[R.O. 1995 § 605.010; Ord. No.
94-40 § 2, 11-10-1994]
As used in this Chapter the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Gross receipts during the calendar year preceding each license
year.
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Bel-Ridge.
Any person, his/her lessees, and his/her Aldermen or receivers
appointed by any Court whatsoever, engaged in any business, occupation,
pursuit, profession or trade, or in the keeping or maintaining of
any institution, establishment, articles, utility or commodities specified
in this Chapter or in any ordinance of the City, within the City;
except as may be otherwise provided by ordinance.
The City of Bel-Ridge, State of Missouri.
The Clerk of the City of Bel-Ridge.
The Collector of the City of Bel-Ridge.
When used in this Chapter means that sum of lawful money
of the United States of America required to be paid to the City by
any merchant, business or occupation for a license before commencing
business as such.
When used in this Chapter, unless otherwise provided, shall
mean the aggregate amount of all sales, transactions, fees, commissions,
rental and leasing fees, and shall include the receipt of cash, credits,
and property of any kind of nature without any deductions therefrom
on account of the cost of any items sold, the cost of any materials
used, or of any labor, service costs, interest paid or payable, or
any losses or any other expenses whatsoever; provided, however, that
the following shall be excluded from any computation of gross receipts
if the books of accounts aggregate the amount so as to reflect such
exclusions:
Receipt of taxes levied by State and Federal Governments collected
by the seller.
Receipts from sales, goods, wares, merchandise or other personal
property for delivery outside the State of Missouri to non-residents
of the State of Missouri.
Receipts of traded merchandise recorded as cash receipts and
resold and recorded as a sale upon such resale.
Resale of like items with other dealers not for profit.
Such part of the sales price of goods, wares, merchandise or
personal property returned by the purchaser as is refunded either
in cash or by credit.
Receipts of refundable deposits, except that portion of refundable
deposits forfeited and taken in the gross receipts of the seller.
Receipts for sales of beer and intoxicating liquors and non-intoxicating
beer, provided said sales are subject to a license fee of the City
and said fee has been paid, pursuant to the provisions of the ordinances
of the City.
When used in this Chapter, unless otherwise provided, shall
be a period of twelve (12) calendar months beginning on the first
(1st) day of January in each year, commencing with the year 1968,
or in the case of those businesses established subsequent to the first
(1st) day of January, at the beginning established subsequent to the
first (1st) day of January.
The Mayor of the City of Bel-Ridge.
Any person and his/her lessees, and his/her Aldermen or receivers
appointed by any Court whatsoever, who deal in the selling, at wholesale
or retail, of any goods, wares, merchandise or personal property of
any description or the rendering of any service in connection therewith,
at any store, stand, or place within the City, except as is or may
be otherwise provided by ordinance.
Any natural individual, partnership, firm, corporation or
association. As applied to partnerships, firms or associations, the
term includes the individual partners or members thereof, and the
singular includes the plural.
When used in this Chapter, unless otherwise provided, shall
mean total price of merchandise sold, whether retail or wholesale,
or the combination of the two (2).
[R.O. 1995 § 605.020; Ord. No.
94-40 § 3, 11-10-1994]
A.
License Required. No person coming within the foregoing definition
of a merchant, business or occupation shall do or offer to do business
in the City without first having made application for, procured and
paid for a license to so do as required by this Chapter.
B.
Workers' Compensation Coverage, Required. No merchant, business
or occupational license required under the provisions of this Chapter
shall be issued to any person, firm or corporation required to have
Workers' Compensation insurance coverage under Chapter 287, RSMo.,
1986, as amended, unless a certificate of insurance for Workers'
Compensation coverage shall be provided to the City. Issuance of a
merchant, 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 S.B. 251 of
the 87th Missouri General Assembly, 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 non-issuance
of any license for failure to provide evidence of Workers' Compensation
coverage.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.030; Ord. No.
94-40 § 4, 11-10-1994]
No person shall make a false statement in his/her application
for any merchant's, business or occupation license as to his/her
gross annual business or gross annual receipts, or as to any other
condition or factor upon which the license fee or the granting of
the license is or shall be based.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.040; Ord. No.
94-40 § 5, 11-10-1994]
A.
