[CC 2000 §605.250; CC 1990 §625.010; Ord. No. 706 §1, 7-9-1981]
The provisions set forth in this Chapter shall apply to all
business and occupation licenses issued in the City of Pagedale, Missouri,
and shall be in addition to the regulations set forth in Title VI:
Business and Occupation of the Pagedale, Missouri City Code. In the
event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Chapter
and Title VI of the City Code, the provisions set forth herein shall
apply. The requirements as set forth in this Chapter shall in no way
limit or reduce the requirements as set forth in Title VI and regulations
set forth herein shall be deemed to be in addition to any requirements
which are already contained in said Title VI.
[CC 2000 §605.190; CC 1990 §620.010; Ord. No. 29 §1, 4-25-1950]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in
any business or occupation in the City of Pagedale without having
first applied for and obtained a license to conduct such business
or occupation from the City Clerk and without paying the license fee
therefor, all as provided for in this Chapter.
B.
No person, firm or corporation shall engage in any of the various businesses, employments, agencies, amusements or exhibitions or own, manage, operate or control any public buildings, public halls, vehicles or other matters or things as set forth and described in Section 605.030, unless such person, firm or corporation shall first apply to and obtain from the City Clerk a license so to do. If the City Clerk is convinced that the applicant has complied with all Sections of this Title applicable to such license and if the issuance of such license is approved by the Board of Alderpersons, he/she shall issue to said applicant a license upon payment of the license fee as prescribed in Section 605.030.
[CC 2000 §605.340; CC 1990 §625.110; Ord. No. 706 §12, 7-9-1981]
For purposes of this Chapter, the requirements shall be applicable
to the licensee, licensee's employees and any person having ownership
or proprietary interest in the business or establishment to be licensed.
All applications for the licenses required herein shall be made
to the City Clerk on appropriate forms provided for that purpose by
the City. All licenses issued by the City Clerk shall be in such form
as is provided by the Board of Alderpersons; provided however, that
such license shall bear the signature of the Mayor of the Board of
Alderpersons and the City Clerk, the date of issuance thereof and
the date of expiration, as well as any additional information that
may be required by the Board of Alderpersons.
[CC 2000 §605.260; CC 1990 §625.020; Ord. No. 706 §2, 7-9-1981; Ord. No. 870 §1, 11-17-1988; Ord. No. 896 §1, 7-13-1989]
A.
No
person shall be granted a license or permit under the provisions of
Title VI or under this Chapter if:
1.
Such person is not of good moral character;
2.
Such person's license has been revoked by the City of Pagedale or
any other municipality or any other State of the United States of
America within two (2) years prior to the date of filing the application;
3.
Such person has been convicted of a felony or pleaded "nolo contendere"
to a felony charge if the felony involved a fraud or violation of
any law pertaining to any unfair or deceptive business practices or
restraint of trade;
4.
Such person is subject to any currently effective State or Federal
agency or court injunctive or restrictive order or is a party to a
proceeding currently pending in which such order is sought, relating
to or affecting the business activities for which the license is sought
or involving fraud, or violations of any law pertaining to unfair
or deceptive business practices or restraint of trade;
5.
Such person makes a material misstatement in the application for
license;
6.
It appears that the conduct of the activity for which a license or
permit is sought will be contrary to health, safety or welfare of
the public or any regulation, law or ordinance applicable to any such
activity;
7.
Such person fails to pay any tax or obligation due from the licensee
to the City, whether such obligation arose out of the licensed business
or otherwise;
8.
Such person fails to comply with reasonable stipulations imposed
by the Mayor and/or Board of Alderpersons; such stipulations being
designed to preserve the public health, safety and welfare, as well
as the aesthetic beauty of the City;
9.
Such person's business will comply with the provisions of Subsection (D) of Section 235.020 of the City's Municipal Code. Specifically, businesses utilizing dumpsters shall be maintained on the business property, easily accessible for the collection of garbage and rubbish therein, but shall be enclosed or fenced in such a manner as to render them invisible from the public streets of the City;
10.
Such person, if in the fast-food restaurant business, drug store,
tavern, lounge, confectionery, grocery store or any other type of
business which conducts business with the general public, shall daily
patrol all areas one hundred fifty (150) feet in any direction from
said business and clean up trash and debris directly related to such
business. Any businesses of this nature shall also provide a trash
receptacle within fifty (50) feet of the business' entryway for their
respective customers to discard food, trash and other by-products
directly related to said business. Said trash receptacle shall be
kept in good condition and shall be emptied in a timely manner in
order to ensure such debris does not litter the grounds nor present
an unsightly appearance to the public; or Manufacturer's Licenses
11.
