[Code 1964, § 15-1]
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in any of the businesses named in section 15-23 without first procuring a license therefor and paying the fee prescribed by such section for such license.
[Code 1964, § 15-2; Ord. No. 2063 § 2, 6-7-2007]
(a) 
Applications for such licenses shall be made to the city clerk on appropriate forms provided therefor, and all licenses issued shall bear the signature of the collector and city clerk; and shall bear the date of issuance thereof, and the date of expiration of such license.
(b) 
(Reserved)
[Code 1964, § 15-3]
All licenses issued under this article on a yearly basis shall expire on December thirty-first after the date of their issuance. If issued prior to July thirty-first of any year, then the full yearly fee shall be paid for such license. If issued after July thirty-first, then one-half of the yearly license fee shall be paid.
[Code 1964, § 15-4]
Licenses required by this article, when obtained, shall be posted in a conspicuous place and be available for inspection by any police officer or other proper officer of the city upon demand.
[Code 1964, § 15-5]
In the event a person engages in two (2) or more of the activities or industries listed in section 15-23, then only the higher of the license fees involved shall apply.
[Code 1964, § 15-6; Ord. No. 1461, § 1, 6-7-1990]
(a) 
This chapter shall not be construed as authorizing any activity herein named that is prohibited by this Code or other city ordinances.
(b) 
No business or occupation license provided under this chapter shall be issued to any applicant if the business or occupation is to be conducted at or upon premises for which an occupancy permit is required for that business or occupation and no such occupancy permit has been issued by the city. Each applicant for a business or occupation license shall submit evidence of the issuance of an occupancy permit authorizing the conduct of the proposed business or occupation at the location for which the license is sought upon request of the city collector or other issuing official.
[Code 1964, § 15-7]
The fees required by section 15-23 shall not apply to businesses or occupations carried on by or to events or operators of events conducted for any charitable, eleemosynary or any nonprofit organization, whether religious, political, educational or charitable.
[Code 1964, § 15-8; Ord. No. 2562, 12-19-2019]
The following fees shall be paid for the businesses and occupations listed in this schedule prior to the issuance of a license for such business or occupation:
Amusements and Recreation
Badminton courts, per year
$30.00
Bowling alleys, per alley, per year
$10.00
Boxing and sparring exhibitions, per day
$100.00
Carnivals, circuses and shows for parade or exhibition, first
$100.00
Each additional day
$25.00
Dance house, per year
$100.00
Dances and balls, public, each
$50.00
Fortunetellers, per day
$250.00
Golf:
Driving tees, per year
$100.00
Miniature courses, per year
$100.00
Regular courses, per year
$100.00
Grounds, public, per year
$50.00
Menageries, per day
$25.00
Museums, per year
$150.00
Opera house, per year
$50.00
Parades and exhibitions, per day
$100.00
Parks:
Amusement, per year
$100.00
Baseball, per year
$100.00
Private, per year
$100.00
Pistol galleries, per day
$100.00
Rides:
Pony, per day
$5.00
Merry-go-round and other mechanical — Also safety permit required to be issued after inspection by city engineer's office
Riding stables, per year
$100.00
Shows and amusements:
Moving pictures, per year
$250.00
Other, per day
$5.00
Skating rinks, per year
$250.00
Street fairs, per day
$100.00
Swimming pools, per year
$25.00
Tables, billiard, pool or other, per table, per year
$25.00
Theatrical or other exhibitions, each
$5.00
Per year
$100.00
Turkey shoots or other shooting contests, per day
$100.00
Services
Agencies:
Advertising, per year
$25.00
Claim, per year
$25.00
Cleaning, drying and laundry, per year
$25.00
Collection, per year
$100.00
Detective (Surety bond required in the sum of $5,000.00 for the faithful and honest conduct of business), per year
$100.00
Insurance, per year
$50.00
Real estate, per year
$50.00
All other, per year
$25.00
Animal hospitals, per year
$100.00
Animal shelters and kennels, per year
$50.00
Automobile washing establishments, per year
$200.00
Banks, per year
$200.00
Barbershops, per chair, per year
$10.00
Beauty parlors or hairdressers, per year
$25.00
Blacksmith shops, per year
$25.00
Brokerage houses, securities of all kinds, per year
$100.00
Cleaning, dyeing and laundry plants, per year
$50.00
Daily paper routes, per year
$25.00
Dancing and music schools, academies or dancing and music lessons, per year
$25.00
Employment offices, per year
$50.00
Express and delivery services, per year
$25.00
Funeral homes, per year
$200.00
Haulers, per year
$25.00
Hospitals and clinics, per year
$250.00
Insurance companies, per year
$100.00
Launderettes, per machine, per year
$5.00
Lawn, landscaping, tree service and nursery, per year
$25.00
Loan and finance companies or offices, per year
$200.00
Medical marijuana cultivation facility
$200.00
Medical marijuana dispensary facility
$100.00
Medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility
$200.00