Flat Fees. Every merchant, business or occupation in the City, except
as otherwise provided by ordinance, shall pay within fifteen (15)
days after the beginning of each license year an annual license fee
in the sum of the flat fee specified in this Chapter, and none of
the foregoing 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.
B.
Gross Receipts. Every merchant, business or occupation in the City,
except as provided for in this Chapter or any other ordinance of the
City, shall pay an annual license fee based on the actual gross receipts
of such merchants, business or occupation for the calendar year preceding
the license year, and any merchant, business or occupation commencing
operations or business in the City during any license year shall pay
at the time of such commencement a license fee based on estimated
gross receipts for the remainder of said calendar year which shall
be filed by such merchant, business or occupation and said merchant,
business or occupation shall, within fifteen (15) days after the end
of such fractional license year, file an estimated return for the
ensuing license year and pay at that time a license fee based on said
estimates; provided, however, that within one (1) month after the
end of each calendar year of estimated gross receipts, such merchant,
business or occupation shall file a statement of actual gross receipts;
provided, however, that any payment of a license fee based on estimated
or actual gross receipts which shall be in excess of the amount due
to the City shall not be refunded, except in case of cessation of
operations or business, but shall be applied as a credit for the license
fee for the ensuing year.
Beginning January 1, 2009, the possession of a statement from
the Department of Revenue stating no tax is due under Sections 143.191
to 143.265, RSMo., or Sections 144.010 to 144.510, shall also be a
prerequisite to the issuance or renewal of any City occupation license
or any State license required for conducting any business where goods
are sold at retail. The statement of no tax due shall be dated no
longer than ninety (90) days before the date of submission for application
or renewal of the City license.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.050; Ord. No.
94-40 § 6, 11-10-1994]
A license may be issued to two (2) or more persons engaged in
any joint enterprise or joint venture the same as to a single person
and for the same fee, except as may be otherwise specifically provided
for.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.060; Ord. No.
94-40 § 7, 11-10-1994]
No license shall be assigned or transferred.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.070; Ord. No.
94-40 § 8, 11-10-1994]
Every merchant, business or occupation shall procure a separate
license for each merchant, business or place of business conducted,
operated or maintained by such merchant, business or occupation for
which a license is required; and each and every merchant, business
or occupation shall notify the City Collector of any change of address
within seven (7) days of such change.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.080; Ord. No.
94-40 § 9, 11-10-1994]
A.
Any merchant, business or occupation who shall sell or lease any
portion of its stand, store or place of business to another whose
gross receipts will not be included in the return of the lessor shall
report the fact of such sale or lease together with the name and address
of the purchaser or lessee in writing to the City Collector.
B.
Such report shall be made within five (5) days after such purchaser
or lessee has taken possession and shall include a general description
of all goods, commodities or ware dispensing devices installed in
the premises by such purchaser or lesser.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.090; Ord. No.
94-40 § 10, 11-10-1994]
All licenses and applications therefore shall be in such form
as may be described by the City Collector, who shall receive said
applications and issue said licenses, except, however, as may be otherwise
provided by ordinance. No license shall be valid for any purpose unless
it has been signed by the Mayor, City Clerk and countersigned by the
Collector and shall have the Corporate Seal of the City affixed thereto.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.100; Ord. No.
94-40 § 11, 11-10-1994]
The license form as may be prescribed by the City Collector
shall be bound in book form with equitable margins or stubs on which
shall be made and entered the sworn statements required by this Chapter.
There shall also be entered upon the margins or stubs the amount of
license tax collected in accordance with the statements so made, the
nature of business for which issued, date of issue, to whom issued
and the address for which issued. Upon issuance of the license by
the City Collector, said margins or stubs shall be returned with the
City Collector's statement of the items and the aggregate amount
collected to the City Treasurer, who shall examine and compare the
same and charge the aggregate amount collected to the account of the
City Collector.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.110; Ord. No.
30 Art 2 § 5-9, 1-18-1949; Ord. No. 94-40 § 12, 11-10-1994]
A.
Collector To Issue Licenses. The City Collector shall prepare and
issue all licenses required to be issued by him/her by ordinance and
shall collect the prescribed fees or taxes therefor, and shall deliver
such licenses upon payment thereof to the persons entitled thereto.
