The following words and phrases, whenever used in this title, shall be construed as defined in this section, unless from the context a different meaning is intended or unless a different meaning is specifically defined and more particularly directed to the use of such words or phrases:
Average Number of Persons Employed.
The average number of employees earning wages during pay periods ending the nearest 15th of each month as shown by Form DE3 of the State Department of Employment, or other form which may hereafter be adopted for reporting payments due under the Unemployment Insurance Act for each month of the previous calendar year, which shall be computed by totaling the number of employees and dividing that sum by 12. If the employer has been in business less than one year, the average number of employees as shown by such form for the last quarter shall be used; if the employer has not been previously engaged in business the estimation of the average number of employees who will be employed during the remainder of the calendar year shall be used. In computing the "average number of persons employed," fractions of numbers shall be excluded.
Business.
Professions, trades, occupations and all and every kind of calling carried on for profit or livelihood, including, but not limited to, warehousing.
Doing Business.
Actively engaged in any transaction for the purpose of financial or pecuniary gain or profit.
Employee.
All persons engaged in the operation or conduct of any business, whether as owner, any member of the owner's family, partner, agent, manager, solicitor and any and all other persons employed or working in the business.
Engaged in Business.
The conducting, managing or carrying on of any profession, trade, calling, occupation or commercial enterprise in the City licensed under the provisions of this chapter as owner, officer, agent, manager, employee, servant or lessee of any of them.
Motor Vehicle.
The meaning as defined in the State Vehicle Code.
Peddler.
1. 
Any person, other than a bona fide salesperson, or solicitor for any person engaged in business and licensed under other sections of this title, who sells, or offers for sale, goods, wares, or merchandise, either by going from place to place for the purpose of selling, or offering for sale, or by selling or offering for sale such goods from a stand, pack or vehicle, or in any door-way or entrance-way of any building, or upon any unenclosed lot or parcel of land.
2. 
Peddler, in addition to the usual definition thereof, also means any person dispensing, disbursing or distributing any comestible item in the City from a motor vehicle either from place to place, house to house, or street to street, at random or by a fixed route or preconceived schedule.
3. 
Peddler shall include retail catering vehicles in or upon which hot or cold food or drinks are displayed, sold, served or offered for sale or serving.
Person.
Includes, but is not limited to, a sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, or corporation.
(Prior code § 5.1)
A. 
No person shall engage in any business, profession, trade or occupation, or perform any act, required to be licensed under the provisions of this title until such license is first obtained. No license shall be issued under this title when the provisions of this title or of some other ordinance of the City requiring a license to be first obtained or to be first applied for as a prerequisite to entering into or performing any such business, trade, occupation or act, until such license is first so applied for or obtained as the case may be. Any license issued in violation of this section shall be void.
B. 
Application for a license to conduct, carry on or engage in any business, profession, trade or occupation, or do or allow to be done any act requiring such license, shall be in writing to the City Clerk stating the name of the person, company or firm, the address, a resume of the business operations and the average number of employees. Each application shall be accompanied by check or currency in an amount equal to the license tax required under this title. Application for a joint license in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.04.090 must be filed by all businesses involved stating the names of the persons, companies or firms, the respective addresses, a resume of the business operations and the total average number of employees employed in conduct of all such businesses. No license shall be issued unless the City Clerk shall have first authorized the issuance of such license.
(Prior code § 5.3)
A. 
All licenses shall be prepared and issued by the City Clerk upon the payment of the sum required to be paid under this title. Each license so issued shall state upon the face thereof the following:
1. 
Person to whom the same is issued.
2. 
Kind of business licensed thereby.
3. 
Amount paid therefor.
4. 
Location of such business.
5. 
Date of expiration of such license.
B. 
Each license shall state upon the back thereof the following:
"This license constitutes a receipt for the payment of a license tax imposed by the City of Vernon and shall have no other legal effect. Said receipt does not authorize the licensee, or any agent or employee thereof, to conduct the business or occupation, or to perform any act, specified on the reverse side hereof, or to conduct or perform any other business, occupation or act in the City of Vernon without strictly complying with all the provisions of the Ordinances of said City, including, but not limited to, those requiring a permit from any officer of the City. THIS RECEIPT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PERMIT."
C. 
Any receipt issued upon the payment by check of any license tax shall be void unless the amount due is actually received by the City.
