[R.O. 2011 § 140.290; Ord. No. 16-104 §§ 1 — 2, 5-10-2016[1]]
A. 
There is hereby imposed a sales tax in the amount of one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) on the receipts from all retail sales and taxable services at retail within the City upon all sellers within the City for the privilege of engaging in the business of selling tangible personal property or rendering taxable services at retail to the extent and in the manner provided by Sections 144.010 to 144.525, inclusive, RSMo., as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Director of Revenue of the State of Missouri issued pursuant thereto. Such tax may be used for the purpose of funding local parks and stormwater control. One-third (1/3) of said tax shall be used for funding outdoor park capital improvements and two-thirds (2/3) of said tax shall be used for stormwater control capital improvements. No part of such tax shall be used to fund any operational expenses. Further, no part of such tax shall be used for funding indoor aquatic facilities.
B. 
The imposition of said sales tax shall become effective as provided by law upon approval thereof by a majority of the votes cast on the proposition by the qualified voters of the City voting thereon and shall terminate automatically fifteen (15) years after the imposition thereof.
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Editor's Note: This tax was passed by a majority of the qualified voters at an election held 8-2-2016.
[Ord. No. 22-146, 11-1-2022[1]]
A. 
Pursuant to the authority granted by, and subject to, the provisions of Sections 144.600 through 144.761, RSMo., a local use tax for general revenue purposes is imposed for the privilege of storing, using or consuming within the City any article of tangible personal property. This tax does not apply with respect to the storage, use or consumption of any article of tangible personal property purchased, produced or manufactured outside this State until the transportation of the article has finally come to rest within this City or until the article has become commingled with the general mass of property of this City.
B. 
The rate of the tax shall be the same as the total local sales tax, currently at a rate of two percent (2%). If any local sales tax is repealed or the rate thereof is reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax rate shall also be deemed to be repealed, reduced or raised by the same action repealing, reducing or raising the local sales tax.
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Editor's Note: This tax was passed by a majority of the qualified voters at an election held 4-4-2023.
[Ord. No. 23-069, 6-6-2023[1]]
The City of Saint Charles, Missouri, does hereby impose an additional sales tax of three percent (3%) on all retail sales of adult-use marijuana sold in the City of Saint Charles, Missouri. This will tax only recreational marijuana and will not allow the taxation of medical marijuana.
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Editor's Note: This tax was passed by a majority of the qualified voters at an election held 4-4-2023.