B.
All license fees, except as may be otherwise provided for by this
Chapter, shall be due and payable on or by the fifteenth (15th) day
of the first (1st) month of the license year.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.120; Ord. No.
94-40 § 13, 11-10-1994]
Each license granted by the City shall be carefully preserved
and shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in the place of business
authorized to be conducted by said license.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.140; Ord. No.
94-40 § 15, 11-10-1994]
Each merchant, business or occupation in the City required to
pay a license fee based on gross receipts shall keep proper books
of account or record, and shall enter therein in ink an account of
all gross receipts of such merchant, business or occupation, which
records shall always be open to inspection by the City Collector or
his/her Deputy or any certified public accountant employed by the
City for the purpose of auditing or examining the books or records
of any licensee or any applicant for any license for the purpose of
determining the truthfulness or accuracy of any statements made by
the applicant in his/her application for license or in the payment
of the license tax provided for by this Chapter.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.150; Ord. No.
94-40 § 16, 11-10-1994]
Each person for whom a license tax is provided herein, the amount
of which license tax is to be computed upon the annual gross receipts
of such person, shall furnish the City prior to the first (1st) day
of January of each year commencing with the year 1968 a correct statement,
in writing, of the amount of such annual gross receipts, which statement
shall not be made public or used by the City, except for the purpose
of establishing a correct basis, except for the purpose of prosecuting
violations of this Chapter. All books and accounts showing such annual
gross receipts shall be open to the inspection of the City Officials
charged with the duty of issuing the license herein provided and collecting
for the same, and the issuance of any such license may be withheld
until all the requirements have been fulfilled. Such statement shall
be verified by the affidavit of the merchant, business or occupation
or Officer thereof making it, or residing within the City of Bel-Ridge,
or if not a resident, then by some credible person duly authorized
to do so.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.160; Ord. No.
94-40 § 17, 11-10-1994]
Each license or applicant for license under the provision of
this Chapter who was required to file a sales tax return with the
State of Missouri shall, upon demand by the Collector or his/her duly
authorized Deputy, file with the City Collector or his/her duly authorized
Deputies a verified copy of any Missouri State sales tax return made
by such licensee or applicant within a period of three (3) years preceding
such demand. Refusal or failure to comply with the provisions of this
Section shall be deemed cause for revocation of any license previously
issued or for refusal to grant any license applied for.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.170; Ord. No.
94-40 § 18, 11-10-1994; Ord. No. 98-27 § 1, 6-11-1998]
A.
No license shall be issued to any merchant, business or occupation
unless the applicant can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction
of the Board of Aldermen that the proposed business, occupation, enterprise
or activity will be conducted in conformity with all applicable ordinances
and regulations of the City, including but not limited to zoning requirements,
building regulations, public safety standards and all other City ordinances.
In order to assure the Board that such business, occupation, enterprise
or activity will conform to the ordinances of the City, the applicant
may be required to provide such information as the Board may require,
including, but not limited to:
1.
A site plan showing the nature, location and dimensions of all
features on the property;
2.
A business operation plan identifying the hours of operation,
personnel on site, interior and exterior activities, including lighting
and sound devices; and such other operational and location information
as the Board may reasonably require.
B.
No license shall be issued to any merchant, business or occupation
until all financial obligations, including personal property taxes,
other license fees, permit fees or inspection fees, required to have
been paid by such merchant, business or occupation to the City have
been paid.
C.
Licenses
And Permits — Conditions For Issuance.
[Ord. No. 2018-9, 3-14-2018]
1.
No license or permit shall be issued by the City to any person, and
no person shall obtain a license or permit from the City, until all
real and personal taxes, merchants' and manufacturers' taxes or other
license fees, permit fees, and inspection fees, or any other financial
obligations, shall have first been paid by the applicant for such
license or permit.
2.
The payment of special tax bills and assessments which are a lien
against the real property upon which special improvements were made
shall be paid in full, and these certain tax bills shall be paid in
full prior to the issuance of any permits or licenses.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.180; Ord. No.
