[Code 1965, § 31.01]
No person shall engage in any trade, profession, business or privilege in the City for which a license or permit is required by any provision of this Code without first obtaining such license or permit from the City in the manner provided in this chapter, unless otherwise specifically provided.
[Code 1965, § 31.02]
Unless otherwise provided, application for a license or permit shall be made in writing to the City Clerk/Collector upon forms provided by the City, and the applicant shall state the location of the proposed activity and such other facts as may be required for or be applicable to the granting of such a license or permit.
[Ord. No. 748, §§ 1 — 3, 10-9-1962; Code 1965, § 31.03]
(a) 
The fees required for any license or permit shall be paid at the office of the City Clerk/Collector before the granting of the license or permit. The City Clerk/Collector shall issue a receipt for the fee, and upon compliance with the conditions of the license or permit, the City Clerk/Collector, or such other person as the Board of Aldermen may by order designate, shall issue the license or permit to the applicant. Unless otherwise provided, no fee paid shall be refunded, unless the license or permit is denied.
(b) 
Unless otherwise provided, an annual license fee shall become due and payable on June first of each year and shall become delinquent on July first of the same year.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsections (c), pertaining to proration of license fees, and (d), pertaining to delinquent annual license fees, which immediately followed this subsection, were repealed 1-26-2021 by Ord. No. 5127.
[Ord. No. 424, § 1, 3-11-1958; Code 1965, § 31.05; Ord. No. 3279, § 1, 8-24-1993]
(a) 
Where the approval of any City official or state officer, including but not limited to the Missouri Department of Revenue, or any licensing board of the State of Missouri, is required prior to the issuance of any license or permit, such approval must be presented to the City Clerk/Collector before any license or permit is issued.
[Amended 1-26-2021 by Ord. No. 5127]
(b) 
No license or permit shall be approved by any City official or issued by the City Clerk/Collector if it appears that the conduct of the activity for which a license or permit is sought will be contrary to the health, safety or welfare of the public or any regulation, law or ordinance applicable to such activity.
[Amended 1-26-2021 by Ord. No. 5127]
(c) 
Where not otherwise provided, the Board of Aldermen shall approve the issuance of any license or permit.
(d) 
No license required under the provisions of this chapter shall be issued to an applicant until such applicant produces a copy of a certificate of insurance for worker's compensation coverage if such applicant is required to cover his, her or its liability under Chapter 287, RSMo. It shall be unlawful for any applicant to provide fraudulent information hereunder.
(1) 
Nothing herein shall be construed to create or constitute a liability to or a cause of action against the City in regard to the issuance or nonissuance of any license pursuant to the foregoing provision.
(2) 
Reserved.
[Code 1965, § 31.06]
License or permit certificates shall show the name of the licensee or permittee, the date of issue, the activity licensed and the term of the license or permit, and shall be signed in the name of the City by the City Clerk/Collector, and be impressed with the City seal. The City Clerk/Collector shall keep a record of all licenses and permits issued.
[Code 1965, § 31.08; amended 1-26-2021 by Ord. No. 5127]
Every licensee or permittee shall carry his license or permit certificate upon his person at all times when engaged in the activity for which the license or permit was granted; except that where such activity is conducted at a fixed place or establishment, the license or permit certificate shall be exhibited at all times in some conspicuous place in his place of business, such as the front door of the business, or some other location readily visible to the public. The licensee or permittee shall exhibit the license certificate when applying for a renewal and upon demand of any police officer or person representing the issuing authority.
[Code 1965, § 31.11]
City officials may enter upon the premises where any licensed or permitted activity is being conducted for the purpose of inspection.
[Code 1965, § 31.09]
Unless otherwise provided, no license or permit shall be transferable or assignable.
[Code 1965, § 31.12]
Licenses and permits may be revoked as may be provided by this Code or by law.
[Code 1965, § 31.07]
(a) 
Unless otherwise provided, the term of the license year shall begin on June first and end on May 31 of the following year.
(b) 
Where the issuance of licenses for a period of less than one year is permitted, the effective date of such license shall commence with the date of issuance.
(c) 
Permits shall be issued for the term set forth in the permit.
