§ 14-22. Neither performance bond nor gross receipts fee required.

(a)

All persons, merchants, agents, peddlers, salesmen, businesses, or other representatives listed below, before offering any item, product, merchandise, service or commodity for sale shall make application for renewal or new license, pay the required fees. Such person may commence business upon issuance of the license.

(b)

This section is applicable to businesses whose revenues are based on fees or commissions for services provided for hire or to a manufacturing business of any kind, with the exception of those professions so named under RSMo. §§ 71.620 and 71.630. These businesses shall not be required to post any performance bond with the city nor pay any gross receipts fee on their gross receipts, unless otherwise specified.

(c)

The annual license fee applicable to all businesses subject to this section is forty dollars ($40.00), with the following exceptions:

(1)

Advertising on walls, buildings, fences and billboards, per display ..... $20.00

(2)

Banks, banking corporations, trust companies, savings and loan associations, brokerages, brokers, finance companies ..... 130.00

(3)

Sale barns (cattle or general), stockyards ..... 130.00

(4)

Contractors, general contractors, subcontractors, builders, repairmen or carpenters, who do not perform work on, upon or within public right-of-way and/or public property ..... 40.00

(5)

Garbage and trash haulers, whether with established daily or weekly routes or for occasional hire, each truck ..... 50.00

(6)

Guarantors of land titles ..... 80.00

(7)

Hotels and motels, each room ..... 1.00

(8)

House movers (movers shall possess applicable state motor vehicle license, in addition to: purchase from the city an individual permit and license for each house, dwelling or building of six hundred fifty (650) square feet or more to be moved at a cost of one hundred thirty dollars ($130.00) for such structure; purchase from the city an individual permit and license for each garage, shed or small building of less than six hundred fifty (650) square feet at a cost of fifty-five dollars ($55.00) for such structure. Such mover shall also provide a performance bond of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for each structure of over six hundred fifty (650) square feet to be moved and a performance bond of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each structure under six hundred fifty (650) square feet to be moved as well as use of proper warning devices, flares and proceed only with a police escort and otherwise comply fully with the provision of chapter 15) ..... 55.00

(9)

Insurance agency, agents, brokers, salesmen (who maintain a business office in the city ..... 55.00

(10)

Laundromats and self-service laundries, each machine ..... 1.00

(11)

Laundry agencies ..... 80.00

(12)

Manufacturers and manufacturing business ..... 55.00

(13)

Movie theaters and drive-ins (besides applicable concession license)

Each seat ..... 0.10

Each drive-in stall ..... 0.25

(14)

Newspaper publisher ..... 80.00

(15)

Radio station ..... 80.00

(16)

Real estate agencies, agents, brokers, salesmen (who maintain a business office in the city) ..... 55.00

(17)

Storage warehouses, each unit ..... 1.00

(18)

Television stations ..... 130.00

(19)

Theatrical agents ..... 55.00

(Ord. No. 11950 § 1, 2-7-2011; Ord. No. 12040, § 1, 1-28-2013; Ord. No. 12044, § 1, 2-19-2013; Ord. No. 12178 , § 1, 11-16-2015, eff. 1-1-2016)