94-40 § 19, 11-10-1994]
Any act or duty required or authorized to be performed under
the provisions of this Chapter by any officer or agency of the City
may be performed by any duly authorized agent or deputy of such officer
or agency.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.190; Ord. No.
94-40 § 20, 11-10-1994]
Any act or duty required or authorized to be performed under
the provisions of this Chapter by any corporation shall, in addition,
be the responsibility of the president of such corporation and of
any other person duly authorized by such corporation to perform such
act or duty; and such president or other authorized person shall be
personally subject to all penalties provided for violation of such
applicable provisions of this Chapter as may relate to such acts or
duties.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.200; Ord. No.
94-40 § 21, 11-10-1994]
A.
Any license issued by the City under the provisions of this Chapter
may be revoked for any of the following reasons, in addition to any
other reason specified in this Chapter:
1.
Any failure to comply with, or any violation of any provisions
of this Chapter by any licensee.
2.
Violation of the terms and conditions upon which the license
was issued.
3.
Violation of any ordinance of the City regulating the business,
activity or thing licensed.
4.
Failure of licensee to pay any tax or obligation due to the City and referred to in Section 605.160 of this Chapter.
5.
Illegal or improper issuance of the license.
6.
Any misrepresentation or false statement in the application
for such license.
7.
Causing, maintaining or assisting in the cause or maintenance
of a nuisance, whether public or private. For the purpose of this
Chapter, a "nuisance" is defined as follows: Anything done to the
annoyance or hurt of the lands, tenements or hereditament of another.
By hurt or annoyance, there is meant not a physical injury necessarily,
but an injury to the health, comfort or welfare of the owner or possessor
of the property as respects his/her possession or enjoyment of his/her
property.
B.
Revocation of any license shall be in addition to any other penalty
or penalties prescribed in this Chapter.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.210; Ord. No.
94-40 § 22, 11-10-1994]
A.
In any case in which complaint shall be made to the Board of Aldermen
that cause exists for the revocation of a license issued under the
provisions of this Chapter, the following procedure shall govern:
1.
The Board of Aldermen shall set 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 at his/her last known address as shown
in the records of the City Clerk, advising the licensee of the time
and place of the hearing and of the reason for considering the revocation
of his/her license.
3.
During the pendency of this hearing before the Board of Aldermen,
the licensee shall be permitted to continue the operation of his/her
business.
4.
At the hearing set by the Board of Aldermen, the Mayor shall
hear all relevant evidence justifying the revocation of the license
and all relevant evidence justifying the retention of the license.
5.
The affirmative vote of a majority of a quorum of the Board
of Aldermen shall be necessary to revoke any license.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.220; Ord. No.
94-40 § 23, 11-10-1994; Ord. No. 2017-07 § 3, 3-7-2017]
A.
The City Clerk shall add the following penalties for all license
fees paid after the annual due date for license fees:
1.
For failure to timely apply for a license and/or submit the required statement pursuant to Section 605.140, unless it is shown that the failure was due to reasonable cause and not the result of willful neglect, evasion or fraudulent intent:
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Up to one month delinquent
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5% of fee
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Between one month and one day and two months delinquent
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10% of fee
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Between two months and one day and three months delinquent
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15% of fee
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Between three months and one day and four months delinquent
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20% of fee
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More than four months delinquent
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25% of fee
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2.
For failure to timely pay the license fee in full, unless it is shown
that the failure was due to reasonable cause and not the result of
willful neglect, evasion or fraudulent intent, negligence or intentional
disregard of law: 5% of the deficiency. The City shall, upon request
by a taxpayer, apprise the taxpayer of the factual basis for the finding
of negligence, or the specific rules or regulations disregarded if
the City Collector assesses a penalty on such basis under this Subsection.
B.
Any person who shall exercise or attempt to exercise, engage in or carry on in the City any of the businesses, trades or occupations for which a license is required under this Chapter without first having delivered to the City the statement required by Section 605.140, paid the license tax and obtained the license required under this Chapter, and any person who shall otherwise violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this Chapter shall upon conviction be subject to punishment as provided in Section 100.220 of this Code.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.230; Ord. No.
