[R.O. 2012 §605.210; Ord. No. 6665 §§I — VI, 2-6-1978]
A.
PAWN
PAWNBROKER
PAWNEE
PAWNER
PAWN SHOP
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms
shall have these prescribed meanings:
To leave something with another person as security that borrowed
money will be repaid.
Any person engaged in the business of lending money on the
security of pledged goods or engaged in the business of purchasing
tangible personal property on condition that it may be redeemed or
repurchased by the seller for a fixed price within a fixed period
of time.
The person with whom something is deposited as a pawn or
security.
The owner of an article or articles in pawn as security.
The location at which or premises in which a pawnbroker regularly
conducts business.
B.
License. A pawnbroker's license must be obtained from the
City Clerk/Collector prior to engaging in the pawnbroking business.
The provisions of this Chapter should apply.
C.
Revocation Of License. If any pawnbroker, or his/her agents,
servants, or employees shall violate any of the provisions of this
Chapter or any of the Statutes of the State, and is convicted in any
Magistrate Court or Court of Record in the Municipal Court of the
City, or after three (3) days notice and hearing by City Manager,
he/she may revoke same without a conviction, or becomes a person of
bad moral character in the conduct of the pawnbroker's business, it
shall be sufficient to authorize the City Manager to revoke the license
issued under this Section.
D.
Receipt For Pledged Property — Contents — Loss Of, Effect. At the time of making any secured personal credit loan, the lender
shall execute and deliver to the borrower a receipt for and describing
the tangible personal property subjected to the security interest
to secure the payment of the loan. The receipt shall show the date
on which the loan was made, the date of maturity thereof, a description
of the tangible personal property subjected to the security interest
to secure payment of the loan, the loan fee, the rate of interest,
the conditions of forfeiture, the name, address, age, and general
description of the person pledging or selling the property, and shall
constitute the loan contract between the lender and the borrower.
The receipts will be prepared in a minimum of three (3) copies. The
first, or original, will be retained by the Pawnee as a permanent
record. The second copy will be provided, on a weekly basis, to the
Chief of Police. The third copy will be given to the Pawner. The right
of redemption of the tangible personal property subjected to the security
interest to secure the payment of any secured personal credit loan
shall not be affected by the loss of the receipt or loan contract,
if the borrower shall make and deliver to the lender an affidavit
stating that the receipt or loan contract has been lost or destroyed,
and containing a description of the tangible personal property described
therein.
E.
Receiving Goods From Minors, Stolen Property. No Pawnbroker
shall receive any personal property from any minor without written
consent of such minor's parents or guardian, or any stolen property
or property which, from any cause, he/she may have reason to believe
or suspect cannot be lawfully or rightfully sold,passed or pledged
by the person offering it.
F.
Records Inspection. The records of the Pawnee shall at all
times be open to the inspection of the City Manager, Police and City
Attorney.
G.
Penalty. Any person found in violation of this Chapter shall
be guilty of an ordinance violation which shall be punished by a fine
of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than two hundred
and fifty dollars ($250.00) or confinement in the City Jail up to
sixty (60) days or by both fine and imprisonment.
[1]
State Law References — Pawnbroker loans, §§367.011
— 367.060, RSMo., taxation, §94.110, RSMo.
[R.O. 2012 §605.220; Ord. No. 6572 §§1 — 5, 6-21-1976; Ord. No. 87-5-3 §1, 5-18-1987]
A.
Every
person, firm, or corporation, now or who shall hereinafter engage
in the business of supplying gas service for compensation within the
City of Excelsior Springs, shall pay to the City an Occupational License
Tax for the privilege of doing business within the corporate limits
of said City, a sum equal to six percent (6%) of the gross receipts
from such business.
B.
