(a) Whoever engages in any activity contrary to the provisions of this article, whether without obtaining a license required therefor before commencing the same or by continuing the same after the termination of the effective period of any such license, shall, in addition to paying the license tax, be subject to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each month or fraction thereof during which he has been in default of the license tax. It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to collect the full amount of the license tax and penalty imposed. Any waiver of the penalty herein provided for shall have the approval of City Council.
(b) In addition to the foregoing and except as may herein be otherwise expressly provided, whoever violates any provision under this article during any one twelve month period shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and whoever shall commit multiple violations of this article during more than one twelve month period, whether or not said periods shall be consecutive and whether or not said person shall have been previously convicted thereof, shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and imprisoned not more than thirty days or both. Each day or part thereof that any violation continues shall be deemed to constitute a distinct and separate offense and be punishable accordingly.
(c) Whoever knowingly makes a false statement in any tax form or application shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). Each false statement, whether made with or without other false statements on any one or more application shall constitute a separate offense. And, whoever shall knowingly make a false statement in two separate “tax filings”, whether or not said applications shall have been filed consecutively, and whether or not said person shall have been previously convicted thereof, shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(Ord. 97-003. Passed 4-21-97.)