94-40 § 24, 11-10-1994; Ord. No. 98-16 § 1, 4-9-1998]
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, and, after December 31, 2003, no investment funds service
corporation, as defined in Section 143.451, RSMo., may be required
to pay, or 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 its business or occupation in
excess of or in an aggregate amount exceeding 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 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
or her profession by a municipality unless that person maintains a
business office within that municipality.
C.
Any other provisions of this Code to the contrary notwithstanding,
a non-profit organization, association or establishment may conduct
special events, community festivals, or similar activities upon issuance
of a permit by the Board of Aldermen. There shall be no charge for
such permit.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.240; Ord. No.
94-40 § 25, 11-10-1994; Ord. No. 95-12 §§ , 4-13-1995; Ord. No. 2003-02 § 1, 1-23-2003; Ord. No. 2003-16 § 1, 12-11-2003; Ord. No. 2016-22 § 1, 8-22-2016]
All merchants, as defined in this Chapter, and except as otherwise
provided by ordinance, shall pay to the City Clerk a business license
tax of one dollar and sixty-five cents ($1.65) per each one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00), or portion thereof, of annual gross receipts,
or $50.00, whichever amount is greater.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.245; Ord. No.
97-2 § 1, 1-9-1997; Ord. No. 2000-11 § 1, 4-27-2000; Ord. No. 2016-25 § 1, 9-13-2016]
A.
Outdoor Advertising Structures.
1.
The term "outdoor advertising structure," as used in this Chapter,
shall mean any structure displaying any off-premises, commercial,
outdoor sign, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message,
plaque, poster, billboard, or other thing designed, intended or used
to advertise or inform, any part of the advertising or information
contents of which is visible from any point of the traveled ways of
the roadways within the City.
2.
All owners and operators of outdoor advertising structures,
as defined in this Chapter, and except as otherwise provided by ordinance,
shall pay to the City for each outdoor advertising structure owned
and/or operated by same twenty dollars ($20.00) per each one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) of annual gross receipts of each respective outdoor
advertising structure as and for an annual outdoor advertising structure
license tax or fee at such times as are provided in this Chapter.
B.
Business
Signs. Businesses that choose to use A-frame signs or other similar
business signs, or who engage in the business of advertising signs
shall first receive a permit from the City to cover the cost of regulation.
The permit fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) per month or six hundred
dollars ($600.00) per year per sign.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.247; Ord. No.
2005-18 §§ 1 — 2, 5-12-2005]
A.
License Required. Every person engaged in the operation or usage
of a telecommunication (cell) tower and/or telecommunication antennae
or other facilities located within the City shall, before installation
of such tower, antennae or facilities, apply and obtain from the City
Clerk a telecommunication facilities license for the privilege of
carrying on and conducting such business or usage in the City, which
license shall be effective from July first (1st) to June thirtieth
(30th).
B.
Fee Imposed. Every person engaging in the business of operating or
using telecommunication antennae or facilities on any structure within
the City shall pay to the City as an annual business license fee in
the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per structure on which
telecommunications antennae or facilities are located, regardless
of the number of antennae on such structure. Every person constructing,
operating or owning a telecommunications tower (cell tower) within
the City shall also pay to the City an annual business license fee
in the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per tower.
C.
Incremental
Payments For Certain Businesses. The license fees for all businesses
that were previously established at one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)
per year and two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per year may be paid,
for 2018 only, at the rate of five hundred dollars ($500.00) by July,
1, 2018. For the year 2019 only the license fees previously established
at one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per year and two thousand dollars
($2,000.00) per year shall be seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
For the year 2020, the license fees previously established at one
thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per year and two thousand dollars ($2,000.00)
per year shall be paid in full by January 1, 2020.
[Ord. No. 2018-28, 12-4-2018]
D.
Period Of License — Payment Of Fee.
1.
Each license issued under the provisions of this Section shall
be effective from July first (1st) to June thirtieth (30th). The license
shall expire on the thirtieth (30th) day of June succeeding the date
that such license was issued.
2.
All fees provided for in this Section shall be payable on the
first (1st) day of July of each year on an annual basis.
3.
For any antennae or facility or tower that is constructed or
installed after July first (1st), the license fee for such antennae,
facility or tower shall be prorated based on the number of remaining
months in the license period.
4.
