All licenses and registration certificates shall expire on December 31 in the year in which such license or certificate of registration was issued and shall be renewed within the thirty days prior to the expiration of the existing license or registration. If such license or registration is not renewed for the ensuing year prior to the expiration date, then such license or registration thereafter shall not be renewed unless and until the former registrant complies with the within requirements of this Code Section. (Ord. 1998-97. Passed 9-15-98.)