(Prior code § 5.4)
No license for any ensuing, current or unexpired license period shall knowingly be issued to any person who at the time of making application for any license is indebted to the City for any unpaid license tax required to be paid under the provisions of any ordinance of the City; provided, that the City Clerk, or duly authorized deputy, may enter into an agreement with any person indebted to the City for the nonpayment of license taxes for any past license period, agreeing with such persons that payment of delinquent license taxes for any past license period may be made in equal installments extending over a period not to exceed one year. By such agreement, the debtor shall acknowledge to the City and agree, in case default be made in the payment of any installment arranged to be paid thereunder, that the whole amount agreed to be paid shall become immediately due and payable. The debtor shall acknowledge to the City and agree that in case suit be brought to enforce the collection of the amount to be paid under such agreement, that the debtor will pay all costs of suit incurred by the City. When such agreement is executed, licenses for any current or ensuing period may be issued to the debtor upon such person paying the tax prescribed for the current or ensuing license period, together with penalties, if any.
(Prior code § 5.5)
A. 
No license issued pursuant to this title shall be transferable except as otherwise provided. When a license is issued authorizing a person to conduct a business at a particular place, such license may, upon application therefor and by paying the established license tax have the previously issued license amended so as to authorize the conduct of such business from some other location.
B. 
Duplicate licenses may be issued by the City Clerk to replace any previously issued license which has been lost or destroyed, upon applicant's filing an affidavit attesting to such fact. At the time of filing such affidavit, applicant shall pay the established fee.
(Prior code § 5.6)
Separate licenses must be obtained for each branch establishment or location of the business in which it is engaged. Each license shall authorize the licensee to engage only in the business licensed thereby at the location or in the manner designated in such license. Warehouses and distributing plants, including refrigerated warehouses, used in connection with and incidental to a business licensed under the provisions of this title at a different location shall be deemed to be separate places of business or branch establishments.
(Prior code § 5.8)
Whenever any person is engaged in two or more businesses at the same location licensed under the provisions of this title, and where the license tax is based upon the average number of employees of each of such businesses, conducted at the same location, such person shall not be required to obtain licenses for the conducting of each such businesses, but shall be issued a joint license, and the total number of persons employed in the conduct of such businesses shall be used as the basis for computing the amount of license taxes to be paid for the conduct of all such businesses.
(Prior code § 5.9)
A. 
License taxes required hereunder shall be due and payable at the following times:
1. 
All license taxes, unless otherwise expressly stated herein shall be construed to be for annual licenses and shall be payable on the first day of January of each year. These licenses shall expire on December 31 of each year.
2. 
Daily licenses shall be payable, in advance, on each day for which the license is obtained.
B. 
The above licenses, whether annual or daily, shall be valid for the periods issued.
(Prior code § 5.10)
A. 
Delinquency Date. Except as otherwise provided herein, all license taxes required by this title shall be deemed delinquent if not paid on or before the time hereinafter prescribed:
1. 
Annual Licenses. On or before the close of business on the first day of February of each year, provided that license taxes and taxes payable pursuant to Sections 5.08.100—5.08.150 shall be paid on a quarterly basis upon application by the licensee as follows:
a. 
The first quarterly payment for January through March shall be due and payable on January 1, of each year and shall be delinquent on February 1 of said year. The payment shall be accompanied by a statement of the gross receipts or tonnage figures for the previous year as the case may be.
The first quarterly payment shall be not less than one-fourth of such yearly payment or, for a business license under Section 5.08.100 and 5.08.110, $5,000.00, whichever is higher, but adjusted to reflect any underpayment or overpayment of taxes for the preceding quarter or quarters.
b. 
The second, third, and fourth quarterly payments shall be due and payable on the first day of April, July, and October, respectively, and shall be delinquent on the first day of May, August, and November, respectively. Each such payment shall be accompanied by the appropriate gross receipts or tonnage figures for the preceding quarter. Each such payment shall be one-fourth of the yearly payment, but adjusted to reflect any underpayment or overpayment of taxes for the preceding quarter or quarters.
c. 
If a quarterly payment has not been paid by the first day of the third month of the quarter in which it is due, the license shall automatically expire.
2. 
Daily License. On or before the close of business on each day for which the same becomes due.
B. 
