§ 12-32. License fee schedule.

Effective January 1, 1998, there is hereby established a restructuring of the city's occupational license fee on all businesses operating within the City of Carthage, wherein said businesses shall pay to the City of Carthage the following licenses based upon their annual taxable gross sales, to-wit:

0 to $100,000.00\$50.00

$100,001.00 to $300,000.00\100.00

$300,001.00 to $500,000.00\200.00

$500,001.00 to $1,000,000.00\400.00

For each additional $1,000,000.00 in taxable gross sales the license fee shall increase by $100.00.

Exceptions to this fee schedule are listed below:

Manufacturing, per employee\$1.00

Minimum license fee for manufacturing\50.00

Retail license to sell intoxicating liquors in the original package on Sundays\300.00

Adult entertainment establishments\300.00

Franchise agreements entered into with the City of Carthage shall be licenses under separate provisions of the City Charter and Code of the City of Carthage.

The tax on cigarette sales shall not be affected by the provisions of this section.

Hotels, rooming houses, and bed and breakfasts shall pay fifty dollars ($50.00), plus any applicable city lodging tax.

(Code 1978, §§ 220.050, 615.080, 620.040; Ord. No. 6656, § 1, 10-11-94; Ord. No. 96-84, § I, 12-23-96)

State law reference

Restrictions on licensing of certain professions, RSMo 71.620; restrictions on licensing of agriculture, RSMo 71.630.