Medical marijuana testing facility
$200.00
Moving and storage companies, regardless of warehouses, per year
$750.00
Nurseries:
Child care, per year
$50.00
Nursing homes and other institutions for the care of sick, aged or infirm persons, per bed, per year
$10.00
Maximum, per year
$250.00
Parking lots and public garages, per year
$25.00
Pawnbrokers, per year
$200.00
Printing plants and newspaper offices, per year
$25.00
Private schools or institutions, per year
$50.00
Real estate business:
Having no more than one person associated or connected with such business
$50.00
Having not less than two and no more than five persons associated or connected with such business
$75.00
Having more than five persons associated or connected with such business
$100.00
Rental service:
Auto, trailer and truck, per vehicle, per year
$15.00
Other, per year
$25.00
Repair shops and services:
Appliances, per year
$25.00
Automobile, per year
$50.00
Jewelry and watch, per year
$25.00
Radio and television, per year
$50.00
Shoe (includes shine), per year
$25.00
Upholstering and furniture, per year
$25.00
All other, per year
$25.00
Services, others not specifically listed, per year
$25.00
Telegraph companies, per year
$50.00
Tin shops, per year
$25.00
Warehouses, per year
$750.00
Welding shops, per year
$25.00
Woodworking and pattern shops, per year
$25.00
Agents and Salesmen
Automobile, per day
$1.00
Per year
$10.00
Automobile accessories, per day
$1.00
Per year
$10.00
Claim, per day
$1.00
Per year
$10.00
Coffee and tea, per day
$1.00
Per year
$10.00
Collection, per day
$1.00
Per year
$10.00
Express, per day
$1.00
Per year
$10.00
Insurance, per day
$1.00
Per year
$10.00
Laundry and cleaners, per day
$1.00
Per year
$10.00
Loan, per day
$1.00
Per year
$10.00
Manufacturers, per day
$1.00
Per year
$10.00
Mercantile, per day
$1.00
Per year
$10.00
Merchants, per day
$1.00
Per year
$10.00
Nursery stock, per day
$1.00
Per year
$10.00
Piano and organ, per day
$1.00
Per year
$10.00
Ready-made clothing, per day
$1.00
Per year
$10.00
Real estate, per day
$1.00
Per year
$10.00
Sewing machine, per day
$1.00
Per year
$10.00
Snow cone vendors, who are minors and do not use motor vehicles in the carrying of such products, only during the period between April first and October first, inclusive, for such period
$12.50
Others not specified, per day
$1.00
Per year
$10.00
Other Trades or Occupations
Abstractors, per year
$25.00
Architects, per year
$50.00
Artists or sign painters, per year
$25.00
Auctioneers, per day
$25.00
Billposters, per year
$50.00
Bookbinders, per year
$25.00
Brokers:
Insurance, per year
$10.00
Money, per year
$50.00
Real estate, per year
$10.00
Stocks and bonds, per year
$10.00
Others not specified, per year
$10.00
Canvassers and solicitors, per day
$1.00
Per year
$25.00
Detectives, private (Surety bond of $2,000.00 required for faithful and honest conduct of business), per year
$25.00
Drummers, per year
$25.00
Food caterers, per year
$25.00
Gaugers, per year
$25.00
Inspectors, per year
$25.00
Insurance adjusters, per year
$25.00
Masseurs, per year
$50.00
Opticians, per year
$25.00
Photographers, per year
$25.00
Tailor, per year
$25.00
Tinners or tinsmiths, per year
$25.00
Title examiners, per year
$25.00
Undertakers, per year
$200.00
Miscellaneous
Boarding houses, lodging houses and rooming houses, per room, per year
$25.00
Bottling works, per year
$100.00
Buildings:
Office, per year
$50.00
Public, per year
$50.00
Business offices, per year
$25.00
Halls, public, per year
$50.00
Hotels or motels, per room, per year
$25.00
Maximum
$250.00
Machine shops, per year
$50.00
Meetings, public, per meeting
$25.00
Sand, cement, gravel and asphalt plants, per year
$150.00
Stockyards, per year
$900.00
Storage yards primarily for sale or rental of steel pilings, pile driving hammers and any other equipment directly associated with the same that might be concerned with the actual business of the contractor operating hereunder, per year
$750.00
Tanneries, per year
$900.00
[Ord. No. 1576, § 1, 10-7-1993; Ord. No. 1984, § 1, 9-2-2004]
No business or occupational license required under the provisions of this chapter shall be issued to any contractor in the construction industry unless the applicant submits a certificate of insurance for workers' compensation coverage or an affidavit, in a form approved by the Division of Workers Compensation, signed by the applicant attesting that the contractor is exempt. The city shall have no duty to investigate any certificate of insurance or affidavit filed pursuant to this section. Issuance of a business or occupational license shall not be construed to ensure or guarantee to any person that a licensee has or will maintain workers' compensation insurance coverage. The city shall not be liable to any person for any reason if a licensee fails to have or maintain such insurance or fails to provide such coverage to one (1) or more individuals. Pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 287.061, RSMo. 2000, nothing contained in this section shall be construed to create or constitute a liability to or a cause of action against the city in regard to the issuance or nonissuance of any license for failure to provide evidence of workers' compensation coverage.