Life Amplified

License and Permit Fee Schedule

Annual Fees

  • Amusement park - $50
  • Archery range - $50 plus square foot
  • Car wash (automatic / self-serve) - $100
  • Cigarette / tobacco dealer - $45 plus square footage
  • Currency exchange - $40
  • Dance hall - $50
  • Dance school or music studio - $40
  • Day care center
    • Less than 100 enrolled - $60
    • More than 100 enrolled - $100
  • Dry cleaner - $100
  • Firearm dealer - $250
  • Flea market - $400
  • Fuel oil dealer (storing or selling) - $50, plus $10 per vehicle
  • Funeral director / funeral home - $100
  • Gas station annually (up to four pumps) - $75
    • Each additional pump - $5
    • Plus car wash - Additional $100
    • Plus square footage for retail sales 
  • Go-kart track - $100
  • Golf course (public / private) - $100, plus square footage on buildings
  • Golf practice / driving range - $50, plus square footage on buildings
  • Hospital / immediate care center - $100, plus $3 per bed
 
 

 

  • Hotel/motel - $40, plus $5 for each unit
  • House mover - $50
  • Limousine - $50
  • Livery stable - $100
  • Miniature golf course - $50
  • Nursing home
    • Up to 99 beds - $110
    • 100-149 beds - $150
    • 150 beds or more - $200
  • Pawn broker - $200
  • Petroleum products (bulk storage) - $100
  • Public weigh master - $40
  • Rental lease license
    • 1-2 Units - $50
    • 3 - 10 Units - $100
    • 11 - 20 Units - $200
    • 21 - 30 Units - $300
    • 31 - 40 Units - $500
  • Rooming house - $40
  • Scavenger - $300
  • Theaters (indoor / outdoor) - $400
  • Travel agency - $40
  • Taxi cabs - $150 
  • Towing - $200 plus square footage
  • Valet - $100

Business License Fees
  • Amusement devices / video games - $50 per machine
  • Cigarette machines - $40 per machine
  • Food / beverage / ice dispensers
    • $0.10 or less - $5 per machine
    • $0.11 or more - $20 per machine
 


 

  • Laundromats - $2.50 per machine
  • Music devices / juke boxes - $50 per machine
  • Scales - $5 per machine
  • All other vending machines - $15 per machine

 Other License Fees
  • Ambulance service - $30 per vehicle, plus square footage
  • Athletic exhibitions - $50 per day
  • Auctioneer - $15 per auctioneer, per day
  • Auto dry-cleaning machines - $25 per machine
  • Billiard and pool tables - $50 per table
  • Bowling alleys - $15 per lane (alley)
  • Carnivals - $100 per day
  • Circus - $200 per day
  • Circus sideshow and concessions - $10 each per day
  • Dance, open to the public - $50 per dance event
  • Dry-cleaning machine for public use - $25 per machine
 
  • Fireworks (outdoor) - $500
    • Park districts and government organizations are except from this fee
  • Food dealer (mobile / temporary) - $35 per vehicle or booth
  • Junk / salvage dealer - $10 per vehicle, plus square footage
  • Laundromats - $2.50 per machine
  • Liquidation sales - $10 per sale, plus inventory
  • Menageries (petting zoo) - $20 per day
  • Pyrotechnics (indoor) - $500
  • Skating rinks - $100 per rink

 Business Based on Square Footage

  • 1 to 1,500 square feet - $35
  • 1,501 to 3,000 square feet - $60
  • 3,001 to 6,000 square feet - $80
  • 6,001 to 9,000 square feet - $100
  • 9,001 to 12,000 square feet - $130
  • 12,001 to 15,000 square feet - $150

 

 

  • 15,001 to 20,000 square feet - $170
  • 20,001 to 30,000 square feet - $200
  • 30,001 to 40,000 square feet - $240
  • 40,001 to 60,000 square feet - $300
  • 60,001 to 80,000 square feet - $370
  • 80,001 square feet and more - $450