[Code 1965, § 31.10]
License or permit renewals shall be issued in the same manner and be subject to the same conditions as original licenses or permits.
[Code 1965, § 32.07; Ord. No. 1692, § 1, 11-22-1977]
(a) 
Definitions. As used in this section:
CHARITABLE SOLICITATION CAMPAIGN
Any course of conduct whereby any person, organization, society, association or church goes from place to place or house to house for the purpose of soliciting property or financial assistance of any kind or to sell or offer to sell any article, tag, service, emblem, publication, ticket, subscription or anything of value on the representation that such sale or solicitation of the proceeds therefrom are for a charitable, educational, patriotic, religious or philanthropic purpose.
PRIVATE RESIDENCE
Apartment buildings, condominium buildings, cooperative housing structures, as well as all single-and multiple-family dwelling units and the real estate upon which such residential units may be situated.
SOLICITOR
Any individual traveling by foot, wagon, automobile, motor truck or any type of conveyance from house to house or place to place for the purpose of soliciting contributions or taking orders for books, charts, maps, magazines or other merchandise for future delivery or for services to be furnished or performed then or in the future, whether or not such individual has, carries or exposes for sale a sample of the subject of such sale or whether he collects advance payments on such sales or not; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to salesmen soliciting orders from or selling to: retail dealers for resale, wholesalers and manufacturers for manufacturing purposes, or to the bidders for public works or supplies. The term "solicitor" shall include a "canvasser," "peddler," "hawker," "handbiller" and "salesman," but shall not include the following:
[Amended 1-26-2021 by Ord. No. 5127]
(1) 
Any candidate that has filed for election to a public office; or
(2) 
A volunteer solicitor that is also a member of such organization, conducting such activities for a nonprofit or charitable organization recognized as such by the Internal Revenue Service, the Better Business Bureau of St. Louis, or any other recognized charitable screening organization, or those required by law to canvas.
(b) 
Soliciting, peddling or hawking on private property.
(1) 
No person shall go upon land upon which is situated a private residence for the purpose of soliciting orders for the sale of services, goods, wares and merchandise or for the purpose of disposing of or peddling or hawking the same, not having been requested or invited to do so by the owner or occupant of such private residence.
[Amended 1-26-2021 by Ord. No. 5127]
(2) 
No canvasser or solicitor shall fail or refuse to leave any building or any enclosed or improved real estate lot or other parcel of ground in the City when requested to leave by the person solicited.
(3) 
No person shall engage in soliciting, including soliciting for a charitable solicitation campaign, at or upon land upon which is situated a private residence, between the hours of 30 minutes before sunset and 30 minutes after sunrise.
[Amended 1-26-2021 by Ord. No. 5127]
(c) 
Charitable solicitation permit — Required. No charitable solicitation campaign shall be carried on without first having obtained a permit therefor.
(d) 
Same — Application.
(1) 
Each applicant for a permit for charitable solicitation shall make application to the City Administrator on application forms supplied by the City Administrator. All applications for such permit shall be made at least 30 days prior to the date an organization or a person desires to commence a charitable solicitation campaign. Applications shall contain the following information:
a. 
The name, address and telephone number of the applicant and the name of the person to whom correspondence should be addressed;
b. 
The names and addresses of its principal officers and management;
c. 
The purpose for which such campaign is to be made and the use or disposition to be made of any receipts therefrom;
d. 
The name of the person or persons by whom the receipts of such campaign shall be disbursed;
e. 
The name and address of the person or persons who will be in direct charge of conducting the campaign;
f. 
An outline of the methods to be used in conducting the solicitations;
g. 
The length of time for which the permit is desired;
h. 
The number of agents and solicitors to be used by the applicant in the charitable solicitation campaign;
i. 
The amount of any wages, fees, commissions, expenses or emoluments to be expended or paid to anyone in connection with such campaign, together with the manner in which such wages, fees, expenses, commissions or emoluments are to be expended, to whom and the amount thereof;
j. 
A full statement of the character and extent of the charitable or philanthropic work being done by the applicant organization;
k. 
A financial statement for the last preceding fiscal year of any funds collected by means of a charitable solicitation campaign by the organization or person seeking a permit to conduct such campaign, such statement giving the amount of money so raised, together with the cost of raising it and the financial distribution thereof;
l. 
