[Ord. No. 597, § 1; Ord. No. 1182, § 1.]
The conducting or operation by any person of any business enterprise,
as the same is defined in this chapter, without having any unrevoked
license from the city to do so, fully paid and in effect at the time,
and without complying with any and all regulations of such business
contained in this chapter shall be deemed unlawful.
[Ord. No. 597, § I; Ord. No. 1182, § 1.]
No provisions of this chapter shall ever be held or construed
as licensing or permitting the establishment or carrying on of any
unlawful business, game or other activity. Every such unlawful business,
game or other activity is hereby prohibited and no license shall be
authorized or issued therefor.
[Ord. No. 597, § 1; Ord. No. 1182, § 1.]
(a)
It is hereby made the duty of the director of finance and the chief
of police, and of all other lawfully authorized officers or employees
of the city, to enforce the provisions of this chapter and to make
collections of the license fees imposed.
(b)
This chapter shall take effect and be in full force thirty days from
and after the date of its passage; and before the expiration of fifteen
days after its passage, it shall be published once in the Oakdale
Leader, a newspaper of general circulation, published in the city;
provided, however, that the taxes provided for herein shall not be
assessed until January 1, 1973, and until January 1, 1973, the tax
rates in effect at the date of adoption of this chapter shall remain
in effect.
