(A) Fees due. Before issuing any license as defined in this subchapter, the City Clerk/Treasurer shall charge and collect from each applicant, in addition to any application fee which might otherwise be required by this chapter, a license fee which shall be set by resolution of the City Council.
(B) Lien.
(1) All property held or used for or on the premises for which a license is required by the provisions of this subchapter is liable for such license and subject to a lien for the amount thereof, which lien has precedence over any other lien, claims, or other demands except those of the United States and the state, or either of them, and if any person fails or refuses to procure a license before the transaction of any games, the Director of Public Safety must seize such property or any other property belonging to such person and sell it in the manner provided by law for foreclosure of agister’s liens.
(2) Such procedure for the collection of such license shall be cumulative and in addition to any procedure and penalty imposed for violation of this chapter.
(2015 Code, § 2-7-7)