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LICENSING DIVISION
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Licenses are required to
protect the consumer from fraudulent, incompetent, unsafe, unhealthy
and immoral products and/or practices. Conversely, licenses recommend
the licensee as an entity that provides valid, competent, safe,
healthy and moral products and/or practices. |
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License Regulations |
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Who is required to get
a business license? Any person
engaging initially in the sale of goods, wares or merchandise and who,
for the purpose of conducting such business, occupies a whole or part
of a room, building, structure or vacant property for the exhibition
and sale of such goods, must be licensed as Initial Merchant.
The Initial Merchant license allows a business owner to conduct retail
sales at the business site. How is a license application made? An applicant for a business license must come to the License Division of the Flint City Clerk's Office, in person, and make the initial application. Subsequent renewals can be made by mail for certain categories; others require that the applicant reapply in person. What does a business license cost? License fees are set by an enacted ordinance and vary according to the category and type of license and according to whether it is a new application or a renewal. (see fee structure) All licenses excluding the Initial Merchant License are annual licenses and shall be renewed each year. How often must application be made? All licenses except Initial Merchant License are annual licenses and must be renewed each year. An Initial Merchant License is issued upon first application (providing all the requirements are met) and does not require renewal. Building Trade Licenses ( with the exception of Building Contractors and Sidewalk Contractors) are issue in accordance with the calendar year and must be renewed annually (January 1 to December 31), Building Contractors' and Sidewalk Contractors licensed are issued, as are all other remaining licenses, from May 1st of the issuing year to April 30th of the following year and must be renewed annually. How are businesses monitored to insure compliance? The Licensing Division has a staff of License Investigators who investigate reported complaints about any aspect of the operation of any business located in Flint. Any question or complaint about a business or service operating in the City of Flint will be immediately investigated. |
Contact Info
Licensing
Kimberly Miller
Licensing Supervisor
810-766-7416
Fax: 810-766-7404
Location
2nd Floor City Hall
1101 S. Saginaw St.
Flint. MI 48502
Business Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
City
of Flint
© 5/13/2012
