All of the various occupations, professions, avocations, trades, and businesses herein specified, followed, practiced, or engaged in within the city shall be licensed, taxed, and regulated as herein specifically provided and no person, firm, or corporation, either as principal or agent, shall conduct, pursue, carry on, or operate within the city, any occupation, profession, avocation, trade, or business herein specified without paying in advance the license tax hereinafter prescribed and levied.
(Prior Code, § 605.010) (Ord. 130B, passed 8-4-1981) Penalty, see § 110.99