Penalties. Whenever the license tax required by this chapter is not paid on or before the delinquency date, a penalty of 10% of the amount due for the license tax shall be imposed, and an additional penalty of 10% of the original license tax shall be added at the close of business on the last day of each calendar month thereafter. Every penalty shall become a part of the license tax required by this title. In no case shall the total penalty for delinquent license taxes exceed 50% of the original license tax for each year.
(Prior code § 5.11)
A. 
A written statement must be filed with the City Clerk by someone authorized to make the same and having knowledge of the facts stated therein, showing the average number of persons employed in the City, as defined in this chapter, during the preceding calendar year, if the license tax is based on average number of persons employed by the licensee in the City. The written statement shall be made upon forms furnished by the City Clerk and shall include a certificate in substance as follows:
"I declare, under penalty of making a false certificate, that this return is made by me, that I am authorized to make such return, and that to the best of my knowledge and belief it is a true, correct and complete return made in good faith for the year stated, pursuant to the provisions of the License Ordinance of the City of Vernon."
B. 
The written statement shall be filed by the last day of February of the ensuing calendar year.
C. 
No statement filed hereunder shall be conclusive as to the matters set forth therein nor shall the filing of the same preclude the City from collecting by appropriate action such sum as is actually due and payable hereunder. The City reserves the right to institute any legal proceeding which it deems necessary to examine, audit and inspect such licensee's books and records for the purpose of ascertaining the correct amount of the license tax due.
D. 
The information or data obtained from examination or audit, whether by court action or otherwise, or from any statement required hereunder, shall be used for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, and for no other purpose.
E. 
The written statement hereinabove required, shall be filed at the time the license is applied for, and the City Clerk may withhold the issuance of any license until the required statement is furnished.
(Prior code § 5.12)
The first license for any newly established business which is subject to annual license tax based upon the average number of persons employed shall be ascertained and paid in the following manner:
A. 
After approval by the City Clerk to issue such license, the applicant shall pay license tax prorated upon the basis of the calendar quarters or fraction thereof remaining in the current year. The applicant shall estimate the average number of employees for the remainder of the current license year, and use the schedule of license taxes in Section 5.08.040 in determining the amount of license tax payable under this chapter.
B. 
After approval by the City Clerk, the first license tax for any newly established business, which is not subject to annual license tax based upon the average number of employees, shall pay license tax prorated upon the basis of the calendar quarters or fraction thereof remaining in the current year.
(Prior code § 5.13)
At the time of application for the renewal of the annual license required under this chapter, if the license tax is based on the average number of persons employed in the City, then the licensee shall file with the City Clerk, on forms supplied by him or her, a statement showing the average number of persons employed in the City in the conduct of the applicant's business during the preceding year. This form shall also show the average number of employees as defined herein and computed as required in Section 5.04.010. Such license tax shall be paid upon the basis of that statement.
(Prior code § 5.14)
Except as otherwise specifically provided by the provisions of this title, all licenses must be kept and posted in the following manner:
A. 
Subject to other provisions of this chapter, any licensee engaged in business at a fixed place of occupancy shall keep the issued license posted in a conspicuous place upon the premises where such business is conducted;
B. 
Any person engaged in business in the City, but not operating at a fixed place of occupancy, shall keep the license issued to him or her upon his or her person at all times while engaged in such business;
C. 
Any person operating or conducting any business from a vehicle shall keep the issued license for such vehicle firmly affixed to the vehicle in a conspicuous place.
(Prior code § 5.15)
Whenever any person is engaged in any business licensed under the provisions of this title and as an incident to such business accepts secondhand goods, wares and merchandise as part payment on new merchandise, such person shall not be required to obtain a license to deal in secondhand merchandise as defined elsewhere in this chapter, and such acts shall not be considered as dealing in secondhand merchandise.
(Prior code § 5.16)
A. 
It shall be the duty and direction of the City Clerk to enforce each and all of the provisions of this title. The Chief of Police shall render such assistance in the enforcement of this title as may from time to time be required by the City Clerk.
B. 
The City Clerk in the exercise of the duties imposed upon him or her, and acting through his or her deputies, may examine any place of business in the City to ascertain whether or not the provisions of this title have been given compliance.
C. 