Such other information as may be required by the City, in order for the City to determine fully the kind and character of the proposed solicitation, and as to whether such solicitation is in the interests of, and not inimical to, the public welfare;
m. 
A statement whether Crestwood residents will be used as solicitors in the campaign; and
n. 
A statement as to whether or not the applicant has applied for a charitable solicitation permit within the previous year from the charitable solicitation commission of the county. If so, the date of such application and the action taken by such commission on the application.
(e) 
Same — Issuance.
(1) 
Upon receipt of the application as provided for in the above subsection, the City Administrator shall make, or cause to be made, such investigation as shall be deemed necessary in regard thereto. If satisfied that such charitable solicitation campaign is to be for a bona fide charitable, patriotic or philanthropic purpose, that such campaign is prompted solely by a desire to finance the cause in question, that the organization conducting the campaign is under the control and supervision of responsible and reliable persons and that the cost of raising the funds shall be reasonable, then the City Administrator shall make available to the applicant a permit upon the payment of a five-dollar fee by the applicant. The permit shall designate the total number of solicitors licensed to participate in the charitable solicitation campaign as declared in the application for the charitable solicitation permit. Such permit shall be nontransferable and shall not run for more than one month.
(2) 
In no case shall the City Administrator certify nor grant a permit to conduct a charitable solicitation campaign when:
a. 
The charitable solicitation campaign is conducted by soliciting property or financial assistance of any kind and the expense of conducting the campaign shall exceed 25% of the gross amount raised; or
b. 
The charitable solicitation campaign is conducted by selling or offering for sale any article, tag, service, emblem, publication, ticket, subscription or anything of value and the expense of conducting the campaign shall exceed 25% of the difference between the cost of the merchandise or service to the organization and the selling price of the merchandise or service.
(3) 
The City Administrator may, upon request, renew the charitable solicitation permit once annually for no additional permit charge and without requiring the filing of a new permit form. Extensions of time may be granted by the City Administrator to the one-month limit not to exceed an additional two months.
(4) 
The City Administrator may implement additional rules and regulations to carry out the intent of this section.
(f) 
Credentials required for charitable solicitors.
(1) 
Every person who shall be engaged in the activity of soliciting during a charitable solicitation campaign conducted pursuant to a charitable solicitation permit shall carry an identification card furnished by the City Administrator upon his person while engaged in such solicitation activity. A charge of $1 shall be made for each identification card issued.
(2) 
The identification card shall contain such information as is deemed pertinent by the City Administrator.
(3) 
Identification cards shall not be required for persons who reside within the City or the immediate vicinity and who are soliciting within their own neighborhood.
(g) 
Permit not an endorsement. No person holding a permit or any agent, member or representative thereof shall advertise, represent or hold out in any manner that such permit is an endorsement of the holder by the City or by any member thereof, or by any organization which such member may represent.
(h) 
Exemptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply:
(1) 
To any established organization, organized and operated exclusively for religious or charitable purposes and not operated for the pecuniary profit of any person and if the solicitations by such established organization are conducted among the members thereof by other members thereof, voluntarily and without remuneration for making such solicitations; provided, however, that solicitation for a charitable solicitation campaign at or upon land upon which is situated a private residence shall only be permitted between the hours of 30 minutes after sunrise and 30 minutes before sunset;
[Amended 1-26-2021 by Ord. No. 5127]
(2) 
Where such solicitation is in the form of collections or contributions at the regular assemblies or services of any such established organization.
(i) 
Revocation of permit. A solicitor's, canvasser's or charitable solicitation permit may be revoked by the City Administrator upon the recommendation of the Chief of Police for violations by the holder thereof of any of the provisions of this Code or other ordinances of the City or any state or federal law, or whenever the holder of such permit shall in the judgment of the Chief of Police cease to possess the character and qualifications required by this section for the issuance of such permit. The recommendation of the Chief of Police shall be in writing and shall express the nature in which the holder of the permit has ceased to possess the qualifications required by this section.
