3-1-3: LICENSE REQUIRED:
No person shall engage in any business or activity in the city for which a license fee is imposed by this chapter, without first having obtained and being a holder of a valid and subsisting license to do so, to be known as a business and occupation license, issued under the provisions of this chapter, and without paying the license fee imposed by this chapter, which license fee shall accompany the application for the license. (1984 Code § 3-1-5)