It
is hereby made and declared to be the duty of every person, firm or
corporation engaged in the business of supplying gas service within
the corporate limits of said City as of August 1, 1976; and October
1, 1976; and on or within forty-five (45) days following January 1,
1977, to file a sworn statement setting forth the amount and sum of
the gross receipts of such person, firm, or corporation from such
business for each respective quarter as above set forth, with the
City Collector of the City of Excelsior Springs, the amount of tax
so reflected to be due at the rate of six percent (6%) of the gross
receipts shall be paid to the City Collector at the time of the making
and filing of each respective dates of April 1, July 1, October 1,
and January 1 in each succeeding year thereafter and payment of the
amount of tax so reflected to be due for each respective month shall
be paid on the date of the filing of each respective quarterly report.
C.
It
shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to engage in
the business of supplying gas service for any purpose within the corporate
limits of the said City of Excelsior Springs, without complying with
all of the terms and provisions of this Section, and any persons,
firm, or corporation who shall violate any of the terms or provisions
of this Section in any of its respects shall be deemed guilty of an
ordinance violation and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not
less than ten dollars ($10.00) and not more than one hundred dollars
($100.00) and each and every separate day's violation of any of the
terms and provisions of this Section shall constitute and is hereby
declared to be a separate offense.
D.
Every
person, firm or corporation engaged in the supplying of gas service
within the corporate limits of the City of Excelsior Springs, under
the terms and provisions of this Section, shall, at any time during
the regular business hours, permit the City Collector of said City,
or the duly authorized agent or representative of said Collector,
to make an inspection and audit of the books of such said person,
firm or corporation, for the purpose of determining the correctness
of any sworn statement filed in accord with the terms and provisions
hereof with respect to the matters and things therein set forth and
contained.
E.
All
sworn statement's and reports provided for under the terms and provisions
of this Section shall be on the oath of some person representing the
person, firm or corporation doing business within the corporate limits
of said City and shall be made by such agent for and on behalf of
such said person, firm or corporation and shall be acknowledged and
sworn to before some officer authorized to administer oaths under
the laws of the State of Missouri.
[R.O. 2012 §605.230; Ord. No. 6573 §§1-5, 6-21-1976; Ord. No. 86-5-3 §1, 5-19-1986; Ord. No. 90-1-2 §1, 1-2-1990; Ord. No. 92-11-6 §§1 — 2, 11-16-1992; Ord. No. 05-9-1, 9-6-2005]
A.
Every
person, firm or corporation, now or who shall hereafter engage in
the business of supplying electrical service for compensation within
the City of Excelsior Springs, shall pay to the City an occupational
license tax for the privilege of doing business within the corporate
limits of the City, a sum equal to six percent (6%) of the gross receipts
from such business.
B.
It
is hereby made and declared to be the duty of every person, firm,
or corporation engaged in the business of supplying electrical service
within the corporate limits of the City to file a sworn statement
setting forth the amount and sum of the gross receipts of such person,
firm or corporation from such business for each quarter year with
the City Collector of the City of Excelsior Springs on April first
(1st), July first (1st), October first (1st) and January first (1st)
of each year. The amount of tax so reflected to be due at the rate
of six percent (6%) of the gross receipts shall be paid to the City
Collector on the date of the filing of each quarterly report.
C.
That
the City of Excelsior Springs, in order to maintain its sources of
revenue at its historical level, hereby determines to maintain the
six percent (6%) gross receipt tax against Union Electric Company
d/b/a Ameren UE.
D.
It
shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in
the business of supplying electrical service for any purpose within
the corporate limits of the City of Excelsior Springs without complying
with all of the terms and provisions of this Section, and any persons,
firm or corporation who shall violate any of the terms or provisions
of this Section in any of its respects shall be deemed guilty of an
ordinance violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not
less than ten dollars ($10.00) and not more than one hundred dollars
($100.00) and each and every separate day's violation of any of the
terms and provisions of this Section shall constitute and is hereby
declared to be a separate offense.
E.
Every
person, firm or corporation engaged in the supplying of electrical
service within the corporate limits of the City shall, at any time
during regular business hours, permit the City Collector of the City,
or the duly authorized agent or representative of said Collector,
to make an inspection and audit of the records and books of such person,
firm or corporation for the purpose of determining the correctness
of any sworn statement filed in accord with the terms and provisions
hereof with respect to the matters and things therein set forth and
contained.
F.
