Fiscal Note
The change in licensing is anticipated to simplify the licensing process by condensing some licensing categories; no fiscal impact on General Fund revenues is anticipated.
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SUBSTITUTE Amending Section 9.21(5) and the title of Section 9.21 of the Madison General Ordinances to combine certain licenses.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This proposal combines the three existing licenses for scrap and recycling businesses, motor vehicle salvage businesses and solid waste haulers into one license. This proposal is introduced at the request of the Streets Department and the Police Department and is intended to simplify the licensing of these businesses by creating a single license category.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. The title of Section 9.21 entitled "Licensing and Regulating Scrap and Recycling Dealers, Scrap and Recycling Collectors, Solid Waste Haulers, Motor Vehicle Salvage Dealers and the Motor Vehicle Storage Business" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as "Licensing and Regulating Combined Scrap and Recycling Motor Vehicle Salvage and Solid Waste Hauler Businesses, Scrap and Recycling Collectors, and Motor Vehicle Storage Businesses."
2. Subsection (5) entitled "Fees" of Section 9.21 entitled "Licensing and Regulating Scrap and Recycling Dealers, Scrap and Recycling Collectors, Solid Waste Haulers, Motor Vehicle Salvage Dealers and the Motor Vehicle Storage Business" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(5) Fees.
(a) The license fee shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum, or for a fractional part thereof, for each scrap and recycling business The combined scrap and recycling, motor vehicle salvage and solid waste hauler license, permits a licensee to operate as a scrap and recycling business, motor vehicle salvage business or as a solid waste hauler, or any combination thereof. The license fee shall be two thousand dollars ($2,000).
(b) The license fee shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum, or for a fractional part thereof, for each motor vehicle salvage business.
cb) The license fee shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per annum, or for a fractional part thereof, for each scrap and recycling collector with a single truck, trailer, or other vehicle. The fee shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a scrap and recycling collector with between two (2) and five (5) trucks, trailers, or other vehicles and five thousand dollars ($5,000) for scrap or recycling collector with six (6) or more trucks.
(dc) The license fee shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per annum, or for a fractional part thereof, for each motor vehicle storage business.
(e) The license fee for a solid waste hauler shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a solid waste hauler with between one (1) and five (5) trucks, trailers or other vehicles and five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a solid waste hauler with six (6) or more trucks, trailers, or other vehicles.
fd) Renewal licenses shall be obtained on or before June 30 of each year or be subject to a late filing fee of twenty-five percent (25%) of the license fee. License fees that are not renewed by July 31 of each year shall be subject to a late fee of fifty percent (50%) of the license fee. Payment of the late filing fee shall not relieve any person from any other penalties prescribed in this chapter for failure to possess or obtain a license."