[CC 1990 §605.010; CC §54.010]
All applications for licenses provided for in this Chapter shall
be filed with the City Collector. The Board of Aldermen shall prescribe
the form of all licenses and applications therefor. Except as otherwise
provided by ordinance, all licenses issued hereunder shall be signed
by the City Clerk under the Seal of the City of Desloge, Missouri,
and the Mayor of the City, and shall be invalid for all purposes unless
so signed.
[CC 1990 §605.020; CC §54.020]
No license or permit provided for or required under any ordinance
of the City shall be issued by any department of the City Government
to any person, firm, association or corporation, until all personal
taxes, merchants and manufacturers taxes, or other license fees, permit
fees, inspection fees or any other financial obligations which are
delinquent and owing to the City by the applicant have been paid.
[CC 1990 §605.030; CC §52.040]
A.
Upon
receipt of such application, the original shall be referred to the
Chief of Police, who shall cause such investigation of the applicant's
business and moral character to be made as he/she deems necessary
for the protection of the public good.
1.
If as a result of such investigation of the applicant's character
or business responsibility is found to be unsatisfactory, the Chief
of Police shall endorse on such application his/her disapproval and
his/her reasons for the same, and return the said application to the
City Clerk, who shall notify the applicant that his/her application
is disapproved and that no permit will be issued.
2.
If as a result of such investigation the character and business responsibility
of the applicant are found to be satisfactory, the Chief of Police
shall endorse on the application his/her approval. Upon receipt of
the approved application the City Clerk, upon payment of the prescribed
permit fee, shall deliver to the applicant his/her permit. The Clerk
shall keep a permanent record of all licenses issued.
[CC 1990 §605.040; Ord. No. 92.007 §1, 3-9-1992; Ord.
No. 2011.29 §1, 12-12-2011]
All occupational and business licenses shall become due and
payable annually on July first (1st) of each year. Sign permits and
fees shall also be payable at the same time business licenses are
issued or renewed.
[CC 1990 §605.050; CC §54.040]
A.
All
licenses required by this Code shall not be issued until approved
by the City Collector. If, for good cause shown, the Collector shall
disapprove the issuance of a license under the provisions of this
Code, or shall fail to act upon same within fifteen (15) days from
the date of the filing of said application, the applicant may within
thirty (30) days following the date of disapproval, submit written
appeal to the Board of Aldermen as hereinafter provided, with right
of hearing, by filing same with the City Clerk who shall thereupon
docket such appeal with the Board of Aldermen for consideration and
decision at the next regular or specially duly convened meeting of
the Board of Aldermen.
B.
It
is further provided that all licensees and/or permittee's, as contemplated
by this Code, shall comply in every respect with the Zoning Ordinance
of the City of Desloge, Missouri.
C.
Upon
approval of application, as herein provided, the City Collector shall
collect the required license fee.
[CC 1990 §605.060; CC §54.050]
The City Collector shall keep a complete and perfect record
of all licenses issued, showing the nature of the licenses, its date
of issuance and expiration, to whom issued, and the full amount exacted
therefor.
[CC 1990 §605.070; CC §54.060]
All licenses granted by the City shall be carefully preserved
and be displayed in a conspicuous place in the place of business authorized
to be conducted by said license.
[CC 1990 §605.080; CC §54.070]
A license may be issued to any corporation, association or partnership,
or to two (2) or more persons engaged in a joint enterprise, the same
as to a single person and for the same fee, except where otherwise
specifically provided.
[CC 1990 §605.090; CC §54.080]
A separate license shall be obtained for each place of business
conducted, operated, maintained or carried on by every person engaged
in the occupation, calling, trade or enterprise, for which a license
is required by the ordinances of the City. The City Collector or City
Clerk shall be notified, in writing, of any change of address of such
place of business within one (1) week of any change.
[CC 1990 §605.100; CC §54.090]
Whenever any applicant for a license is engaged in more than
one (1) occupation or business at the same address, such applicant
may, at his/her option, in lieu of making application and paying a
separate occupation or business license for each such occupation or
business, make application and pay for the occupation or business
license for only the major or principal business or occupation of
the applicant at such address.
[CC 1990 §605.110; CC §54.100]
No license shall be required of anyone or any place of business
engaged in a profession or business who is exempt from same by reason
of a Missouri State Statute.
[CC 1990 §605.120; CC §54.110]
Any person, firm, co-partnership or corporation engaged in any
business, profession, occupation or other calling, shall pay and there
shall be levied and collected for the privilege of doing business,
engaging in the professions, vocations or callings and in the sale
of goods, wares, merchandise incident thereto with the City of Desloge,
Missouri, an annual license fee in the amount, and form of: A fee
of twenty-five dollars fifty cents ($25.50).
[CC 1990 §605.130; CC §54.120]
Nothing in this Chapter contained shall be construed as authorizing
any person to sell intoxicating or non-intoxicating liquors by virtue
of said license.