The City Clerk and all of his or her deputies shall have the power to enter, free of charge, at any time any place of business required to be licensed by the provisions of this title, and to demand an exhibition of such license. Any person having any such license theretofore issued in his or her possession or under his or her control who fails to exhibit the same on demand shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the penalty provided by the provisions of this title.
(Prior code § 5.50)
Upon the approval of the City Council, the City Clerk is authorized to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to aid or assist in the enforcement of the provisions of this title. Such regulations, when approved by resolution of the City Council, shall have the same force and effect as though regularly adopted by the City Council.
(Prior code § 5.51)
The conviction and punishment of any person for engaging in any business without first obtaining a license to conduct such business shall not relieve such person from paying the license tax due and unpaid at the time of such conviction. The payment of any license tax shall not prevent a criminal prosecution of any person for the violation of any of the provisions of this title or any other ordinance of the City. All remedies prescribed hereunder shall be cumulative and the use of one or more remedies by the City shall not bar the use of any other remedy for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this title.
(Prior code § 5.52)
If any person fails to file any requirement statement within the time prescribed herein, or if after demand therefor is made by the City Clerk and such persons fails to file a corrected statement, the City Clerk may determine the amount of the license tax due from such person upon such information as he or she may be able to obtain. If necessary, the City Clerk may estimate the tax required to be paid under this title upon the basis of the average number of people employed, or by considering other facts. In case a determination is made, the City Clerk shall give notice of the amount so assessed by serving the same personally or by depositing the same in the United States Post Office in the City, postage prepaid thereon, and addressed to the person so assessed at his or her last known address. Such person may, within 10 days after the mailing or serving of such notice, make application in writing to the City Clerk for a hearing on the amount of the assessed tax. If application is not made within that time prescribed, the assessment shall become final. If such an application is filed within the 10 day period, the City Clerk must cause the matter to be set for hearing within 15 days before the City Council. The City Council shall consider all evidence produced and shall make written findings thereon. A copy of such findings shall be served upon the applicant in the manner prescribed above for the service of notice of assessment. Such findings shall become final at the expiration of five days from the date of service within which time exceptions may be filed by the applicant. If filed, the City Council shall consider the exceptions, make such modification upon the written findings as may be deemed necessary, and thereupon the final assessment shall be made.
(Prior code § 5.53)
A. 
Any license tax required to be paid under this title shall be deemed a debt to the City, and any person who engages in any business required to be licensed without first obtaining a license so to do or making a renewal payment shall be liable to an action by and in the name of the City in any court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery of any such license tax amount.
B. 
Issuance of a business license and payment therefor constitute two of several integral steps required by the City of Vernon in order to furnish services to businesses located within its boundaries, which steps include but are not limited to application for and issuance of building permits, certificates of occupancy, conditional use permits, health and sanitation permits, and fire permits; furnishing electrical and/or water service; and payment of all taxes, fees and/or charges. Failure of any person to obtain a permit, to make a payment for electrical and/or water service, or to pay any other tax, fee or charge due the City of Vernon shall constitute grounds for the City of Vernon to discontinue electrical, water, or other service and/or to deny the issuance of any such permit.
(Prior code § 5.56)
No person shall make any false, misleading or fraudulent statements or misrepresent any facts in any application for a license or in any notice or record required to be filed with the City Clerk or with any officer or other authorized person of this City. In addition to any other penalties provided by this title, such conduct shall be grounds for suspending or revoking any license issued to such person.
(Prior code § 5.57)
A. 
Prohibited Acts. Whenever in this title any act or omission is made unlawful, it shall include causing, permitting, aiding, abetting, suffering or concealing the fact of such act or omission.
B. 
Validity of Title. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this title is for any reason held to be invalid or unlawful by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this title. The City Council hereby declares that they would have adopted this title and each chapter, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more chapters, sections, subsections, clauses, phrases, or portions might be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
C. 
Violations a Misdemeanor. It is unlawful for any person to violate any of the provisions, or fail to comply with any of the requirements of this title. Any person violating any of the provisions, or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this title, unless provision is otherwise herein made, shall be punished by paying a fine not exceeding $500.00, or by imprisonment in the City Jail of the City of Vernon, or by imprisonment in the County Jail of the County of Los Angeles, whichever the committing magistrate directs, for a period not to exceed three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this title is committed, continued, or permitted by that person who shall be punishable accordingly. In addition to the penalties hereinabove provided, any conditions caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this title shall be deemed a public nuisance, and may be summarily abated as such by the City. Each day that such conditions persist shall cause that condition to be regarded as a new separate offense.
