§ 12-1. License required; delinquency penalty; proration.

(a)

The provisions of sections 12-1 through 12-8 hereof shall apply to licensed businesses which are regulated and charged a regulatory fee but are not otherwise specifically regulated in this Code, including but not limited to garbage collectors, pawnshops, peddlers, wreckers, metal and scrap yard, taxi-cab, and bail bondsman. It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, to conduct within the city any business or occupation, or use in connection therewith any premises, vehicle, machine, or device without a license therefor being first procured from the license and permit clerk and kept in effect at all times.

(b)

Any person failing to obtain or renew a license between January 1 and March 1 of each year shall be liable for an additional ten (10) percent of the amount required to be paid as a penalty for failure to obtain the appropriate license; provided, however, that the minimum penalty shall be one dollar ($1.00).

(c)

Any person failing to obtain or renew a license shall, in addition to the foregoing, be subject to punishment as provided in section 1-8.

(d)

Any person beginning a business, during a calendar year shall obtain a license for the remainder of the year and shall pay the full license fee before July 1 or half the license fee on or after July 1.

(Code 1972, § 5-401; Ord. No. 2017-010 , § 1, 5-1-17)

Cross reference

Effect of tax delinquency on license, § 8-20.