[Ord. No. 661, §§ 1, 9, 5-16-1961; Ord. No. 680, § 1, 10-10-1961; Code 1965, § 32.10]
(a) 
Defined. As used in this section, "automobile sales rooms" means businesses where the primary activity is the sale of new automobiles.
(b) 
Arrangement. The front of buildings used for automobile sales rooms shall be used only for office purposes and display of a limited number of vehicles. The front wall of the building shall be parallel with the adjacent street, or one of them if it is a corner lot. The repair and servicing department and storage space shall be separated from the offices and new car display area by a fireproof wall which shall be at least 25 feet further from the street than the front wall of the office and display room.
(c) 
Display of vehicles. No motor vehicle or equipment therefor may be displayed outside of the building, except behind a line parallel with the street and extending along the rear wall of the building from one side of the lot to the other. If the business is on a corner lot, no cars may be displayed closer to the side street than the building or setback line applying further. By special permit granted in accordance with the procedure set forth in § 26-38, the Board of Aldermen may authorize a limited number of automobiles to be displayed in front or on the side of the main building, and may, to avoid hardship, modify or vary other provisions of this section to permit reasonable use of the property and at the same time preserve the purpose and intent of this provision.
(d) 
Tractors; boats; trailers. The regulations pertaining to automobile sales rooms shall apply to the sale of tractors, grading and road machinery and other equipment, and to boats and trailers.
[Ord. No. 661, § 2, 5-16-1961; Code 1965, § 32.11]
(a) 
Defined. "Used car lots" as used in this section means lots or tracts of land where the principal business is the sale of used cars, even though some portion of the business activities consists of the sale of new cars or equipment.
(b) 
Building. A building containing a sales room and offices may be maintained, but no servicing, repairing or storage within a building shall be permitted on the premises.
(c) 
Display of vehicles. Vehicles on display must be kept in orderly rows and none may be displayed nearer than 50 feet to the adjacent street pavement curb. The word "pavement" shall include surfaced shoulders of roads and streets, whether surfaced with the same material as the principal portion of the roadway or not. No wrecked or obviously damaged or dismantled automobiles or other vehicles shall be permitted or kept on the premises for more than 12 hours.
[Ord. No. 661, § 7, 5-16-1961; Code 1965, § 32.16]
No new or used automobiles may be displayed or offered for sale on any vacant lot or on the premises of any filling station, garage, repair shop or upon any other premises unless a license for the operation of an automobile sales room or a used car lot has been issued under special permit from the Board of Aldermen in the manner provided in the zoning regulations.
[Ord. No. 661, § 6, 5-16-1961; Code 1965, § 32.15; amended 1-26-2021 by Ord. No. 5127]
No auto wrecking yard or place where automobiles are dismantled, or portion thereof, shall be established, maintained or operated within two hundred (200) feet of any street within the City unless it is screened from the street by tight board or other screen fence of sufficient height to screen all the wrecked, disabled or dismantled automobiles or parts thereof kept therein, from the view of persons using such road on foot or in vehicles in the ordinary manner.
[Ord. No. 601, § 3, 5-16-1961; Code 1965, § 32.12]
(a) 
No tires, equipment, appliances, fixtures or other merchandise may be kept, maintained or displayed for sale outside of the building in which the proprietor conducts his business and in which the principal portion of his stock of merchandise is kept and sold; provided, that these regulations shall not apply in the following cases:
(1) 
Automobile sales rooms, used car lots, other vehicle sales and businesses where the nature of the commodity is such that the principal portion of the merchandise or commodities for sale must be and usually are kept outside;
(2) 
Shopping centers where the management provides areas for such displays;
(3) 
Christmas trees, during the usual season;
(4) 
Balled trees and shrubs and large potted plants from a nursery stock;
(5) 
Automobile or other vehicle tires maintained in racks or display stands behind the front line of a main building; and
(6) 
Samples, not for sale, of merchandise which may be purchased within the building; or when permitted, behind the front line of the building; provided, that such samples must be displayed within 10 feet of the building and must be placed on a pedestal, table, stand or in a display case reserved for such purpose and located and maintained in such manner as not to endanger any persons or property. In any case where a building in which sales are made is of sufficient distance behind the building or setback line to permit the display and sale of commodities between the building and the building or setback line, the Board of Aldermen may by special permit, granted in the manner provided for in the zoning regulation, authorize the display and sale of merchandise outdoors between the setback or building line and the front of the building.
