An existing licensing and regulating ordinance was amended and passed unanimously Tuesday night.

The change reads as follows:

“No person shall rent, or offer to sell or rent, any goods, merchandise, or services, or solicit any trade or business, on the beach, beach accesses, public parking lots, or the Breach Inlet Bridge, except pursuant to a franchise granted by City Council, or pursuant to a City-sponsored activity or event.”

According to Isle of Palms communications and website coordinator Emily Dziuban, each person needs to obtain an Isle of Palms business license. The cost of Isle of Palms business licenses varies by profession, type and location of business.  It is calculated on a base fee as well as an estimation of gross receipts. Those interested in a license should contact the Isle of Palms Building Department at 843-886-9912 for exact figures.

The second amended part states, “However nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit a commercial photographer, who is not soliciting on the beach, beach accesses, public parking lots, or the Breach Inlet Bridge, from implementing a prior contract to take still photographs on the beach for a fee."

The amendment states that a photographer’s fee must be limited to no more than one hour on the beach per day.

(Helen R. Hammond can be reached at helen@moultrienews.com.)