[R.O. 2011 § 610.010; R.O. 2009
§ 112.01; CC 1981 § 16-159; Ord.
No. 74-8, 2-27-1974; Ord. No. 03-280, 10-23-2003]
A special business district is hereby
established, the boundaries of which are as follows:
Being all within the City and beginning
at the intersection of the centerlines of Main Street and Clark Street;
thence westwardly along the centerline of Clark Street to its intersection
with the centerline of Third Street; thence southwardly along the
centerline of Third Street to its intersection with the centerline
of Madison Street; thence eastwardly to a point being the intersection
of the centerline of Madison Street with the centerline of Second
Street; thence southwardly along the centerline of Second Street to
its intersection with the centerline of Jackson Street; thence eastwardly
along the centerline of Jackson Street to the intersection with the
centerline of the alley between Jackson Street and Tompkins Street;
thence southwardly along the centerline of the alley between Jackson
Street and Tompkins Street to the intersection with Tompkins Street;
thence southwardly along the centerline of the alley between Tompkins
Street and Pike Street to the intersection with Pike Street; then
southwardly along the centerline of the alley between Pike Street
and Perry Street to the intersection with the centerline of Perry
Street; thence southwardly along the centerline of the alley between
Perry Street and Water Street to the intersection with the centerline
of Water Street; thence southwardly along the alley between Water
Street and McDonough Street to the intersection of the south right-of-way
line of McDonough Street; thence eastwardly along the south right-of-way
line of McDonough Street to the north property line of a lot, the
address being 119 McDonough Street; thence westwardly along such property
line to the west property line of said lot; thence southwardly along
said property line to the south property line of such lot; thence
eastwardly along the such property line to the intersection with the
north property line of a lot, the address being 915 South Main Street;
thence westwardly along the such property line to a point being common
to the west property line of such lot and the north right-of-way line
of Boone's Lick Road; thence to a point being common to the south
right-of-way line of Boone's Lick Road and the west property line
to the west property line of a lot, the address being 1001 South Main
Street; thence southwardly along such west property line to the west
property line of a lot, the address being 1017 South Main Street;
thence southwardly along such property line to the west property line
of a lot, the address being 1019 South Main Street; thence southwardly
along such property line to the west property line of a lot, the address
being 1025 South Main Street; thence southwardly along such property
line to the west property line of a lot, the address being 1039 South
Main Street; thence southwardly along such property line to the west
property line of a lot, the address being 1041 South Main Street;
thence southwardly along such property line to the intersection with
the north right-of-way line of Barbour Street; thence southwardly
to a point being in common to the south right-of-way line of Barbour
Street and the southward extension of the west property line of a
lot, the address being 1101 South Main Street; thence southwardly
along such property line to the west property line of a lot, the address
being 1115 South Main Street; thence southwardly along such property
line to the west property line of a lot, the address being 1117 South
Main Street; thence southwardly along such property line to the west
property line of a lot, the address being 1119 South Main Street;
thence southwardly along such property line to the west property line
of a lot, the address being 1121 South Main Street; thence southwardly
along such property line to the west property line of a lot, the address
being 1123 South Main Street; thence southwardly along such property
line to the west property line of a lot, the address being 1125 South
Main Street; thence southwardly along such property line to the west
property line of a lot, the address being 1127 South Main Street;
thence southwardly along such property line to the west property line
of a lot, the address being 1129 South Main Street; thence southwardly
along such property line to the west property line of a lot, the address
being 1131 South Main Street; thence southwardly along such property
line to the intersection with the north right-of-way line of Reservoir
Avenue; thence southwardly to a point being in common to the south
right-of-way line of Reservoir Avenue and the east property line of
a lot, the address being 205 Reservoir Avenue; thence southwardly
along such property line the east property line of a lot, the address
being 207 Reservoir Avenue; thence southwardly along such property
line to the intersection with the north property line of a lot, the
address being 1219 South Main Street; thence westwardly along such
property line to the west property line of such property; thence southward
along such property line to the east property line of a lot, the address
being 238 Reservoir Avenue; then southward along such property line
to the east property line of a lot, the address being 236 Reservoir
Avenue; thence southwardly to the north property line of a lot described
as Crestview Condo Lot C; thence eastwardly along such property line
to the intersection with the west right-of-way line of South Main
Street; thence southwardly along such right-of-way line to the intersection
with the north right-of-way line of Interstate 70; thence eastwardly
to a point being the intersection of the north right-of-way line of
Interstate 70 with the east right-of-way line of South Main Street;
thence northwardly along the east right-of-way line of South Main
Street to the south property line of a property described as Water
Works Lot 1 recorded in Deed Book 1976, Page 993 in the St. Charles
County Recorder's Office; thence eastwardly along such property line
its intersection with the west property line of the Katy Trail State
Park; thence continuing along the bearing of the southern property
line of the aforementioned Water Works Lot 1 to the intersection with
the east property line of the aforementioned Katy Trail State Park;
thence northwardly along such property line its intersection with
the centerline of Blanchette Creek, said centerline also being the
south property line of Frontier Park; thence eastwardly along such
property line to its intersection with the present existing City limits
line; thence northwardly along the City limits line to a point, being
the intersection of the City limits line and the eastward extension
of the centerline of Adams Street; thence westwardly along such extension
and centerline of Adams Street to its intersection with the centerline
of Main Street; thence northwardly along the centerline of Main Street
to the point of beginning.
