[R.O. 1994 § 615.010; Ord. No. 88-12A § 1, 6-14-1988]
Every person, firm, company, or corporation now or hereafter engaged in the business of furnishing exchange telephone service in the City of Lake Ozark, Missouri, shall pay the said City as an annual license tax, five percent (5%) of the gross receipts derived from the furnishing of such service within said City, as hereinafter set forth.
[R.O. 1994 § 615.020; Ord. No. 88-12A § 2, 6-14-1988]
All such persons, firms, companies or corporations mentioned in Section 615.010 hereof shall file with the City Clerk of said City on or before the last day of the month, a sworn statement of the gross receipts derived by such persons, firm, company or corporation from the furnishing of such service during the preceding month. At the time of filing any such statement, the person, firm, company or corporation involved shall pay to the City Collector of the said City five percent (5%) of such gross receipts. Gross receipts derived from the furnishing of such service to said City or any other municipal or governmental unit located in the said City shall not be included in the foregoing statement, nor shall any tax be due on such gross receipts. The telephone company shall have the privilege of crediting such sums as may be due hereunder with any unpaid balance due said company for telephone service rendered or facilities furnished to said City.
[R.O. 1994 § 615.030; Ord. No. 88-12A § 3, 6-14-1988]
The first payment of tax provided for herein shall be due and payable on June 30, 1988, and shall be for the period from January 1, 1988, to June 30, 1988, said first payment to be reduced by an amount which may heretofore have been paid for the period from January 1, 1988, to June 30, 1988. Thereafter, monthly payments are to be received.
[R.O. 1994 § 615.040; Ord. No. 88-12A § 4, 6-14-1988]
The payments required by the provisions of this Article shall be in lieu of all other excises, charges, exactions, rentals, impositions, or other license or occupation taxes heretofore imposed upon any persons, firm, company or corporation engaged in the business described in Section 615.010; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt such person, firm, company or corporation from any general or special ad valorem tax imposed upon the public generally by said City.
[R.O. 1994 § 615.050; Ord. No. 88-12A § 5, 6-14-1988]
All such persons, firms, companies, or corporation mentioned in Section 615.010 at the request of any person shall remove or raise or lower its wires temporarily to permit the moving of houses or other bulky structures. The expense of such temporary removal, raising or lowering of wires shall be paid by the party or parties requesting such raising or lowering of wires, and payment in advance may be required. Not less than forty-eight (48) hours' advance notice shall be given to arrange for such temporary wire changes.
[R.O. 1994 § 615.060; Ord. No. 88-12A § 6, 6-14-1988]
The right is hereby granted to all such persons, firms, companies, or corporations mentioned in Section 615.010 to trim trees, brush, or hedges upon and overhanging the streets, alleys, sidewalks, and public places of said City, so as to prevent foliage from coming in contact with the telephone wires and cables, all of said trimming to be done under the supervision and direction of the Governing Body of said City or of any City Official to whom said duties have been or may be delegated.
[R.O. 1994 § 620.010; Ord. No. 88-13A § 1, 6-14-1988]
Every person, firm or corporation, now and hereafter engaged in the business of supplying or furnishing electricity, electrical power and electrical service for compensation for any purpose in the City of Lake Ozark, Missouri, shall pay to said City, as a license or occupational tax, a sum equal to five percent (5%) of the gross receipts derived from the operation of such business within said City.
[R.O. 1994 § 620.020; Ord. No. 88-13A § 2, 6-14-1988]
Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business hereinbefore set forth, in the City of Lake Ozark, Missouri, is hereby required to file with the City Clerk of the City of Lake Ozark, Missouri, on or before the last day of the month, a sworn statement showing the gross receipts derived from transaction of such business in the City of Lake Ozark, during the preceding month. The first payment of tax provided for herein shall be due and payable on June 30, 1988, and shall be for the period from January 1, 1988, to June 30, 1988, said first payment to be reduced by any amount which may heretofore have been paid for the period from January 1, 1988, to June 30, 1988. Thereafter, monthly payments are to be received. At the same time a payment to the City Clerk of the amount of tax hereinbefore set forth, providing however, that it shall not be necessary to include in such statement nor calculate the tax upon any receipts derived from any such service furnished to the City of Lake Ozark, or any other governmental unit therein.
[R.O. 1994 § 620.030; Ord. No. 88-13A § 3, 6-14-1988]
The City Clerk or his/her deputies shall be and are hereby authorized to investigate the correctness and accuracy of the statement so filed and for that purpose shall have access at all reasonable times to the books, documents, papers, and records of any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business, making such return in order to ascertain the accuracy thereof.
[R.O. 1994 § 620.040; Ord. No. 88-13A § 4, 6-14-1988]
The tax required to be paid by the provisions of this Article shall be in lieu of all other excise, license or occupation taxes upon any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business described in Section 615.070 hereof; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section shall be so construed as to exempt any person, firm or corporation to which this Section is applicable from payment to the City of Lake Ozark, of the tax which the City of Lake Ozark levies upon the real and personal property belonging to any such person, firm or corporation.
[R.O. 1994 § 620.050; Ord. No. 88-13A § 5, 6-14-1988]
Any person, firm or corporation engaged in any business to which this Chapter applies and who shall violate any of the provisions hereof shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation and upon conviction shall be fined as set out in Section 100.220 of this Code.