[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020[1]]
A. 
Subject to the Sections following, it shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, or entity, either directly or through an agent, officers, or employees, to exercise, carry on or engage in any occupation, trade, business, agency, or vocation within the corporate limits of the City of Lexington, without first taking out and having a license therefor.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code and except where contrary to state or Federal law:
1. 
All occupations, pursuits, professions, trades, merchants, businesses, maintaining a business office, avocation office, or agencies within the City, shall hereby procure an occupation/business license and pay a license fee computed as determined in Section 13-4.
2. 
Every person/owner, whether or not located in the City, desiring to engage in any business, profession or occupation in the City shall be required to obtain an occupation/business license before engaging in such activity.
3. 
Every agent, general contractor, subcontractor, or representative of any person desiring to engage in or to continue to engage in any business, profession or occupation shall be responsible for the compliance of such person in acquiring an occupation/business license as required by this Chapter.
4. 
Each individual gambling device, including pre-reveal gambling devices, is considered to be an individual business and as such requires a license for each machine or device.
5. 
No license granted by the City shall be assigned or transferred.
[1]
Editor’s Note: This ordinance repealed former Art. I, General Business Regulations, adopted and/or amended by Ord. of 5-11-1971, §§ 1 — 13, and as further amended.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020]
For the purposes of this Article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Section:
AGENT
A person or firm who has been legally empowered to act on behalf of another person or an entity.
AIRBNB
A non-hosted lodging rental that does not provide the true B&B experience.
ENTITY
An association, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, trust, or individual that has legal standing in the eyes of law. A legal entity has legal capacity to enter into agreements or contracts, assume obligations, incur and pay debts, sue and be sued in its own right, and to be held responsible for its actions.
GAMBLING DEVICE
1. 
SLOT MACHINEIncluding "pre-reveal", or any other machine or mechanical device, an essential part of which is a drum or reel with insignia thereon, and when operated by the insertion of a coin or other object operates either completely automatically or with the aid of some physical act by the player and:
a. 
May deliver, as the result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property; or
b. 
By the operation of which a person may become entitled to receive, as the result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property.
2. 
Any other machine or mechanical device designed and manufactured primarily for use in connection with gambling; and
a. 
Which when operated may deliver, as the result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property; or
b. 
By the operation of which a person may become entitled to receive, as the result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property.
3. 
Exception: Machine dispensers of lottery tickets, scratch-off lottery tickets, policy slips and other items used in the playing phases of lottery and policy schemes legal in the State of Missouri are not gambling devices within this definition.
MERCHANT
Used in the following sections, shall be construed to include every person, corporation, copartnership, agency, home business, manufacturer, processor, entity or association of persons doing business of any kind, either directly or indirectly, from or on any premises in, or anywhere within, the City of Lexington, unless specified as an exempt business or occupation through State or City ordinance exemption.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020]
A. 
Businesses or Professions That Are Exempt From Any Municipal Business License Fees.
Business Type
Exemption Authority
Audiologist (clinical) and speech-language pathologist
345.055, RSMo. (exempt for services only)
Certified public accountant (CPA)
71.620.1, RSMo.
Chiropodist (podiatrist)
71.620.1, RSMo.
Chiropractor
71.620.1, RSMo.
Christian Science practitioner
71.620.1, RSMo.
College professor
71.620.1, RSMo.
Credit union
148.620.3, RSMo.
Dentist
71.620.1, RSMo.
Farmers, producer or producers, are exempt from any tax, license or fees for the sale of produce raised by him, her or them, when sold from his, her or their wagon, cart or vehicle, or from any person or persons in the employ of such farmer or producer
71.630, RSMo.
Lawyer
71.620.1, RSMo.
Minister of the gospel
71.620.1, RSMo.
Nursing home (all care)
198.018.6, RSMo.
Optometrist
71.620.1, RSMo.
Physician
71.620.1, RSMo.
Priest
71.620.1, RSMo.
Private investigator
Licensed under Sections 324.1100 to 324.1148, RSMo.
