[R.O. 2006 §605.010; CC 1986 §54.010]
A. It
shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in
any business or occupation in the City of Willow Springs 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. No
person, firm or corporation shall engage in any business or occupation
hereinafter named or described without having obtained the license
and paying the tax set out herein and without having first paid all
merchant's tax, delinquent or otherwise, and all merchant's license
for prior years.
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 Aldermen; provided however, that such
license shall bear the signature of the Mayor of the Board of Aldermen
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 Aldermen.
[R.O. 2006 §605.040; CC 1986 §54.040]
No person, firm or corporation shall be given a license which
said person, firm or corporation does not have at the time of application
a designated place for the sale of merchandise.
[R.O. 2006 §§605.020 — 605.030; CC 1986 §§54.020
— 54.030; Ord. No. 1289, 12-31-2001; Ord. No. 1439, 9-21-2009]
A. Amount Of Tax. There is hereby levied a license tax or fee
of forty dollars ($40.00) per year on all trades, businesses and vocations.
B. When Due. All license taxes shall become due on January
first (1st) of each year and become delinquent on March first (1st)
of each year if unpaid. All delinquent license taxes will be taxed
an additional twenty percent (20%). Thereafter, if said license tax
shall remain unpaid on April first (1st) of each year thereafter,
such delinquent business shall be closed and cease to do business
until license and delinquent charges are paid in full.
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 January first (1st) to December thirty-first
(31st) of the same year.
All applications for renewal of a license provided for herein
shall be filed no later than December 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.
[R.O. 2006 §605.070; CC 1986 §54.060]
The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to farmers or
those engaged in agriculture who have raised their own products.
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 Willow Springs 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 less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00).