No person shall engage in or conduct any business in the city without first paying the business license tax for such business, in the amounts set forth in this chapter, and obtaining the license therefor, except as expressly provided in Chapter 5.04.
(A) No person shall conduct any business in the city without having a license from the city to do so, valid and in effect at the time, and without complying with any and all regulations pertaining to such business as contained in this code. No person who is an employee or who is the direct representative of a licensee shall be required to obtain such license or pay such tax for the doing of any part of work in the business of such licensee.
(B) Every person who operates any business, whether upon a cost, rental or commission basis, as a concession or upon rented floor space in or upon the premises of any person licensed under this chapter shall be required to obtain a separate license pursuant to the appropriate provisions of this chapter.
(`83 Code, § 5.08.010)