Psychologist
337.070, RSMo.
Savings and loan
148.620.3, RSMo.
Surgeon
71.620.1, RSMo.
Teacher
71.620.1, RSMo.
Delivery: No license shall be required of any person for any delivery in the City of any property purchased or acquired in good faith from any person at any regular place of business outside the City where no intent by such person is shown to exist to evade the provisions of this Chapter
Council
No religious, benevolent or educational society located in this City shall be required to pay any license to conduct any kind of entertainment or to serve refreshments of any kind in any public building in this City
Council
Any business, home-based business or occupation, with annual gross receipts less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00), exempt
Council
Any consignors of flea markets or craft malls which lease spaces and pay the owner a commission for merchandise sold are exempt
Council
B. 
Businesses Or Occupations Otherwise Exempt - Required To Have A Business License If They Have An Office Or Business In The City Of Lexington.
Business or Occupation
Missouri Revised Statues/Exemption Authority
Architect
71.620.2, RSMo.
Audiologist (clinical) and speech-language pathologist
345.055, RSMo. (are exempt for services only)
Auctioneer
71.620.2, RSMo.
Professional engineer
71.620.2, RSMo.
Insurance agent
71.620.2, RSMo.
Insurance broker
71.620.2, RSMo.
Investment funds service corporation
71.620.1, RSMo.
Land surveyor
71.620.2, RSMo.
Real estate broker
71.620.2, RSMo.
Real estate salesman
71.620.2, RSMo.
Veterinarian
71.620.2, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020; Ord. No. 2021-09, 5-25-2021]
Type of License
Amount of Fee
Merchant/business license
$40
Gambling devices
$150 each device on location
Contractors - General, bridge, stone, street, plumbing, electrical, and building contractors, including roofers, carpenters, floor layers, plumbers, general repair, insulators, electricians, heating and cooling contractors and cabinetmakers. Before obtaining an occupational license, electrical contractors must take and pass a City electrician's exam (for residential work only) or show proof of their valid Missouri electrical contractor's license.
$40
Subcontractors - General, bridge, stone, street, plumbing, electrical, and building contractors, including roofers, carpenters, floor layers, plumbers, general repair, insulators, electricians, heating and cooling contractors and cabinetmakers. Before obtaining an occupational license, electrical contractors must take and pass a City electrician's exam (for residential work only) or show proof of their valid Missouri electrical contractor's license.
$40
Garage sales
$1.00; Gross sales over $2,500 yearly requires merchant license: $40
See Section 22A-2 for details
Utility companies (not including video service providers)
Of every kind (gas, electric, water, phone,) shall pay a fee of five percent (5%) of total gross receipts, but not less than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) per year.
Video service providers
Five percent (5%) of total gross receipts
Ref: Section 67.2689, RSMo.
Fees for license to sell alcoholic beverages
See Chapter 4, Section 4-22
Fee for sale of cigarettes
See Chapter 7, Sections 7-2 and 7-3
Lodging establishments, including but not limited to bed-and-breakfast, Airbnb rooms, hotels, motels, RV parks
$40 Conditions apply. Before license issue see Section 29-39.
Each type of medical marijuana facility shall be required to have a City business license but shall not be required to have any other City-issued license.
$40 each facility (dispensaries, cultivation, manufacturing/processing, transportation, testing)
Hemp — non-medical cannabis
$40 each process (cultivation, manufacturing/processing, wholesale and/or retail hemp products sales)
Fireworks — only local, non-profit, religious or community service organization are permitted to sell fireworks within the City
$50. Good only for the periods of 20th day of June through the 10th day of July and from the 2nd day of December through the 2nd day of January of the next year. [Ref Chapter 9, Section 9-46(A)]
[Ord. No. 2021-09, 5-25-2021; Ord. No. 2023-02, 3-14-2023]
A. 
Definitions.
1. 
Any term not specifically defined in this Section shall have the definition set forth in Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution, if any.
2. 
Specific Definitions. Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the meaning set forth herein.