Such person's business shall, before being granted a license, comply
with all applicable inspection requirements, be they governed by local
Code, any Code of St. Louis County adopted by the City of Pagedale
or State or Federal Building Codes designed to protect the public
health, safety, comfort, morale and general welfare of the people
of the City.
[CC 2000 §605.270; CC 1990 §625.030; Ord. No. 706 §3, 7-9-1981]
The Board of Alderpersons, in their discretion, may require
the applicant to appear personally before the Board to present the
application for license.
[CC 2000 §605.280; CC 1990 §625.040; Ord. No. 706 §4, 7-9-1981]
If a majority of members of the Board of Alderpersons determines
licensee complies with all of the requirements and conditions precedent
for issuance of a license, such license shall be issued. However,
if the majority of the members of the Board of Alderpersons determines
that the requirements for issuance of a license have not been met,
said license shall be denied.
[CC 2000 §605.200; CC 1990 §620.020; Ord. No. 739 §1, 2-14-1983; Ord. No. 1149 §§1 — 2, 11-12-1998; Ord. No. 1240 §1, 12-16-2002]
For the various and sundry businesses, employment, etc., herein
below set forth, there is hereby fixed and prescribed the license
fees set opposite thereto.
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License Fees
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Abstractors
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$37.50 per year
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Amusement parks and other amusements not specifically listed
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$225.00 per year
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Appliance service
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$75.00 per year
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Automobile body rebuilders
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$150.00 per year
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Automobile sales (new car)
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$300.00 per year
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Ball or dance, public and theatrical exhibitions for each day,
except when given for educational or charitable purposes
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$15.00 per year
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Banks and trusts companies
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$300.00 per year
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Barbershops (minimum $25.00 per year)
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$15.00 per year, per chair
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Beauty parlors or hairdressers
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$37.50 per year
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Billboards
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2% of gross annual revenue produced by structure for 12 month
period preceding each June first (1st)
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Bill posters
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$37.50 per year
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Bowling alleys
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$22.50 per year, per alley
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Boxing and sparring exhibitions for profit
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$300.00 per year
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Brokers and real estate
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$75.00 per year
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Brokers, insurance
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$75.00 per year
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Brokers, stocks and bonds
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$300.00 per year
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Bus companies (garaged in Pagedale)
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$25.00 per year, per bus
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Canvassers
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$3.00 per day
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Check cashing services
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$225.00 per year
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Circuses, street fairs and carnivals for profit and not for
education or charitable purposes
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$112.50 first 24 hours
$75.00 each additional day
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Cleaning and dyeing agencies
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$37.50 per year
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Cleaning and dyeing plants
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$75.00 per year
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Cobblers, shoe repair and shining shops
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$37.50 per year
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Dairies
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$150.00 per year
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Dance halls, dance floors and skating rinks
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$300.00 per year
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Detective agencies, security and guard services
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$150.00 per year
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Drays (per vehicle)
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$7.50 per year
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Electrical shops
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$37.50 per year
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Food caterers
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$75.00 per year
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Funeral homes or undertakers
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$225.00 per year
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Garages, repairs of autos only (no body work)
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$60.00 per year
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General contractors
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$150.00 per year
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Halls, public, other than dance halls
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$75.00 per year
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Hospitals and clinics
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$525.00 per year
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Hotels
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$300.00 per year
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Insurance companies
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$375.00 per year
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Laundries, self-service
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$75.00 per year
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Laundry agencies
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$37.50 per year
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Laundry plants
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$300.00 per year
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Loan companies
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$375.00 per year
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Machine shops
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$75.00 per year
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Magazine distribution or circulation
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$487.50 per year
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Miniature golf courses and driving tees
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$150.00 per year
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Moving and storage companies combination
(regardless of warehouses)
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$187.50 per year
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Museums
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$150.00 per year
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Office buildings
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$75.00 per year
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Opera houses
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$75.00 per year
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Opticians
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$75.00 per year
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Parades by circuses, or other money-making concerns
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$75.00 per day
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Parking lots
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$37.50 per year
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Patent right dealers
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$75.00 per year
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Peddlers and hawkers
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$37.50 per year
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Photographers
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$75.00 per year
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Picture shows, other than drive-in theaters
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$.75 per seat
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Pool and billiards room (per table)
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$75.00 per year
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Printing plants and newspaper offices
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$75.00 per year, yearly
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Radio or television shop (repair and sales)
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$75.00 per year
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Restaurants, lunch stands and wagon,
refreshment and barbecue stands, per year:
10 chairs or less
11 to 25 chairs
25 to 50 chairs
Over 50 chairs
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$37.50 per year
$45.00 per year
$60.00 per year
$97.50 per year
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Specialty contractors, other than general
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$75.00 per year
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Swimming pools
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$300.00 per year
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Tailors
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$37.50 per year
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Taxicabs (per vehicle)
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$30.00 per year
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Telegraph companies
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$150.00 per year
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Tourist court or motel (per unit)
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$15.00 per year
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Upholstering and repair shops
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$37.50 per year
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Warehouses only (not moving or storage)
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$187.50 per year
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Welding shops
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$37.50 per year
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Welding supplies
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$487.50 per year
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Woodworking and pattern shops
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$37.50 per year
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[CC 2000 §605.330; CC 1990 §625.100; Ord. No. 706 §11, 7-9-1981]
Any licensee shall permit the appropriate City Official to inspect
and examine the place of business or proposed place of business where
any licensed activity is to be carried on, together with all appliances
and instruments to be used or to be used therein in the prosecution
of such activity.
