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§ 605.010 License Required — Exceptions.
§ 605.015 Persons Not To Be Charged For Business License.
§ 605.030 Collection of Fees.
§ 605.040 Issuance — Contents.
§ 605.070 Assignability or Transferability — Refunds — More Than One Business, Vocation or Establishment Not Authorized or Protected.
§ 605.080 Clerk To Keep Register.
§ 605.090 Violation and Penalty — Delinquency.
§ 605.095 Issuance of License or Permit To Persons Delinquent in Payment of License, Taxes, Personal Taxes, Etc. — Prohibited.
§ 605.100 Convenience Store Security.
§ 605.110 Tattooing, Branding and Body Piercing Within City.
§ 605.130 Intersection Solicitation Guidelines.
Cross References — Intoxicating liquor licenses, ch. 600; licensing and registration of dogs and cats generally, §210.120; development permit under flood control regulations, §§420.110 et seq.; licensing of solid waste collectors, §§235.110 et seq.; permit required for certain funerals, processions and parades, §340.050; motor vehicle licensing, §§380.050 et seq.; driving of motor vehicles on parking lots restricted, §340.230; commercial vehicles prohibited from using certain streets, §365.070; permits for curb loading zones, §360.020; permit for use of city parks after park curfew hours, §245.010(B); street excavation permit, §§510.220 et seq.; taxation, ch. 130, article II; license tags, etc., for taxicabs, ch. 620; construction permit required for private or semi-private sewage disposal system or treatment facility, §710.190; building sewer connection permits, §§710.240 et seq.
Section 605.010 License Required — Exceptions.
Section 605.015 Persons Not To Be Charged For Business License.
Section 605.030 Collection of Fees.
Section 605.040 Issuance — Contents.
Section 605.070 Assignability or Transferability — Refunds — More Than One Business, Vocation or Establishment Not Authorized or Protected.
Section 605.080 Clerk To Keep Register.
Section 605.090 Violation and Penalty — Delinquency.
Section 605.095 Issuance of License or Permit To Persons Delinquent in Payment of License, Taxes, Personal Taxes, Etc. — Prohibited.
Section 605.100 Convenience Store Security.
Section 605.110 Tattooing, Branding and Body Piercing Within City.
Section 605.130 Intersection Solicitation Guidelines.
It shall be unlawful for any person, either by himself/herself as owner or proprietor, or any business, partnership, company, organization or corporation, to exercise, carry on or engage in or do business for profit within the City of Louisiana without first taking out and having a license therefore, including any business now in operation or which may be hereafter licensable by Cities of the Third Class under the State law. However, this Section shall in no way require those persons sixteen (16) years of age or under to purchase a license under the terms of this Article.
As used in this Section, the term "business" shall mean any person, corporation or entity involved in the production, manufacture, or sales of goods or items or sales or rental of goods and items or the sales or rental of services.
It shall be in the sole discretion of the City Council to allow special exceptions for City licensing provisions pursuant to this Section. In order to qualify for a special exception said applicant shall apply for said special licensing exception in writing to the Clerk of the City of Louisiana. The City Council shall confirm or deny said application for special exception by a majority of the elected Council. In the event of a tie the Mayor shall cast the deciding vote on the special licensing application.
The Council is not required to allow said applicant a hearing on the matters outlined above, however, if the Council deems it appropriate to review the application via hearing, the City Clerk shall give notice to the applicant of the time and place of said hearing at least five (5) days prior to the scheduled hearing date.
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 Louisiana.
Category No. 1. Up to $25,000.00 gross annual sales and/or service: $15.00.
Category No. 2. From $25,000.00 to $300,000.00 gross annual sales and/or service: $35.00.
Category No. 3. $300,000.00 or more gross annual sales and/or service: $50.00.
Each applicant for a license required by this Article shall determine the category for the license fee to be used based on previous years' sales or anticipated sales. If Category No. 1 or 2 is used to arrive at the license fee, a sworn statement must be presented to the City Treasurer certifying that the category used is the true and correct amount of the business's gross annual sales and/or service. If the maximum license fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) is paid by the business, no sworn statement shall be required. If there is any question by the City Treasurer about the category used, the City Treasurer may request and the business involved must produce positive proof of the category used by submitting copies of income tax returns or other positive proof. Failure to submit such proof as requested by the City Treasurer shall result in the business paying the maximum license fee of fifty dollars ($50.00).
Pool halls, auctioneers (maintaining a business office in the City), finance companies and loan offices, contractors, grain elevators, junk dealers and auto sales yards, radio and television stations, real estate and rental companies (maintaining a business office in the City), undertakers, exterminators, per year: $50.00.
Insurance agents, accountants, bookkeepers, tax consultants, per year: $35.00.
Taxicab businesses, per year, plus $7.50 per cab: $35.00.
Hand distributors, per distributor, per day: $2.00.
Retail peddlers or drummers, per peddler or drummer, per year: $35.00.
Carnivals or circuses, per day: $15.00.
Business In More Than One (1) Category. If any business is owned and operated out of one (1) location within the City limits and falls within more than one (1) category of the license categories set out within this Section, then the business shall pay only one (1) license fee, that being the highest fee within this Section that applies to that business.
