A. Except as provided in § 11.01.200 (regarding grace period for new businesses) and § 11.01.220 (regarding business license tax due for the initial period) no person acting as principal, agent, clerk, employee, corporate officer, partner, trustee or otherwise, for himself/herself or for any other person, shall commence or operate any business in the City, whether or not at a fixed place of business, without having first:
1. Applied for and received a business tax certificate applicable to such business;
2. Paid the required application fee;
3. Paid the required business license tax;
4. Obtained any permit required by the City;
5. Paid any permit fee required; and
6 Paid any investigation or inspection fee required.
B. The issuance of the business tax certificate for an adult use, as that term is defined in Chapter 11.13, shall be made within fifteen (15) calendar days of the applicant's application being deemed complete.
C. A business tax certificate or permit may be issued to a business operating under a fictitious name that has complied with all applicable requirements under the Business and Professions Code. In all other cases, a business must obtain a business tax certificate, and if required, a permit, in the true name of the applicant or applicants.
('65 Code, § 19-16) (Ord. No. CS-49 § 11.01; Ord. No. 89-016 § 1; Ord. No. 98-006, § 5; Ord. No. 2022-012 § 1 (part))