§ 151.210. Term of license; renewals.

(a)

All licenses issued under this Chapter, except new licenses, shall be annual licenses which shall be paid for on or before October 1 and shall expire on September 30 next following. A licensee beginning business after October 1 and before April 1 may obtain a new license upon application therefor and the payment of the appropriate license fee, and the license shall expire on the following September 30. A licensee beginning business after March 31 and before October 1 may obtain a new license upon application therefor and the payment of one-half of the appropriate license fee herein required for the annual license and the license shall expire on September 30 of the same year. The provisions of this subsection shall not affect the provisions of Section 151.202.

(b)

A licensee under this Chapter shall be entitled to a renewal of his annual license from year to year, as a matter of course, on or before October 1 by presenting the license for the previous year or satisfactory evidence of its loss or destruction to the Tax Collector and by paying the appropriate license fee. A license that is not renewed by October 1 of each year shall be considered delinquent and, in addition to the regular license fee, subject to a delinquency penalty of ten percent of the license fee for the month of October and an additional penalty of five percent of the license fee for each additional month, or fraction thereof, of delinquency until paid; provided, that the total delinquency penalty shall not exceed 25 percent of the license fee. All licenses not renewed within 120 days of September 30 are void unless any such license is involved in litigation.

(Ord. 2005-743-E, § 2)