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City of Berkeley, MO
St. Louis County
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[CC 1961 §28.09(B)(1); Ord. No. 2787 §1, 2-3-1986]
As used in this Article the following terms shall have these prescribed meanings:
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any automobile, truck, or other self-propelled vehicle operated over and on the streets and highways.
PARKING LOTS
Any outdoor space or uncovered plot, place, lot, parcel of real estate where motor vehicles may be parked, stored, housed, or kept.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation or organization of any kind.
[CC 1961 §28.09(B)(2); Ord. No. 2787 §1, 2-3-1986]
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct the business of renting of motor vehicles or the storing of same for the purpose of renting without first obtaining a license therefor in the manner hereinafter set forth.
[CC 1961 §28.09(B)(3); Ord. No. 2787 §1, 2-3-1986]
A. 
Applications for licenses required by ordinance shall be made to the Director of Finance on the forms prepared by the Director.
B. 
Along with such form, there shall be filed a plot plan of the parking lot showing location, exits and entrances, size of lot, attendants, buildings, hours when attendant will be on duty, lighting, rates to be charged, and other information as required.
[CC 1961 §28.09(B)(4); Ord. No. 2787 §1, 2-3-1986]
Prior to the issuance of any business license herein, the applicant must secure an additional land use permit, pursuant to Chapter 400, Zoning, of the Municipal Code of the City, and receive approval of the Director of Public Works relative to the construction of the parking lots and all buildings.
[CC 1961 §28.09(B)(5); Ord. No. 2787 §1, 2-3-1986]
A. 
Each motor vehicle parked or stored within the City shall have, attached to the front windshield in the lower right corner, a City tag which shall be secured from the Director of Finance. Such tag shall be valid until the thirty-first (31st) day of January of each year. No motor vehicle which is to be rented from any parking lot in the City shall be parked, stored in the City, or driven upon the City streets without such City tag.
B. 
The cost of each such tag shall be five dollars ($5.00). No tag shall be transferred to any other vehicle, and shall be used on the vehicle to which it has been issued.
C. 
An application for such tag shall be made to the Director of Finance providing the following information:
1. 
A brief description of the motor vehicle, including the name of the manufacturer and motor number.
2. 
Name and address of owner, and additional information as required.
3. 
The Director of Finance shall assign a number to such motor vehicle tag.
[CC 1961 §28.09(B)(6); Ord. No. 2787 §1, 2-3-1986]
Any person parking or storing any motor vehicle within the City of Berkeley for the purposes of rental or leasing is hereby designated as doing business within the City and shall be subject to the Merchant License and shall secure a Merchant License and pay any and all taxes as required by Chapter 605, Merchants' and Manufacturers' Licenses, of the Municipal Code.
[CC 1961 §28.09(B)(8); Ord. No. 2787 §1, 2-3-1986]
Every parking lot shall be paved with asphalt or other similar paving as approved by the Director of Public Works, and be kept clean and free of litter and debris.
[CC 1961 §28.09(B)(9); Ord. No. 2787 §1, 2-3-1986]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall be, upon conviction thereof, fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the City Jail not exceeding twenty (20) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day such violation is committed, or is permitted to continue, shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.