Every person engaged in carrying on, maintaining, pursuing, conducting or transacting; or hereafter engages in, carries on, maintains, pursues, conducts or transacts, in the city, the trade, business, occupation, calling or pursuit hereinafter named, shall obtain from the city and shall pay therefore the license herein specified, and in the manner as provided in this chapter.
Any person opening, engaging in, carrying on or pursuing any business, trade, occupation, calling or pursuit hereinafter named without first having obtained from the city the license herein required shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to penalty, and in addition thereto shall pay the entire fee for the required license retroactive to January 1 of the year such business, trade, occupation, calling or pursuit was established, together with penalty payment equal to the total sum of one year's fee for the license required.
Any person or business who has obtained the required business license and is delinquent in the payment of his quarterly license fee for a period greater than fifteen (15) days shall, in addition to the payment of the quarterly fee, pay a penalty fine equal to one-half (1/2) of the assessed quarterly fee. (Ord. 83, 2-18-1976)