[Ord. No. 661, § 4, 5-16-1961; Code 1965, § 32.13]
No loud speaker, playing of records or noises of any kind may be employed to attract attention to businesses, but this shall not be construed to prevent shopping centers and other businesses or groups thereof from playing recorded music after business hours which does not disturb nearby residential areas, when used as a safety medium for the protection from thieves or prowlers. No solicitations shall be made by persons beckoning or calling to passers-by, whether done by persons on the streets, sidewalks or on the premises of the business for which the solicitation is made, or any nearby place.
[Ord. No. 661, § 5, 5-16-1961; Code 1965, § 32.14; Ord. No. 1275, § 1, 6-22-1971]
(a) 
All parking lots and drive-ins as defined in § 14-164, and all driveways of tourist courts, motels, hotels and multiple-family dwellings and entrance drives into garages, repair shops and other mercantile businesses and commercial and industrial establishments shall be paved with concrete or black top according to the specifications of the Public Works Department of the City, or, if none, then according to the minimum standards provided by the Highway Department of the county for county streets. No chat, gravel, rock or dirt surfaces shall be permitted for such surfacing, excepting that in the case of new construction the Director of Public Works may, by permit, authorize rock and chat surfaces during a reasonable settling period not to exceed four months.
(b) 
The surface of all parking lots and drive-ins shall be maintained in a safe manner. All holes or cracks that develop in said surface shall be filled with the appropriate materials surrounding said hole or crack or that approved by the Director of Public Works. All holes or cracks of a sufficient size to cause a threat of possible injury to the public shall be barricaded until such time as said holes or cracks can be filled and the surface returned to its normal condition.
(c) 
The Director of Public Works shall cause periodic inspections to be made of all said parking lots and drive-ins in the City. On finding a violation of this section the owners and lessees of said premises shall be given 30 days' written notice to correct said violation. Said owners and lessees allowing said premises to remain in violation of this section after 30 days' written notice shall be prosecuted as provided by this Code.
[Ord. No. 2053, § 1, 3-25-1986]
(a) 
The following regulations shall apply to any drive-in theater now or hereafter located in the City.
(1) 
Drive-in theaters shall be permitted during the 1986 season only to show a maximum of two features on any day of the week, until a closing hour of not later than 2:30 a.m. After the 1986 season, a maximum of two feature films may be shown on any day of the week with a closing time of not later than 1:30 a.m. The premises shall be cleared within 20 minutes of the completion of the last film showing.
(2) 
Any drive-in theater shall be so operated as to comply at all times with the Noise Control Code of St. Louis County, as it may be amended from time to time.
(3) 
The operator of a drive-in theater shall, at least once in each twenty-four-hour period, collect and dispose of all litter on the premises of the theater, including adjacent sidewalks and streets and all litter generated from the theater within one block surrounding it, including adjacent sidewalks and streets and including private property at the request of the owner of such property, and shall dispose of same in authorized receptacles in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 23 of this Code.
(4) 
Each boundary of the property on which a drive-in theater is located, which abuts residential property, shall be fenced with a solid masonry fence, at least six feet in height and shall be landscaped with a landscaped buffer at least 25 feet in width. The provisions of this subsection shall not be applicable to the existing drive-in theater. However, the existing drive-in theater must maintain fences and landscaping in good condition.
(5) 
No public address system shall be operated later than 10:00 p.m. or during hours when the theater is not open for business.
(6) 
Every operator of a drive-in theater shall have sufficient personnel on duty at all times that the theater is in operation so as to maintain order, prevent access to or egress from the theater premises by trespassers and to deter any violations of law.
[Code 1965, § 32.175; Ord. No. 1429, § 1, 3-13-1973]
No lights or light standards shall be erected or maintained within any buffer zone established on any business or industrial property as a screen between the business or industrial uses and residential districts, except by special permit from the Board of Aldermen after a hearing as provided for in § 26-38(e). Any special permit granted hereunder shall be subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Board may determine necessary for the welfare of the City and its inhabitants.
