A. Late Renewal Fee; Penalties: If any license renewal fee is not paid by the due date, a penalty of twenty five percent (25%) of the amount of such license fee shall be added to the original amount thereof, and, if such amount is not paid within two (2) months of the due date, an additional penalty of seventy five percent (75%) shall be added to the original amount thereof for a total of one hundred percent (100%) of such license fee. In addition, any licensee whose license renewal fee is not paid within sixty (60) days of the due date shall terminate business operations at the previously licensed location. No business shall be conducted thereafter at said location unless and until the mayor or the mayor's designee approves an application, notice or petition for renewal of a license or for a new license.
B. Initial Fee Nonpayment; Penalty: When any person, firm or corporation engages in any occupation covered by the provisions of this title, or adds anything to an existing business which requires an additional license fee, without first paying the required license fee, a penalty of one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of such license fee shall be added to the original amount thereof.
C. Collection: All penalties provided for in this section shall be collected by the license supervisor and the payment thereof shall be enforced by him or her in the same manner as the license fees are collected and payment enforced.
D. No License Issuance: No license shall issue until all penalties legally assessed have been paid in full.
E. Other Enforcement Not Precluded: Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent or in any manner interfere with the enforcement of any criminal or civil penalty provision contained in any ordinance of the city, including, but not limited to, those provisions pertaining to operation of businesses without an unexpired and valid business license. (Ord. 74-09, 2009)