§ 5-31. Issuance; expiration; renewal.

(a)

Except for licenses which expressly expire on specified dates other than December 31, any license issued under this article shall be valid only for the calendar year in which it is issued. Each such license expires on December 31 of each year and must be renewed on or before January 31 of the following year by filing an application for renewal, paying the applicable renewal fee and submitting any additional documentation required by this article. The application, payment for renewal and additional required documentation must be received by the tax and license manager by January 31 to be deemed timely filed.

(b)

Persons whose initial applications for annual licenses issued under this article are received by the city after March 31 of any year shall be subject to an initial license fee on a prorated basis as follows:

Business Start Date	Proration of License Fee
April 1—June 30	75%
July 1—September 30	50%
October 1—December 31	25%

 

The applicable proration percentage shall be applied to the annual license fee set by resolution to determine the initial license fee.

(c)

Any person who fails to renew a license issued under this article by January 31 of any year and who conducts any activity covered by such license after such date shall be deemed to be operating without a license, shall be subject to all penalties imposed under this article against persons unlawfully operating without a license and shall be subject to a penalty of fifty percent (50%) of the annual license fee which would have been imposed on the date on which the license expired in addition to payment of the applicable license fee. All license fees and penalties owed by a person pursuant to this subsection must be paid before a new license is issued to such person under this article.

(d)

Any person who is required to obtain a license under this article and fails to do so prior to conducting any activity covered by such license shall be subject to a penalty of fifty percent (50%) of the annual license fee which would have been imposed on the date on which such activities commenced in addition to payment of the applicable license fee. All license fees and penalties owed by a person pursuant to this subsection must be paid before a new license is issued to such person under this article.

(e)

No license issued under this article shall be renewed unless the licensee is in compliance with all provisions of articles I and II this chapter at the time of renewal.

(Code 1963, § 4-28; Ord. No. 1060, § 2, 12-26-78; Ord. No. 1723, § 5, 6-2-92; Ord. No. 1918, § 2, 12-10-96)