[Ord. No. 1351 § 1, 10-14-2013]
No person, partnership, or corporation
shall engage in any occupation, business, or calling, including building
contractors of all types, unless he/she shall first obtain a license
to conduct said business, occupation, or calling. This shall include
any retailer, wholesaler or manufacturer selling goods or services
to the community as a whole or to other businesses as well as to professional
occupations, except those occupations which are specifically excluded
by virtue of Section 71.620, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 1351 § 2, 10-14-2013]
Non-profit organizations, as outlined
in United States Internal Revenue regulations, shall be exempt from
this Article. Any person or organization claiming exemption under
this Section must submit such documents as necessary to support the
same.
[Ord. No. 1351 § 3, 10-14-2013]
Solicitors are specifically excluded
from the provisions of this Article but shall be controlled by other
provisions of the ordinances of the Village of Oak Grove.
[Ord. No. 1351 § 4, 10-14-2013]
Any person desiring to enter into
or carry on any business, trade, or calling within the boundaries
of the Village of Oak Grove, Missouri, shall first make application
to the Village Clerk for a license to do so, giving such information
as may be necessary for the Clerk to properly perform his/her duties
as required by ordinance and State law. No license or permit required
under this Article shall be issued by the Village of Oak Grove to
any person, partnership or corporation until all Village taxes of
the applicant or other businesses owned by the applicant are current
and paid.
[Ord. No. 1351 § 5, 10-14-2013]
Any license applied for under this Article
shall be issued by the Village Clerk only upon compliance by the applicant
therefor with the ordinances of the Village of Oak Grove, State Statutes,
and any other rule or regulation of a governing body authorized to
regulate business. For purposes of this Article, the Village Clerk
shall develop such rules and regulations consistent with Village ordinances
and State law so as to provide for an orderly method to insure compliance
with all ordinances and laws and to determine the amount of unpaid
taxes due and owing the Village of Oak Grove, Missouri.
[Ord. No. 1351 § 6, 10-14-2013]
Every license issued under this Article
shall be displayed by the business so licensed.
[Ord. No. 1351 § 7, 10-14-2013]
[Ord. No. 1351 § 8, 10-14-2013]
A.
Shall any application be made after June
1 but before December 31 of an even-numbered year, the applicant shall
pay a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
B.
Shall any application be made any time
during an odd-numbered year or prior to June 1 of an even-numbered
year, the applicant shall pay a fee of twelve dollars and fifty cents
($12.50).
[Ord. No. 1351 § 9, 10-14-2013]
Any license issued under the provisions
of this Article may be suspended or revoked by the Board of Trustees
for a violation by the licensee of any applicable provision of the
ordinances, State law, or rule or regulation.
[Ord. No. 1351 § 10, 10-14-2013]
Any person, partnership, or corporation that does not secure a license prior
to doing business within the Village of Oak Grove, or whose license
is revoked and continues to operate, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable
by fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day
of operation after one (1) of the above occurs shall be considered
to be a separate offense.
[Ord. No. 1355 § 1, 12-8-2014]
As used in this Article, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes garage sales, estate sales, lawn sales, auctions
or any other such sale that involves the sale of multiple goods, wares
or items of tangible personal property conducted on any real property
being used for residential purposes or for self-storage rental units.
[Ord. No. 1355 § 2, 12-8-2014]
A.
Sales shall not be conducted on more than
three (3) consecutive days within a fourteen-day period and shall
be restricted to the period of 7:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. any day such
sale is conducted.
B.
No more than four (4) sales shall be allowed
to any one (1) person or location within a twelve-month period.
C.
No signs shall be posted anywhere in the
Village advertising such sale, except:
1.
One (1) sign not larger than two
(2) feet by three (3) feet advertising such sale may be on the residential
lot or self-storage unit where such sale is to be held; and
2.
With the permission of the appropriate
property owners, two (2) additional signs of like size may be placed
elsewhere in the Village.
3.
Signs advertising such sale shall
be erected no earlier than the first date of the sale and shall be
removed at the end of the last day upon which such sale is held.
4.
Absolutely no signs shall be placed
on Village, State or Federal rights-of-way. Any signs so placed shall
be subject to immediate removal.
D.
Persons conducting any sale shall keep
the streets, sidewalks and general vicinity of the sale location free
from trash and litter.
E.
It shall be the duty of the property owner
to ensure that the requirements, prohibitions and restrictions of
this Article are followed and adhered to.
[Ord. No. 1355 § 3, 12-8-2014]
A.
The provisions of this Article shall not
apply to or affect the following persons or sales:
1.
Persons selling goods pursuant to
an order or process of a court of competent jurisdiction.
2.
Persons acting in accordance with
their powers and duties as public officials.
3.
Two (2) or more persons may hold
a joint sale at one (1) home.
4.
Any person selling or advertising
for sale an item or items of personal property which are specifically
named or described in the advertisement and which separate items do
not exceed ten (10) in number.
5.
Any sale regulated under any other
provision of the ordinances of the Village.
6.
Any sale conducted by any licensed
merchant or mercantile or other business establishment from or at
a place of business wherein such sale is permitted by the zoning regulations
of the Village or under the protection of the present non-conforming
Section thereof[1] or any other sale conducted by a manufacturer or dealer,
provided such sale is conducted from properly zoned premises and is
not otherwise prohibited.
7.
Any bona fide charitable, eleemosynary,
educational, cultural or governmental institution or organization;
provided, however, that the burden of establishing the exemption under
this Subsection shall be on the organization or institution claiming
such exemption.
