[Ord. No. 350 §1(1), 8-18-2005]
As used in this Article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this Section:
CONTRACTOR
Persons, building companies, lumber and material companies who make contracts for building, remodeling and repairing. It shall include any type of contractor or builder who makes contracts by the job, by the week or by hourly rates, except those persons whose earnings are subject to withholding by an employer, in connection with the work they are performing, for social security tax, State or Federal income tax.
EMPLOYEE
Any full or part time individual paid wages or salary by a merchant, manufacturer, contractor or business, as defined herein. Any business that is a sole proprietorship shall be deemed as having one (1) employee for the purposes of this Chapter.
MANUFACTURER
A person who deals in the selling of any goods, wares or merchandise at any store, stand or place occupied and maintained for that purpose within the corporate limits of the City unless a different meaning is or may be otherwise provided by ordinance.
OCCUPATION
Any occupation, business, profession, vocation, trade or pursuit, or the keeping or maintaining of any institution, establishment, article, utility or commodity for which a license is required by this Article, for persons engaging therein.
PAWNBROKER
Any person engaged in the business of lending money on the security of pledged goods or engaged in the purchasing of tangible personal property on condition that it may be redeemed or repurchased by the seller.
PAWNSHOP
The location at which, or the premises in which, a pawnbroker regularly conducts business.
[Ord. No. 350 §1(3), 8-18-2005]
A. 
Hereafter 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, physician or surgeon in this State 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.
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 State 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 by a municipality unless that person maintains a business office within that municipality in accordance with Section 71.620, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 350 §1(4), 8-18-2005]
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct, pursue, carry on, or operate within the City any trade, avocation, occupation or profession without first having obtained a license in accordance with the terms of this Article. Any persons found to be in violation of this Article shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation. Violators shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) and/or a jail sentence of up to ninety (90) days.
[Ord. No. 350 §1(5), 8-18-2005]
No license required under the provisions of this Article shall be issued by the City to any contractor until such contractor produces a copy of a certificate of insurance for workers' compensation coverage if the applicant for the license is required to cover his/her liability under Chapter 287, RSMo. It is further made a violation of this Section to provide fraudulent information to the department.
[Ord. No. 350 §1(6), 8-18-2005; Ord. No. 401 §§1 — 4, 3-22-2007]
Every person desiring to do business in the City shall register his/her place of business and obtain a permit to do business. Every person shall, before doing or offering to do business within the corporate limits of the City, register each separate place of business with the City Treasurer-Collector and obtain a certificate or permit to do business as hereinafter provided.
[Ord. No. 350 §1(8), 8-18-2005]
All licenses granted under the provisions of this Article shall commence on the first (1st) day of July in each year and shall expire on the thirtieth (30th) day of June of the year following the date of issuance, unless otherwise specified. The amount collected for any license issued after December first (1st), shall be prorated by fifty percent (50%) as to the amount due for an entire twelve (12) month period.
[Ord. No. 350 §1(9), 8-18-2005]
All licenses issued by the City shall run in the name of the City and be signed by the City Clerk and Deputy Clerk, who shall affix the City's corporate seal thereto. The form of each license shall designate to whom it is issued, for what purpose issued, the business, trade or avocation for which it is issued, the period of time for which it is issued, and the amount of tax paid.
[Ord. No. 350 §1(10), 8-18-2005]
Every person to whom a license is issued under the provisions of this Article shall keep the license conspicuously posted at the place of business for which the license is issued or on the motor vehicle for which the license is issued.
[Ord. No. 350 §1(11), 8-18-2005]
No license granted under the provisions of this Article shall be assigned or transferred, and no refund shall be made on any license issued because the person to whom the license was issued continues or retires from the business, calling or occupation for which the license was issued.
[Ord. No. 350 §1(12), 8-18-2005]
Every person engaged in more than one (1) occupation, where all of the operations are operated as one (1) business under the same management and at the same location, may pay one (1) license fee for all these occupations which are licensed on the basis of the total number of employees at such location.
[Ord. No. 350 §1(13), 8-18-2005]
All oaths provided for and prescribed by the terms of this Article shall be made before a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths by the laws of this State.
[Ord. No. 350 §1(14), 8-18-2005; Ord. No. 401 §§1 — 4, 3-22-2007]
A. 
Whenever the City Clerk has reasonable grounds to believe that a licensee under this Article has violated or is in violation of any of the provisions of this Article or of the zoning laws or regulations of the City, upon five (5) days' written notice, the Treasurer-Collector may revoke the licensee's occupational license until the violation has ceased, or is corrected. If during the five (5) day period the licensee requests in writing a hearing on the matter, the Board of Aldermen shall conduct a hearing thereon within ten (10) days following the licensee's request, and the revocation shall stand abated until the Board notifies the licensee of its decision. If the licensee fails to attend the hearing, the City Treasurer-Collector shall forthwith revoke his/her license.
B. 
No proceeding shall be brought for violation of this Article nor any license revoked for violation of this Article for any infraction occurring more than three (3) years next preceding the revocation or initiation of any such proceeding.
[Ord. No. 350 §1(15), 8-18-2005]
It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to collect all monies for licenses issued under this Article. He/she shall keep a complete and accurate account and list of all such licenses issued by him/her. The list of accounts shall clearly show what licenses have been issued and for what purpose issued, the business, trade or profession for which issued, the period of time for which issued and the amount paid.
[Ord. No. 350 §1(16), 8-18-2005]
Every merchant or contractor, when he/she makes his/her application for the registration of his/her place of business and upon obtaining a permit to do so, shall submit and file a written declaration, under oath, on a form provided by the City Clerk setting forth the number of employees of the business.
[Ord. No. 350 §1(17), 8-18-2005]
There shall be collected and is hereby levied upon and against every business, merchant, contractor, for the privilege of doing business and/or selling goods, wares, and merchandise within the City, an annual merchants tax in the manner and form as follows:
Number of Employees
Amount of Tax
1 — 2
$25.00
Ten dollars ($10.00) for each additional employee up to a maximum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
[Ord. No. 350 §1(18), 8-18-2005]
Every business as set forth in Section 605.020 herein that is a non-resident of the City and does not have a business located in the City shall, if he/she contracts with any business within the City, pay the same license fee as a resident contractor or auctioneer engaged in a like business.
[Ord. No. 350 §1(19), 8-18-2005]
A. 
All persons, firms or corporations that are required to pay sales taxes to the City and State must be current, prior to the issuance of a City merchant's license.
B. 
Any person, firm or corporation that is not current in the payment of sales tax according to the printout received from the State Department of Revenue, shall not be issued a City merchant's license until such time as the City and State sales taxes, penalties and interest are fully paid and the Department of Revenue for the State certifies that same are fully paid.
C. 
In the event that the merchant has entered into an agreement with the State Department of Revenue for the payment of delinquent sales taxes, including interest and penalty thereon, verification of such agreement with the Department of Revenue shall provide as sufficient clearance for the issuance of a City merchant's license.
D. 
Only those persons authorized by Section 32.057, RSMo., shall have access to the State Department of Revenue printout that lists merchants that are current in sales tax payments.