2.37.030   Obligation to pay business tax.
   (a)   It is unlawful for any business operator, either for themselves or for any other person, to operate in the city any business taxed under this chapter without paying all business tax required by this chapter.
   (b)   If a business has more than one business operator, then the payment of the business tax by one business operator excuses any other business operators from the obligation to pay the business tax for that period for which the tax has been paid.
   (c)   The requirement to pay business tax is in addition to and separate from the requirement to obtain a business registration certificate under Section 4.60.030.
   (d)   The payment of business tax does not authorize the doing of any act which the person or business paying the business tax is not otherwise entitled to do and does not excuse the business from complying with other applicable code requirements.
(Ord. 5581 § 1 (part), 2022)