No Certificate of Use and Occupancy or Business Tax Receipt issued under the provisions of this chapter shall protect any person from prosecution for transacting any business, trade or profession not covered by the Certificate of Use and Occupancy or Business Tax Receipt, or protect any person doing business with a Business Tax Receipt issued upon any false statement of variable factors. Certificate of Use and Occupancy or Business Tax Receipts that are issued based on false statements shall be considered as void ab initio and shall not protect the holder thereof from prosecution for transacting business without a Certificate of Use and Occupancy or Business Tax Receipt. Falsification of information can constitute grounds for revocation of the Certificate of Use and Occupancy and Business Tax Receipt, and the city may impose a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment not exceeding sixty (60) days.
(Ord. No. 94-15, § 1, 6-21-94; Ord. No. 95-22, § 2, 7-5-95; Ord. No. 06-096, § 2, 1-2-07; Ord. No. 12-012, § 2, 7-3-12; Ord. No. 14-018, § 2, 9-3-14)