(A) Any person required by this chapter to obtain a business license who shall engage in any business in the city without having first applied for a license, paid the applicable fees, and obtained a business license certificate in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this chapter, punishable by a fine in a sum not less than double the amount of the license fee as set by Council resolution nor more than ten times the amount of the license fee. Each day of violation shall be a separate offense. In addition to any fine, the court shall impose reasonable court costs, including but not necessarily limited to reasonably attorney fees incurred by the city in prosecuting the defendant. No license shall be issued to any person convicted hereunder until the full amount of any fine imposed has first been paid.
(B) In addition to the penalty provided above, and as separate and concurrent causes of action or suit, the city may, in any court of competent jurisdiction, sue any person, who has or is engaged in business in the city without having complied with this chapter, for the amount of the license fee payable; and also the city may in the same or separate suit seek an injunction prohibiting such person from engaging in such business in the city in violation of this chapter; and in any such action or suit the city shall, if it prevails, recover in addition to its costs and disbursements a reasonable attorney’s fee to be set by the court:
(Ord. 243, passed 11-17-1997)