City of Woodson Terrace, MO Regulations For Certain Businesses and Occupations

A center designed to provide care and supervision to meet the needs of functionally impaired adults for periods of less than twenty-four (24) hours but more than two (2) hours per day in a place other than the adult's own home.

ADULT DAY CARE PROVIDER

The person, corporation, partnership, association or organization legally responsible for the overall operation of the adult day care center.

DEPARTMENT

The Department of Social Services of Missouri.

DIVISION

The Division of Aging.

FUNCTIONALLY IMPAIRED ADULT

An adult who by reason of age or infirmity requires care and supervision.

LICENSE

The document issued by the City which authorizes the adult day care provider to operate the program in accordance with the provisions herein.

LICENSEE

The person holding the license as an adult day care provider with the City of Woodson Terrace.

PARTICIPANT

A functionally impaired adult who is enrolled in an adult day care program.

PERSON

Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, agency, or an incorporated or unincorporated organization regardless of the name used.

License Required. No person shall operate an adult day care center for functionally impaired adults without first obtaining a license to be an adult day care provider from the City to do so. Application for a license shall be on forms supplied by the City Clerk. No license shall be issued except upon compliance with the following conditions:

Compliance with all of the terms and conditions of the conditional use permit granted for operation of an adult day care center in a commercial zoning district or residential zoning district.

Satisfactory evidence of compliance with all laws of the State of Missouri and regulations of the department and division relating to adult day care centers, including, but not limited to, staffing, program policies, participant care requirements and rights, record keeping requirements, fire safety and facility physical requirements.

Completion of all fire safety and other inspections done under such laws and regulations and completion of the work required to be done and all recommendations made for the safety of the adults cared for.

Issuance to the applicant of all licenses and permits required by Missouri law and the rules and regulations of the department for operation of an adult day care center at the location requested.

Payment of the annual license fee in the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).

Such license shall terminate on July first (1st) following issuance and in the event the license is renewed, the licensee shall receive a pro rata credit against the license fee from the second (2nd) license year for the number of months or parts of a month of the initial license year in which the business was not operated.

License Renewal. Provided the licensee has complied with all of the provisions of this Section and produces satisfactory evidence of good standing and continued compliance with all regulations and license conditions of the department and agency regulating adult day care centers, the license shall be renewed for an additional year on payment of the annual license fee as may be established by ordinances of the City from time to time.

Licenses Not Transferable Or Assignable. Licenses are not assignable or transferable. In the event there is any proposed change in the identity of the "person" operating the adult day care center, including addition or withdrawal of any principal having a substantial interest in the business, a new application must be made in the same manner as herein provided and a new license obtained by the new "person".

Revocation. Any license issued hereunder shall be subject to revocation by the Board of Aldermen for good cause shown. The Board of Aldermen shall cause a written notice of the cause(s) for the proposed revocation. Such notice shall also state the date, time and place of a hearing to be held by the Board of Aldermen not less than ten (10) days after the service of such notice. The notice shall be served by delivering a copy to the person in charge of the adult day care center or posting the same on the main entry door of the premises, by mailing a copy thereof by ordinary mail postage prepaid, addressed to "person" at the address set forth on the licensee's application or at such other address as the licensee requests in writing to the City Clerk.

Access For Inspection. The Chief of Police of the City of Woodson Terrace or any officer designated by him/her shall have access to the premises at all reasonable times and the person in charge of the premises shall make all staff personnel available to such officers conducting any investigation. From time to time the Chief of Police of the City Police Department may conduct such inquires as may be required in their judgment for the safety and protection of the adults at the adult day care center or any complaints about the operation of the center or the conduct of its employees.

Reports Of Licensee. The licensee shall provide the City Clerk with copies of all records and reports required to be submitted to the department or any other agency of the State of Missouri. The licensee shall further provide the City Clerk from time to time with a list of the names, address, phone numbers of each person employed at the adult day care center and the names of each person in charge of the adult day care center from time to time when none of the owners of the business or principal officers are on the premises. The licensee shall further upon request supply a list of all participants being cared for at the adult day care center with their names, addresses, names and addresses of such adult's children and custodians.

Section 605.200 Outdoor Advertising Billboards.

