(a) On and after the first day of July, 1969, no person shall engage in any business, profession or occupation hereinafter enumerated or classified, within the City, without having first procured a license and having paid and agreed to pay, as herein required, the fee herein provided for and assessed.
(b) For the year beginning on the first day of July, 1969, and each year thereafter, there is hereby imposed, for the procurement of such license and the engaging in such business, profession or occupation, an annual fee to be collected from any and all persons engaging or continuing in any business, profession or occupation set forth in an amount provided in this article.
(c) This section is a regulatory measure and is implemented for the purpose of identifying owners and operators of businesses within the City limits, accounting for the type of business being conducted within the City, and assisting in determining that such businesses, trades and occupations are in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Martinsburg City Code. The funds received from the payment of the license fees contributes to the implementation of this regulatory function.