Custom post type permalink structure with the category also acting as an archive

I should have looked a little closer at that link posted. There was a link in that question that contained the answer (https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/5313/100538). Below is the code I used to get the effect I need:

///// CUSTOM POST TYPES /////

// register the new post type
register_post_type( 'business', array( 
    'labels'                 => array(
        'name'               => __( 'Businesses' ),
        'singular_name'      => __( 'Business' ),
        'add_new'            => __( 'Add New' ),
        'add_new_item'       => __( 'Create New Business' ),
        'edit'               => __( 'Edit' ),
        'edit_item'          => __( 'Edit Business' ),
        'new_item'           => __( 'New Business' ),
        'view'               => __( 'View Businesses' ),
        'view_item'          => __( 'View Business' ),
        'search_items'       => __( 'Search Businesses' ),
        'not_found'          => __( 'No businesses found' ),
        'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No businesses found in trash' ),
        'parent'             => __( 'Parent Business' ),
    ),
    'description'           => __( 'This is where you can create new businesses on your site.' ),
    'public'                => true,
    'show_ui'               => true,
    'capability_type'       => 'post',
    'publicly_queryable'    => true,
    'exclude_from_search'   => false,
    'has_archive'           => true,
    'menu_position'         => 2,
    'menu_icon'             => 'dashicons-id',
    'hierarchical'          => true,
    '_builtin'              => false, // It's a custom post type, not built in!
    'rewrite'               => array( 'slug' => 'business-listings/%business_cat%', 'with_front' => true ),
    'query_var'             => true,
    'supports'              => array( 'title', 'editor', 'author', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt', 'trackbacks', 'custom-fields', 'comments', 'revisions' ),
) );


//hook into the init action and call create_book_taxonomies when it fires
add_action( 'init', 'create_product_taxonomies', 0 );
//add_action('admin_init', 'flush_rewrite_rules');

//create two taxonomies, genres and writers for the post type "book"
function create_product_taxonomies() {
    // Add new taxonomy, make it hierarchical (like categories)
    $labels = array(
        'name'              => _x( 'Categories', 'taxonomy general name' ),
        'singular_name'     => _x( 'Category', 'taxonomy singular name' ),
        'search_items'      =>  __( 'Search Categories' ),
        'all_items'         => __( 'All Categories' ),
        'parent_item'       => __( 'Parent Categories' ),
        'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Parent Categories:' ),
        'edit_item'         => __( 'Edit Category' ), 
        'update_item'       => __( 'Update Category' ),
        'add_new_item'      => __( 'Add New Category' ),
        'new_item_name'     => __( 'New Category Name' ),
        'menu_name'         => __( 'Category' ),
    );  

    register_taxonomy( 'business_cat', array( 'business' ), array(
        'hierarchical'  => true,
        'labels'        => $labels,
        'show_ui'       => true,
        'query_var'     => true,
        //'rewrite'     => true,
        'rewrite'       => array( 'slug' => 'business-listings', 'with_front' => true ),
    ) );

    // Add new taxonomy, NOT hierarchical (like tags)
    $labels = array(
        'name'                       => _x( 'Scents', 'taxonomy general name' ),
        'singular_name'              => _x( 'Scent', 'taxonomy singular name' ),
        'search_items'               =>  __( 'Search Scents' ),
        'popular_items'              => __( 'Popular Scents' ),
        'all_items'                  => __( 'All Scents' ),
        'parent_item'                => null,
        'parent_item_colon'          => null,
        'edit_item'                  => __( 'Edit Scent' ), 
        'update_item'                => __( 'Update Scent' ),
        'add_new_item'               => __( 'Add New Scent' ),
        'new_item_name'              => __( 'New Scent Name' ),
        'separate_items_with_commas' => __( 'Separate scents with commas' ),
        'add_or_remove_items'        => __( 'Add or remove scents' ),
        'choose_from_most_used'      => __( 'Choose from the most used scents' ),
        'menu_name'                  => __( 'Scents' ),
    ); 

    register_taxonomy( 'scent', 'business', array(
        'hierarchical'  => false,
        'labels'        => $labels,
        'show_ui'       => true,
        'query_var'     => true,
        //'rewrite'     => array( 'slug' => 'scents' ),
    ) );
}

function wpse_5308_post_type_link( $link, $post ) {
    if ( $post->post_type === 'business' ) {
        if ( $terms = get_the_terms( $post->ID, 'business_cat' ) )
            $link = str_replace( '%business_cat%', current( $terms )->slug, $link );
        else
            $link = str_replace( '%business_cat%', 'uncategorized', $link );
    }

    return $link;
}

add_filter( 'post_type_link', 'wpse_5308_post_type_link', 10, 2 );

All credit goes to TheDeadMedic’s answer, from which I pieced this together from.

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