[Ord. No. 2005-10 §1, 6-13-2005; Ord. No. 2005-11 §1, 6-27-2005]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have these
prescribed meanings:
Any person, co-partnership, firm or corporation who shall
engage in any of the businesses and occupations as set forth in Section
94.270, RSMo., are hereby declared to be merchants within the meaning
of the terms of this Article, save and except for those who are specifically
exempted by the provisions of Section 71.620, RSMo., and Section 71.630,
RSMo.
A structure not being located upon a permanent foundation
with footing and not having walls on at least three (3) sides thereof.
[Ord. No. 2005-10 §2, 6-13-2005]
Any person engaging in a business as a merchant, as herein defined,
within the corporate limits of the City of Laurie shall pay to the
City a license fee as hereinafter set forth.
[Ord. No. 2005-10 §§3
— 4, 6-13-2005]
A.
That
the fee for a merchant’s license shall be twenty-five dollars
($25.00) per year. Said twenty-five dollar ($25.00) fee shall be payable
at the office of the City Clerk on or before July 1 of each year for
the next succeeding year and each year annually thereafter. The original
license fee shall be accompanied by a written application for a merchant’s
license which shall state the name and address of the applicant and
shall be accompanied by a true copy of a valid Missouri retail sales
license. In the event that any applicant shall fail to renew a merchant’s
license on or before the due date of any renewal there shall be an
additional delinquency fee of five percent (5%) of the original license
fee if the failure is not for more than one (1) month, with an additional
five percent (5%) for each additional month or fraction thereof during
which such failure continues, not exceeding twenty-five percent (25%)
in the aggregate, for any such delinquency prior to the renewal of
same.
[Ord. No. 2016-08 §1, 8-9-2016]
B.
The
City Clerk is directed to bill all holders of merchant's licenses
for renewal prior to July first (1st) of each year, said billing to
include notice of the delinquency fee set forth hereinabove.
[Ord. No. 2003-11 §2, 4-28-2003]
The annual business tax upon off premises billboards is hereby
set at a sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) annually, provided, however,
that each separate face of each such billboard shall be deemed a separate
sign for payment of the annual business tax thereon. In the event
any licensee hereunder shall fail to timely pay the annual business
tax by the due date thereof, an additional delinquency fee of twenty-five
dollars ($25.00) shall be paid thereon. The City Clerk is directed
to bill all present licensees prior to October first (1st) of each
year, said billing to include notice of the delinquency fee set forth
herein.
[Ord. No. 2005-10 §5, 6-13-2005]
A.
Any
merchants duly licensed doing business within the City limits of Laurie
from a non-permanent structure are subject to the following additional
regulations:
1.
Non-permanent structures and signs may be located only on private
property and, with the original application for merchant's license,
the applicant shall furnish evidence of a legal right to operate from
said location by evidence of ownership of the location or by written
permission of the property owner properly signed by said owner.
2.
No non-permanent structures and signs may be located on public property
specifically including, but not being limited to, the right-of-way
of Missouri State Highway 5 and the right-of-way of any public streets
or roads within the City limits. The right-of-way of Highway 5 is
defined as seventy-five (75) feet from either side of the centerline
of the highway.
[Ord. No. 2005-10 §6, 6-13-2005; Ord. No. 2005-13 §1, 8-8-2005]
[Ord. No. 2005-10 §8, 6-13-2005]
Any merchant's license issued for a merchant operating from a non-permanent structure shall be subject to revocation in the event of a violation of the regulations contained in Section 605.080 hereinabove.
[Ord. No. 2005-10 §7, 6-13-2005]
Any person, co-partnership, firm or corporation as defined to
be a "merchant" herein who shall act as a merchant without having
a valid merchant's license as issued hereunder shall, upon being adjudged
guilty of a violation of this Article, be subject to a fine of not
less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00) and/or imprisonment for a term not to exceed ninety
(90) days. Each day that such violation shall continue shall be deemed
to be a separate offense.
