[Ord. No. 7 §3, 5-22-1950; Ord. No. 279 §1, 3-20-1984]
A. It shall
be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in any business
or occupation in the City of Greendale without having first applied
for and obtained a license to conduct such business or occupation
from the City Clerk and without paying the license fee therefor, all
as provided for in this Chapter.
B. Business Licenses. No person, firm or corporation, co-partnership, association or other business group or organization shall engage in any retail business in the City of Greendale, Missouri, or manage, operate or control any public buildings, public halls or vehicles unless said person, firm, corporation, co-partnership, association or business group or organization City Clerk for a license; and if the City Clerk is convinced that the applicant has complied with any and all ordinances and State laws governing the issuance of a license to do or engage in the matters or things for which said license is applied for, he/she shall issue to said applicant a license upon payment of a license fee as set out in Section
130.280 of this Code.
C. Licenses
provided for herein shall be due and payable on the first (1st) day
of June of each year; the City Marshal shall notify all persons liable
to pay a license fee by the provisions of the Chapter and if said
license is not paid within fifteen (15) days thereafter, shall be
subject to prosecution for failure to do so.
No license issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall
be assignable or transferable but shall apply only to the person to
whom same is issued. In the event any licensee, as provided for herein,
shall move his/her place of business from one location to another
location within the City, said licensee shall submit a statement of
the fact of such change to the City Clerk who may transfer such license
as to location only. In no event, however, shall such license be transferred
from one person to another or from the kind of business or occupation
originally licensed to another type of business or occupation.
The term of the licenses issued pursuant to the provisions of
this Chapter shall be from July first (1st) of one (1) year to June
thirtieth (30th) of the succeeding year. In the event any licensee
hereunder shall commence business on or after January first (1st),
the City Clerk shall issue such license at the rate of one-half (½)
of the license fee for such six (6) month period of January first
(1st) to June thirtieth (30th) or fraction thereof.
All applications for renewal of a license provided for herein
shall be filed no later than June first (1st) of each year.
Each license issued by the City under the provisions of this
Chapter shall be carefully preserved and shall be displayed in a conspicuous
place in the place of business authorized to be conducted by said
license. If there is no place of business, said license shall be carried
on the licensee's person.
Any person, firm or corporation or co-partnership who shall
violate any provision of this Chapter, or who shall exercise or attempt
to exercise any of the occupations, trades or avocations, or who shall
carry on or engage in or attempt to carry on or engage in any of the
businesses for which a license is required in this Chapter in the
City of Greendale without first paying the tax herein levied and obtaining
a license therefor shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of an
ordinance violation and shall be punished by a fine of not more than
one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). In addition to the above penalties,
any person, firm or corporation or co-partnership who is required
to take out a license, or any such person whose license has expired
and notice has been given by the City Clerk shall, if not paid within
ten (10) days after such tax is due pursuant to said notice, pay a
penalty of fifteen dollars ($15.00) and for every ten (10) days thereafter,
fifteen dollars ($15.00) shall be added as a penalty until the party
required to take out such license shall have complied with the provisions
regulating licenses in this Chapter. This penalty shall be collected
with the license by the City Clerk and paid to the City of Greendale.