[R.O. 2011 § 610.020; R.O. 2009
§ 112.02; CC 1981 § 16-160; Ord.
No. 74-8, 2-27-1974; Ord. No. 80-110, 10-8-1980; Ord. No. 86-94, 4-18-1986; Ord. No. 87-65, 4-18-1987; Ord. No. 88-201, 10-19-1988]
A.
Business Property Tax. There may be imposed
annually a tax upon the owner of real property, excluding all properties
used exclusively for residential purposes as hereinafter defined,
within the special business district up to the amount of forty-four
cents ($0.44) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) assessed valuation.
The amount of annual tax generated from this special business property
tax for any one (1) property or business so taxed shall not exceed
three hundred dollars ($300.00) annually. The amount to be imposed
shall be determined by the City Council prior to September 10 of each
year and shall be collected for and paid into a special fund hereby
established.
B.
Use Of Funds. The funds produced by the
business property tax shall be used for the following purposes:
1.
To close existing streets or alleys
or to open new streets and alleys or to widen or narrow existing streets
and alleys in whole or in part;
2.
To construct or install pedestrian
or shopping malls, plazas, sidewalks or moving sidewalks, parks, meeting
and display facilities, convention centers, arenas, bus stop shelters,
lighting, benches or other seating furniture, sculptures, telephone
booths, traffic signs, fire hydrants, kiosks, trash receptacles, marquees,
awnings, canopies, walls and barriers, paintings, murals, alleys,
shelters, display cases, fountains, restrooms, information booths,
aquariums, aviaries, tunnels and ramps, pedestrian and vehicular overpasses
and underpasses and each and every other useful or necessary or desired
improvement;
3.
To landscape and plant trees, bushes
and shrubbery, flowers and each and every other kind of decorative
planting;
4.
To install and operate public music
and news facilities;
5.
To purchase and operate buses, minibuses,
mobile benches and other modes of transportation;
6.
To construct and operate child care
facilities;
7.
To construct lakes, dams and waterways
of whatever size;
8.
To provide special police or cleaning
facilities and personnel for the protection and enjoyment of the property
owners and the general public using the facilities of such business
district;
9.
To maintain, as hereinafter provided,
all City-owned streets, alleys, malls, bridges, ramps, tunnels, lawns,
trees and decorative plantings of each and every nature and every
structure or object of any nature whatsoever constructed or operated
by the City;
10.
To acquire, construct, reconstruct,
extend, maintain or repair parking lots, both above and below ground,
or other facilities for the parking of vehicles, including the power
to install such facilities in public areas, whether such areas are
owned in fee or by easement;
11.
To promote business activity in the
district by, but not limited to, advertising, decoration of any public
place in the area, promotion of public events which are to take place
on or in public places, furnishing of music in any public place and
the general promotion of trade activities in the district; and
12.
To retire parking lot revenue bonds
for lots in the district.
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For the purpose of this Section,
a "residential property" is defined as follows: A building or structure,
including necessary residential accessory buildings, which is used
solely for residential purposes as a dwelling including, but not limited
to, a single-family, row house or townhouse and multiple-family dwellings.
A dwelling shall not include any home occupation, business room or
rooms or any portion of the building or accessory building to be used
for business purposes.
