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(1) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:

(a) Minors doing business or operating a business concern where no other person is employed by the minor;

(b) The United States or any instrumentality thereof and the State of Washington or any municipal subdivision thereof;

(c) Persons engaged in the delivery of newspapers or periodicals to which the recipient subscribes;

(d) The casual sale of personal property where the person selling the item is not regularly engaged in the business of selling said item(s), i.e., garage sales or bake sales;

(e) Sales by farmers or home gardeners of produce raised and harvested exclusively upon lands owned or leased for the raising of produce or fruit;

(f) Temporary craft booths or food booths lasting five (5) days or less in any one location, provided this exemption shall not apply to itinerant vendors as defined in P.C.C. 8.95.010.

(g) Home occupations as defined in P.C.C. 17.55.020 unless the owner of the home occupation is otherwise required by state law to register with the Washington State Department of Licensing Master License Service. A home occupation required to be licensed or registered with the State of Washington shall also register with the City under this chapter;

(h) Persons who own and self-manage one or more residential rental properties as a personal investment and not as a commercial business;

(i) Wholesale distributors selling products to businesses within the City unless said distributor has an office, warehouse or other business establishment located within the City.

(j) 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. This exemption does not apply to regulatory license requirements or activities that require a specialized permit.

(2) The registration fee portion of this chapter shall not apply to:

(a) Fraternal benefit associations or societies as defined in RCW 48.36A.010;

(b) Nonprofit religious organizations;

(c) Nonprofit organizations, associations, clubs, or corporations that are registered as such with the Washington Secretary of State. (Ord. 18-24 §5, 2018; Ord. 16-9 §4, 2016; Ord. 12-4 §4, 2012; Ord. 08-14 §5, 2008).