The following shall apply to all businesses defined in Chapter 610, Miscellaneous Business Licenses - Regulations, unless stated otherwise:
[Ord. No. 1038 §2, 7-21-2014]
All applications for new or renewal business licenses shall be subject to review by the City Manager, and it is his discretion to either issue\renew or not issue\not renew said license. In the event the said license is not issued\not renewed by the City Manager, said applicant shall have the right to appear before the City Council at its next regularly scheduled meeting to appeal the City Manager's decision on the license.
[Ord. No. 1038 §2, 7-21-2014]
The City Manager shall have the right to suspend or revoke a business license. In the event said license is suspended or revoked by the City Manager, said business owner shall have the right to appear before the City Council at its next regularly scheduled meeting to appeal the decision of the City Manager.
[CC §7.55; Ord. No. 349 §2, 12-5-1988]
Hereafter no person, firm, corporation, partnership or trustee shall engage in any of the various businesses, employments, agencies, amusements or exhibitions or service-type business, own, manage, operate or control any public buildings, public halls, or any of the other matters hereinafter listed, until such person, firm, corporation, partnership or trustee shall first apply for and obtain an occupancy permit and business license to do so. The applicant for such license shall be investigated by the City Manager or his designee as to the propriety of issuing such license. The City Manager shall then, when convinced of the propriety of such application, issue such license upon payment of the license fee as hereinafter required.
[CC §7.56; Ord. No. 349 §2, 12-5-1988; Ord. No. 765 §§2 — 3, 5-19-2003]
A. 
License Fees Generally.
1. 
For the various businesses listed below, the following yearly business license fees are set:
[Ord. No. 1111 § 1, 11-21-2016]
Banks/lending institutions, etc.
$750.00
Funeral homes and crematories
$500.00
Ice cream vendors (mobile)
$50.00
Loan companies
(i.e. Pay day loans, title loans, check cashing loans, etc.)
$400.00
Nursing homes (per State licensed bed).
$10.00
Office with no sales (per square foot)
$0.10
Off-site ATM machines (per machine)
$300.00
Solicitors (door-to-door per person)
See Subsection (C) hereof also
$50.00
Towed vehicle temporary storage lots
$250.00
Trash haulers
$150.00
Warehouses (per square foot)
$0.10
2. 
In the instance that any of the above-stated fees calculate out to an amount lower than the minimum license fees, the minimum retail license fees will prevail.
3. 
For businesses which will be converting from a flat rate license fee to a gross sales/service fee rate, a "three (3) year phase-in" period is hereby created. Businesses will pay one-third (⅓) of the business license fee due under the new schedule the first (1st) year, two-thirds (⅔) of the business license fee due under the new schedule the second (2nd) year, and the full amount due under the new schedule the third (3rd) year and each year thereafter. The phase-in period will not apply to any business who did not have a business license issued at the time of the August 5, 2003 election.
B. 
All businesses not listed herein shall be taxed on gross sales unless a specific license is issued to that business under another Section of this Title.
C. 
Canvassers, Peddlers, Solicitors And Political Solicitors.
1. 
Canvassers, peddlers, solicitors and political solicitors for profit must register with the City Manager's office and upon payment of a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) per person so canvassing, peddling or soliciting, shall receive proper identification therefore, to conduct said business during daylight hours only.
2. 
Canvassers, peddlers, solicitors and political solicitors, not for profit, must register said organization with the City Manager's office and obtain identification for each person of the organization so canvassing, peddling or soliciting. Soliciting may be conducted during daylight hours only, with no charge therefore.
D. 
No person or organization shall be granted a license under this Section unless such person or organization is of good moral character. It is the City Manager's responsibility to determine if an applicant is of good moral character.
E. 
The yearly license fee is based on the guidelines as set forth in Section 605.090. No license to operate a tow truck shall be issued until and unless the applicant shall first obtain a policy of insurance from a company authorized to do business in the State of Missouri or a bond of indemnity, acceptable to the City Manager, with limits for bodily injury liability of at least twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) for each person, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for each accident and property damage liability of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for each accident.
[CC §7.57; Ord. No. 349 §2, 12-5-1988]
Whoever shall obtain a license under the provisions of this Title shall keep the same posted in a conspicuous place so that it may be seen readily by a Police Officer or any officer or official of the City.
[CC §7.58; Ord. No. 349 §2, 12-5-1988; Ord. No. 832 §8, 6-6-2005]
All licenses herein-mentioned shall become due and payable prior to the first (1st) day of March of each year unless otherwise stated. Any person, firm or corporation that fails to secure the same shall be prosecuted for said failure. Any business that ceases operations prior to March first (1st) shall be assessed the minimum license fee.
[CC §7.54; Ord. No. 349 §2, 12-5-1988]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of being a spiritualist, clairvoyant, medium, palmist or fortune teller, or any of the other similar or related businesses, whether known by such name or not in the City of St. John.
[CC §11.80; Ord. No. 32, 12-16-1974]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to own, operate or promote any store, office, parlor or other establishments within the corporate limits of the City of St. John which promote the painting, photographing or exhibiting of nude bodies to the general public.