5.02.020 Business license required.
A. Unless otherwise provided, it shall be unlawful for any person to engage in any business within the city without first having obtained a business license pursuant to this title. A separate license shall be required for each type of business defined in this chapter and for each place of business. Each day of noncompliance shall constitute a separate violation.
B. In addition to any criminal prosecution or civil proceedings, if any person found violating this section later applies for a license and if a license is granted, the penalty fees shall be as follows:
1. Effective December 9, 1997, the penalty fee shall be one hundred percent of the license fees for the first year, and the business shall pay an additional penalty for each year or portion of a year in which the business operated without a license. The penalty fee for each year or portion of a year without a license shall be an amount equal to one hundred twenty-five percent of the current business license fees.
2. The city manager may authorize an amnesty period in which the penalty fees to be paid by a business operating without a license may be waived one time per calendar year for a period not to exceed one month, for the purpose of encouraging unlicensed businesses to properly license. (Ord. 2015-10 § 1 (Exh. A (part)); Ord. 10/28/2003O-12 (part); Ord. 12-09-97 (part))