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City of Farmington, MO
St. Francois County
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[1]
Cross References — Alcoholic beverage licenses, ch. 600; auctioneer's license, §610.040 et.seq.; electrician's and plumber's license, §605.170 et seq.; merchants and manufacturers, ch. 607; solid waste licenses, §230.230 et seq.; taxicab business license, ch. 620.
[Code 1974 §§150.270, 605.010, 605.100; CC 1984 §27-51]
A. 
No person shall engage in any of the various businesses, employments, occupations, agencies, amusements or exhibitions or own, manage, operate or control any public building, vehicle or any other of the matters and things licensed in this Article unless the person shall first apply to the City of Farmington for a license; and if the City is convinced that the applicant has complied with any and all Sections of this Code and other ordinances, including the zoning ordinances, of this City governing the issuance of a license to do or engage in the matters or things for which the license is applied for, he/she shall issue to the applicant a license upon the payment of the proper license tax or occupational tax, as set forth in this Article; provided however, should a license be issued in error, the Mayor or the City Administrator, shall revoke the license and refund the license fee.
B. 
No license shall be issued until the amount of the license tax or occupational tax prescribed by this Article shall be paid to the City of Farmington.
C. 
(Reserved)
[1]
Editor's Note — Reference to city collector has been changed to "City of Farmington" at the direction of the city in Supp. #3, 4-2011.
[Code 1974 §605.040; CC 1984 §27-52]
No person shall, within this City, engage in any business, occupation or vocation licensed in this Article without first taking out and paying for a license as provided herein.
[Code 1974 §605.120; CC 1984 §27-53]
No license tax or fee shall be levied upon or collected from any farmer or producer for the sale of products raised by him/her when sold from his/her wagon, cart or vehicle or from any person in the employment of any such farmer or producer in this City.
[CC 1984 §27-54]
No license or permit required or provided for in this Code or in any ordinances of the City shall be issued by any City department, agency or officer unless the City personal taxes and merchant's taxes of the applicant for a license or permit have been paid in full as of the date of his/her application; provided, that this Section shall not apply to any tax that has been barred by the statute of limitations or to driver's licenses.
[Code 1974 §§605.110, 605.130, 605.160; CC 1984 §27-55]
Except as may be otherwise provided in this Article, all licenses granted under the provisions of this Article shall commence on the first (1st) day of October in each year and shall expire on the thirtieth (30th) day of September of the year following the date of the issuance, unless otherwise specified. The amount collected for any license issued thereafter shall be in such proportion to the rate fixed for one (1) year's license as the length of time for which the license is issued bears to one (1) year, unless otherwise provided in this Code, and in prorating the amount of license tax to be paid for any period less than one (1) year, a fraction of a month shall be counted as a whole month.
[Code 1974 §605.090; CC 1984 §27-56; Ord. No. 2-22 §1, 8-26-2013]
Any license granted under the provisions of this Article, or any other ordinance of the City, shall be issued to the person applying therefor. No license granted under the provisions of this Article shall authorize any person to conduct any business in more than one (1) place of business without first applying for, and being granted, an additional license for each successive place of business, and an additional Missouri sales tax license.
[1]
Editor's Note — Reference to city collector has been changed to "city clerk or his/her designee" at the direction of the city in Supp. #3, 4-2011.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Section 605.070, City Clerk Shall Issue and Deliver Blank Licenses, derived from Code 1974 §605.080 and CC 1984 §27-57, was repealed 8-26-2013 by §2 of Ord. No. 2-22.
[Code 1974 §605.060; CC 1984 §27-58]
Whoever shall obtain a license under this Article shall keep the same in a conspicuous place so that it may be readily seen by any official of this City.
[Code 1974 §605.100; CC 1984 §27-59]
No license granted under the provisions of this Article shall be assigned or transferred. No refund of any part of a license fee shall be made on any license by reason of the licensee discontinuing or retiring from the business, calling or occupation for which any such license was issued.
[CC 1984 §§27-60 — 27-61]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly make a false statement in his/her application for license as to his/her annual gross receipts or as to other conditions or factors upon which the license fee is or shall be based.
B. 
Any person found making a statement showing annual gross receipts in an amount less than the true amount thereof in his/her application for a license, or knowingly making a false statement as to any other condition or factor upon which the license fee is or shall be based, the effect of which would be to reduce the amount of any such fee, shall, in addition to all other penalties now provided by law, pay to the City of Farmington, upon demand therefor, the additional amount of license fee found to be due, plus a penalty of twenty-five percent (25%) of any such additional amount, with interest on the additional license fee of one percent (1%) per month for each month or major fraction thereof after the date when the original license fee was due and payable to the City of Farmington and any license theretofore issued to any such person shall be subject to suspension or revocation if so determined by the City Council.