D. 
Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances—Saving Clause on Repeal. All ordinances or portions of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this title are hereby repealed, except as to violations of such ordinances and offenses committed before this title takes effect. As to such violations and offenses, and for the punishment of parties guilty thereof, and for the collection of any delinquent taxes, licenses, fees or penalties levied, assessed, due or delinquent pursuant to the provisions thereof, the repealed provisions of such ordinances shall continue to be in full force and effect.
(Prior code § 5.60)
Nothing in this title shall be construed as requiring a license or the payment of a license tax or the doing of an act which would constitute an unlawful burden upon or an unlawful interference with interstate or foreign commerce or which would be in violation of the constitution or the laws of the United States Constitution or the laws of the State.
(Prior code § 5.61)
A. 
Any person claiming that the amount of any tax has been overpaid, or paid more than once or has been illegally or erroneously collected or charged, and any person claiming that payment of any tax under this chapter would constitute an unlawful burden upon or an unlawful interference with interstate or foreign commerce or that payment would be in violation of the constitution or laws of the United States or the constitution or laws of the State of California, shall apply to the City Clerk for an adjustment, refund or determination subject to the following procedures:
1. 
No adjustment, refund or determination shall be allowed or made in whole or in part unless the claim has been filed within one year from the date of the alleged overpayment, illegal or erroneous collection or charge. Where a determination is sought as to whether payment of a tax would constitute an unlawful burden upon or an unlawful interference with interstate or foreign commerce, or as to whether payment would be in violation of the constitution or laws of the United States or the constitution or laws of the State of California, the claim shall be filed within one year from the date the tax is due.
2. 
All such claims shall be filed in writing and shall indicate the facts upon which the claim is made and the nature of any supporting documentation. The claimant shall furnish the City Clerk or authorized agent with such supporting documentation or other relevant documentation upon request. The City Clerk or authorized agent shall have the right to examine and audit all the books and business records of the claimant in order to determine the right of the claimant to the claimed refund. No claim for refund shall be allowed if the claimant therefor refuses to allow such examination of the claimant's books and business records after request by the City Clerk or authorized agent.
3. 
The City Clerk shall approve or reject the claim based upon the evidence submitted by the claimant and any other evidence produced during the investigation of the claim. The City Clerk shall render a decision in writing within 30 days from the date of the claim or completion of the City Clerk's investigation, whichever is later. The City Clerk may, for good cause, extend the time for rendering a decision. The City Clerk shall give notice of the decision by personal delivery to the claimant or by depositing a copy of the decision in the United States mail, in a sealed envelope, postage prepaid, addressed to the person to be notified at the address given in the claim or application or at the person's last known business or residential address as the same appears in the business license records maintained by the City Clerk. Service by mail shall be deemed completed five days after the time of depositing the notice in the mail, and proof of mailing such notice may be made by the certificate of any officer or employee of the City or by affidavit or declaration of any person over the age of 18 years which shows service in conformity with this chapter.
B. 
Any person desiring to claim an exemption from the payment of any tax under this title shall make application to the City Clerk and shall furnish such information and affidavits as may be required to support such claim. The procedure for investigating, hearing and determining such claims shall be the procedure set forth in subsection A of this section.
C. 
Any person aggrieved by a decision of the City Clerk under this section may appeal to the City Council. Appeals shall be filed in writing within 10 days of service of the decision of the City Clerk. The City Council shall, by resolution, establish procedural rules and regulations for hearing and determining such appeals.
D. 
No application, claim or appeal filed pursuant to this section shall permit any person to postpone payment of a tax pending the decision of the City Clerk or the City Council as the case may be. All enforcement, collection and penalty provisions of this Code shall continue to apply.
(Prior code § 5.62)
Any "peddler," as defined in Section 5.04.010, may be investigated by the Police Department to indicate his or her good moral character and the fact that his or her intended activities will not be harmful to the health, safety and welfare of prospective customers. The good moral character of the applicant may be ascertained through any or all of the following means:
A. 
Name and physical description of applicant.
B. 
Address (legal and local).
C. 
A brief description of the nature of the business and the goods to be sold and in the case of products of farm or orchard, whether such products are produced or grown by the applicant.
