No person shall engage, or be engaged in, the operation, conduct or carrying on of any trade, profession, business or privilege for which any license is required by any provision of these Codified Ordinances without first obtaining a license from the City in the manner provided for in this chapter. Any person duly licensed on the effective date of this chapter shall be deemed licensed hereunder for the balance of the current license year.
(1975 Code Sec. 7.l)