§ 102-78. Rental accommodations.

(a)

Every person engaged in the business of renting accommodations, as defined in F.S. ch. 509, except nontransient rented apartment houses, shall pay for each place of business an amount of $0.75 for each room. However, no such establishment shall pay less than $15.00 for the license. The room count to be used in this subsection shall be the same as used by the division of hotels and restaurants of the state department of business regulation. The tax collector shall use the latest room count listed by the department of business regulation, division of hotels and restaurants, when issuing occupational licenses under this section.

(b)

The county shall not originally issue an occupational license to any business coming under this subsection until a license has been procured for such business from the division of hotels and restaurants of the state department of business regulation.

(Code 1970, § 16½-11(c); Ord. No. 75-06, § 11, 2-25-75; Ord. No. 82-19, § 3, 8-24-82)