D. 
If employed, the name and address of the employer, together with credentials establishing the exact relationship of applicant to employer's business.
E. 
The length of time for which the right to do business is desired.
F. 
If a vehicle is to be used, a description of the same, together with license number or other means of identification.
G. 
A photograph of the applicant, taken within 60 days immediately prior to the date of the filing of the application, head and shoulders of the applicant in a clear and distinguishing manner.
H. 
The fingerprints of the applicant and the names of at least two reliable property owners of the County who will certify as to the applicant's good character and business responsibility, or, in lieu of the names of references, any other available evidence as to the good character and business responsibility of the applicant as will enable an investigator to properly evaluate such character and business responsibility.
I. 
A statement as to whether or not the applicant has been convicted of any crime, misdemeanor or violation of any municipal ordinance, other than traffic violations, the nature of the offense and the punishment or penalty assessed therefor.
(Prior code § 5.63)
Before moving any structure upon and along the streets in the City, a permit to do so must be secured from the City Clerk. A sum, set by resolution, must be deposited with the City Clerk, payable to the City of Vernon, for each and every structure to be moved. In the event that any damage is caused by the moving of said structure, the City Council shall have the power to order said damage to be repaired or replaced from the money deposited by the applicant and the balance may be returned after repairing or replacing said damage. In the event any damage caused is greater than the deposit, the City shall have the right to collect any amount due them. Apart from the deposit required as above, a permit fee for each structure moved into, in, or through the City shall be determined by resolution.
(Prior code § 5.64)
A. 
Any license granted by the City Clerk, pursuant to the provisions of this title, to any person to conduct, carry on or engage in any business, trade or occupation shall not be revoked or suspended except as provided in this section unless provision is otherwise specifically made.
B. 
No such license shall be revoked or suspended until a hearing, upon written notice to the licensee, shall have been conducted by the City Council. Written notice of such hearing shall be served upon the licensee either by personal delivery thereof by the City Clerk, Deputy City Clerk or by other individuals appointed by the City Council to the person to be notified. Written notice may also be served by depositing the notice in the United States mail in a sealed envelope, postage prepaid addressed to such person to be notified at his or her last known business or residence address, as the same appears in the public records or other records pertaining to the matter to which notice is directed. Service by mail shall be deemed to have been completed at the time of depositing the notice at the Post Office.
C. 
Such notice shall state:
1. 
The grounds for complaint or reasons for the revocation or suspension of such license in clear and concise language;
2. 
The time and place of such hearing is to be given, the same to be held within 30 days of such notice.
D. 
Complaints.
1. 
If a verified complaint is required to be filed with the City Council, or if the City Council shall have power to initiate its own complaint, then a true and correct copy of such complaint shall be served on the licensee in lieu of stating the grounds of complaint. However, notice of the time and place such hearing is to be held shall be served with such complaint.
2. 
A notice or copy of a complaint shall be served or given to the licensee at least five and not more than 30 days prior to the date set for herein.
E. 
The City Council may continue hearings from time to time upon good cause being shown therefor.
F. 
After conducting hearings, the City Council may suspend or revoke any license upon the terms and conditions as it shall determine in the exercise of reasonable and sound discretion.
(Prior code § 5.68)
A. 
The Council shall, orally or in the manner provided by Section 5.04.320, notify licensee of any finding, suspension or revocation made by it or any conditions attached thereto.
B. 
The City Council or other person having proper authority, after revoking or suspending any such license, shall notify the City Clerk of such revocation or suspension. Thereafter, no license shall be issued by the City Clerk to any licensee to conduct, carry on or engage in any business or to do any act for which such license was granted until a new license shall have been granted therefor.
(Prior code § 5.69)
Whenever, under any provisions of this title, a regulatory license is required for the conduct of any business, profession, trade or occupation, or for the performance of any act upon which an occupational license tax is imposed by this title, or by any other ordinance of the City, the failure to pay such license tax shall be a ground for the suspension of the license but the procedure outlined in Section 5.04.320 shall be followed.
(Prior code § 5.70)
No person whose license has been revoked or suspended pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.04.320 or any other provisions of this title shall engage in or carry on any business or do any act permitted to be done pursuant to such license, during the period of suspension or after revocation of such license, until a new license shall have been granted.
(Prior code § 5.71)