Business Licenses
Certain businesses in Livonia are required to obtain a license. The license fee differs depending on the type of business. The fee schedule is as follows:
Bakeries and bulk food establishments | $15.00 |
Bowling Alley | $75.00 |
Circus, show, or carnival For a period of one week or less Over one week but not to exceed two week | $200.00 $250.00 |
Dancehall or dance school | $25.00 |
Dry cleaning, pressing, or laundry | $25.00 |
Employment agency | $25.00 |
Firing range | $25.00 |
Gasoline service station First pump Each additional pump | $20.00 $10.00 |
Garbage truck First truck Each additional truck | $50.00 $20.00 |
Going out of business | $50.00 |
Handbill distributor One year One month | $25.00 $10.00 |
Ice Cream vendor (must have chauffeur’s license and food handler’s permit from Wayne County) | $25.00 |
Junk collectors and scavengers | $25.00 |
Kennels ($25.00 + $75.00) | $100.00 |
Kiddie Rides | $20.00 |
Lawn or landscaping | $10.00 |
Mechanical Amusement Device Per device up to 5 in a single location Per device for each additional | $100.00 $50.00 |
Motel/Hotel (per unit) | $15.00 |
Music device | $10.00 |
Pawn shop | $50.00 |
Pool/billiard room First table Each additional table | $25.00 $10.00 |
Precious metal/gems | $50.00 |
Private swimming pool club | $25.00 |
Produce merchant Class A Class B Class C | $2.00 $10.00 $35.00 |
Refuse Collector First truck Each additional truck | $50.00 $20.00 |
Restaurant | $25.00 |
Itinerant restaurant (limited to 7-day period) | $15.00 |
Secondhand motor vehicle and used car dealer | $100.00 |
Secondhand merchandise dealer | $50.00 |
Skating or roller rink | $25.00 |
Slaughterhouse (If fowl only and doing retail custom business) | $18.00 |
Snow Removal Business | $10.00 |
Solicitor Per month Per year | $30.00 $100.00 |
Sauna | $35.00 |
Theater (per seat) | $.10 |
Transient Merchant Per day Per month Per year | $1.00 $10.00 $25.00 |
Tree Service | $10.00 |
Vending machine First machine in a single location Each additional machine for each location | $10.00 $25.00 |