5.04.070 License fee as debt to city.
   The amount of any license imposed by this chapter shall be deemed a debt to the city, and any person carrying on any business mentioned in this chapter without having a license from the city to do so, shall be liable to an action in the name of the city in any court of competent jurisdiction for the amount of the license by this chapter imposed on such business.
(Ord. 565, 1990).