[R.O. 2012 §605.010; CC 1981 §54.010; Ord No. 3031
§605.010, 6-14-1993]
A.
There shall be hereby charged a flat rate fee of twenty-five dollars
($25.00) to every person, firm or corporation who shall sell or offer
to sell any goods or merchandise of any kind within the City of Bloomfield,
at retail, who has not heretofore received a license under any of
the provisions of this Chapter, or other ordinances of the City of
Bloomfield, shall pay a license tax as set in this Section. This Section
is not limited to the sale of goods and merchandise, but shall extend
to and include services as shown below:
[Ord. No. 04-18, 4-16-2018]
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Business
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Agriculture supplies
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Appliances and TV sales
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Amusement facilities with pool tables only
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Amusement sales and supplies
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Animal groomers
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Animal kennels
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Antique dealers
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Asphalt sealers
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Auctioneers
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Auto repair and/or auto body shop
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Auto parts
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Automobile and truck, salesmen or dealers, provided they or
the firm for which they work are not otherwise taxed under this chapter
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Bakery shops
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Banks
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Barber shops
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Beauty shops
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Beverage distributors
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Book dealers
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Bookkeeping services
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Boat sales and service
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Bowling alleys
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Building and construction companies
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Business machine sales and service
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Cabinet makers
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Car lot - new car sales and repair
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Car washing establishments
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Carpet and rug dealers
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Carpet and rug cleaners
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Caterers
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Children's clothing stores (new or used)
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Concrete construction
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Convenience stores
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Day-care provider (group care or day-care centers only)
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Drapery and curtain sales
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Dry wall contractors
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Drug stores with prescription services
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Eating establishments
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Exercise and/or massage parlor
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Electricians
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Excavation, ditching or drainage contractors
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Fabric shops
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Farm implements, sales and service
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Feed stores
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Flower and/or gift shop
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Food sales
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Frozen food sales or lockers
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Funeral directors
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Furniture stores
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Gasoline stations
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Gasoline stations with groceries and eating facilities
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Golf cart sales and/or repair
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Grain elevators, with or without feed
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Grain storage only
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Grocery stores
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Gun shops
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Hardware stores
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Heating and air conditioning sales and service
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Hobby and/or craft shops
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Hotels or motels with eating facilities
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Hotels or motels without eating facilities
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House trailer rental space
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Insurance agents, real estate agents, bond salesmen, alone or
combined except one agency shall pay one tax only
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Jewelers
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Junk dealers
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Laundry and/or cleaning
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Laundry self-service
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Liquor stores
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Lumber yards
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Machine shops
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Magazine sales
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Manufactured Home Park
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Meat processing plants
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Men and women's clothing stores (new or used)
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Mobile home sales
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New car sales and service
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Office supply sales
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Optical goods sales
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Painting or papering, decorators or contractors
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Paving contractors
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Pawnbrokers
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Pest control services
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Pet shops
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Photographic shop or studio
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Pinball game rooms and pool halls
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Plasterers
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Plumbers
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Pool halls
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Printing - job and/or newspaper
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Produce stores with spraying, feed and other sidelines
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Public accountants
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Radio communications equipment and services
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Ready-mix concrete sales
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Real estate sales
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Recreational Vehicle Park
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Roofers
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Seed corn sales
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Shoe repair
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Stockyards - sales in all animals
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Storage building sales
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Street pavers
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Tank wagon sales in gasoline or fuel oil
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Tanning salons
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Taverns
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Telephone sales and services
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Theaters
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Tire dealers
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Trailer sales
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Trash hauling
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Tree services
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TV repair and/or radio repair
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Variety stores
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Vacuum cleaner sales and service
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Video stores
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Watch repair
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Welding shop only
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Welding shop and implement sales
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B.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall in the City of Bloomfield
hold for sale at auction any merchandise, except as hereinafter provided
or conduct what is commonly known as an auction store upon the street,
avenue or alley within the City.
C.
All persons having established places of business who are not taxed
under any of the provisions of this Section or the ordinances of the
City of Bloomfield who deal in the selling of cigars, candy, newspapers,
magazines, or any other commodities.
