(A) Any person conducting a business in this city without first having paid the fee to the appropriate authority and having obtained a license therefor, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than $10 nor more than $100 for each offense. Each day that a business is conducted without having paid the license fee and having obtained a license, therefore shall constitute a separate offense. The violation of any provision of this chapter shall likewise be a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, the violator shall be fined in the sum of not less than $10 nor more than $100.
(B) Any person or business found to be in violation of any section of the rental license requirements as contained within this chapter shall be deemed to have committed a civil offense and shall be fined not less than $100 per day, per violation and not more than $500 per day, per violation until said violations are abated. For purposes of this chapter, each day that an individual or business is engaged in the renting, letting or leasing of real property without having first paid the license fee to the appropriate authority and having obtained the proper license therefor shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 2001-17, passed 1-10-2002; Am. Ord. 2007-14, passed 11-8-2007; Am. Ord. 2011-6, passed 4-14-2011; Am. Ord. 2012-5, passed 3-8-2012; Am. Ord. 2014-10, passed 8-14-2014; Am. Ord. 2016-8, passed 11-10-2016)