It shall be the duty of the clerk to report to the board of councilmen all parties who have failed to take out licenses as required by this chapter, as soon as such party or parties shall have been delinquent fifteen (15) days, and thereupon the council may instruct an attorney to institute civil proceedings to recover the amount of such delinquency, together with a penalty fine equal to one-half (1/2) of the assessed quarterly fee thereon added as a penalty, and all costs of suit; but such civil proceedings shall not be a bar to the criminal action in this chapter provided for. (Ord. 88, 10-13-1976, eff. 10-20-1976)