ADMINISTER
The direct application of marijuana to a qualifying patient by way of any of the following methods:
a. 
Ingestion of capsules, teas, oils, and other marijuana-infused products;
b. 
Vaporization or smoking of dried flowers, buds, plant material, extracts, or oils;
c. 
Application of ointments or balms;
d. 
Transdermal patches and suppositories; or
e. 
Consuming marijuana-infused food products.
CHURCH
A permanent building primarily and regularly used as a place of religious worship.
COMPREHENSIVE FACILITY
A comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility, comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility, or a comprehensive marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
COMPREHENSIVE MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY
A facility licensed by the Department to acquire, cultivate, process, package, store on-site or off-site, transport to or from, and sell marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as "clones") to a medical facility, comprehensive facility, or marijuana testing facility. A comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility need not segregate or account for its marijuana products as either non-medical marijuana or medical marijuana. A comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility's authority to process marijuana shall include the creation of prerolls, but shall not include the manufacture of marijuana-infused products.
COMPREHENSIVE MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITY
A facility licensed by the Department to acquire, process, package, store on-site or off-site, sell, transport to or from, and deliver marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as "clones"), marijuana-infused products, and drug paraphernalia used to administer marijuana as provided for in this Section to a qualifying patient or primary caregiver, as those terms are defined in Section 1 of Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution, or to a consumer, anywhere on the licensed property or to any address as directed by the patient, primary caregiver, or consumer and consistent with the limitations of this Article and as otherwise allowed by law, to a comprehensive facility, a marijuana testing facility, or a medical facility. Comprehensive dispensary facilities may receive transaction orders at the dispensary directly from the consumer in person, by phone, or via the internet, including from a third party. A comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility need not segregate or account for its marijuana products as either non-medical marijuana or medical marijuana, but shall collect all appropriate tangible personal property sales tax for each sale, as set forth in this Article and provided for by general or local law. A comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility's authority to process marijuana shall include the creation of prerolls.
COMPREHENSIVE MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY
A facility licensed by the Department to acquire, process, package, store, manufacture, transport to or from a medical facility, comprehensive facility, or marijuana testing facility, and sell marijuana-infused products, prerolls, and infused prerolls to a marijuana dispensary facility, a marijuana testing facility, or another marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility. A comprehensive marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility need not segregate or account for its marijuana products as either non-medical marijuana or medical marijuana.
CONSTITUTION
The Constitution of the State of Missouri.
CONSUMER
A person who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
DAY CARE
A child care facility, as defined by Section 215.201, RSMo., or successor provisions, that is licensed by the State of Missouri.
DEPARTMENT
The Department of Health and Senior Services, or its successor agency.
DIRECTLY
For the purpose of this Chapter the term "directly" shall mean the shortest possible practicable route from the medical marijuana facility to the permitted destination or destinations, without any voluntary detours or additional stops.
ENCLOSED, LOCKED FACILITY
a. 
An indoor stationary closet, room, garage, greenhouse, or other comparable fully enclosed space equipped with locks or other functioning security devices that permit access only to the qualifying patient(s) or primary caregiver(s) who have informed the Department that this is the space where they will cultivate marijuana; or
b. 
An outdoor stationary structure:
[1] 
That is enclosed on all sides, except at the base, by chain-link fencing, wooden slats, or a similar material that is anchored, attached or affixed to the ground and that cannot be accessed from the top;
[2] 
In which the plants are not visible to the unaided eye from an adjacent property when viewed by an individual at ground level or from a permanent structure at any level; and
[3] 
That is equipped with locks or other security devices that restrict access to only the qualifying patient(s) or primary caregiver(s) who have informed the Department that this is the space where they will cultivate marijuana.
FINE
When used herein shall mean a monetary fine imposed by the Municipal Court for this City.
MARIJUANA BUSINESS
Any facility licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services under the authority granted by Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution.
MARIJUANA DISPENSARY
Either a medical marijuana dispensary, a comprehensive marijuana dispensary, or a microbusiness as those terms are defined in Art. XIV of the Missouri Constitution.
