier 4: 7001-20000 SF of mature plant canopy – Annual Permit/Licensing Fee e. Nursery Cultivation: Cultivation of not more than 1000 SF of plant canopy in compliance with 28-B M.R.S. §501.3 – Annual Permit/License (Plant canopies of individual Nursey Cultivations are permanently capped at 1000SF) f. Dispensary: Annual Operation Permit/License 5,000.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 1,000.00 1,500.00 2,500.00 5,000.00 1,000.00 5,000.00 23. Mobile home park: a. Per b. Per space over 110.00 6.00 24. Motion picture Special 30-day 300.00 56.00 25. Outdoor entertainment 50.00 26. Outpatient Addiction Treatment Clinic: a. Non-refundable application 550.00 27. 88.00 28. Peddler: a. In b. Out of 56.00 110.00 ---PAGE BREAK--- CITY BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICATIONS FEES, PENALTIES AND INSPECTION & APPROVAL SCHEDULE Updated 12/16/2025 5 c. Special Event 39.00 29. 117.00 30. Roller skating 61.00 31. Roving 100.00 32. Secondhand 88.00 33. 150.00 34. Sound amplification, per 17.00 35. Special amusement permit: a. Six months or b. Class A & B no c. Class C, D, E, & F with 61.00 125.00 150.00 36. Special food handler: a. Prepackaged food b 44.00 88.00 37. Syringe service program 100.00 38. Tattooing: Application License 110.00 195.00 39. Taxicab company 10.00 ---PAGE BREAK--- CITY BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICATIONS FEES, PENALTIES AND INSPECTION & APPROVAL SCHEDULE Updated 12/16/2025 6 CATEGORY POLICE FIRE CODE ENFORCEMENT Adult Amusement Devices X X X Adult Entertainment License X X X After Hours Entertainment Events X X X Auto Graveyard/Junkyards X X X Billiard & Pool Halls X X X Bowling Alley X X X Carnivals & Circuses NOTIFY X X Class Lounge X X Closing Out Sales X NOTIFY Coin-Operated Amusement Devices NOTIFY X Flammable Liquid (storage) X Flea Market NOTIFY X X Food Service Establishment: Class A (spirituous, vinous & malt) Class B (malt, vinous) Class C (malt) Class D (no liquor) Class E (i.e. bottle clubs) Class F (30-day) Class G (3 days) X X X X X X X X Group Care Facility X X Junk Collector X NOTIFY X Lodging House X X Massage Establishment X X X Massage Therapist X Marijuana Businesses X X X Mobile Home Park X Motion Picture Theater X X ---PAGE BREAK--- CITY BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICATIONS FEES, PENALTIES AND INSPECTION & APPROVAL SCHEDULE Updated 12/16/2025 7 CATEGORY Outpatient Addiction Treatment Clinic POLICE X CITY FIRE X COUNCIL CODE ENFORCEMENT X APPROVAL Pawnbroker X X Peddler X Race Track X X Roller Skating Rink X X Roving Diner X X Second Hand Dealer X NOTIFY X Shelter X X X Sound Amplification X Special Amusement Permit X NOTIFY X Special Food Handler Pre-packaged Processing X X X Syringe Service Program X X X Tattooing X X