(1) Unlawful Acts. It is unlawful for any person willfully to make any false or misleading statement to the city recorder for the purpose of determining the amount of any license fee herein provided to be paid by any such person, or to fail to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter to be complied with or observed by such person, or to fail or refuse to pay before the same shall be delinquent any license fee or penalty required to be paid by any such person.

(2) Failure to Obtain License. In the event any person required to obtain a license shall fail or neglect to obtain the same before it shall become delinquent, the city recorder shall collect upon the payment therefor and in addition thereto a penalty of 10 percent of the fee therefor for each calendar month or fraction thereof the same shall be delinquent.

(3) Vested Right. Nothing herein contained shall be taken or construed as vesting any right in any license as a contract obligation on the part of the city as to the amount of the fee hereunder. Other or additional taxes or fees and the fees herein provided for may be increased or decreased and additional or other fees provided for and levied in any and all instances at any time by the said city and any business may be reclassified or subclassified at any time and other or additional fees levied upon any thereof or parts thereto. (Ord. 2022 § 1, 2018)