It shall be the responsibility of all persons engaging in any trade, business, profession, occupation, amusement, activity or privilege required to be licensed to obtain all licenses required by this code prior to engaging in or continuing in the licensed trade, business, profession, occupation, amusement, activity or privilege. To assist in the renewal of licenses to license holders, the City Clerk may send a license renewal application and invoice for the license fee to license holders prior to the end of a license year. Upon receipt of the completed application and the appropriate fee, and after such investigation as he or she deems necessary, the Clerk may issue a license for the following year. If a licensee fails to file an application for renewal and/or fails to pay the license renewal fee prior to the expiration of a license year, that application shall be considered to be an application for a new license and compliance with the provisions of § 7.12 shall be required prior to the granting of a license.
(Prior Code, § 7.11) (Ord. effective 1-16-1989)