It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
engage in any business or occupation in the City of Billings 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.
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.
[CC 1975 §9-7; Ord. No. 16-16(605.025) §§ 1 — 2, 11-10-2016]
No license shall be issued under this Chapter until all personal
taxes and license taxes of the applicant for such license and personal
taxes for the previous year shall have been paid. All applicants for
business licenses shall include copies of receipt(s) for the payment
of all personal taxes for the preceding year, which receipt or receipts
shall accompany the application for a business license.
[Ord. No. 9-6 §1, 1-13-2005; Ord. No. 16-17(605.030) §§ 1 — 2, 11-10-2016; Ord. No. 19-04(605.030), 3-21-2019; Ord. No. 22-27, 8-18-2022]
No person shall engage in any of the following occupations,
trades, callings, professions, privileges or things or any of the
following institutions or establishments without paying a license
fee as set out in this Section:
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License
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Fee
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Ambulance service, one vehicle:
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$25.00
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Each additional vehicle
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$10.00
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Apartment or multi-family houses, having two or more rental
units:
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First unit
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$25.00
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Each additional unit
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$5.00
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Automobile or motor vehicle dealers or companies dealing in
the sale or providing of tires, parts, accessories and/or repairs
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$25.00
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Banks
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$25.00
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Barber shops (up to 3 operators):
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$25.00
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Each additional barber
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$15.00
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Beauty establishments (up to 3 operators):
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$25.00
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Each additional operator
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$15.00
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Billiard parlors
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$25.00
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Brokers and brokerage companies (per broker/salesperson)
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$25.00
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Bulk gasoline and oil distributors
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$25.00
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Circuses or carnivals (see Section 605.075)
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Clothing cleaners/pressers
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$25.00
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Cold storage, regular storage and locker plants
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$25.00
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Distributors of coin operated machines
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$25.00
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Drugstores, drug sundries and pharmacists
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$25.00
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Florists, greenhouses and plant nurseries
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$25.00
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Flour and feed mills
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$25.00
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Grocery store and/or meat market
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$25.00
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Hardware stores
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$25.00
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Hotels and motels:
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For first unit
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$25.00
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For each additional unit
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$5.00
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Landlords:
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For commercial/business:
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First address
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$25.00
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Each additional address
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$5.00
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For single-family residences:
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For first single-family residence leased or rented
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$25.00
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Each additional single-family residence leased or rented
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$5.00
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Laundries
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$25.00
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Machine shops and machine service
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$25.00
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Manufacturers
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$25.00
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Mobile merchants
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$25.00
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News agencies
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$25.00
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Radio and television sales, service and repairs
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$25.00
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Restaurants
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$25.00
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Service stations
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$25.00
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Solicitors
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$25.00
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Storage houses and warehouses:
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First unit/building
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$25.00
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Each additional unit
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$5.00
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Taxi cabs:
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First vehicle
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$25.00
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Each additional vehicle
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$5.00
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Telephone service
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$25.00
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Theaters and/or movie picture houses
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$25.00
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Trash and garbage haulers
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$25.00
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Trailer parks:
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First unit
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$25.00
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Each additional unit
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$5.00
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Undertakers
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$25.00
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Veterinarians
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$25.00
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Watch, clock and jewelry repair
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$25.00
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All other occupations not hereinbefore listed for which the
issuance of business licenses are authorized pursuant to Section 94.270,
RSMo.
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$25.00
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[CC 1975 §9-5]
A separate license shall be obtained for each place of business
operated by a licensee under this Chapter.
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.
[CC 1975 §9-6; Ord. No. 9-6 §1, 1-13-2005]
Every person or entity which shall engage in more than one (1)
occupation or business at the same location within the City shall
be required to have a separate license for each business or occupation
in which such person or entity engages; and every person or entity
who engages in a distinct business or occupation, but does so at the
same location at which another person or entity is engaging in a separate
business or occupation, shall be required to obtain a business license.
[Ord. No. 16-18(605.050) §§
1 — 2, 11-10-2016]
The term of the licenses issued pursuant to the provisions of
this Chapter shall be from January 1 to December 31 of the same calendar
year, regardless of the time or date within such calendar year that
application is made for the license.
[CC 1975 §9-8]
The City shall keep a complete record of all licenses issued
under this Chapter showing the name and address of the licensee, the
nature of the license and the dates of issue and expiration of such
license.
All applications for renewal of a license provided for herein
shall be filed no later than December first (1st) of each year.
[CC 1975 §9-12]
The license taxes provided for shall be collected by the City
Clerk and accounted for as other license taxes. The license required
shall not be issued until the amount prescribed therefor shall have
been paid to the City Clerk and no license shall be assigned or transferred.
All licenses shall be signed by the Mayor and attested by the City
Clerk.
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.
[CC 1975 §9-9; Ord. No. 9-6 §1, 1-13-2005]
Business License Required. No person or entity shall engage on a temporary basis within the City in the selling, exchanging or trading of those goods, wares, merchandise, property or services identified in Section 605.030 of this Chapter without first having obtained a business license therefor.
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 Billings.
A.
Any
license issued by the City pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter
may be revoked by the Board of Aldermen 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 Aldermen,
or in which the Board of Aldermen 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 Aldermen 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 Aldermen,
the licensee shall be permitted to continue the operation of his/her
business.
4.
At the hearing set by the Board of Aldermen, the Board of Aldermen
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 Aldermen shall
vote on the issue of whether the subject license shall be revoked.
7.
The affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Aldermen 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 Billings 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).