MARIJUANA FACILITY
A medical marijuana facility or a comprehensive facility as that term is defined by Art. XIV, Section 2, of the Missouri Constitution.
MARIJUANA or MARIHUANA
Cannabis indica, Cannabis sativa, and Cannabis ruderalis, hybrids of such species, and any other strains commonly understood within the scientific community to constitute marijuana, as well as resin extracted from the plant and marijuana-infused products. "Marijuana" or "marihuana" do not include industrial hemp containing a crop-wide average tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not exceed three-tenths (0.3) of one percent (1%) on a dry weight basis, or commodities or products manufactured from industrial hemp.
MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS
Products that are infused with marijuana or an extract thereof and are intended for use or consumption other than by smoking, including, but not limited to, edible products, ointments, tinctures and concentrates.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY
A facility licensed by the Department, to acquire, cultivate, process, store, transport, and sell marijuana to a medical marijuana dispensary facility, medical marijuana testing facility, or to a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility and shall also mean a comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility, as that term is defined in Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITY or DISPENSARY
A facility licensed by the Department, to acquire, store, sell, transport, and deliver marijuana, marijuana-infused products, and drug paraphernalia used to administer marijuana as provided for in this Section to a qualifying patient, a primary caregiver, another medical marijuana dispensary facility, a medical marijuana testing facility, or a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY
A facility licensed by the Department, to acquire, store, manufacture, transport, and sell marijuana-infused products to a medical marijuana dispensary facility, a medical marijuana testing facility, or to another medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
PRIMARY CAREGIVER
A person designated as such by the Department.
QUALIFYING PATIENT
A person designated as such by the Department.
THEN EXISTING
Any school, child day care center, or church with a written building permit from the City to be constructed, or under construction, or completed and in use at the time a business regulated under this Chapter first applies for either zoning or a building permit, whichever comes first.
B. 
Business License; No Additional Licenses. Marijuana businesses shall be required to have a City business license as required in Chapter 13 but shall not be required to have any other City-issued license.
C. 
Marijuana Dispensaries.
1. 
Marijuana dispensaries shall not be open to the public or make any sales between the hours of 8:00 P.M. and 10:00 A.M. Stated otherwise, marijuana dispensaries shall have an opening time no earlier than 10:00 A.M. and a closing date of no later than 8:00 P.M. for the purposes of being open to the public and making sales.
2. 
No marijuana, of any type, may be consumed on the premises of a marijuana dispensary, nor shall the licensee permit such consumption.
3. 
Any medical marijuana dispensary shall require any customer to display the customers permit card from the Department of Health and Senior Services or other proof of eligibility at the time of each purchase.
4. 
No person under the age of twenty-one (21) who is not a qualifying patient shall be allowed into a comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility. No person under the age of twenty-one (21) shall be allowed into any microbusiness dispensary. No person under the age of eighteen (18) years old shall be allowed into a medical marijuana dispensary. The foregoing notwithstanding, a qualifying patient who is too young to enter a medical marijuana dispensary, a comprehensive marijuana dispensary, or microbusiness, may do so if such qualifying patient is accompanied by a parent or guardian or if such qualifying patient has been emancipated and shows proof of emancipation.
5. 
A marijuana dispensary shall have displayed its State-issued license, visible to the public, at all times.
6. 
Each marijuana dispensary shall be operated from a permanent and fixed location. No marijuana dispensary shall be permitted to operate from a moveable, mobile, or transitory location. This Subsection shall not prevent the physical delivery of marijuana to a customer, patient or the patient's primary caregiver at a location off of the premises of the permittee's marijuana dispensary, to the extent so allowed by law, if:
a. 
The marijuana was lawfully purchased;
b. 
The marijuana is delivered only by the permittee or an employee of the permittee;
c. 
The marijuana is delivered only by the use of a motor vehicle, bicycle, or other lawful means of transportation; marijuana may not be delivered by drone or any remotely operated vehicle, or by any self-navigating vehicle unless a human occupies such self-navigating vehicle.