[CC 1990 §605.140; CC §54.140]
All licenses or occupational taxes required to be paid by any
ordinance of the City shall be deemed delinquent if not paid on the
date such payment is due, and all persons, firms or corporations so
delinquent in the payment of such taxes shall be required to pay an
additional ten percent (10%) of the tax found to be due for the first
(1st) month, or fraction thereof, and one percent (1%) per month for
each month or fraction thereof thereafter such delinquency shall continue,
for a maximum additional penalty of six percent (6%) in any one (1)
year. The penalty provided for in this Section shall be in addition
to any other penalty prescribed by ordinance.
[CC 1990 §605.150; CC §54.150]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in
a business, occupation, pursuit, profession or trade, or in keeping
or maintaining any institution, establishment, utility, article or
commodity, without first procuring and paying for a license to do
so as required by this Chapter.
B.
No
person shall knowingly make a false statement in his/her application
for a license as to any material fact therein contained, or as to
other conditions or factors upon which the license fee is or shall
be based.
[CC 1990 §605.160; CC §54.160]
The Board of Aldermen shall have the power to suspend or revoke
any license granted under the terms and provisions of this Chapter
whenever it shall be shown or whenever they have knowledge that a
licensee hereunder is in violation of the terms and provisions of
this Chapter or a licensee is conducting said business, occupation
or calling in violation of any ordinance of the City of Desloge, Missouri.
Where action of suspension or revocation is to be taken pursuant to
this Section, the licensee shall have five (5) days' written notice
of the Board of Aldermen's intention to suspend or revoke the license
prior to the hearing on such suspension or revocation, which notice
shall be directed by certified U.S. mail to the business office of
licensee as shown on his/her application for license on file, and
shall specify the grounds upon which the license is sought to be suspended
or revoked. No license may be suspended for a period in excess of
sixty (60) days.
[CC 1990 §605.170; CC §54.170]
A.
Any
person, firm, co-partnership or corporation engaging in any business,
profession, trade or occupation, as herein specified, without first
paying the license fee and securing a license therefor as required
by this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00)
nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment not
exceeding ninety (90) days.
B.
Any
person, firm, co-partnership or corporation violating any other provision
of this Chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine
of not less than ten dollars ($10.00), nor more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00) for each such separate violation.
C.
Any person, firm, co-partnership or corporation violating any order of the Board of Aldermen of suspension or revocation issued pursuant to Section 605.160 of this Chapter by continuing to engage in business during the term of the suspension or after revocation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor (and each day's violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense), and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each day of such violation.
[CC 1990 §550.020; CC §46.020]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or operate a mobile home
park within the limits of the City, unless such person shall first
obtain a license therefor.
B.
Any
mobile home park now in existence shall be permitted to operate as
it is operating at the time of the passage of this Chapter; provided
however, that the owner or operator of said mobile home park shall
within ninety (90) days of the passage of this Chapter submit in duplicate
to the City Clerk a plat of said mobile home park showing the location
of the mobile homes now located or proposed. In the event no such
plat is furnished within ninety (90) days the said mobile home park
shall be subject to all the rules and regulations provided for in
this Chapter pertaining to a newly established mobile home park.
[CC 1990 §550.030; CC §46.030; Ord. No. 95.006 §1, 4-10-1995; Ord. No. 2014.17 §1, 7-14-2014]
The annual fee for such license shall be twenty-five dollars
($25.00), plus five dollars ($5.00) for each trailer coach over five
(5) spaces for which accommodations exist. If the number is increased
this shall be reported to the Clerk, and the additional fee, if any,
necessitated by such increase shall be paid before such additional
spaces are put to use. When a license is applied for or accommodations
are increased during the license year, the fee shall be prorated on
the basis of the number of months remaining in the license year. A
license year shall be from July 1 to June 31.
[CC 1990 §550.040; CC §46.040]
A.
Application
for an initial mobile home park license shall be filed with and issued
by the City Clerk. The application shall be in writing, signed by
the applicant and shall include the following:
1.
The name and address of the applicant.
2.
The location and legal description of the mobile home park.
4.
Plans and specifications of all buildings, improvements and facilities
constructed within the mobile home park.
5.
Such further information as may be requested by the City Clerk to
enable him/her to determine if the proposed park will comply with
legal requirements.
B.
The
application and all accompanying plans and specifications shall be
filed in triplicate. The City Clerk shall investigate the applicant
and inspect the application and the proposed plans and specifications.
If the applicant is of good moral character, and the proposed mobile
home park, will, when constructed or altered in accordance with such
plans and specifications be in compliance with all provisions of this
Chapter and all other applicable ordinances and Statutes, the City
Clerk shall approve the applications, and upon completion of the park
according to the plans shall issue the license.
C.
Upon
application in writing by a license for renewal of a license and upon
payment of the transfer fee of five dollars ($5.00), the City Clerk
shall issue a transfer if the transferee is of good moral character.
[CC 1990 §550.180; CC §46.180]
The City Clerk may revoke any license to maintain and operate
a park when the licensee has been found guilty by a court of competent
jurisdiction of violation of any provision of this Chapter. After
such conviction, the license may be reissued if the circumstances
leading to conviction have been remedied and the park is being maintained
and operated in full compliance with law.
[CC 1990 §550.190; CC §46.190]
The license certificate or temporary permit shall be conspicuously
posted in the office of or on the premises of the mobile park at all
times.
