City of St. Louis, certain areas, may be exempt from Sunday sales law, procedure
The city of St. Louis can pass a local law that lets certain areas near its convention center or city auditorium stay open for business on Sundays, even though a state law normally restricts Sunday sales. Car sales are not allowed on Sundays even in these special areas. Also, a landlord renting space to a store in one of these areas cannot force that store to be open on Sundays.
578.106. City of St. Louis, certain areas, may be from Sunday sales law, procedure — — limitation. — 1. The of any may, by , exempt areas of the city located within two thousand five hundred yards of a center owned by the city or within two thousand five hundred yards of a auditorium owned by the city, or either of such areas, or parts of either or both of such areas, from the of section 578.100. The ordinance of shall specifically define the area or areas to be exempted and upon passage of such ordinance and with the and the , the of section 578.100 shall no longer apply within the area or areas of the city but shall continue to apply and be enforced in all parts of the city not included within the designated area or areas. However, the sale of automobiles shall not be permitted within the exempted area or areas. The governing body of any city adopting an ordinance this section shall file a copy of such ordinance with the secretary of state and with the revisor of statutes and such officer shall the receipt of the ordinance. The revisor of statutes shall note in the Missouri revised statutes that an area or areas of the named city are exempt from the provisions of section 578.100.
2. Following the of any exemption adopted pursuant to 1 of this section, no person who s any structure, or portion thereof, within the area to which such exemption applies to any person engaged in selling , may include in the lease, contract, or other document governing such lease any which would, directly or indirectly, require the to open his business to the general public on Sundays.
3. Following the effective date of any exemption adopted pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, no lease, contract, or other document governing the lease of any structure, or portion thereof, to any person engaged in selling merchandise at retail, which was in effect prior to the date of such exemption shall be interpreted to require the lessee to open his business to the general public on Sundays if the lessee was not required to open his business to the general public at the time he signed such lease, contract, or other document.
4. If any portion of this section is found by a to be , all remaining portions of this section shall remain valid unless the court finds that the valid provisions of this section are so essentially and inseparably connected with the provision that they cannot stand alone.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1983 S.B. 391) Revisor's Note: On October 6, 1983, the ordinance passed by the Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis on October 5, 1983, was filed with the Revisor's office. The ordinance defined the area of that city to be exempted from the provisions of section 578.100.
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