7. 
Paraphernalia designed or intended for use in consuming marijuana may be sold at a marijuana dispensary.
8. 
A marijuana dispensary shall provide adequate security on the premises of the marijuana dispensary, including, but not limited to, the following:
a. 
Security surveillance cameras installed to monitor the main entrance along with the interior and exterior of the premises to discourage and to facilitate the reporting of criminal acts and nuisance activities occurring at the premises. Security video shall be preserved for at least seventy-two (72) hours by the permittee;
b. 
Alarm systems which are professionally monitored and maintained in good working conditions;
c. 
A locking safe permanently affixed to the premises, or a locked secure storage room, that is suitable for storage of all of the saleable inventory of marijuana if marijuana is to be stored overnight on the premises; and
d. 
Exterior lighting that illuminates the exterior walls of the business and is compliant with the City Code.
9. 
Location.
a. 
A dispensary may not be located within one thousand (1,000) feet of a then existing elementary or secondary school, State-licensed child day care center or church [see Section 13-5(A) for definition of "then existing"].
b. 
In the case of a freestanding facility, the distance between the facility and the school, day care, or church shall be measured from the external wall of the facility structure closest in proximity to the school, day care, or church to the closest point of the property line of the school, day care, or church. If the school, day care, or church is part of a larger structure, such as an office building or strip mall, the distance shall be measured to the entrance or exit of the school, day care, or church closest in proximity to the facility. In the case of a facility that is part of a larger structure, such as an office building or strip mall, the distance between the facility and the school, day care, or church shall be measured from the property line of the school, day care, or church to the facility's entrance or exit closest in proximity to the school, day care, or church. If the school, day care, or church is part of a larger structure, such as an office building or strip mall, the distance shall be measured to the entrance or exit of the school, day care, or church closest in proximity to the facility. Measurements shall be made along the shortest path between the demarcation points that can be lawfully traveled by foot.
c. 
The City Council may reduce this distance by resolution if an applicant shows good for the same. The determination of what constitutes good cause shall be in the sole discretion of the City Council.
D. 
Off-Site Storage Facilities. Marijuana dispensaries may operate an off-site storage facility for storage of products and inventory. A single off-site storage facility may only be used by a single entity licensed as a marijuana dispensary. An off-site storage facility shall not be open to the public. An off-site storage facility shall comply with the same requirements of a dispensary in regard to location, security, and odor control.
E. 
Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing Facility.
1. 
No permit shall be issued or renewed for a marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility that does not meet the standards of this Section.
2. 
Distance Requirement. No marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility using any combustible gases or CO2 in the extraction process shall be located within one thousand (1,000) feet of a then existing elementary or secondary school, licensed child day care center, or church. Any other marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility may be located in any location where a marijuana dispensary may be located as detailed above. Measurements shall be in a method consistent with the City's existing liquor license measurement standard. The City Council may reduce this distance by resolution if an applicant shows good for the same. The determination of what constitutes good cause shall be in the sole discretion of the City Council.
3. 
Outdoor Operations Or Storage. All operations and all storage of materials, products, or equipment shall be within a fully secured area inside the building structure or outdoors on the property in an area enclosed by a fence with razor wire at least ten (10) feet in height, not including the razor wire or such other alternative security measures approved by the City Council.
4. 
On-Site Usage Prohibited. No marijuana may be smoked, ingested, or otherwise consumed on the premises of any marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility at any time.
5. 
Display Of Licenses Required. The marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility license issued by the State of Missouri shall be displayed in a prominent place in plain view near the front desk of the facility.
6. 
The City may revoke the business license of the facility for violations of this Section.
F. 
Marijuana Cultivation And Testing Facilities.
1. 
No permit shall be issued or renewed for a marijuana-cultivation or testing facility that does not meet the standards of this Section.
2. 
Distance Requirement.
a. 
