Mayor’s Permit to Operate or Engage in Business or Trade Activities

Section 12 A.01. Regulated Acts. No person shall operate or engage in any kind of business or trade activities within the jurisdiction of this city without first securing a permit from the Office of the City Mayor and paying the corresponding permit fee imposed under existing tax ordinance of the city including, but not limited to, the following:

    • Printing and publication, except the printing and publishing of books or other reading materials prescribed by the Department of Education as school texts or references;
    • Proprietors, lessees or operators of theaters, cinemas, concert halls, circuses, boxing stadia and other places of amusement;
    • Manufactures, assembler, repackers, processors, brewers, distillers, rectifiers and compounders of liquors , distilled spirits and wines or manufacures of any article of commerce of whatever kind or nature;
    • Wholesalers, distrubutors or dealers in any article of commerce of whatever kind or nature;
    • Exporters;
    • Manufactures, millers, producers or retailers of essential commodoties;
    • Retailers of other commodoties not classified as “essential commodoties”, excluding retail dealers in liqours or wines and cigars or cigarettes;
    • Bank and other financial institutions;
    • Restaurants, cafés, cafeterias, cariderias, eateries, food caterers, ice cream and refreshment parlors, and soda fountain bars;
    • Commision agents;
    • Lessors, dealers, brokers of real state;
    • Travel agencies and travel agents;
    • Boarding houses, pension houses, motel, apartments, apartelles, and condiminiums;
    • Subdivison owner, private cemeteries and memorial parks;
    • Privated-owned markets;
    • Hospitals, medical clinics, dental clinics, optical clinics, therapeutic clinics, medical laboratories, dental laboratories;
    • Cockpit Operators;
    • Operators of computer services establishments;
    • Operator of cable network system;
    • General consultancy services;
    • All other similar activities consisting essentially of the sales of services for a fee; or
    • Peddlers.