All
sworn statements and reports provided for under the terms and provisions
of this Section shall be on the oath of some person representing the
person, firm or corporation doing business within the corporate limits
of the City and shall be made by such agent for and on behalf of such
persons, firm or corporation and shall be acknowledged and sworn to
before some officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws
of the State of Missouri.
[R.O. 2012 §605.240; Ord. No. 6574 §§1 — 5, 6-21-1976; Ord. No. 6582 §§1, 2, 8-16-1976; Ord. No. 86-5-4 §§1
— 5, 5-19-1986]
A.
GROSS RECEIPTS
Every
person, firm or corporation, now or who shall hereafter engage in
the business of supplying telephone service for compensation within
the City of Excelsior Springs, shall pay to the City an Occupational
License Tax for the privilege of doing business within the corporate
limits of said City, a sum equal to six percent (6%) of the gross
receipts from such business.
As used in this Section shall mean derived and collected
from its or their customers located within the City; and any services
there provided, except such receipts as represent charges for message
rate toll, or long distance telephone service, charges for exclusive
interstate service of any kind, charges for Morse, telegraph, television
or radio program transmission facilities, or for other services furnished
exclusively and permanently in connection with services extending
beyond the boundaries of the City, charges for the billing and collecting
for telegrams, charges for the sale of and advertising in telephone
directories, charges for the rental of plant facilities or other property
not currently used by any such company in furnishing its telephone
services, and charges which combine both receipts which are herein
taxed and which are herein excepted in all cases in which the demonstrable
cost to any such telephone company, in making a separation between
the revenues taxed and those excepted, shall exceed the evident revenue
to be derived therefrom by the City thereunder.
B.
It
is hereby made and declared to be the duty of every person, firm,
or corporation engaged in the business of supplying telephone service
within the corporate limits of said City as of July 1, 1986; and the
first day of each month thereafter, to file a sworn statement setting
forth the amount and sum of the gross receipts of such person, firm
or corporation from such business for each respective month as above
set forth, with the City Collector of the City of Excelsior Springs,
on the thirtieth (30th) day of each month, with the first payment
to be made on August 30, 1986 and on the 30th day of each month thereafter.
C.
It
shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to engage in
the business of supplying telephone service for any purpose within
the corporate limits of the said City of Excelsior Springs, without
complying with all of the terms and provisions of this Section, and
any persons, firm, or corporation who shall violate any of the terms
or provisions of this Section in any of its respects shall be deemed
guilty of an ordinance violation and upon conviction thereof, shall
be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) and not more than one
hundred dollars ($100.00) and each and every separate day's violation
of any of the terms and provisions of this Section shall constitute
and is hereby declared to be a separate offense.
D.
Every
person, firm, or corporation engaged in the supplying of telephone
service within the corporate limits of the City of Excelsior Springs,
under the terms and provisions of this Section, shall, at any time
during the regular business hours, permit the City Collector of said
City, or the duly authorized agent or representative of said Collector,
to make an inspection and audit of the records and books of such said
person, firm or corporation, for the purpose of determining the correctness
of any sworn statement filed in accord with the terms and provisions
hereof with respect to the matters and things therein set forth and
contained.
E.
All
sworn statements and reports provided for under the terms and provisions
of this Section shall be on the oath of some person representing the
person, firm, or corporation doing business within the corporate limits
of said City, and shall be made by such agent for and on behalf of
such said person, firm, or corporation and shall be acknowledged and
sworn to before some officer authorized to administer oaths under
the laws of the State of Missouri.
F.
The payments required by the provisions of this Section shall be in lieu of all other excises, charges, exactions, rentals, impositions, or other license or occupation taxes heretofore imposed upon any person, firm, company or corporation engaged in the business described in Subsection (A) hereof; 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.
G.
All such persons, firms, companies or corporations mentioned in Subsection (A) on 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 rasing 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.
H.
The right is hereby granted to all such persons, firms, companies or corporations mentioned in Subsection (A) to trim trees, brush, or hedges upon and overhanging the streets, alleys, sidewalks, and public places of said City, so as to prevent such foliage from coming in contact with 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.
