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<br />Person means any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate, or other group or <br />combination acting as a unit, association, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, trustee, executor, <br />administrator receiver or other fiduciary. <br /> <br />Place of business. Any structure used for the purpose of exercising the privilege of engaging <br />in business within the City limits. <br /> <br />Shall. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory. <br /> <br />Structure means anything constructed or erected the use of which requires rigid location on <br />the ground, or attachment to something having a permanent location on the ground, including but not <br />limited to buildings, individual units within a building, and trailers/construction trailers. <br /> <br />Section 1-3. Certificate of Use Required. <br /> <br />(A) It is hereby deemed unlawful for any person to open or operate any business and/or <br />occupy any structure within the City limits for the privilege of engaging in any business prior to <br />obtaining the required Certificate of Use. <br /> <br />(B) No structure used for the purpose of exercising the privilege of doing business within <br />the City limits shall be used or occupied or any existing use enlarged, or any new use made of any <br />land, body of water, or structure, without first obtaining a Certificate of Use therefore from the <br />Department as may be required herein, as well as section 307 of the South Florida Building Code. <br /> <br />(C) The Certificate of Use shall be renewable annually for all existing, new, and future <br />business use classifications on any land, body of water, and or in any structure including the <br />individual units within said structure within the City limits; including but not limited to those type of <br />businesses as indicated in the City Business Zoning Classification Manual as adopted herein. <br /> <br />(D) A separate Certificate of Use shall be obtained for each place of business and <br />for each corporation and/or legal entity within each place of business. <br /> <br />(E) It shall be the duty of every Person owning, operating, or purchasing any business <br />within the City Limits to comply with the requirements of this article prior to opening any business <br />and/or occupying structure. <br /> <br />Section 1-4. Term of Certificate of Use and transfer. <br /> <br />(A) No Certificate of Use shall be issued for more than one year, and all certificates shall <br />expire on September 30th of each year. <br /> <br />(B) Certificates of Use maybe issued for a fractional portion of a year, but no Certificate <br />of Use shall be issued for a fractional portion of a month. <br /> <br />C) When there is a change of use, business, business ownership or business name the <br />application for Certificate of Use shall be treated as new application. <br /> <br />02000- Certificates of Use <br /> <br />3 <br />