(A) It is unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person, either for himself or herself or any other person, or for any body corporate, or as an officer of any corporation, or otherwise, to commence or carry on any business specified in this chapter in the city without first having procured a license from the city to do so, or without complying with any and all provisions of this chapter.
(B) Persons required to pay a license tax for transacting and carrying on any business under this chapter shall not be relieved from the payment of any other license fee imposed by the city for the privilege of doing the business and shall remain subject to the provisions of all other ordinances.
(C) The payment of a license tax required by the provisions of this chapter and its acceptance by the city and the issuance of a license to any person shall not entitle the holder thereof to carry on any business in or on any building or premises designated in the license in the event that the building or premises are situated in a locality in which the conduct of the business is in violation of any law.
(D) It is declared to be the intentions of the City Council to make the provisions of this chapter apply to all businesses, trades, professions and callings now actually in existence, or at present being operated, and to all which may hereafter be commenced within the city or over which the city may exercise a proper jurisdiction for licensing purposes; and a person shall have been deemed to have commenced the operation of any business and to be liable for the payment of the license fee by any one or more transactions within the city.
(1994 Code, § 5.04.040) Penalty, see § 10.99