[CC 1985 § 28-11]
No person without first having obtained a license therefor, shall, in the City, engage in or carry on any business, profession, occupation, trade or calling for which a license fee is provided in Section 605.140.
[CC 1985 § 28-12; Ord. No. 7731 §§ 1 — 8, 2-5-2007]
For the purposes of this Article, certain businesses, occupations, agencies, tables and contrivances are hereby defined as follows:
CONTRACTOR
A person or company who specializes in a skilled trade and sells either his labor or material (or both) at a predetermined price (either hourly, unit or lump sum) and controls the enterprise for profit.
LOAN SERVICE
Any firm, company or corporation, not licensed as banker or broker, which is engaged in lending money or discounting notes or other obligations to pay money.
LOAN SERVICE and/or PAYDAY LOAN
Any firm, company or corporation, not licensed as a bank, which is engaged in lending money or discounting notes or other obligations to pay money.
MERCHANT
Any person who shall deal in the selling of goods, wares and merchandise, either by retail or wholesale, at any stand, store or place occupied for that purpose.
PHOTOGRAPHER
Any person engaged in the business of taking photographs either in a studio or upon the streets, whether the photographer be a resident or nonresident of the City.
RUMMAGE SALE
A sale of small personal property for the purpose of clearing out the attic, garage of basement, etc., which does not last more than four (4) periods per year, each period not to exceed seven (7) days.
SOLICITOR
Any person who shall go from place to place within the City and takes orders for the sale of goods, wares or merchandise, for future delivery, either by himself or by some other person.
TRANSIENT MERCHANT
A small retail dealer who carries his merchandise with him, traveling from place to place and from house to house, exposing his goods for sale and selling them.
[CC 1985 § 28-13; Ord. No. 6047 § 8, 12-17-1984]
A. 
Required. Any person who desires to procure a license for any purposes mentioned in this Article, shall, before applying to the City Clerk therefor, pay to the County collector of revenue in and for the City any and all delinquent city taxes, including penalties and interest.
B. 
Duty Of Clerk. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to inform all applicants for licenses under the provisions of this Article of the amount of tax to be paid for any specified purpose, and to issue a receipt to all persons so applying for money so paid by such applicants, which receipt shall state amount of money so received, the license purposes for which it was paid, and the time for which such license is to be issued.
C. 
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.
[CC 1985 § 28-14; Ord. No. 6047 § 9, 12-17-1984]
It shall be duty of the City Clerk to issue licenses to any and all persons applying therefor and producing the receipt for the correct amount of money specified therefor, for the time and purpose for which license is to be issued provided, that where, by the provisions of this Article, it shall be necessary for the applicant for any license to any thing other than pay the Clerk the correct amount and take his receipt, as aforesaid, such applicant shall produce and furnish to the Clerk satisfactory evidence that such provisions have been complied with and that all things necessary or required to be done have been done, before the City Clerk shall issue such license; provided further, that the City Clerk shall not issue any license provided for herein without first having satisfied himself that the applicant is not delinquent in the payment of any other tax, or the ash, trash and garbage collection and disposal fee.
[CC 1985 § 28-15]
No license issued under the provisions of this Article shall be assigned or transferred.
[CC 1985 § 28-16; Ord. No. 6047 § 10, 12-17-1984]
No money paid for any license issued under the provisions of this Article shall be refunded by the City, or by any officer thereof.
[CC 1985 § 28-17; Ord. No. 7820 § 1, 6-16-2008; Ord. No. 7922 § 1, 2-1-2010]
A. 
Expiration of licenses; late fees; penalty for failure to obtain.
1. 
All licenses issued under this Article will expire on March 1 following date of issue.
2. 
All licenses required to be purchased under this Article will be subject to a penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) per month when purchased on or after April 1.
3. 
The City will institute the necessary legal action to collect licenses required by this chapter and not purchased by April 1 of each year.
[CC 1985 § 28-18; Ord. No. 6047 § 11, 12-17-1984; Ord. No. 7731 § 9, 2-5-2007]
A. 
All licenses authorized by this Article shall be signed by the Mayor and City Clerk, and the Clerk shall affix thereto the corporate seal of the City. Such license shall show in what place or at what location in the City the business licensed thereby is to be carried on, giving the street number or such other identification of such place, provided such business be of such nature that its location can be given.
B. 
Such license shall be in substantially the following form:
STATE OF MISSOURI)
No.:__________
) ss.
CITY OF MARSHALL
CITY OF MARSHALL)
OCCUPATIONAL
LICENSE
Name of Owner or Manager:
Name of Business:
Address of Business:
having paid to the City Clerk of the City of Marshall, the sum of $_____ of being the license levied upon his license as __________, and having otherwise complied with the provisions of the Ordinances of said City in this behalf, is hereby authorized and empowered to do business within the City of Marshall until the first day of March, 20_____.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this license is issued and we hereunto set our hands and affix the corporate seal of the City of Marshall, at the City Clerk's Office in said City, this __________ day of _____/_____/_____ 20_____.
Mayor
City Clerk
[CC 1985 § 28-19; Ord. No. 7019 § 1, 2-18-1997]
In case of a change of location after the issuing of a license the holder of the license may, upon presentation of a certificate of occupancy, have the new location of his business endorsed on the license by the City Clerk; and continue to carry on his business in the new location as specified under the license.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 28-19.5, pertaining to approval for licensing and change of location of certain businesses, as amended by Ord. No. 5773, adopted 2-1-1982, which immediately followed this Section, was repealed 2-5-2007 by Ord. No. 7731.
[CC 1985 § 28-20]
No person to whom a license is issued may carry on the business named therein at any other location than the one named in or endorsed on the license.
