[R.O. 1993 § 605.010; Ord. No.
1921 § 2, 9-20-1962; CC 1969 § 14-1; Ord.
No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
For the purposes of this Chapter, any person or entity shall
be deemed to be conducting business or engaging in a "for-profit enterprise"
when the person or entity performs at least one (1) act of manufacturing,
offering, providing, soliciting or selling goods and/or services for
sale or hire.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.020; Ord. No.
1921 § 2, 9-20-1962; CC 1969 § 14-2; Ord.
No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
It shall be unlawful for any person, either directly or indirectly,
to conduct any business or for-profit enterprise or to use in connection
therewith any vehicle, premises, machine or device, in whole or in
part, for which a license or permit is required by any law or by this
Code or other ordinance of this City, without a license or permit
therefor being first procured and kept in effect at all such times
as required by law or by this Code or other ordinance.
[Ord. No. 3260, 7-18-2022]
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, no license
under this Chapter shall be required of any person or entity conducting
business or for-profit activity as part of a City-sponsored activity.
For purposes of this Section, the term "City-sponsored activity" shall
mean an organized event authorized by the City Council in which goods
or services are to be sold at a designated location and during a time
period designated by the authorization. The City Council may adopt
reasonable regulations for participation in such activities, including
limitations on the number of persons and entities authorized to participate,
the space allotted to each participant, and the fee to be charged
(if any) for participation.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.030; Ord. No.
1921 § 2, 9-20-1962; CC 1969 § 14-3; Ord.
No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
This Chapter shall apply to all business in the nature of special
sales for which a license is required by any law or by this Code or
other ordinance of this City, and it shall be unlawful for any person,
either directly or indirectly, to conduct any such sale except in
conformity with the provisions of this Chapter.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.040; Ord. No.
1921 § 2, 9-20-1962; CC 1969 § 14-4; Ord.
No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
No license shall be required of any person for mere delivery
in the City of any property purchased or acquired in good faith from
such person at his/her regular place of business outside the City
where no intent by such person is shown to exist to evade the provisions
of this Chapter.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.050; CC 1969 § 14-5; Ord. No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
The City License Officer shall issue a special permit, without
payment of any license fee or other charge therefor, to any person
for the conduct or operation of a for-profit enterprise, either regularly
or temporarily, when he/she finds that the applicant operates such
enterprise without private profit for a public, charitable, educational,
literary, fraternal, patriotic or religious purpose.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.060; Ord. No.
1921 § 2, 9-20-1962; CC 1969 § 14-6; Ord.
No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
The agents or other representatives of non-residents who are
doing business in this City shall be personally responsible for the
compliance of their principals and of the businesses they represent
with the provisions of this Chapter.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.070; Ord. No.
1921 § 3, 9-20-1962; CC 1969 § 14-7; Ord.
No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
A. The City Clerk/Collector is hereby designated as the City License
Officer and shall issue licenses in the name of the City to all persons
qualified under the provisions of this Chapter. The City License Officer
shall:
1.
Make Rules. Promulgate and enforce all reasonable rules and
regulations necessary for the administration and enforcement of this
Chapter.
2.
Adopt Forms. Adopt all forms and prescribe the information to
be given therein as to character and other relevant matter for all
necessary papers.
3.
Require Affidavits. Require applicants to submit all affidavits
and oaths necessary for the administration of this Chapter.
4.
Obtain Endorsement. Submit all applications, in proper cases,
to interested City Officials for their endorsements thereon as to
compliance by the applicant with all City regulations which they have
the duty of enforcing.
5.
Investigate. Investigate and determine the eligibility of any
applicant for a license as prescribed herein.
6.
Examine Records. Examine the books and records of any applicant
or licensee when reasonably necessary to the administration and enforcement
of this Chapter.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.080; Ord. No.
1921 § 3, 9-20-1962; CC 1969 § 14-8; Ord.
No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
The City Clerk/City Collector shall keep all information furnished
or secured under the authority of this Chapter in strict confidence.
Such information shall not be subject to public inspection and shall
be kept so that the contents thereof shall not become known except
to the persons charged with the administration or enforcement of this
Chapter; provided, that this Section shall not be construed to prohibit
the giving of testimony in a court of competent jurisdiction and in
compliance with a valid subpoena.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.090; Ord. No.
1921 § 12, 9-20-1962; CC 1969 § 14-9; Ord.
No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly make a false
statement in an application for a license or in any return or statement
which may be required of him/her pursuant to this Chapter.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.100; Ord. No.