[Code 1965, § 32.176; Ord. No. 1398, §§ 1, 2, 11-21-1972]
(a) 
All property owners of real property located in the "C-1" Local Business and "PD-C" Commercial and "M-1" Light Industrial Districts shall on January second and June first of each year provide the City Clerk/Collector with the names and addresses of all persons, firms or corporations that are tenants, sub-tenants or renters of their property.
[Amended 1-26-2021 by Ord. No. 5127]
(b) 
Said list shall be certified to by the owner of said property on forms provided by the City.
[Ord. No. 114, §§ 1 — 6, 10-28-1952; Ord. No. 608, § 1, 9-20-1960; Code 1965, § 32.18; Ord. No. 3009, § 1, 6-23-1987]
(a) 
Night work; Sundays. No industrial plant in the City employing more than five persons in or about the premises at any time shall operate more than one regular shift within a twenty-four-hour period, whichever is the longer, and shall not operate between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., nor on Sundays.
(b) 
Noise. No construction or work involving noises, flood lights, loading or unloading of cars or trucks or operation of machinery or equipment causing noises, smoke, gas or other objectionable conditions or circumstances adversely affecting the peace and quiet of the inhabitants of the community shall be carried on from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., nor on Sundays.
(c) 
Nuisance. All business, commercial and industrial activities shall at all times, and particularly at night and on Sundays, be conducted so as to create no nuisance and a minimum disturbance to the community and its inhabitants. It shall be the duty of the Police Department to warn the operator, owner, manager or other person in charge, control or supervision of any such activities of the conditions creating a disturbance or nuisance to the inhabitants of the City. A continuance of such conditions after such notice shall constitute a nuisance, and any person or persons causing or permitting the same shall be subject to the penalties imposed for a violation of this Code.
(d) 
Occupancy permit; conditions. The application for occupancy permits shall require as a consideration for issuance of the permit that the applicant agree to observe the provisions of this section and no such permit shall be issued unless the applicant does so agree.
(e) 
Waiver by special permit. The provisions of this section as to night and Sunday work may be waived or suspended by special permit by the Board of Aldermen for fixed or indefinite periods, and the special permit shall set forth the conditions under which the waiver or suspension is granted, to insure that the operation of the business beyond the hours mentioned in this section does not result in annoyance, inconvenience or disturbance to residential areas.
(f) 
Exceptions. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent watchmen, custodians or emergency repairmen from performing their duties or to prohibit office or inventory work after hours or the operation of automatic or substantially self-operating machinery or equipment which requires the attention of only a casual attendant and which cause no noise or other disturbance.
[Code 1965, § 32.19; Ord. No. 1121, §§ 1, 2, 5-13-1969]
(a) 
Any person conducting a business in and upon the streets, roads and highways in the City during other than daylight hours shall wear light reflecting garments or garment so as to warn motorists of their presence on said streets, roads and highways of the City.
(b) 
Any persons conducting a business after regular daylight hours must, as part of their application for a license to the City Clerk/Collector, submit to exhibit the kind of reflective garment to be used by them or persons in their employment.
[Code 1965, § 32.20; Ord. No. 1119, §§ 1 — 3, 5-13-1969; Ord. No. 1313, §§ 1, 2, 1-25-1972]
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or construct utility poles or lines for the transmission of electricity, telephone messages or other public utility transmissions above the surface of the ground within the confines of the City.
(b) 
Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the maintenance or repair of existing above ground utility poles and lines, the erection, construction and maintenance of temporary poles and lines erected in connection with construction projects in the City or the erection, construction and maintenance of utility poles and lines above the surface of the ground in the Kyla Terrace Subdivision and the Grant Farm Trails Subdivision, Plat I, or the erection of poles and lines for street lighting.
(c) 
Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offense, and each day of construction or maintenance shall be deemed a distinct and separate offense.
(d) 
The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to electric lines having voltages of 34 kilovolts and greater along the Missouri Pacific right-of-way in the City. This exemption shall not apply to electric lines having voltages of 34 kilovolts and greater anywhere else within the City.
Any business or occupation not specifically addressed in this article shall be the subject of an application for a license under Article III of this chapter and/or a permit under § 26-38, dealing with special use permits, where required.