[R.O. 2008 §120.100; Ord. No. 528, 12-27-1960]
For the purpose of this Article, the term "manufacturer" shall mean every person, corporation, co-partnership or association of persons in the City of Olivette who shall hold or purchase personal property for the purpose of adding to the value thereof by any process of manufacturing, refining or by the combination of different materials.
[R.O. 2008 §120.102; Ord. No. 528, 12-27-1960]
Every person, corporation, co-partnership or association of persons hereinabove defined to be a manufacturer shall, before doing business in the City of Olivette, obtain a license therefor from the City under the provisions of this Article.
[R.O. 2008 §120.104; Ord. No. 729, 11-9-1965; Ord. No. 1372, 10-27-1981; Ord. No. 2714, 12-15-2020]
A. 
It shall be the duty of every manufacturer in the City of Olivette during the month of April of each year to furnish to the City a statement of the aggregate amount of all sales made during the year next preceding the first (1st) Monday of January, which said statement shall also contain, separately categorized, the amount of receipts of taxes levied by the State and Federal Government and collected by the manufacturer.
B. 
Such statement shall be in writing and signed by either an authorized officer of the corporation, a partner or owner or other authorized person stating that such statement contains a just and true account of the sales made.
[R.O. 2008 §120.106; Ord. No. 936, 12-22-1970; Ord. No. 1357, 5-26-1981; Ord. No. 2714, 12-15-2020]
There shall be levied and collected the sum of one dollar ($1.00) on each one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of sales made by such manufacturer, excluding therefrom sums representing receipt of taxes levied by the State and Federal Government and collected by the manufacturer; provided however, that no license shall be issued under the provisions of this Article for a sum less than fifty dollars ($50.00), which sum shall be paid by each manufacturer doing a business of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) or less per annum. The said tax herein provided shall be paid to the City on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of May each year.
[R.O. 2008 §120.108; Ord. No. 528, 12-27-1960; Ord. No. 2714, 12-15-2020]
The City shall furnish licenses for manufacturers, which said license form shall acknowledge the payment to the City of the fees prescribed by this Article, describe the nature of the business and authorize such business to be conducted in the City of Olivette until the fifteenth (15th) day of the following May. Copies of all licenses issued, together with the signed statements required by this Article, shall be kept in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Olivette.