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A. Notwithstanding the requirement of LMC 5.02.020, the following shall be exempt from the requirement to apply for and obtain a business license. Permits, however, may be required if otherwise required by law.

1. Sales, delivery, or peddling of any fruits, vegetables, berries, eggs, or any farm produce or edibles by the farmer, gardener, or other person who raised, gathered, produced, or manufactured them; provided, that this exemption shall not apply to any person selling, delivering, or peddling any dairy product, meat, poultry, eel, fish, mollusk, or shellfish.

2. Any individual in possession of a valid direct retail endorsement, as established in RCW 77.65.510 as currently enacted or as hereafter amended or recodified from time to time, who sells, delivers, or peddles any legally harvested retail-eligible species, as that term is defined in RCW 77.08.010 as currently enacted or as hereafter amended or recodified from time to time, that is caught, harvested, or collected under rule of the Department of Fish and Wildlife by such a person at a temporary food service establishment, as that term is defined in RCW 69.06.045 as currently enacted or as hereafter amended or recodified from time to time; provided, that such establishment shall not be exempt from inspection to verify that the person is in compliance with State Board of Health and local rules for food service operations.

3. Small or part-time businesses, professions, or trades performed by minors wherein the annual gross income is less than $2,000 in the nature of babysitting, delivery of newspapers, or sales in the nature of a residential-based “lemonade stand,” or the like; provided, that the activity is not one for which a license would otherwise be required by subsections (1) through (3) of the definition of “temporary business” in LMC 5.02.010.

4. Stands used to sell or distribute flowers, fruit, vegetables, produce or plants grown on the property where the stand is located.

5. Vendors at City-sponsored events such as farmers markets, or similar functions. Such events can be organized and sponsored by nonprofit organizations or for-profit organizations and are open to all participants on an equal basis. City-sponsored events shall have the purpose of promoting or benefiting the City and its residents and/or sponsoring organizations.

6. Residential sales such as garage or yard sales of a typical size and duration as well as want-ad, online marketplace or similar sales of an isolated and infrequent nature.

7. Any person or business whose annual value of products, gross proceeds of sales, or gross income of the business in the City is equal to or less than $2,000 and who does not maintain a place of business within the City shall be exempt from the general business license requirements in this chapter. The exemption does not apply to regulatory license requirements or activities that require a specialized permit.

B. Any activity, business or function otherwise requiring a license under this title may receive a waiver of any such requirement where the City Manager determines that the activity, business or function otherwise subject to such license is civic rather than commercial in nature, as with civic, community or school events. [Ord. 694 § 1 (Exh. A), 2018; Ord. 610 § 8, 2015; Ord. 548 § 1, 2012; Ord. 300 § 2, 2003; Ord. 79 §1, 1996; Ord. 24 § 5, 1995.]