(a) Any person who establishes, operates or maintains a store without obtaining a license therefor, or continues to operate the same after the termination of a license therefor, shall, in addition to paying the license tax, be subject to a penalty of ten percent (10%) of such license tax for each month or part thereof during which he has been in default. This penalty shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as other license taxes.
(b) The City License Officer may collect any license tax and penalty unpaid under the provisions of this article by any appropriate action, including motion for judgment and suit in the court of any justice of the peace or magistrate of Kanawha County, West Virginia.
(1978 Code Sec. 14-36, 14-37.)