Article II: Miscellaneous Business Regulations

[R.O. 2011 § 605.100; R.O. 2010 § 605.150; CC 1975 § 591.05; 2nd Ser. Ord. No. 34 § 6, 11-5-1973]

Permit Required. It shall be unlawful for any person or firm to engage in the business or occupation of trimming, pruning, treating, or removing street or park trees within the City without first applying for and procuring a permit. The permit fee shall be ten dollars ($10.00) annually, in advance. No permit shall be required of any public service company or City employee doing such work in the pursuit of public service endeavors.

Insurance Required. Before any license shall be issued, each applicant shall first file evidence of possession of liability insurance the minimum amounts of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) for bodily injury and five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) property damage indemnifying the City or any person injured or damaged resulting from the pursuit of such endeavors as herein described.

Qualifications. Applicants shall also demonstrate knowledge and proficiency necessary for such trimming, pruning, treating, or removing of trees before permit is issued, if so desired by the City Tree Committee or the Board of Aldermen.

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Cross Reference: For penalty, § 100.220.

Section 605.110 Garage/Yard Sales.

[R.O. 2011 § 605.110; R.O. 2010 § 605.160; Ord. No. 896 § 1, 7-17-2006; Ord. No. 1478, 7-7-2025]

Definition. For purposes of this Section, the term "garage/yard sale" shall mean any type of private sale of personal or household goods or property held at any residence.

No individual garage/yard sale shall last longer than seventy-two (72) hours. No goods and merchandise may be displayed or stored outside other than during the aforementioned seventy-two-hour period.

Any and all temporary signage may be erected twenty-four (24) hours before the sale and must be removed within twenty-four (24) hours after the sale.

No signs shall be placed in the right-of-way. If signs are placed in the right-of-way or posted on traffic signs, utility poles etc., the City may send a notice to the person holding the garage sale to remove the signs or the City may remove the signs without notice.

Any violation of this Section may subject the seller, property owner, agent, lessee, renter, occupant or any resident to prosecution in the Associate Court of the 20th Judicial Circuit.

Section 605.115 Food Trucks.

[Ord. No. 1400, 9-19-2022]

As used herein the term "food truck" shall mean the following: "A motorized vehicle, or cart or trailer pulled by a motorized vehicle, which may temporarily park in an area designated by this Section and engage in the service, sale, or distribution of ready-to-eat food for individual portion service to the general public directly from the vehicle upon issuance of a license and conformance with the regulations established by this Section."

The owner of an existing restaurant, having a business license in good standing, located within the corporate limits of the City of Owensville, Missouri, may obtain a business license to operate a mobile food truck. The fee for said license shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00) per annum, and shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Sections 605.050 through 605.090 of the City's Municipal Code.

Any licensee under this Section shall maintain proof of an insurance policy, in the amount of fifty thousand dollars/one hundred thousand dollars/ten thousand dollars ($50,000.00/$100,000.00/$ 10,000.00) issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the State, covering all claims for damages to property and bodily injury, including death, which may arise from operation under or in connection with the license or permit. Such insurance shall name the City as an additional insured and shall provide that the policy shall not terminate or be canceled prior to the expiration date without thirty (30) days' advance written notice to the City.

All food truck vendor licenses issued under this Section shall be kept conspicuously posted on the food truck at all times, in a location visible from the serving window.

All food trucks shall be subjected to any reasonably required inspections by the City, Gasconade County Health Department, and any other applicable regulatory authority.

Food trucks must be attended at all times unless parked at the location where they are housed, whether they are serving food or not.

Food trucks shall operate only between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., unless they are operating as part of an authorized specific event.

Food trucks when operating must only use private off-street parking, unless otherwise authorized for a specific event. Written authorization must be given by the owner of the private off-street parking before the food truck can begin operating. When a food truck is parked on private off-street parking, the property must still have sufficient parking available to serve the businesses and/or entities served by said parking area. The granting of permission to use a private off-street parking space is not to be interpreted as entitling the food truck licensee to an exclusive use of said parking space.

Food trucks shall provide sufficient trash receptacles during their operation, and all trash must be removed when the food truck finishes operations for the day.

No food truck may be operated within five hundred (500) feet of an existing restaurant building during the restaurant's normal operating hours, unless the street is closed for a specific authorized event.

During authorized special events, no food truck that is not participating in said special event, shall be located within five hundred (500) feet of any area being used as part of the special event.

No alcohol shall be served from any food truck within the City.

Nothing in this Section is intended to prevent the sale of items such as cookies and popcorn, by any charity or not-for-profit organization, for purposes of raising funds for a not-for-profit cause.

Any violation of this Section, or any other provision of the City's Municipal Code of Ordinances shall be grounds for revocation of any license issued hereunder. Further, violations shall be subject to the fines and penalties authorized by Section 100.220 of the City's Municipal Code, as the same may be amended or supplanted.