[1]
Editor's Note — Reference to city collector has been changed to "City of Farmington" at the direction of the city in Supp. #3, 4-2011.
[Code 1974 §605.070; CC 1984 §27-62]
Whoever has obtained a license under this Article and shall thereafter be convicted of a violation of any criminal law of the State, of this Code or of any ordinance of the City shall, at the discretion of the City Council, have his/her license suspended or revoked.
A. 
Hereafter no person following for a livelihood the profession or calling of minister of the gospel, duly accredited Christian Science practitioner, teacher, professor in a college, priest, lawyer, certified public accountant, dentist, chiropractor, optometrist, chiropodist, or physician or surgeon in this State, shall be taxed or made liable to pay any municipal or other corporation tax or license fee of any description whatever for the privilege of following or carrying on such profession or calling, any law, ordinance or charter to the contrary notwithstanding.
B. 
No person following for a livelihood the profession of insurance agent or broker, veterinarian, architect, professional engineer, land surveyor, auctioneer, or real estate broker or salesman in this State, shall be taxed or made liable to pay any municipal or other corporation tax or license fee for the privilege of following or carrying on his/her profession by a municipality unless that person maintains a business office within that municipality.
[Code 1974 §§605.020, 611.040, 640.010(A), (B); CC 1984 §27-63; Ord. No. 1-151 §6.4, 8-18-1980; Ord. No. 2-1C §1(2-1B §2), 12-21-1981]
A. 
The rate of license or occupational tax for licenses issued pursuant to Section 605.010 shall be as follows:
1. 
Abstract agency: $50.00.
2. 
Advertisers, outdoor. See: Outdoor advertisers.
3. 
Agents for insurance companies: $30.00.
4. 
Agents for manufacturers: $20.00.
5. 
Agents for nursery stock: $20.00.
6. 
Agents for real estate: $30.00.
7. 
Agents for real estate and insurance combined, in lieu of separate license: $50.00.
8. 
Agents for sewing machines and vacuum cleaners: $20.00.
9. 
Amusement parks: $25.00.
10. 
Architects: $25.00.
11. 
Artists: $25.00.
12. 
Astrologers: $25.00.
13. 
Auction stores, auctioneers:
a. 
Per sale: $5.00.
b. 
Per year: $20.00.
14. 
Banks and trust companies: $100.00
plus, for each one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) on deposit as of December thirty-first (31st) of the preceding year: $10.00.
15. 
Barbershops: $15.00
plus, for each additional barber: $5.00.
16. 
Beauticians: $15.00
plus, for each additional beautician: $5.00.
17. 
Beauty parlor schools: $25.00.
18. 
Billposters: $15.00.[1]
[1]
Cross References — Signs and advertising, §§210.400 — 210.410 and 210.870.
19. 
Blacksmith shops: $15.00.
20. 
Boarding homes: $25.00.
21. 
Boxing and sparring exhibitions, per day: $25.00.
22. 
Bricklayers: $15.00.
23. 
Brokers (stock): $25.00.
24. 
Building and savings and loan companies: $100.00
plus, for each one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) on deposit: $10.00.
25. 
(Reserved)[2]
[2]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection (A)(25), Canvassers, was repealed 8-26-2013 by §7 of Ord. No. 2-22.
26. 
Car washes, per wash bay: $10.00.[3]
[3]
Cross Reference — Traffic and motor vehicles, Title III.
27. 
Carpenters: $15.00.
28. 
Cattle dealers: $25.00.
29. 
Cement contractors: $15.00.
30. 
Circuses:
a. 
First twenty-four (24) hours: $40.00.
b. 
Each subsequent day: $20.00.
c. 
Doll racks, cane or knife racks, confetti stand or similar stands for the sale of small articles, per week or fractional part of week: $10.00
31. 
Clairvoyants: $25.00.
[Ord. No. 2-23, 5-9-2019]
32. 
Cleaning and dyeing establishments: $25.00.
33. 
Cleaning services, house, office, carpet, chimney sweeps, etc.: $15.00.
34. 
Cobblers and shoe repairers: $10.00.
35. 
Collection agencies: $50.00.
36. 
Dance studios: $10.00.
37. 
Dances or balls, except those given for religious, educational or fraternal purposes, each: $10.00.
