5-710. Delinquent taxes - interest and penalty. 
   Taxes collected by an operator which are not remitted to the city clerk on or before the due dates are delinquent. An operator shall be liable for interest on such delinquent taxes from the due date at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum and is liable for an additional penalty of one percent (1%) for each month or fraction thereof such taxes are delinquent. Such interest and penalty shall become a part of the tax herein required to be remitted. Each occurrence of willful refusal of an operator to collect or remit the tax or willful refusal of a transient to pay the tax imposed is unlawful and shall be punishable by a civil penalty of fifty dollars ($50) per day per offense.
(as added by Ord. #O19-07-10, Aug. 2019, eff. Sept. 1, 2019)