DelFino stated that Johnston is a “very, very business friendly community” and that there are many good businesses in town. He said that the town is proud of those businesses and of the relationship between community and businesses. But he believes it’s not fair to the business owners, taxpayers, and people that follow the rules for these others enterprises to slip through.

The charges stem from an investigation on July 27, when Park Ranger Tom Anthony received a report from an off-duty park ranger that Hollandworth was operating illegally in the Honeymoon Cove area of the river and allowing clients to continue to fish for king salmon after retaining fish, which is against regulations, according to Anthony’s affidavit.

Work on the ordinance began in May amid efforts to regulate the RV parks and man camps after public outcry among La Huerta residents.

Eddy County currently has no mechanism in place to license and track businesses.

Bar gets shut down due to an expired business license in Cathedral City, California.

New businesses have to go through an entire process of starting over, which includes fire, health, city inspections along with proof of liquor license from the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control.

The Block will remain shut down until its business license is placed back in active status.

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Sparking a wider compliance check, the lack of business licenses was found to be a much larger problem than initially thought…around 100 businesses in Jackson are operating illegally.

“There are quite a number of businesses in the town of Jackson doing business without a business license,” he said. “From my understanding the town is losing in the hundreds of thousands [in application fees.]

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Monterey Finance Director Julie Porter noted that while some business owners will end up paying more, others will see amounts similar to previous years, while still others will pay less.

…The overall intent, according to Porter, was not only for the total city tax that’s collected to stay close to the same but to make the system easier and in line with what many other cities base their business license taxes on.

In 2013, the City Council voted unanimously to hire Muniservices to administer its business license program, and almost immediately residents expressed frustration with the change, since the process moved online and well out of county with no in-person customer service.

“We investigated, confirmed the tip, and paid them a visit,”…

The city does not allow marijuana dispensaries, and is now debating how to best regulate all related businesses once the state lays out new rules for recreational manufacturing, cultivation and distribution of marijuana.

“If you’ve been operating a business without a license and you’ve been getting away with it,” Schultz said, “that’s going to come to an end very soon.”

Schultz estimates there are around 100 businesses in Jackson operating illegally and the police plan to shut them all down and force them to get proper licenses.

“We’re going to enforce it,” Schultz said. “People need to follow the law.”

Paul Gross, owner of Paul’s Electric Service, St. Clair, says the new licensing standard will essentially kill off the small electrical contractor trade, which is already suffering from a lack of young electricians.

“I was personally shocked to have heard absolutely nothing about his bill before it was signed by the governor,” Gross said. “Not a single contractor I know, or anyone from Franklin County was consulted.”