This page contains a list of documents we require in order to approve your business license to conduct business within the city limits of Parkville. All businesses will be required to make sure that all items under the All Businesses category are current and/or submitted with the application. The other categories list the requirements specific to the type of business being conducted. In addition to the requirements for all businesses, the requirements for the type of business will also be required. This process must be completed for all new businesses, as well as businesses that have changed location, name or ownership.
If you would like more information about a particular requirement, visit the Helpful Information page for more details.
Retail
Food Preparation/Sales
Alcohol Sales/Service
General Contractor or Contractor
Fireworks
Other (not listed above)
All Businesses
- Complete the In-Town business license application
- Registration of Legal Name with Missouri (more info)
- Registration of Fictitious Name with Missouri (if company does business under name other than legal name – more info)
- Business personal property tax waiver (through Platte County Assessor’s Office – more info)
- Emergency Contact Information for Police Department (not required for home-based businesses)
- Southern Platte Fire Protection District and City inspections for certificates of occupancy (must be completed prior to opening; not required for home-based businesses)
You must also submit the additional requirements based on the type of business (retail, food preparation/sales, alcohol sales, contractors, other, fireworks or home-based businesses).
- Requirements for all businesses
- Certificate of No Tax Due *with Parkville designation (more info)
- Affidavit of Application to Make Retail Sales, if applicable (only required if in process of obtaining Missouri sales tax)
- Platte County Merchant’s License (more info)
- License Fee Payment ($50)
- Requirements for all businesses
- Certificate of No Tax Due *with Parkville designation (more info)
- Affidavit of Application to Make Retail Sales, if applicable (only required if in process of obtaining Missouri sales tax)
- Platte County Health Department Permit (more info)
- Current year’s Platte County Merchant’s License (more info)
- License Fee Payment ($50)
- Liquor Sales Fee Payment, if applicable
- Requirements for all businesses
- Liquor license application (must be submitted to City Clerk and approved by the Board of Aldermen)
- Liquor License Fee Payment (depends on liquor license type)
Copies of your Missouri and Platte County liquor licenses are required for renewals only. For businesses that open within ten months of the end of the licensing period (August through May), the liquor license rate will be prorated at 10% per month of the total annual rate. A change in managing officer requires a new application.
General Contractor or Contractor
- Requirements for all businesses
- Proof of Workers’ Compensation Insurance Coverage
- If exempt, must complete Affidavit of Exemption from Workers’ Compensation
- License Fee Payment ($50 for contractors, $75 for general contractors)
A copy of your current workers’ compensation policy or affidavit of exemption are required prior to approval of your business license, per RSMo 287.061.
- Requirements for all businesses
- Written permission from property owner
- Copy of Missouri Fireworks Permit from the Missouri Department of Public Safety Division of Fire Safety
- Bodily injury and property damage liability insurance in the amount of $800,000, individual and aggregate, naming the City of Parkville as additional insured
- Missouri Temporary Sales Tax Certificate for tent’s Parkville location (more info)
- Current Platte County Merchant’s License (more info)
- Plot plan of tract showing location of stand, dimensions of building and distances from street, property lines, adequate off-street parking and other buildings in the lot
- Southern Platte Fire Protection District and City of Parkville inspections for certificates of occupancy
- Tent should be set up and ready but inspections must be passed prior to opening tent to customers
- Recommend scheduling inspection appointment with Fire District immediately after submitting documents to guarantee the tent will be inspected as required
- License Fee Payment ($300)
Other (anything that is not food, liquor, fireworks, retail or contractors fits here)
- Requirements for all businesses
- License Fee Payment ($50)
*With Parkville designation – business must be registered for Parkville location. This ensures taxes are appropriated correctly to the City.
