Sec. 22-33Regulatory fees

(a) A regulatory fee will be imposed as provided under O.C.G.A. § 48-13-9(b) on those applicable businesses. A regulatory fee may not include an administrative fee.

(b) The regulatory fee schedule for persons in the following occupations and professions will be provided in periodic resolutions passed by the City Council:

(1) Building and construction contractors, subcontractors, and workers;

(2) Carnivals;

(3) Taxicab and limousine operators;

(4) Tattoo artists;

(5) Stables;

(6) Shooting galleries and firearm ranges;

(7) Scrap metal processors;

(8) Pawnbrokers;

(9) Food service establishments;

(10) Dealers in precious metals;

(11) Firearms dealers;

(12) Peddlers;

(13) Parking lots;

(14) Nursing and person care homes;

(15) Newspaper vending boxes;

(16) Modeling agencies;

(17) Massage parlors;

(18) Landfills;

(19) Auto and motorcycle racing;

(20) Boarding houses;

(21) Businesses which provide appearance bonds;

(22) Boxing and wrestling promoters;

(23) Hotels and motels;

(24) Hypnotists;

(25) Handwriting analysts;

(26) Health clubs, gyms, and spas;

(27) Fortunetellers;

(28) Garbage collectors;

(29) Escort services;

(30) Burglar and fire alarm installers;

(31) Locksmiths;

(32) Teen/adult social club[s]. A teen/adult social club shall mean any business allowing the congregation of patrons for the purpose of viewing entertainment, dancing, social interaction or other related activities between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., not to include religious orders, charitable institutions, state, county, or city institutions, fraternal orders, or bona fide clubs. A teen/adult social club shall not include those businesses with an alcohol license granted under chapter 6 of the Official Code of the City of Ashburn; and

(33) Junkyards, scrap yards or auto graveyards.

History: (Ord. No. 03-02, § 1, 3-6-2003; Ord. No. 04-03, § 1, 3-4-2004; Ord. No. 09-05, §§ 2, 3, 8-6-2009; Res. No. 09-08, § 1, 8-6-2009; Ord. No. 11-02, § 1, 2-3-2011)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 04-03, § 1, adopted March 3, 2004, amended the title of section 22-33 to read as herein set out. Formerly, said section title pertained to similar subject matter.