It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
engage in any business or occupation in the City of Matthews 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.
[Ord. No. 551 §§2 —
4, 9-4-1979]
A. 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 Aldermen; provided however, that such license
shall bear the signature of the Mayor of the Board of Aldermen 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 Aldermen. Licenses shall not be issued to any person or organization
with delinquent City taxes.
B. A license
record shall be kept by the City Clerk, which shall show the person
or organization to whom the license was issued and the expiration
date of same.
C. All
money received by the City Collector as license fees shall be placed
in the depository bank account of the City.
D. Each
applicant for a business license under this Chapter shall submit a
statement from the Missouri Department of Revenue pursuant to Section
144.083.4, RSMo., stating no tax is due, which statement is a prerequisite
to the issuance or renewal of a City business license. The statement
required by this Section shall be dated within ninety (90) days of
submission of the business license application or renewal application.
Every business or occupation as defined in this Chapter, in
the City, except as otherwise provided, shall pay within fifteen (15)
days after the beginning of each license year an annual license fee
of twenty-five dollars ($25.00); and none of the license fees shall
be pro-rated for less than a full year. Such fees shall be due and
payable at the time of commencing of operations or business in the
City by any business or occupation and thereafter within fifteen (15)
days after the beginning of each license year.
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) of one (1) year to June
thirtieth (30th) of the succeeding 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.
[Ord. No. 551 §6, 9-4-1979]
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. If such person or organization operates
a business from a residence, the license of such business must be
made available for inspection at the office of the City Clerk, upon
request by the City Clerk.