Any person, firm, or corporation or co-partnership who shall violate any provision of this chapter, or who shall exercise or attempt to exercise any of the occupations, trades, or avocations, or who shall carry on, or engage in, or attempt to carry on or engage in any of the businesses for which a license is required in this chapter in the city, without first paying the tax herein levied, and obtaining a license therefor, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25, nor more than $500. In addition to the above penalties, any person, firm, or corporation, or co-partnership, who is required to take out a license, or any such person whose license has expired, and notice has been given by the City Clerk, shall, if not paid within 30 days after such tax is due pursuant to said notice, pay a penalty of $12.50, and for every 30 days thereafter, $12.50 shall be added as a penalty, until the party required to take out such license shall have complied with the provisions regulating licenses in this chapter. This penalty shall be collected with the license by the City Clerk and paid to the city.
(Prior Code, § 605.110)