HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-253 - Repeal Ordinances 10, 45, and 120 and Enacting Provisions Requiring Licenses be Obtained for Various Classifications of BusinessesBILL NO. 254 ORDINANCE NO. 253
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NOS. 10, 45, AND 120 OF THE CITY
OF RIVERSIDE AND ENACTING NEW PROVISIONS IN LIEU THEREOF RECUIRING
LICENSES TO BE OBTAINED FOR VARIOUS CLASSIFICATIONS OF BUSINESSES
AND PRESCRIBING THE LICENSE FEE TO BE CHARGED THEREFOR AND
PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE,
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS;
Section 1. Ordinancos Nos. 10, 45, and 120 of the City of
Riverside are hereby repealed and the following ordinances is
enacted in lieu thereof.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm,
partnership, or corporation to cerry on, operate, maintain,
or engage in any business of any kind or character within the
limits of the City of Riverside without first obtaining an
occupation license for such business, which license shall be
issued by the City to such person, firm, partnership, or
corporation upon proper application being made therefor and
payment of the foo prescribed by the Board of Aldermen. No
such license shall bo transferable or assignable. Each license
shall be issued for a designated address or location within the
City of Riverside end shall not be used for any other location
within the City of Riverside unless application to move tho
location of such bisinoss shall first .have been made to the Board.
of Aldermen and permission granted by the Board of Aldermen.
Section 3. The fees for vcrious occupations aro hereby
set and shall be as follows:
(a) $50.00 per year for fruit and produce stands.
(b) $25.00 per year for soft drink drive-ins, ice cream
drive-ins, or combination of both.
(c) $50.00 per year for drive-in restaurants.
(d) $50.00 per year for hotels.
(3) $50.00 per year for hardware stores.
(f) $50.00 per year for appliance stores.
(g) $75.00 per year for liquor stores.
(h) $75.00 per yoar for lumbor yards.
(i) 25.00 per yecr for cafes with a floor area for use by the public of 1,000 square foot or less.
(j) $50.00 per year for cafes with a floor area for use by the public of more than 1,000 square feet,
(k) $25.00 per year for grocery stores occupying a floor area of 3,500 square feet or less,
(l) $75.00 per year for grocery stores occupying a floor area of more than 3,500 square feet and less than
10,000 square feet.
(m) $150.00 per year for Grocery stores occupying a floor area of more than 10,000 square feet and less than
20,000 square feet.
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(n) $300.00 per year for grocery stores occupying a
floor area of more than 20,000 square feet.
(o) $350.00 per year for out-door theatres and any
places of amusement for accommodating more than 1,000
persons, except for places of amusement specifically
mentioned in some other sub-section of this ordinance
(p) $500.00 per year for places of amusement where racing
of any kind or character, either with vehicles or animals, is exhibited.
(q) $50.00 per year for taverns occupying a floor area of
of 1,000 square feet or less.
(r) $125.00 per year taverns occupying a floor area of
1,000 square feet or more, and less than 5,000 square feet.
(s) $200.00 per year for taverns occupying a floor area of
5;000 square feet or more, and less than 12,000 sq. ft.
(t) $500.00 per year for taverns occupying a floor area in
excess of 12,000 square feet.
(u) $75.00 per year for the operation of not more than
six concession stands in a single place of amusement;
$12.50 per year for each additional stand, provided, how-
ever, if food and/or beverages are sold from such
concession stands by vendors circulating through such
places of ausement and under the supervision and/or
control of the business operating such concession
stands in a place of araxsement, then and in that event,
$125.00 per year for the operation of not more than
six concession stands in a single place of amusement;
$25.00 per year for each additional concession stand,
(v) $775.00 per year for the operation of concessions as
a business of itself and not in conjunction with a
place of amusement other than the amusement derived
from such concessions.
(w) Any business (except grocery stores) doing a gross
business of more than $1,000,000.00 shall pay a license
fee at the rate of 25 cents $1,000.00 gross business per yer.
Section 14. Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation
desiring to enter into any business or occupation within the
City, which business or occupation is not above listed and the
fee for such occupational license prescribed by the terms of
this ordinance, shall apply for an occupational license from
the Board of Aldermen, and the Board of Aldermen upon such
application shall set the fee to be charged per year for such
occupational license for such occupation or business and
others like it. No proration of the license fee for a period
less than one year shall be permitted.
Section 5 The term of all occupational licenses issued
by the City after January 1, 1957, shall be for one calendar year,
or from January 1 to December 31 of each year. The term of all
occupational licenses issued prior to January 1, 1957, shall
extend from September 1, 1956 to December 31, 1957, and the fee to
be charged therefor shall be the annual rate as set by the
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provisions of this ordinance or as prescribed by the Board of
Aldermen in the event such occupation or business is not listed
heroin, increased by one-third (1/3) the amount of such fee so
as to include the fractional part of the year 1956.
Section 6. That the fee for such licenses shall increase
25% after 45 days after September 1, 1956, if such license
shall not have been obtained as provided, and after 45 days
expiration of the last previous license, and shall increcso
50% after 90 days after September 1, 1956, if such license
shall not have been obtained as provided, and after 90 days
after expiration of the last previous license„
Section 7. Violation of this ordinance shall be
punishable by fine not to exceed ,100.00 or by imprisonment
in the City Jail, or in the County Jail if there be no City
Jail, for a period of not to exceed 90 days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment and costs, and each day3s operation of
an occupation or business without having obtained the necessary
license as provided for heroin shall constitute a separate
violation.
Passed this 21st day of August, 1956
/s/ F. F. Filger
Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/ I. Paulhe
Acting City Clerk
Approved this 21st day of August, 1956
/s/ F.F. Filger
Mayor