[Ord. No. 1382 §§3, 5 — 6, 6-13-1996; Ord. No. 1526 §§1 — 2, 4, 5-11-2000]

There is hereby imposed on each person, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company or other entity engaged in the business of maintaining or operating a billboard or billboards in the City of Woodson Terrace an annual business license tax in the amount of two percent (2%) of the annual gross revenue of each billboard structure in the City of Woodson Terrace.

This Section shall become effective and applicable for the business license year commencing July 1, 2000 and such fee shall be paid and such license secured by each such business entity on or before July 1, 2000 and for each year thereafter commencing July first (1st).

For any such billboard erected commencing after July first (1st) of any year, the annual license fee shall be prorated on a monthly basis for the first (1st) year of operation.

Application for such license shall be on forms prescribed by the City Collector and shall be signed by the owner, managing partner, Chief Executive Officer or other proper official of such business. Such application shall be accompanied by an affidavit of such person setting forth the gross revenues from such billboard business in the City of Woodson Terrace for the previous calendar year which shall be used to determine the initial levy. At the expiration of the license year for which the license was issued, an affidavit shall be submitted by the proper official of such business setting forth the actual revenues from each billboard in the City for the annual business license year ending June thirtieth (30th) and shall pay any balance of the tax due or receive a refund of any overpayment based on the actual annual revenues for such license year.

Each business shall make its books and records available for inspection at reasonable times by the City Collector or his/her deputy for the purpose of verifying the annual revenues from such billboard business within the City of Woodson Terrace.

It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to maintain or erect any billboard in the City of Woodson Terrace without procuring the business license and paying the license tax prescribed herein.

It shall be unlawful for any individual, whether manager, agent, officer, partner, employee or otherwise, to install, erect or maintain, or perform any work upon any billboard within the City of Woodson Terrace for which a business license has not been procured and the license tax paid.

Section 605.210 Watchmen and Security Guards.

[Ord. No. 652 §1, 1-20-1971]

No person shall engage in the business, occupation or employment of security guard or watchman, unless said person has a valid, current permit or license from the County of St. Louis to engage in such pursuit or is a full-time Sheriff's deputy or member of a Police force of any County or municipality of this State.

Section 605.220 Tree Trimming Services.

[Ord. No. 1715 §§1 — 5, 9-20-2007]

Permit Required. Every company, contractor or other entity, contracting to perform tree trimming services within the City of Woodson Terrace, shall not less than three (3) days prior to the scheduled work apply for, on forms provided by the City's Public Works Department, a permit, at no fee, for such work, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Subsection (D) hereof.

Form Of Application. The application shall be signed by the responsible person supervising or doing the work and authorized to bind the person, firm, contractor or other legal entity applicant for the permit, which shall include:

The legal name of the entity.

Proof of insurance with the City as an additional insured for bodily injury and property damage of not less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) per occurrence.

The exact location of the place where the work is to be done with street address.

The exact date and time the work is to be done or notice of same to the Director of Public Works a reasonable time prior to commencement of the work.

A statement of the scope of the work to be done and arrangements for disposition of all parts of trees and debris resulting from the work.

Cleanup And Removal. Tree parts removed from the trees including trunks, limbs, branches, leaves, growth, shavings and other debris shall be caused to be cleaned up and removed promptly from the premises by the contractor or property owner based on their agreement submitted with the permit application; provided however, where there is a general tree trimming by a utility company, all such tree parts and debris shall be caused to be removed by the utility or the homeowner or occupants affected to the front property line and shall be picked up and disposed of by the City; provided further, that in the event the property owner or occupant intends to retain and store trunk or large limbs in a manner satisfactory to the City to avoid rat, mice and insect infestation, the owner or occupant may do so, provided that such trunk parts and limbs are cut and stored in a proper manner not more than one (1) day after the tree trimming is completed.

Property Owner And Occupant. It shall be the duty of the owner of property, as well as the occupant on which any tree trimming is done, to fully comply with all provision of this Section. In the event of failure to comply with the removal and cleanup provisions in a prompt manner, with the result of an unsightly condition of cut tree parts and debris remaining on any property for more than ten (10) days and continued failure thereafter to removed the same after ten (10) days' written notice to do so is given to the owner, or occupant, by ordinary mail to the owner's address from City records and to the occupant to whom an occupancy permit has been issued or by posting such notice on the front door of the premises, the City may elect to enter upon the premises, remove such tree cuttings and debris and issue a special tax bill for the cost and disposition costs, including labor, material, transportation and administration expense of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) which shall be a lien on the property for which a special tax bill shall be imposed.

