Basic business license required.

# (a)

A person doing business in the District of Columbia shall maintain a basic business license in accordance with this subchapter.

# (b)

The Department shall issue or renew a basic business license to an applicant who complies with all applicable District and federal laws and regulations.

# (c)

A basic business license shall be required for each business location.

# (d)

Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section and except as required under subchapter I-A of this chapter, an individual employed by the holder of a basic business license is not required to maintain a basic business license to participate in the business of the license holder.

# (e)

Licenses granted under this subchapter may be assigned or transferred upon approval by the Department and payment of the applicable fee.

# (f)

The Department shall maintain and periodically update a roster of all businesses that have been issued a basic business license, indicating the license endorsements appended to each basic business license.

# (g)

No person shall set up, operate, or conduct a business or device by or in which any person, animal, or living object shall act or be exposed as a target for a ball, projectile, missile, or thing thrown or projected for or in consideration of profit or gain, directly or indirectly.

# (h)

# (1)

This section shall not apply to activities conducted in connection with:

(A) A bona fide regularly scheduled national annual convention of any national association of a professional beauty and grooming service from which the general public is excluded;

(B) A business activity that has a gross annual revenue of $2,000 or less;

(C) Entertainments, concerts, or performances of any kind where the proceeds are intended for church or charitable purposes, and where no rental is charged; or

(D) Cottage food products.

# (2)

Upon request by the Department, a person applying for the exemption provided by paragraph(1)(B) of this subsection shall submit a letter self-certifying that the gross annual revenue of the business activity for which the exemption is sought does not exceed $2,000.

# (i)

An applicant who makes a false statement in a self-certification letter under subsection (h)(2) of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 civil infraction and subject to fines pursuant to section 3201 of Title 16 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations.