Any license authorized in this chapter, or which may be granted by the city council, is granted with the understanding that the council may at any time revoke the same with cause. Whenever any license shall be granted and money accepted therefor by the city, and said license shall be revoked, the money paid to and held by the city for the unexpired term of said license shall be refunded to the licensee except in those cases where said license shall be forfeited as a punishment for a violation of any ordinances of the city. Any license granted by the city, its mayor and the city council, is granted subject to the provisions of this chapter and said licensee is bound to these provisions. The city shall issue no license of any character exempt from the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 458, 1996: prior code § 11-106)