1921 § 2, 9-20-1962; CC 1969 § 14-10; Ord.
No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
A. To
be eligible for a license or permit required by this Chapter, an applicant
therefor shall not be in default under the provisions of this Chapter
or indebted or obligated in any manner to the City except for current
taxes.
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 Subsection shall be dated within ninety (90) days
of submission of the business license application or renewal application.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.110; Ord. No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
All licenses issued pursuant to this Chapter shall expire on the last day of June next following their issuance and shall be issued for a term of one (1) year except pursuant to Section
605.120.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.120; Ord. No.
1921 § 3, 9-20-1962; CC 1969 § 14-12; Ord.
No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
The license fee for any business commenced after October 1st
shall be prorated so as to be in proportion to the balance of such
license period and not for the whole thereof. License fee will be
as follows:
License Period
|
License Fee
|
---|
October — December
|
$125.00
|
January — March
|
$75.00
|
April — June
|
$25.00
|
[R.O. 1993 § 605.130; Ord. No.
1956 § 1, 1-11-1965; CC 1969 § 14-13; Ord. No. 2046, 9-11-1972; Ord. No.
2217, 6-9-1980; Ord. No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
All persons required to obtain a new or renewal license in July
of each year shall have paid the required license tax or fee on or
before July first in each year under penalty of having a late charge
assessed against the licensee after the next succeeding July 15th.
Beginning July 16th, an additional fee or late charge of ten dollars
($10.00) shall be charged to each delinquent licensee and collected
by the City Clerk/City Collector from each such delinquent licensee
for each month of delinquency.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.140; Ord. No.
1921 § 9, 9-20-1962; CC 1969 § 14-14; Ord.
No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
Every applicant for a City License who shall carry on in two
(2) or more different places and at separate locations any occupation,
trade, pursuit, business or vocation included in this Chapter shall
procure a separate license for each such place of business.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.150; Ord. No.
1921 § 2, 9-20-1962; CC 1969 § 14-15; Ord.
No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
Notwithstanding common ownership, separate businesses at the
same location shall be required to obtain separate licenses for conducting
each of such businesses. For purposes of this Section, the term "separate
business" shall mean any person or entity conducting business under
a registered, fictitious or other readily-identifiable trade name
distinct from any other business at the same location.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.160; Ord. No.
1921 § 4, 9-20-1962; CC 1969 § 14-16; Ord.
No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
A. Each license issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall state
upon its face the following:
1.
The name of the licensee and any other name which such business
is to be conducted.
2.
The kind and address of each business so licensed.
3.
The amount of license fee therefor.
4.
The dates of issuance and expiration thereof.
5.
Such other information as the City Clerk/City Collector shall
determine.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.170; Ord. No.
1921 § 15, 9-20-1962; CC 1969 § 14-17; Ord.
No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
Every license issued by virtue of any provision of this Chapter
shall be signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk, who shall
affix the Corporate Seal of the City thereto. No license shall be
issued to any person until the amount prescribed therefor shall have
been paid to the City Clerk/City Collector.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.180; Ord. No.
1921 § 15, 9-20-1962; CC 1969 § 14-18; Ord.
No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
When a license has been properly prepared for issuance and has
been recorded in the Licensing Officer's office, City Clerk/City Collector
shall deliver the license to the licensee named therein upon payment
of the required fee.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.190; Ord. No.
1921 § 10, 9-20-1962; CC 1969 § 14-19; Ord.
No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
Every licensee shall post his/her license in a conspicuous place
in his/her place of business.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.200; Ord. No.
1921 § 11, 9-20-1962; CC 1969 § 14-20; Ord.
No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
No license issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall
be transferable from one (1) person to another except upon the sale
of the business covered by such license, including the stock of merchandise,
fixtures and equipment. No license shall be transferable from one
(1) type of business, occupation, trade, pursuit or vocation to another
kind or type.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.210; Ord. No.
1921 § 3, 9-20-1962; CC 1969 § 14-21; Ord.
No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
Except as may be otherwise provided in this Chapter, no rebate
or refund of any license fee or part thereof shall be made by reason
of the non-use of such license or by reason of a change of location
or business rendering the use of such license ineffective.
[R.O. 1993 § 605.215; Ord. No.
2536 § 600, 8-9-1993; Ord. No. 3254, 2-28-2022]
A. No license required under the provisions of this Chapter shall be
issued by the City Clerk/City Collector to any person until such person
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 City Collector.
B. Nothing in this Chapter 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.