38. 
Delivery autos, drays: $25.00.
39. 
Electricians: $15.00.[4]
[4]
Cross Reference — Electrical code, §500.030.
40. 
Employment offices and agencies: $25.00.
41. 
Equestrian performances and exhibitions other than for charitable, religious, benevolent or educational purposes:
a. 
First (1st) day: $2.50.
b. 
Each subsequent day: $1.50.[5]
[5]
Cross Reference — Animals, ch. 205.
42. 
Exhibitions of all kind, including theatrical, other than for charitable, religious, benevolent or educational purposes:
a. 
First (1st) day: $2.50.
b. 
Each subsequent day: $1.50.
43. 
Exterminators: $20.00.
44. 
Fortunetellers: $25.00.
[Ord. No. 2-23, 5-9-2019]
45. 
Foundries: $15.00.
46. 
Garages: $15.00.[6]
[6]
Cross Reference — Traffic and motor vehicles, Title III.
47. 
General contractors: $25.00.
48. 
Hawkers, for each six (6) months: $20.00.
49. 
Hotel and motels: $25.00.
50. 
Hucksters, for each six (6) months: $20.00.
51. 
Insurance agency, with more than one (1) agent 30.00 plus, for each additional agent employed: $10.00.
52. 
Jewelers and watch repairers: $15.00.
53. 
Junk dealers: $20.00.[7]
[7]
Cross Reference — Abandoned property, §215.060 et seq.
54. 
Laundries and launderettes: $25.00.
55. 
Linen rental services: $25.00.
56. 
Loan companies: $75.00.
57. 
Machine shops: $15.00.
58. 
Masonry contractors: $15.00.
59. 
Masseurs and massage therapists: $25.00.
60. 
Mediums, per day: $100.00.
61. 
Menageries:
a. 
First twenty-four (24) hours: $40.00.
b. 
Each subsequent day: $20.00.[8]
[8]
Cross Reference — Animals, ch. 205.
62. 
Mercantile agent, any person, other than a member of a not-for-profit organization, who makes calls either in person or by telephone on residential consumers for the purpose of soliciting sales, accepting orders or delivering merchandise for a fee or commission as the employee, agent or representative of a non-residential manufacturer: $15.00.
63. 
Moving and storage companies: $40.00.
64. 
News or periodical distributors: $15.00.
65. 
Newspaper and printing plants combined: $40.00.
66. 
Newspaper offices: $25.00.
67. 
Nurseries for child care: $15.00.
68. 
Outdoor advertisers: $15.00.[9]
[9]
Cross References — Signs and advertising, §§210.400 — 210.410 and 210.870.
69. 
Painting contractors: $15.00.
70. 
Palmists, per day: $100.00.
71. 
Paperhanging contractors: $15.00.
72. 
Parades by circuses or other money-making concerns, per day: $15.00.[10]
[10]
Cross Reference — Parades and processions generally, §340.290 et seq.
73. 
Pawnbrokers: $40.00.[11]
[11]
Cross Reference — Pawnbrokers generally, ch. 615.
74. 
Peddlers:
a. 
Per week: $20.00.
b. 
Per day: $4.00.
75. 
Piano troupes, music boxes, electrically or mechanically operated, per day: $10.00.
76. 
Pistol galleries by circuses or other money-making concerns, per day: $15.00.
77. 
Plastering contractors: $15.00.
78. 
Plumbers: $15.00.[12]
[12]
Cross Reference — Plumbing code, §500.040 et seq.
79. 
Printing plants: $25.00.
80. 
Real estate agency, with more than one (1) agent: $30.00
plus, for each additional agent employed, per year: $10.00.
81. 
Real estate and insurance agency, with more than one (1) agent 50.00 plus, for each additional agent employed: $10.00.
82. 
Roofing contractors: $15.00.
83. 
Sewing machine agents: $20.00.
84. 
Shoe cobbler shops: $10.00.
85. 
Shoeshining parlors: $10.00.
86. 
Shooting galleries: $15.00.
87. 
Shows, other than circuses, carried under canvas or in tents, per day: $10.00.
88. 
Siding contractors and sales: $15.00.
89. 
Solicitors:
a. 
Per week: $20.00.
b. 
Per day: $4.00.
90. 
Solid waste processing company, for each transportation vehicle used: $25.00.[13]
[13]
Cross Reference — Solid waste, ch. 230.
91. 
Spiritualists, per day: $100.00.
92. 
Steam fitters: $15.00.
93. 
Stockyards: $15.00.