No marijuana cultivation facility shall be located within one thousand (1,000) feet of a then existing elementary or secondary school, State-licensed child day care center or church [see Section 13-5(A) for definition of "then existing"].
b. 
In the case of a freestanding facility, the distance between the facility and the school, day care, or church shall be measured from the external wall of the facility structure closest in proximity to the school, day care, or church to the closest point of the property line of the school, day care, or church. If the school, day care, or church is part of a larger structure, such as an office building or strip mall, the distance shall be measured to the entrance or exit of the school, day care, or church closest in proximity to the facility. In the case of a facility that is part of a larger structure, such as an office building or strip mall, the distance between the facility and the school, day care, or church shall be measured from the property line of the school, day care, or church to the facility's entrance or exit closest in proximity to the school, day care, or church. If the school, day care, or church is part of a larger structure, such as an office building or strip mall, the distance shall be measured to the entrance or exit of the school, day care, or church closest in proximity to the facility. Measurements shall be made along the shortest path between the demarcation points that can be lawfully traveled by foot.
c. 
The City Council may reduce this distance by resolution if an applicant shows good for the same. The determination of what constitutes good cause shall be in the sole discretion of the City Council.
3. 
Outdoor Operations Or Storage. All operations and all storage of materials, products, or equipment shall be within a fully secured area inside the building structure or outdoors on the property in an area enclosed by a fence with razor wire at least ten (10) feet in height, not including the razor wire or such other alternative security measures approved by the City Council.
4. 
On-Site Usage Prohibited. No marijuana may be smoked, ingested, or otherwise consumed on the premises of any medical marijuana cultivation facility at any time.
5. 
Display Of Licenses Required. The medical marijuana cultivation facility license issued by the State of Missouri shall be displayed in a prominent place in plain view near the front entrance of the facility.
6. 
The City may revoke the business license of the facility for violations of this Section after notice and an opportunity for a hearing.
G. 
Disposal Of Medical Marijuana. No person shall dispose of marijuana or marijuana-infused products in an unsecured waste receptacle not in possession and control of the licensee and designed to prohibit unauthorized access.
H. 
Edible Marijuana, Labeling Requirements.
1. 
No edible marijuana-infused product, packaging, or logo sold in this City pursuant to Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution shall be designed in the shape of a human, animal, or fruit, including realistic, artistic, caricature, or cartoon renderings. However, geometric shapes, including, but not limited to, circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles, shall be permitted.
2. 
Each package, or packages with or within a package, containing an edible marijuana-infused product with ten (10) or more milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinols (THC) shall be stamped with a universal symbol for such products, which shall consist of the following:
a. 
A diamond containing the letters "THC";
b. 
The letter "M" located under the "THC" within the diamond, to signify that the product is for medical purposes; and
c. 
The number of milligrams of THC in the package.
The universal symbol shall be placed on the front of the package in red and white print and shall measure one-half (1/2) inch by one-half (1/2) inch from point to point.
13THC.tif
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020]
A. 
Every gas company, and every other person, firm or corporation, their successors and assigns, owning, operating, controlling, leasing or managing any gas plant or system, manufacturing, selling, distributing or transmitting natural or manufactured gas, shall, in addition to all other taxes, payments or fees now or hereafter required by law or ordinance, pay to the City of Lexington, Missouri, an occupation tax on the gross receipts derived from the sale of gas within the present or future limits of the City of Lexington, Missouri, during the period of such occupation.
B. 
The said occupation tax shall be based upon the sale of gas for domestic and commercial consumption and not for resale, but not including any revenue for gas to the City of Lexington, Missouri.
C. 
Said gas company shall pay the occupation tax herein provided quarterly within thirty (30) days after January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1, of each year, to be computed upon the basis of gross revenue during the preceding three (3) months' period. The said company shall file a statement notifying said City of the amount of gross revenue subject to the payment of the said tax, and at the time of filing such statement shall pay to the said City the tax due.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020]
A. 
Every light and power company, and every other person, firm or corporation, their successors and assigns, owning, operating, controlling, leasing or managing any electric plant or system generating, manufacturing, selling, distributing or transmitting electric energy and power, shall, in addition to all other taxes, payments or fees now or hereafter required by law or ordinance, pay to the City of Lexington, Missouri, an occupation tax on the gross receipts derived from the sale of electric energy within the present or future limits of the City of Lexington, Missouri, during the period of such occupation.
B. 
The said occupation tax shall be based upon the sale of electric energy for domestic and commercial consumption and not for resale, but not including any revenue for electric service to the City of Lexington, Missouri.
C. 
Said light and power company shall pay the occupation tax herein provided monthly, and said tax shall be computed upon the basis of gross revenue from the first day through the last day of each month beginning on September 14, 1979. The said company shall calculate the tax due the said City monthly, and within sixty (60) days after the last day of each month file a statement notifying said City of the amount of gross revenue subject to the payment of the said tax which was received during the month, and at the time of filing such statement shall pay to the City the tax due.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020]
The license fees provided for in this Article shall not be in lieu of any ad valorem tax, but such ad valorem tax shall be paid in addition to any license tax.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020]
All license fees shall be paid in advance to the City Collector, upon exhibition of whose receipt the City Clerk shall execute and deliver a license to the person entitled thereto, and the City Clerk shall charge the City Collector with the amount of such license.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020]
Any commercial building to be used for the first time by the licensee must be inspected prior to license issue for safety and use suitability by the Building Official and a Fire Department representative.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020]
No license granted to conduct or transact, or carry on any business shall authorize the licensee to blend with such business, any other business for which a separate license might be required, but in such a case a separate and appropriate license shall be taken out.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020]
No person to whom a license is issued may carry on the business named therein at any other location than the one named in or endorsed on said license.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020; Ord. No. 2022-14, 6-28-2022]
All annual licenses shall begin on the first day of July of each year and expire on the last day of June of the calendar year following. Regardless of month of license purchase, there is no prorating of fees. However, a first-time license purchase in the month of June will also be considered as if purchased in the subsequent July and will remain valid from July until the end of the following June.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020]
All licenses shall be issued in the name of the City and shall be signed by the Mayor, attested by the City Clerk, countersigned by the City Collector and sealed with the Corporate Seal of the City.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020]
It shall be the duty of any person conducting a licensed business in the City to keep his license posted in a prominent place on the premises for such business at all times.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020]
Any license or permit may be revoked by the Mayor at any time during the life of such license or permit for any violation by the licensee or permittee of the provisions of this Code or other ordinances of the City relating to the license or permit, the subject matter of the license or permit, or to the premises occupied. Such revocation may be in addition to any fine imposed.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020]
When any person, either directly or through agents, officers, servants or employees, shall be found to exercise, carry on or engage in any trade, business, agency or vocation within the City, without first obtaining a license therefor, it shall be the duty of the City Police Chief and every Policeman of the City, upon being notified thereof to inquire into the matter and if satisfied that it is true, to give information thereof to the Municipal Judge, and thereupon the Municipal Judge shall issue his warrant and cause the offender to be arrested and brought before him to answer such complaint, as in cases of misdemeanors.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020]
No person, corporation, firm or other individual or entity whosoever, hereafter collectively "licensee," shall be issued a business or occupational license as referenced in this Chapter without having first paid all City taxes or fees owed to the City of Lexington in connection with any premises owned or occupied by such licensee, and being fully current regarding the payment thereof on the date an application for such license is submitted to the City.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020]
Any such license issued by the City under this Chapter is subject to revocation in the form and manner prescribed in Section 13-16 of this Chapter in the event a delinquency in the payment of required City taxes or fees accrues against either the licensee holding said license or premises occupied by the licensee, and the licensee fails to fully pay and satisfy the accrued delinquency with ten (10) days of the receipt of written notice thereof from the City Clerk.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 1-28-2020]
No license required under the provisions of this Section shall be issued by the City 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 liability under Chapter 287, RSMo. It is further made a violation of this Section to provide fraudulent information to the City.