It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in any business or occupation in the City of Bel-Nor 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.
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.
B. 
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.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.050; Ord. No. 47 § 5, 6-24-1946; Ord. No. 487, 4-19-1993; Ord. No. 837 § 1, 12-15-2008]
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There shall be levied and collected by the Collector on or before the first Monday of January in each year a merchants' license tax on the gross amount of sales made by such merchant, mercantile firm or corporation, at each store, stand or place, occupied for that purpose within the corporate limits of the City as follows:
1. 
On the first ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) of gross sales or fractional part thereof, one dollar ($1.00) on each one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or fractional part thereof.
2. 
On the next ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) of gross sales or fractional part thereof, one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) on each one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or fractional part thereof.
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And on the next ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) of gross sales or fractional part thereof, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) on each one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or fractional part thereof.
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And on the next twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) of gross sales or fractional part thereof, one dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) on each one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or fractional part thereof.
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And on all excesses over fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) of gross sales, two dollars ($2.00) on each one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or fractional part thereof.
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Provided further that no such merchants' license shall be issued under the provisions of this Section for a less sum than one hundred dollars ($100.00) per annum.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.090; Ord. No. 47 §§ 9-10, 6-24-1946]
A. 
It shall be the duty of each merchant, mercantile firm or corporation, to keep a proper book, and enter in ink an account of all sales made by him/her or them, which account shall always be open to the inspection of the Collector, to verify the returns made by him/her. The statements or returns made to the Collector under the requirements of this Chapter shall not be made public, nor shall they be subject to the inspection of any person except the Mayor of the Board of Aldermen, City Treasurer, and members of the Board of Aldermen.
B. 
In case any person, mercantile firm or corporation shall fail, neglect or refuse to deliver the statements herein required, and pay the tax and license levied by this Chapter on or before the first Monday in January of each year, he/she or they shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation, and upon conviction shall be fined as provided for in Section 100.220, and in addition thereto, the Collector shall assess the aggregate amount of sales of such merchant, firm or corporation, at double their aggregate value, to be ascertained by the best information he/she can obtain, and he/she shall also report the delinquency to the City Attorney.
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 January 1 to December 31 of the same year. In the event any licensee hereunder shall commence business on or after July 1, the City Clerk shall issue such license at the rate of one-half (1/2) of the license fee for such six-month period of July 1 to December 31 or fraction thereof.
All applications for renewal of a license provided for herein shall be filed no later than December 1 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 Bel-Nor.
A. 
Any license issued by the City pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter may be revoked by the Board of Aldermen for any of the following reasons, as well as for any other reasons specified in this Chapter:
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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; or
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Violation of the terms and conditions upon which the license was issued; or
3. 
Failure of the licensee to pay any tax or obligation due to the City; or
4. 
Any misrepresentation or false statement in the application for a license required herein; or
5. 
Failure to display the license required herein.
B. 
Revocation of any license shall be in addition to any other penalty or penalties which may be imposed pursuant to these provisions.
A. 
In any case in which a complaint has been made to the Board of Aldermen, or in which the Board of Aldermen has on its own determined that cause may exist for the revocation of a license under the provisions of this Chapter, the following procedures shall be followed:
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The Board of Aldermen shall set a date for a hearing to consider the question of revocation.
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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 Aldermen, the licensee shall be permitted to continue the operation of his/her business.
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At the hearing set by the Board of Aldermen, the Board of Aldermen shall hear all relevant and material evidence justifying the retention of the license.
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The licensee may be present in person and/or by his/her attorney and may present evidence.
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After hearing the evidence presented, the Board of Aldermen shall vote on the issue of whether the subject license shall be revoked.
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The affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Aldermen shall be necessary to revoke any license.
A. 
All license fees not paid to the City by the person required to remit the same on the date when the same becomes due and payable to the Director of Revenue shall bear interest at the rate determined by Section 32.065, RSMo., from and after such date until paid.
B. 
In case of failure to apply for any license fee required by this Chapter on or before the date prescribed therefor, determined with regard to any extension of time for making an application, unless it is shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause and not the result of willful neglect, evasion or fraudulent intent, there shall be added to the amount required to be shown as tax on such return five percent (5%) of the amount of such tax if the failure is not for more than one (1) month, with an additional five percent (5%) for each additional month or fraction thereof during which such failure continues, not exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) in the aggregate.
C. 
In case of failure to pay the full amount of any license fee due hereunder on or before the date prescribed therefor, determined with regard to any extension of time for payment, unless it is shown, by the applicant, that such failure is due to reasonable cause and not the result of willful neglect, evasion or fraudulent intent, there shall be added to the tax an amount equal to five percent (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 assesses a penalty under this Subsection.