[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.
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 Greendale.
A.
All applications
for the licenses required herein shall be made to the City Clerk on
appropriate forms provided for that purpose by the City. All licenses
issued by the City Clerk shall be in such form as is provided by the
Board of Alderpersons; provided however, that such license shall bear
the signature of the Mayor of the Board of Alderpersons and the City
Clerk, the date of issuance thereof and the date of expiration, as
well as any additional information that may be required by the Board
of Alderpersons.
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 Section shall be dated within ninety (90) days of
submission of the business license application or renewal application.
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.
A.
Any license
issued by the City pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter may
be revoked by the Board of Alderpersons for any of the following reasons,
as well as for any other reasons specified in this Chapter:
1.
Any
failure to comply with or any violation of any provisions of this
Chapter, or any other ordinance of the City regulating the business,
occupation or activity licensed, or the Statutes of the State of Missouri
by any licensee.
2.
Violation
of the terms and conditions upon which the license was issued.
3.
Failure
of the licensee to pay any tax or obligation due to the City.
4.
Any
misrepresentation or false statement in the application for a license
required herein.
5.
Failure
to display the license required herein.
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Revocation of any license shall be in addition to any other
penalty or penalties which may be imposed pursuant to these provisions.
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A.
In any
case in which a complaint has been made to the Board of Alderpersons,
or in which the Board of Alderpersons have on their own determined
that cause may exist for the revocation of a license under the provisions
of this Chapter, the following procedures shall be followed:
1.
The
Board of Alderpersons shall set a date for a hearing to consider the
question of revocation.
2.
At least
ten (10) days prior to said hearing, written notice shall be mailed
to the licensee, by registered mail, return receipt requested, to
his/her last known address as shown in the records of the City Clerk
advising the licensee of the time, date and place of hearing and of
the reason for considering the revocation of his/her license.
3.
During
the pendency of this hearing before the Board of Alderpersons, the
licensee shall be permitted to continue the operation of his/her business.
4.
At the
hearing set by the Board of Alderpersons, the Board of Alderpersons
shall hear all relevant and material evidence justifying the retention
of the license.
5.
The
licensee may be present in person and/or by his/her attorney and may
present evidence.
6.
After
hearing the evidence presented, the Board of Alderpersons shall vote
on the issue of whether the subject license shall be revoked.
7.
The
affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Alderpersons shall
be necessary to revoke any license.
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.