[CC 1985 § 28-21; Ord. No. 7227 §§ 1, 2, 11-1-1999]
A. 
Any person taking out a merchant's license may be allowed to manufacture goods belonging to his line of trade without additional license. Any person taking out a merchant's license or shop license for any particular trade herein mentioned may be allowed to keep for sale any other line of goods or wares in the same store or shop without obtaining more than one (1) license; provided, he shall pay a tax upon the line or trade which is assessed at the greatest amount.
B. 
Any person operating a related business at one (1) or more locations, when the name of the owner and the name of the business is advertised to be the same at all locations, will be allowed to operate at all locations on the same license.
C. 
Any person operating related businesses at one (1) or more locations, who uses different business names for each location, will be required to take out a separate license for each location, unless:
1. 
The related businesses have the same street address as the licensee; and
2. 
The related businesses report all sales tax transactions under the licensee's Missouri Sales Tax Number.
D. 
Any person operating unrelated businesses at one (1) or more locations will be required to take out a license for each business location, unless:
1. 
The unrelated businesses have the same street address as the licensee; and
2. 
The unrelated businesses report all sales tax transactions under the licensee's Missouri Sales Tax Number.
E. 
A "business location" is defined as being a store, shop or building, when the business is operated in an enclosed structure, under one (1) roof with access to the entire inside premises through a common door. When the business is not operated in an enclosed structure, a "business location" is defined as being a continuous single area used by one (1) operator for the conduct of a specific type of business.
[CC 1985 § 28-22]
It shall be unlawful for any person within the City to engage in any business, occupation, employment or profession for which a license is required, without such license, or for gain or profit, to keep, operate or use any apparatus, device or contrivance named in Section 605.020.
[CC 1985 § 28-23]
Rummage sales shall be exempt from licenses. Any person holding a rummage sale which lasts beyond four (4) periods per year, each period not to exceed seven (7) days, shall be declared to be a merchant and shall buy an appropriate license and locate his business in a properly zoned area.
[CC 1985 § 28-24; Ord. No. 5722 § 1, 8-3-1981; Ord. No. 7731 § 11, 2-5-2007; Ord. No. 7905 § 1, 10-5-2009; Ord. No. 7922 § 2, 2-1-2010; Ord. No. 8136 § 2, 10-7-2013]
A. 
There shall be levied and collected on every license issued in pursuance of this Code, to be paid before the delivery of the license, the following amounts, the same to be paid annually, except where otherwise indicated, to wit:
1. 
Airport operation: fifty dollars ($50.00).
2. 
Asphalt and paving: fifty dollars ($50.00).
3. 
Auto dealer: fifty dollars ($50.00).
4. 
Auto repair: fifty dollars ($50.00).
5. 
Bank: two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
6. 
Bail bond: fifty dollars ($50.00).
7. 
Bowling alley: fifty dollars ($50.00).
8. 
Car wash: fifty dollars ($50.00).
9. 
Carnival/circus: two hundred dollars ($200.00).
10. 
Cleaning service: fifty dollars ($50.00).
11. 
Computer service: fifty dollars ($50.00).
12. 
Concrete plant: fifty dollars ($50.00).
13. 
Contract service: fifty dollars ($50.00).
14. 
Contractor: fifty dollars ($50.00).
15. 
Contractor — HVAC: fifty dollars ($50.00).
16. 
Dry cleaning: fifty dollars ($50.00).
17. 
Electrician, Class I — (per electrician): fifty dollars ($50.00).
18. 
Electrician, Class II — (per electrician): ten dollars ($10.00).
19. 
Exterminator: fifty dollars ($50.00).
20. 
Financial service: fifty dollars ($50.00).
21. 
Food vendor: fifty dollars ($50.00).
22. 
Grocery store: fifty dollars ($50.00).
23. 
In home occupation: fifty dollars ($50.00).
24. 
Instructional: fifty dollars ($50.00).
25. 
Insurance agent (per agent): fifty dollars ($50.00).
26. 
Laundry service: fifty dollars ($50.00).
27. 
Lawn care: fifty dollars ($50.00).
28. 
Loan service: one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
29. 
Merchant: fifty dollars ($50.00).
30. 
Motel/hotel: fifty dollars ($50.00).
31. 
Newspaper: one hundred dollars ($100.00).
32. 
Pawnbroker: two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
33. 
Payday loan: two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
34. 
Pet grooming: fifty dollars ($50.00).
35. 
Photographer: fifty dollars ($50.00).
36. 
Plumber, master (per plumber): fifty dollars ($50.00).
37. 
Plumber, journeyman (per plumber): ten dollars ($10.00).
38. 
Real estate: fifty dollars ($50.00).
39. 
Restaurant: fifty dollars ($50.00).
40. 
Rock quarry: fifty dollars ($50.00).
41. 
Salon: fifty dollars ($50.00).
42. 
Salvage yard/dealer: fifty dollars ($50.00).
43. 
Service station: fifty dollars ($50.00).
44. 
Solicitor: fifty dollars ($50.00).
45. 
Storage rental: fifty dollars ($50.00).
46. 
Tanning salon: fifty dollars ($50.00).
47. 
Vehicle for hire: fifty dollars ($50.00).
48. 
Theater: fifty dollars ($50.00).
49. 
Title insurance: fifty dollars ($50.00).
50. 
Towing service: fifty dollars ($50.00).
51. 
Transient merchant: fifty dollars ($50.00).
52. 
Travel agency: fifty dollars ($50.00).
53. 
Tree trimmer: fifty dollars ($50.00).
54. 
Vending machine: fifty dollars ($50.00).
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 Marshall.