It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to
engage in any business or occupation in the City of Mosby without
having first applied for and obtained a license to conduct such business
or occupation from the City Clerk and without paying the license fee
therefor, all as provided for in this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 9502-3 §1, 9-5-2002]
A. All
applications for the licenses required herein shall be made to the
Board of Aldermen on appropriate forms provided for that purpose by
the City. All licenses shall be approved by the Board of Aldermen
and issued by the City Clerk. They shall be in such form as is provided
by the Board of Aldermen; provided however, that such license shall
bear the signature of the Mayor of the Board of Aldermen and the City
Clerk; the date of issuance thereof and the date of expiration, as
well as any additional information that may be required by the Board
of Aldermen.
B. Each
applicant for a business license under this Chapter shall submit a
statement from the Missouri Department of Revenue pursuant to Section
144.083.4, RSMo., stating no tax is due, which statement is a prerequisite
to the issuance or renewal of a City business license. The statement
required by this Section shall be dated within ninety (90) days of
submission of the business license application or renewal application.
[Ord. No. 3-2012, 8-2-2012]
Every person engaged in the operation of a business or the providing
of a service for hire within the corporate limits of the City of Mosby,
Missouri, shall pay the annual license fee of seventy-five dollars
($75.00). This shall be in effect as of July 1, 2013.
No license issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall
be assignable or transferable, but shall apply only to the person
to whom same is issued. In the event any licensee, as provided for
herein, shall move his/her place of business from one location to
another location within the City, said licensee shall submit a statement
of the fact of such change to the City Clerk, who may transfer such
license as to location only. In no event, however, shall such license
be transferred from one person to another or from the kind of business
or occupation originally licensed to another type of business or occupation.
The term of the licenses issued pursuant to the provisions of
this Chapter shall be from July first (1st) of one (1) year to June
thirtieth (30th) of the succeeding year. In the event any licensee
hereunder shall commence business on or after January first (1st),
the City Clerk shall issue such license at the rate of one-half (½)
of the license fee for such six (6) month period of January first
(1st) to June thirtieth (30th), or fraction thereof.
All applications for renewal of a license provided for herein
shall be filed no later than June first (1st) of each year.
Each license issued by the City under the provisions of this
Chapter shall be carefully preserved and shall be displayed in a conspicuous
place in the place of business authorized to be conducted by said
license. If there is no place of business said license shall be carried
on the licensee's person.
The provisions of this Chapter shall under no circumstances
be construed to require a license or a license fee for any business,
occupation, pursuit or profession for which the City may be prohibited
by law from licensing or requiring a fee for said license.