A separate license fee shall be paid for each tower and for
each structure on which antennae (any number) for a particular licensee
are located.
E.
Application. It shall be duty of each licensee to file with the City
Clerk, on or before July first (1st) of each year, an application
for such license; provided, however, that an applicant constructing
or installing a new tower, antennae or facilities shall file an application
for a license with the City Clerk prior to the time of such installation
or construction. Such application shall be on forms provided and/or
approved by the City and shall contain such information as requested
by the City in order to determine the tower, antennae or facilities
being licensed.
F.
Delinquency. Any fee due pursuant to the provisions of this Section
shall be delinquent if not paid by the date such payment is due and
shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter relating to delinquent
occupational license taxes and fees.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.250; Ord. No.
94-40 § 26, 11-10-1994; Ord. No. 2015-12 § 1, 10-6-2015; Ord. No. 2015-13 § 1, 11-17-2015; Ord. No. 2016-26 § 1 10-4-2016; Ord. No. 2016-28 § 1, 10-4-2016; Ord. No. 2016-29 § 1, 11-1-2016; Ord. No. 2017-02 § 1, 1-10-2017]
A.
All businesses and occupations, as defined in this Chapter, and except
as may be otherwise provided by ordinance, shall pay to the City Clerk
an annual license fee as provided in this Chapter.
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Business or Occupation
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Fee
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Advertising and public relations agencies
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$200.00 per year
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Agents, not specifically listed
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$50.00 per year
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Animal or pet hospitals
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$150.00 per year
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Auctioneers (with an office or offices in the City
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$100.00 per year
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Amusement parks, skating rinks, miniature golf courses, trampoline
parks and other amusements not specifically listed
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$300.00 per year
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Auto repair shops
[Ord. No. 2020-4, 3-3-2020] |
$200.00
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Balls or dances, public and theatrical exhibitions, except when
given for educational or charitable purposes
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$25.00 per day
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Banks and trust companies
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$500.00 per year
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Barbers, hair salons, braiding salons and beauty shops
[Ord. No. 2020-4, 3-3-2020] |
$25.00
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Billiard and pool halls
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$20.00 per table
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Bill posters
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$300.00 per year
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Bowling alleys (first alley)
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$50.00
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(Each additional)
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$10.00
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Boxing, wrestling and sparring exhibitions for profit
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$1,000.00 per day
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Bridge contractors
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$100.00 per year
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Broker, stocks and bonds
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$250.00 per year
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Brokers not specifically listed
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$50.00 per year
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Building contractors
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$100.00 per year
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Business offices
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$50.00 per year
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Canvassers, solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, hucksters, and itinerant
merchants
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$100.00 per day
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Car washes (automatic)
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$200.00 per year
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Cement contractors
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$100.00 per year
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Circuses, street fairs, exhibitions and carnivals for profit
and not for educational or charitable purposes
|
$100.00 per day
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Cleaners
[Ord. No. 2020-4, 3-3-2020] |
$100.00
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Cleaning agencies and plants
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$1,000.00 per year
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Collection agencies
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$200.00 per year
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Coin-operated services, unless otherwise provided for by ordinance
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$25.00 per machine per year
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Construction buses, trucks and shacks each
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$275.00 per year
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Contractors, not specifically listed
|
$100.00 per year
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Dairy trucks and wagons
|
$50.00 per year
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Dance halls (public)
|
$1,250.00 per year
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Dancing schools
|
$50.00 per year
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Detective agencies
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$100.00 per year
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Dialysis centers
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$500.00 per year
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Electrical and electronic shops
|
$100.00 per year
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Employment agencies and offices
|
$200.00 per year
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Equestrian performances
|
$50.00 per day
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Express companies and express agencies
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$100.00 per year