[R.O. 2012 §605.020; Ord. No. 2025; CC 1981 §54.030; Ord. No. 3032 §605.020, 6-14-1993]
A.
No person, or persons, firms or corporations shall engage in any
of the businesses or occupations named and mentioned in this Chapter
without first applying for and obtaining and having in his/her, their
or its possession and publicly displayed in his/her, their or its
place of business, if any, the license or licenses required and provided
for in this Chapter, which said license and licenses shall have been
fully paid for and in effect for the time or period during which the
business or occupation is being carried on and engaged in.
B.
Licenses are due no later than the 31st day of December each year
for the following year or within fourteen (14) days after said person,
firm, or corporation commences business.
[R.O. 2012 §605.030; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §54.040]
Every license shall state the location at which the business
or occupation is to be established or engaged in, and upon moving
to a new location the licensee shall procure from the City Clerk a
removal permit stating the new location, which permit shall be issued
without any additional charge.
[R.O. 2012 §605.040; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §54.050]
Every license shall specifically state the name of the person,
persons, firms or corporations to whom it is issued, the amount of
the license tax, and the date of the issuance and the term for which
it is issued. No license shall authorize any holder thereof to carry
on business at more than one (1) place at the same time.
A.
All
applications for licenses shall be made in writing to the City Clerk,
and the amount of the license or licenses shall be paid to the City
Clerk at the time such applications are made. All licenses required
by this Chapter shall be prepared by the City Clerk.
[R.O. 2012 §605.050; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §54.060; Ord. No. 3086 §605.050, 9-8-1997; Ord. No. 09-15 §1, 8-17-2015]
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.
[R.O. 2012 §605.060; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §54.070]
Any person who shall make a false certificate or who shall violate
any of the provisions of this Chapter, and the managing officer of
any corporation which shall make a false affidavit or which shall
violate any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of an
ordinance violation, and upon such conviction shall be fined not less
than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00),
and at the election of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Bloomfield
the license or licenses of any such person, or persons, firms or corporations,
after any such conviction, may be revoked and no new or other license
shall be issued to such person, persons, firms or corporations unless
the majority of the Board of Aldermen vote in favor thereof. Each
day that any person, or persons, firms or corporations shall continue
to operate or engage in any business or occupation without a valid
and current license shall be a separate offense.
[R.O. 2012 §605.070; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §54.080]
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes any and all persons who are now or who shall be
hereafter engaged in the retail selling of any and all articles of
merchandise.
[R.O. 2012 §605.080; Ord. No. 3042 §§1 — 3, 8-28-1993]
A.
No license required under the provisions of this Chapter shall be
issued by the Finance Department to any person until such person produces
a copy of a certificate of insurance for workers' compensation coverage
if the applicant for the license is required to cover his/her liability
under Chapter 287, RSMo. It is further made a violation of this Section
to provide fraudulent information to the Department.
B.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to create or constitute
a liability to or a cause of action against the City in regard to
the issuance or nonissuance of any license for failure to provide
evidence of workers' compensation coverage.
C.
The Finance Department is directed to take appropriate actions including
altering the license application form to require a statement and evidence
of workers' compensation insurance.
[R.O. 2012 §605.090; Ord. No. 3081 §1, 4-14-1997]
No person, firm, business, corporation, partnership, or any
other type business establishment that is required to have a merchant's
license to operate such business in the City of Bloomfield shall be
issued or allowed to purchase a merchant's license if they are in
arrears on the following indebtedness owing to the City of Bloomfield,
including, real estate taxes, personal property taxes, vehicle registration,
fees, or merchant's license owing to the City of Bloomfield.
[R.O. 2012 §605.100; Ord. No. 3151 §1, 11-13-2006]
Every person, firm, company, corporation or entity engaged in
the business of supplying telephones, and telecommunications and telephonic
service, and telecommunications services, within the City shall pay
as a license tax a sum equal to five percent (5%) of the gross receipt
from such business.
