The payment of a license tax, and its acceptance by the city, and the issuance of the license, shall not entitle the holder thereof to carry on any business unless he or she has complied with all the requirements of this code and all other applicable laws, nor to carry on any business in any building or on any premises designated in the license in the event that the building or premises are situated in a zone or lacality in which the conduct of the business as in violation of any law. The License Tax Collector may refuse to issue a business license until and unless the applicant can satisfactorily establish that he or she has complied with all the requirements of this code and all other applicable laws and has obtained all necessary approvals from appropriate city departments.
(1995 Code, § 5.04.500)