Section 98-3 LICENSE REQUIREMENT.


Every person shall apply for a license for each business, trade, profession, occupation or calling (collectively hereinafter "a business"), unless otherwise exempted by law, when engaging in a business in the Town of Front Royal if  (i) the person has a definite place of business in this jurisdiction;  (ii) there is no definite place of business anywhere and the person resides in this jurisdiction; or  (iii) there is no definite place of business in this jurisdiction but the person operates amusement machines or is classified as an itinerant merchant, peddler, carnival, circus, contractor subject to Virginia Code Section 58.1-3715, or public service corporation.  A separate license shall be required for each definite place of business and for each business.  A person engaged in two or more businesses or professions carried on at the same place of business may elect to obtain one license for all such businesses and professions if all of the following criteria are satisfied:  (i) each business or profession is subject to licensure at the location and has satisfied any requirements imposed by state law or other provisions of the ordinances of the Town of Front Royal;  (ii) all of the businesses or professions are subject to the same tax rate, or, if subject to different tax rates, the licensee agrees to be taxed on all businesses and professions at the highest rate; and (iii) the taxpayer agrees to supply such information as the assessor may require concerning the nature of the several businesses and their gross receipts.