No license issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall
be assignable or transferable but shall apply only to the person to
whom same is issued. In the event any licensee, as provided for herein,
shall move his/her place of business from one location to another
location within the City, said licensee shall submit a statement of
the fact of such change to the City Clerk who may transfer such license
as to location only. In no event, however, shall such license be transferred
from one person to another or from the kind of business or occupation
originally licensed to another type of business or occupation.
The term of the licenses issued pursuant to the provisions of
this Chapter shall be from July first (1st) to June thirtieth (30th)
of the same year. In the event any licensee hereunder shall commence
business on or after January first (1st), the City Clerk shall issue
such license at the rate of one-half (½) of the license fee
for such six (6) month period of January first (1st) to June thirtieth
(30th) or fraction thereof.
All applications for renewal of a license provided for herein
shall be filed no later than June first (1st) of each year.
Each license issued by the City under the provisions of this
Chapter shall be carefully preserved and shall be displayed in a conspicuous
place in the place of business authorized to be conducted by said
license. If there is no place of business, said license shall be carried
on the licensee's person.
A.
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 City 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,
and after December 31, 2003, no investment funds service corporation
as defined in Section 143.451, RSMo., may be required to pay any such
license fee in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00)
annually, 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 City 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 unless that person maintains a business office within the
City of Pagedale.
A.
Any
license issued by the City pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter
may be revoked by the Board of Alderpersons for any of the following
reasons, as well as for any other reasons specified in this Chapter:
1.
Any failure to comply with or any violation of any provisions of
this Chapter, or any other ordinance of the City regulating the business,
occupation or activity licensed, or the Statutes of the State of Missouri
by any licensee.
2.
Violation of the terms and conditions upon which the license was
issued.
3.
Failure of the licensee to pay any tax or obligation due to the City.
4.
Any misrepresentation or false statement in the application for a
license required herein.
5.
Failure to display the license required herein.
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Revocation of any license shall be in addition to any other
penalty or penalties which may be imposed pursuant to these provisions.
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A.
In
any case in which a complaint has been made to the Board of Alderpersons,
or in which the Board of Alderpersons have on their own determined
that cause may exist for the revocation of a license under the provisions
of this Chapter, the following procedures shall be followed:
1.
The Board of Alderpersons shall set a date for a hearing to consider
the question of revocation.
2.
At least ten (10) days prior to said hearing, written notice shall
be mailed to the licensee by registered mail, return receipt requested,
to his/her last known address as shown in the records of the City
Clerk advising the licensee of the time, date and place of hearing
and of the reason for considering the revocation of his/her license.
3.
During the pendency of this hearing before the Board of Alderpersons,
the licensee shall be permitted to continue the operation of his/her
business.
4.
At the hearing set by the Board of Alderpersons, the Board of Alderpersons
shall hear all relevant and material evidence justifying the retention
of the license.
5.
The licensee may be present in person and/or by his/her attorney
and may present evidence.
6.
After hearing the evidence presented, the Board of Alderpersons shall
vote on the issue of whether the subject license shall be revoked.
7.
The affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Alderpersons shall
be necessary to revoke any license.
Any person, firm or corporation or co-partnership who shall
violate any provision of this Chapter, or who shall exercise or attempt
to exercise any of the occupations, trades or avocations, or who shall
carry on or engage in or attempt to carry on or engage in any of the
businesses for which a license is required in this Chapter in the
City of Pagedale without first paying the tax herein levied and obtaining
a license therefor shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of an
ordinance violation and shall be punished by a fine of not less than
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
In addition to the above penalties, any person, firm or corporation
or co-partnership who is required to take out a license, or any such
person whose license has expired and notice has been given by the
City Clerk shall, if not paid within thirty (30) days after such tax
is due pursuant to said notice, pay a penalty of twenty-five dollars
($25.00), and for every thirty (30) days thereafter twenty-five dollars
($25.00) shall be added as a penalty until the party required to take
out such license shall have complied with the provisions regulating
licenses in this Chapter. This penalty shall be collected with the
license by the City Clerk and paid to the City of Pagedale.