Emergencies. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions, in the event an emergency exists due to storms, tornados, fires and other disasters resulting in damage to trees on private property that constitute imminent danger or risk of bodily harm, the Mayor is authorized to declare an emergency and cause immediate steps to be taken to remove such danger. Except where such emergency condition is due to acts of the property owner or occupant, the expense of such emergency removal shall be paid from available Federal or State funds or, if none, from the City's General Revenue Fund.

Section 605.230 Business of Parking or Storage of Motor Vehicles.

[Ord. No. 1348 §§1 — 4, 3-28-1995; Ord. No. 1608 §1, 1-22-2004; Ord. No. 1613 §2, 1-22-2004]

There is hereby imposed an annual license fee upon each person, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity engaged in the business of providing parking or storage for motor vehicles for a fee, an annual license fee of sixteen dollars fifty cents ($16.50) per annum for each parking space maintained for such purpose within the City of Woodson Terrace.

This Section shall become effective and applicable for the business license year commencing July 1, 1995 and such fees shall be paid and license secured by such business on or before July 1, 1995 and each year thereafter.

For all businesses commencing after the first (1st) of July of any year, the annual license fee shall be prorated on a monthly basis for the first (1st) year of operation.

Application for such license shall be on forms prescribed by the City Collector and shall be signed by the owner, managing partner, officer or such other proper official of such business and certified under oath.

Section 605.240 Motor Vehicle Rental Agencies.

[Ord. No. 1612 §§1 — 6, 1-22-2004; Ord. No. 1613 §1, 1-22-2004]

Imposition Of License Fee. There is hereby imposed on each person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity maintaining a facility within the City of Woodson Terrace in the conduct of a motor vehicle rental business an annual license fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per annum per each motor vehicle available for rent or lease and rented from, serviced, maintained, stored or garaged within the City of Woodson Terrace as of July 1 of each year.

[Ord. No. 1946, 4-19-2018]

Books And Records. Each such business shall maintain adequate books and records to accurately determine the license due for each fiscal year commencing July first (1st). On or before July fifteenth (15th) of each fiscal year, each such business shall submit under oath of its manager or person in charge of such facility a statement to the City Collector of the number of such motor vehicles on hand on July first (1st) and the amount of the license fee calculated in accordance with such ordinance and pay this license fee in full.

Issuance Of License. Upon receipt of the manager's affidavit and payment of the license fee due, the City Collector shall issue the license.

Inspection Of Books And Records. Each such business shall make its books and records from which the license fee is required to be calculated available for inspection by the City Collector or his/her representative at reasonable times to verify the amount of the license fee due.

Other Ordinances. The provisions of Article I of Chapter 605, the general business license ordinance, to the extent not inconsistent herewith shall be applicable to motor vehicle rental agencies.

Section 605.250 Hotels.

[Ord. No. 543 §§1, 3, 1-18-1968; Ord. No. 1606 §1, 1-22-2004; Ord. No. 1613(prop 5), 1-22-2004; Ord. No. 1719 §§1 — 2, 12-20-2007]

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to own or operate a hotel within the City of Woodson Terrace without first paying the annual license fee provided for herein and procuring an annual license to do so.

The license fee for hotels and motels shall be eighty-five cents ($.85) per day per room occupied for a fee by transient guests, payable quarterly on the fifteenth (15th) day of the month following the end of each quarter of the license year. Each hotel and motel owner and operator shall submit an affidavit, under oath of the manager, of the number of rooms occupied in the preceding quarter and pay the tax so calculated no later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the month following the end of each quarter. Each hotel and motel shall keep and maintain books and records to show the number of rooms rented to transient guests each day, which records shall be made available to the City Collector from time to time on request, to verify the calculation of the tax due.

The foregoing license fee may be increased by ordinance each succeeding fiscal year, but not to exceed five percent (5%), provided however, that the license rate shall never exceed the amount heretofore authorized by the voters of the City.