A. In order that business, manufacturing, pursuits, professions and trade be carried on and conducted in the city in a profitable and peaceful manner, it is necessary that the same be regulated and safeguarded and that the city provide police protection, fire protection, street maintenance, street lighting and other services.
B. It is necessary that license fees be levied and fixed for the purpose of securing revenue to assist in the regulation and in defraying the cost of police and fire protection and costs of other municipal services.
C. No person whose income consists of salary or wage paid to the person by an employer or agent thereof covered and defined by this chapter and no person working as a domestic in a private home shall be deemed to be transacting or carrying on business in the city; provided, however, that if any person fails to pay the license fee provided in this chapter and the person has neither his or her residence nor place of business in the city but carries on business in the city, the agents or employees of that person engaged in business in the city shall be liable for the payment of the fee or for penalties imposed for failure to comply with this chapter.