Term — Advance Payment. The license fee required by this Section, unless otherwise noted, is a per annum fee or fraction thereof payable in advance.
Towing companies shall maintain insurance in accordance with Section 304.154, RSMo.
It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to collect all money for licenses issued pursuant to this Article.
Upon receipt of any license fee required by this Article, the City Treasurer shall deliver to the licensee a license signed by the City Clerk and countersigned by the Mayor, which license shall show the amount paid for the license.
Licenses issued pursuant to this Article shall be in such form as may be devised by the City Attorney.
Editor's Note — Whereas section 71.625, RSMo., was amended in HB 1504, 2012, regarding penalties and delinquent fees for licenses, these provisions have been included in section 605.090 of this Code. This section 605.060 "delinquent fees" is superseded by said provisions. Section 605.060 formerly derived from R.O. 2008 §605.060; code 1968 §16-4; CC 1988 §17-31.
No license granted under the provisions of this Article or any other ordinance of this City shall be assignable or transferable. In no circumstances will refunds be made. No City license shall authorize or protect the operation of more than one (1) business, vocation or establishment.
The City Clerk shall keep an accurate register of all licenses issued under the provisions of this Article in such form as will clearly show what licenses are in force, to whom issued, the business for which issued and the amount paid. The City Treasurer shall furnish to the City Clerk such information as is required by the City Clerk to enable him/her to keep such register.
No license or permit issued under the term of this Code or any other ordinance of the City shall be issued to any applicant therefore who, at the time, owes a delinquent license, personal or merchant's tax to the City, until all such delinquent taxes have been paid.
Causing, maintaining or assisting in the cause or maintenance of a nuisance whether public or private.
Revocation of any license shall be in addition to any other penalty or penalties prescribed in this Article.
Upon discovery of any violation of the above by any City employee, it should be reported to the Police Department in a timely manner.
As used in this Section, the term "convenience business" means any place of business that is primarily engaged in the retail sale of groceries, or both groceries and gasoline, and is open for business at any time between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 5:00 A.M. The term "convenience business" does not include a business that is solely or primarily a restaurant or a business that has at least ten thousand (10,000) square feet of retail floor space.
A cash management policy to limit the cash on hand at all times.
A telephone, other than a pay telephone, accessible to employees at all times.
No window tinting that significantly reduces exterior or interior view in a normal line of sight.
For the purposes this Section, "operator" means any individual proprietor or business entity responsible for the day-to-day operation of the convenience business.
No practitioner of tattooing, body piercing or branding shall practice and no establishment in which tattoos, body piercing or brandings are applied shall be operated within the City without a license issued by the City of Louisiana, Missouri, and the Director of the Division of Professional Registration of the Missouri Department of Economic Development. The license fee for each practitioner and establishment shall be established by the City of Louisiana and by rule of the Division of Professional Registration, Missouri Department of Economic Development.
No license shall be issued to any practitioner until they shall have obtained a "Conditional Use Permit" for such purpose.
The premises to house such establishment and practice shall meet the State standards and requirements as specified within 20 CSR 2267 (Rules of Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration Division 2267— Office of Tattooing, Body Piercing, and Branding).
Tattooing, body piercing or branding shall only be practiced by a State licensed practitioner.
No person shall be licensed to practice by the City of Louisiana until the individual and establishment shall be licensed by the State as required with 4-CSR-267.
Tattooing, body piercing or branding shall only be practiced in an approved, licensed establishment.
No tattooing establishment shall be located one thousand (1,000) feet of any established school property boundary.
Standards of practice as set by 4-CSR-267-Chapter 5 shall be met and maintained at all times by practitioner and establishment.
Establishment, practitioner and records shall be available for inspection during all business hours.
No person shall knowingly tattoo, brand or perform body piercing on a minor unless such person is a licensed practitioner and has first obtained prior written consent of the minor's parent(s) or legal guardian. The minor's parent(s) or legal guardian shall execute the written information required by this Section in the presence of the licensed practitioner performing the tattooing, branding or body piercing on the minor or in the presence of an employee or agent of such person. Any person who fraudulently misrepresents their self as a parent or guardian of such minor is guilty of an ordinance violation.
No person shall tattoo, brand or perform body piercing on another person if the other person is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled substance.
No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall practice or be licensed to practice tattooing, branding or body piercing.
A person who violates this Section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction of same shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). If there is a subsequent violation of this Section within one (1) year of the initial violation, upon conviction such person shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
The perforation of human tissue other than an ear or ears for a non-medical purpose.
A permanent mark made on human tissue by burning with a hot iron or other instrument.
Any substance defined in Section 195.010, RSMo.
The Division of Professional Registration of the Department of Economic Development.
A person under the age of eighteen (18) years.
An indelible design made on the body by the production of scars by means other than branding.
No residence may hold more than three (3) garage or yard sales in any fiscal year. Each garage or yard sale shall be limited to four (4) days in length.
Permission for intersection solicitation in the City of Louisiana will follow a procedure set out by policy, which has been approved by the City Council. The Mayor or Mayor's designee shall be responsible for approving or denying the application for intersection solicitation.

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