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Finance companies
|
$500.00 per year
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Fortune tellers, spiritualists, clairvoyants, mediums, and palmists
|
$2,750.00 per year
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Frozen food locker or service
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$200.00 per year
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Funeral homes or undertakers
|
$500.00 per year
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Greenhouses
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$100.00 per year
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Health clubs
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$300.00 per year
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Horoscopic views
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$2,750.00 per year
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Horse or cattle dealers
|
$100.00 per year
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Hospitals and clinics
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$500.00 per year
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Hotels and motels
[Ord. No. 2020-4, 3-3-2020] |
$250.00
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Inspectors, not specifically listed
|
$50.00 per year
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Insurance agents
|
$50.00 per year
| ||
|
Insurance agencies
|
$200.00 per year
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|
Insurance brokers
|
$100.00 per year
| ||
|
Insurance companies
|
$500.00 per year
| ||
|
Insurance companies (branch office)
|
$300.00 per year
| ||
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Insurance inspection, rating or claim adjustment agencies
|
$100.00 per year
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|
Janitorial service
|
$50.00 per year
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Kennels, grooming parlors, dog trainers, and pet handlers
|
$100.00 per year
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|
Landscape services
|
$50.00 per year
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Laundry agencies and plants
|
$100.00 per year
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Laundries, self-service for 10 machines or less
|
$100.00 per year
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Over 10 machines, additional for each machine
|
$5.00 per year
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Loan companies
|
$500.00 per year
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Machine shops
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$100.00 per year
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Manufacturers agent
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$100.00 per year
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Moving or transfer companies or truckers
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$200.00 per year
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Nursery schools and play schools
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$500.00 per year
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Nursing and rest homes
|
$250.00 per year
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Parking lots[1]
[Ord. No. 2018-5, 2-6-2018; Ord. No. 2020-4, 3-3-2020] |
$15.00 per space, per year, or any part thereof
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Pawn brokers
|
$750.00 per year
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Peddlers
|
$100.00 per day;
$275.00 minimum
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Pinball machines
|
$50.00 per machine per year
| ||
|
Plumbers
[Ord. No. 2020-4, 3-3-2020] |
$100.00
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|
Public stenographers or secretarial services
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$50.00 per year
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Real estate agents (with an office or offices in the City)
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$50.00 per year
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|
Real estate agencies (with an office or offices in the City)
|
$200.00 per year
| ||
|
Real estate brokers (with an office or offices in the City)
|
$100.00 per year
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|
Radio and television shops (repairs and service)
|
$50.00 per year
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Savings and loan companies
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$500.00 per year
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Shoe repair
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$25.00 per year
| ||
|
Sidewalk contractors
|
$100.00 per year
| ||
|
Sign paint shop
|
$100.00 per year
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Street paving contractors
|
$100.00 per year
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Swimming pools, public
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$500.00 per year
| ||
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Tailors
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$50.00 per year
| ||
|
Taxicabs (per vehicle)
|
$100.00 per year
| ||
|
Telegraph company
|
$200.00 per year
| ||
|
Ticket agents or brokers
|
$100.00 per year
| ||
|
Trailer camps (per trailer space per year)
|
$250.00 per year
| ||
|
Trash and garbage haulers and public scavengers
|
$50.00 per year
| ||
|
Travel agencies
|
$200.00 per year
| ||
|
Upholstering and repair shops
|
$500.00 per year
| ||
|
Vending machines
|
$25.00 per machine per year
| ||
|
Watchmaker
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$25.00 per year
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Welding and blacksmith shop
|
$100.00 per year
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B.
All other businesses, occupations, or services not listed shall file
an application which must be approved and fee established by the Board
of Aldermen of the City at their regular session.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.260; Ord. No.
94-40 § 27, 11-10-1994]
The provisions of this Chapter shall not be construed to authorize
any person to conduct or operate a dram shop, tippling house or tavern
nor to sell intoxicating liquor, beer, malt liquor or non-intoxicating
beer, and the same shall be only lawful if authorized, sold, commenced
or operated in conformity with applicable laws in the State of Missouri
and ordinances of the City of Bel-Ridge relating to such establishments
and such sales.
[R.O. 1995 § 605.270; Ord. No.
2008-08 § 6, 8-13-2008]
In conjunction with the review of any application for a City
occupational or business license, the City shall consult any database
available under Section 285.543, RSMo., regarding suspension of licenses
and permits of businesses that violate State alien employment restrictions.
The City shall abide by directions received from any court or the
Attorney General regarding suspension of such licenses and permits
for such violations.[1]
[1]
State Law Reference — See §§ 285.525
— 285.550, RSMo.
