(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in a real estate business in the city without first having obtained a license from the State Real Estate Commission to engage in such business. Before any local business tax receipt to conduct the business of a real estate agency, real estate broker or real estate salesperson as defined by state law, shall be granted in the city, the applicant shall first produce to the Director of Financial Services documentary proof that he or she has been duly licensed to engage in such business by the State Real Estate Commission.
(‘72 Code, § 19-48.1)
(B) No local business tax receipt shall be granted until there has been full compliance with division (A) hereof, and no local business tax receipt which may have been granted without full and complete compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall be a protection to the applicant in any proceeding, civil or criminal.
(‘72 Code, § 19-48.2)
(Ord. O-72-117, passed 6-28-72; Am. Ord. O-2007-07, passed 4-18-07) Penalty, see § 127.999