A. State And City Licenses Required: No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of spraying trees, plants, land or buildings with poison chemicals or mixtures thereof, such as insecticides, herbicides, or fungicides within the city, unless and until such person, firm or corporation has applied for and obtained from the state board of agriculture a license to engage in such business and has obtained from the city a city license to conduct the business within the city.
B. Annual City Fee: No license will be issued by the city until the applicant pays to the city a license fee as set by the council by motion or resolution. Such license fee shall expire on December 31 of each year following the date of issuance. The full annual fee shall be paid in advance and no license shall be issued for less than a full annual fee. (2000 Code § 9-501)