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C.
Business License Tax. Further, there is
imposed a business license tax on the businesses and individuals licensed
to do business within the business district. The business license
taxes shall be used for the purpose of operating parking facilities,
promoting business activities, providing special service for the district
and promoting the general improvement and well-being of the district.
[1]
State Law Reference: Authorized, § 71.800(2),
RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 610.030; R.O. 2009
§ 112.03; CC 1981 § 16-161; Ord.
No. 74-8, 2-27-1974]
[R.O. 2011 § 610.040; R.O. 2009
§ 112.04; CC 1981 § 16-173; Ord.
No. 76-19, 2-25-1976; Ord. No. 80-110, 10-8-1980; Ord. No. 81-56, 6-17-1981; Ord. No. 89-78, 5-4-1989; Ord. No. 03-323, 12-23-2003; Ord. No. 08-32, 2-6-2008; Ord. No. 24-001, 1-2-2024]
There is established a Special Business
District Advisory Board which shall be composed of eight (8) persons.
There shall be four (4) persons appointed from the Special Business
District north of First Capitol Drive and four (4) persons from the
Special Business District south of First Capitol Drive.
[R.O. 2011 § 610.050; R.O. 2009
§ 112.05; CC 1981 § 16-174; Ord.
No. 76-19, 2-25-1974; Ord. No. 80-110, 10-8-1980; Ord. No. 81-56, 6-17-1981; Ord. No. 89-78, 5-4-1989; Ord. No. 08-32, 2-6-2008]
Members of the Board, except for
the Councilmember, shall be a property owner in the district who shall
pay the special business district property tax or a person who owns
a business in the district who shall pay the special business district
business license tax. The members may directly or through a corporation,
partnership, trust or limited liability company pay the special business
district property tax or business license tax.
[R.O. 2011 § 610.060; R.O. 2009
§ 112.06; CC 1981 § 16-175; Ord.
No. 76-19, 2-25-1976; Ord. No. 80-110, 10-8-1980; Ord. No. 81-56, 6-17-1981; Ord. No. 89-78, 5-4-1989]
A.
The City Council shall have sole discretion
on the use of the revenues derived from any tax imposed on the district;
however, the Special Business District Advisory Board shall make recommendations
to the City Council as to the use of these revenues on any matter
that concerns the special business district or that may be referred
to the Board by the Mayor and City Council.
B.
All revenues that the City Council may
direct to be used by the special business district and any other funds
derived, granted or donated shall be used by the special business
district for the purposes of the district as previously outlined with
the approval of the City Council.
C.
All bills of the Board and all salaries
of its employees shall be allowed and paid in the same manner that
bills and salaries of other officers and employees of the City are
allowed and paid. The Board shall follow the procedures by the City's
Director of Finance for payment of bills and salaries.
D.
It shall be the duty of the Board to keep
books of accounts showing with entire accuracy contemporaneous current
entries of receipts and expenditures of the Board. This shall be done
in such a manner as to enable the same to be understood and investigated
and also to preserve on file in its offices, duplicate vouchers for
all expenditures. Books and duplicates shall, at all times, be open
to examination for the City Council or the Director of Finance of
the City.
E.
It shall be the responsibility of the Board
to prepare an annual statement and budget for each fiscal year operations.
This shall be presented to the Mayor and the City Council at the first
Council meeting in April of each year.
F.
It shall be the duty of the Board to designate
special events upon the mall area of South Main Street and, when so
designated, all vehicular traffic or parking is prohibited during
such special events. Any such designation shall be secured from the
office of the Mayor.
[R.O. 2011 § 610.070; R.O. 2009
§ 112.07; CC 1981 § 16-176; Ord.
No. 76-19, 2-25-1976; Ord. No. 80-110, 10-8-1980]
A.
The Board shall elect a Chairperson, Vice
Chairperson and Secretary-Treasurer. The Board shall meet at the call
of the Chairperson or upon the call of two (2) members of the Board.
Members of the Board shall not receive compensation for serving on
the Board. Five (5) members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
B.
The Board shall have the power to appoint
an executive director and clerical staff for the Board with approval
of the Mayor and City Council.
C.
The Board may contract with persons and
firms for services and work which may be required by the Board which
is necessary for the accomplishment of its work. All contracts, services
or expenditures for same shall be approved by the Mayor and City Council.
