(A) All annual licenses shall be due on the first day of January of each year and shall terminate on the last day of December next, where no provision to the contrary is made.
(B) The City Clerk shall mail to all licensees of the city a statement of the time of expiration of the license held by the licensee, if an annual license, 3 weeks prior to the date of expiration. Provided, that a failure to send out this notice, or the failure of the licensee to receive it, shall not excuse the licensee from a failure to obtain a new license, or a renewal thereof, nor shall it be a defense in an action from operation without a license.
(1969 Code, § 15-7) Penalty, see § 10.99