It shall be a condition to the issuance of any license by the city pursuant to this title or any of the ordinances of the city hereinafter referred to and amended that all real estate taxes and special assessments levied against the premises licensed shall be paid prior to the last date when payable without penalty. Upon receipt of evidence that such taxes or special assessments levied against any such premises have become delinquent, the Clerk-Treasurer shall notify the licensee of the delinquency and that all licenses issued for the premises under the circumstances hereinafter described shall be terminated and canceled 30 days after date of the notice, and unless such taxes and special assessments are paid and the County Treasurer’s receipt for the same delivered to the Clerk-Treasurer within said 30-day period, the license described in said notice shall, upon termination of said 30-day period, be deemed canceled and terminated; provided, however, that, no such license shall be canceled or terminated during the time in which any judicial proceeding is pending challenging the validity of the amount of the tax or special assessment in question.
(1992 Code, § 400:63)