(A) License required. It is unlawful for any person to engage in any trade, profession, business or privilege in the city for which the code requires a license without first obtaining approval for the license from the City Council in the manner provided in this chapter. A license must be obtained for each location at which the licensee conducts business.
(B) Activity conducted without license.
(1) When an activity that requires a license pursuant to the city code is conducted without a license or the licensee has not renewed an existing license prior to its expiration date and the licensed activity continues, the city may pursue any one or all of the following remedies:
(a) No new license shall be granted until the applicant pays the late fee pursuant to § 110.03(C)(7)(c), unless otherwise approved by the City Council;
(b) The city may issue a criminal citation for operating without a license;
(c) The city may issue an administrative citation for operating without a license; and/or
(d) The city may post a cease and desist order (“cease and desist order”) for the licensed activity preventing the business from conducting the activity until a license is approved.
1. If a business has an existing license for the licensed activity and the license expires, then the City Clerk shall provide the owner with 20 days’ calendar notice to cease and desist the activity (“cease and desist notice”). If no completed application is received by the City Clerk prior to the expiration of the date given in the cease and desist notice, then the city shall post a cease and desist order for the activity for which a license is required.
2. If a new business is conducting an activity for which a license is required or an existing business is conducting a new activity for which a license is required and no license has been approved, then the city may immediately and without notice, post a cease and desist order for the activity for which a license is required.
(2) Any business that continues to conduct an activity for which a license is required without an approved license shall be in violation of this chapter.
(2001 Code, § 1005.01)