94. 
Storage warehouses: $25.00.
95. 
Street exhibitions, street fairs and carnivals, per day: $150.00.
96. 
Taxicabs:
a. 
Minimum per year: $15.00.
b. 
Per cab: $5.00.[14]
[14]
Cross Reference — Taxicabs generally, ch. 620.
97. 
Tinners and tin shops: $15.00.
98. 
Trailer parks: $50.00.
99. 
Tree trimmers: $20.00.[15]
[15]
Cross References — Tree trimming generally, §§605.280 — 605.310.
100. 
Trucking; moving, storage or dray, for each commercial motor moving, storage or dray truck engaged in dray business: $25.00.[16]
[16]
Cross Reference — Traffic and motor vehicles, Title III.
101. 
Vendors:
a. 
Per week: $20.00.
b. 
Per day: $4.00.
c. 
Per three (3) month period: $100.00
[Ord. No. 2-23, 5-9-2019]
102. 
Warehouses: $25.00.
103. 
Wood or coal dealers: $15.00.
[Ord. No. 2-19 §1, 4-29-2010]
For the purposes of this Division, the following terms shall be deemed to have the meanings indicated below:
BUSINESS LICENSE HOLDER AND/OR LICENSE HOLDER
All persons, sole proprietors, corporations, limited liability companies and/or other business entities holding a license issued by the City of Farmington pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 605 through Chapter 635 of the Municipal Code of the City of Farmington, Missouri.
CITY
The City of Farmington, Missouri.
DOCUMENTED PROOF
The following documents are required to verify that each employee of a business license holder is a United States citizen, permanent resident, or is lawfully present in the United States:
1. 
An executed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9; and
2. 
Copies of each document listed in the executed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 to verify each employee's identity and employment authorization.
WORK
Any job, task, employment, labor, personal services, or other activity for which compensation is provided, expected, or due.
WORK SITE
All locations within the City of Farmington where a license holder's employee(s) performs work on behalf of the license holder.
[Ord. No. 2-19 §2, 4-29-2010]
All business license holders shall keep, maintain and have readily available for inspection documented proof at each of the license holder's work sites that all of the license holder's employees at the work site are United States citizens, permanent residents, or are lawfully present within the United States of America.
[Ord. No. 2-19 §3, 4-29-2010]
All Police Officers, the City Clerk, the City Administrator and any other person authorized by the City Council shall have the right to enter each of the business license holder's work sites to verify that the license holder is complying with the provisions of this Division.
[Ord. No. 2-19 §4, 4-29-2010]
Every business license holder who shall fail, neglect or refuse to provide documented proof that each of his, her, or its employees is a United States citizen, a permanent resident, or is lawfully present within the United States, or who shall fail, neglect or refuse to allow the inspection required by this Division shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation which shall be punishable by up to a five hundred dollar ($500.00) fine for each occurrence and up to ninety (90) days in jail for each occurrence.
[Ord. No. 2-19 §5, 4-29-2010]
A. 
Every business license holder who shall be found to be in violation of the provisions of this Division may have his, her or its business license suspended or revoked. Before instituting any such suspension or revocation, the City Council shall hold a hearing to provide the business license holder the opportunity to be heard on the issue of whether or not the business license should be suspended or revoked. Written notice shall be provided to the business license holder fifteen (15) days in advance of any such hearing. The written notice shall state the date(s) of the ordinance violation(s) and a description of the ordinance violation(s). At the hearing, the City Council shall determine whether or not the ordinance violation(s) occurred. The business license holder shall be given the opportunity to present evidence and show cause, if any, as to why the business license holder should be allowed to keep the business license. Within seven (7) days from the date of the hearing, the City Council shall issue its findings, stating whether or not the ordinance violation(s) occurred. If the City Council finds that the ordinance violation(s) occurred, the City Council shall suspend and/or revoke the business license as follows:
1. 
First offense. Thirty (30) day suspension;
2. 
Second offense. The license shall be suspended for six (6) months and the license holder shall be ineligible to renew and/or apply for a new license for six (6) months;
3. 
Third offense. The license shall be revoked for the remainder of the term and license holder shall be ineligible to obtain any other business licenses from the City of Farmington, Missouri.
4. 
Any suspended or revoked license shall not be reinstated nor a new business license issued or renewed until the business license holder provides documented proof that the business license holder is in compliance with the provisions of this Division. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the City Council shall have the right to appeal the City Council's decision to the St. Francois County Circuit Court in accordance with Chapter 536 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri.