Business License Required
A business license and City endorsement from the Washington State Department of Revenue are required to operate/conduct any business in the City of Toppenish.
TMC 3.37.110 - Business license — Required.
A. No person subject to the payment of the tax provided herein shall engage in any business or activity in the city for which a tax is imposed by this chapter without first having obtained and being the holder of a valid and subsisting license to do so, as required by TMC Title 5. The fee for the license required under TMC Title 5 shall be in addition to the tax imposed by this chapter. Such license shall be obtained, issued and maintained pursuant to the provisions of TMC Title 5.
B. The license shall be personal and nontransferable. Each license shall be numbered, shall show the name, place and character of business of the taxpayer and such other information as the finance director/city clerk deems necessary and shall at all times be conspicuously posted in the place of business for which it is issued.
C. No person to whom a license has been issued pursuant to this chapter shall suffer or allow any other person for whom a separate license is required to operate under or display his license; nor shall such other person operate under or display such license.
Exceptions. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in a mobile vendor business without having first obtained a license therefor from the city clerk, which is in lieu of the license required under Chapter 5.01 TMC; provided, however, that no license shall be required of the following:
A. Persons who conduct a casual or isolated sale and who are not engaged in the business of selling the type of food or goods involved;
B. Associations, corporations or organizations not organized for profit, and any community fund or foundation organized and operated exclusively for religious, scientific, public or charitable purposes, no part of the earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder, owner, member or individual, and the net earnings of which are devoted exclusively to charitable, educational or recreational purposes.