§ 31-10. Annual registration.

(a)

Each regulated business shall pay an annual regulatory fee in an amount as determined from time-to-time by the board of commissioners and published in the county's fee schedule. Said annual regulatory fee shall cover the cost of the quarterly inspections codified herein at section 31-12.

(b)

A regulated business in operation prior to the enactment of this chapter shall pay its initial annual regulatory fee in its entirety on or before February 1, 2015. Thereafter, the annual regulatory fee shall be due and payable in its entirety on or before each successive January 1.

(c)

A regulated businesses that comes into existence after the enactment of this chapter but before February 1, 2015, shall pay its initial annual regulatory fee in its entirety on or before February 1, 2015. Thereafter, the annual regulatory fee shall be due and payable in its entirety on or before each successive January 1.

(d)

A regulated business that comes into existence after February 1, 2015, shall pay its initial annual regulatory fee at the time it applies for the license required under chapter 12. The amount of the annual regulatory fee due and payable at that time shall be the full amount then published in the county's fee schedule unless the license required under chapter 12 is sought on or after July 1 in any year, in which event the annual regulatory fee shall be 50 percent of the fee then published in the county's fee schedule. Thereafter, the annual regulatory fee shall be due and payable in its entirety on or before each successive January 1.

(e)

The violations, penalties and recourse for late payment of the annual regulatory fee shall be the same as those set forth in section 12-5 of chapter 12 of the County Code.

(f)

In addition to the documentation required under chapter 12, the annual regulatory fee shall be accompanied by the following:

(1)

An annual registration form to be created by the county manager or his/her designee that, among other things, shall require the regulated business to affirm under oath that it is aware of this chapter, it is currently in compliance with this chapter and intends to remain in compliance for the entirety of the calendar year; and

(2)

If the registered business is a personal care home, a copy of the most current comprehensive disaster preparedness plan that the regulated business has submitted to the State of Georgia pursuant to Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-62.08(4) or any successor regulation; or

(3)

If the registered business is a nursing home, any safety plan required to be submitted to the State of Georgia.

(g)

By submitting a signed annual registration form, the regulated business is consenting to each and every inspection that is lawful and contemplated under this chapter.

(h)

When issuing a license to a regulated business under chapter 12, Greene County is relying on the assertions in the annual registration form that the regulated business is in compliance with this chapter and intends to remain in compliance for the entirety of the applicable calendar year.

(Ord. of 12-11-2014)