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The amount of any license tax and penalty imposed by the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a debt to the city, and any person carrying on any business without first having procured a license from the city to do so shall be liable to an action in the name of the city in any court of competent jurisdiction for the amount of the license tax and penalties imposed on such business as specified elsewhere in this chapter.
('81 Code, § 5.04.070)
(A) Against any person who engages in, conducts or carries on any business or game, or exhibits any show or exhibition for which a license is required by the provisions of this title without procuring such license and paying the prescribed license tax, the Council may at any time direct the City Attorney to bring suit in the name of the city for the recovery of such license tax.
(B) In such action for collection of a license tax imposed, a penalty , to be set by resolution, shall be added to the amount of any judgment recovered by the city, in addition to any other penalty or penalties then due and owing imposed by the provisions of this title.
('81 Code, § 5.04.080) (Ord. 871, passed - -86)
The License Collector, in the exercise of the duties imposed upon him under this chapter, and acting through his deputies or duly authorized assistants, may examine or cause to be examined all places of business in the city to ascertain whether the provisions of this chapter have been complied with.
('81 Code, § 5.04.090)
(A) The License Collector, each of his assistants and any police officer may enter, free of charge and at any reasonable time, any place of business required to be licensed under this chapter and demand an exhibition of its license certificate.
(B) Any person having such license certificate theretofore issued in his possession or under his control who wilfully fails to exhibit the same on demand shall be guilty of an infraction and subject to the penalties provided in this chapter.
(C) The License Collector and each of his assistants shall cause a complaint to be filed against any person found to be violating any of such provisions.
('81 Code, § 5.04.100) (Ord. 726, passed - -79) Penalty, see § 110.99
(A) The conviction and imprisonment of any person for engaging in any business without first obtaining a license to conduct such business shall not relieve such person from paying the license tax to conduct such business, nor shall the payment of any license tax be a bar to criminal prosecution for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
(B) All remedies prescribed under this chapter shall be cumulative, and the use of one or more remedies by the city shall not bar the use of any other remedy for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter.
('81 Code, § 5.04.120)
(A) For failure to pay a license tax within 31 days of the due date, the license tax shall become delinquent. The License Collector shall add a penalty of 10% of the license tax or $10, whichever is greater, for late payment of the license tax. An additional 10% or $10, whichever is greater, shall be added on the first day of each month thereafter until the license tax fees and all penalties are paid in full.
(B) Penalty charges shall not exceed 50% of the license tax due. This provision does not limit other penalties imposed by this chapter.
('81 Code, § 5.04.130) (Ord. 794, passed - -83; Ord. 871, passed - -86)
LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
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