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ARTICLE II. IN GENERAL <br /> <br />Sec. 21-4. Purpose. <br /> <br /> The purpose of this chapter is to provide a revenue for the <br />general operation of the city by the levy of a license tax on all <br />business transactions or activities carried on or occurring <br />within the city and is not intended for regulation. <br /> <br />Sec. 21-5. License required. <br /> <br /> There are imposed upon the businesses, trades, profess ions, <br />callings and occupations specified in this chapter license taxes <br />in the amounts hereinafter prescribed. It shall be unlawful for <br />any person, whether as principal or agent, clerk or employee, <br />either for himself or for any other person, or for body <br />corporate, or as an officer of any corporation to transact and <br />carry on any business, trade, profession, calling or occupation <br />in the city without first having procured a license from the city <br />to do so or without complying with all applicable provisions of <br />th is Code. <br /> <br /> This section shall not be construed to require any person to <br />obtain a license prior to doing business within the city if such <br />requirement conflicts with applicable statutes of the United <br />States or of the state. <br /> <br /> Persons not required to obtain a license prior to doing <br />business within the city because of conflict with applicable <br />statutes of the United States or of the state shall be liable for <br />payment of the tax imposed by this chapter but shall not be <br />subject to any penal provisions of this Code for such nonpayment. <br />Said tax shall be collected in a civil action. <br /> <br />Sec. 21-6. Violation defined. <br /> <br /> The engaging in, transacting and carrying on of, any business <br />without first having procured a license from the city to do so, <br />or without complying with any and all provisions of this chapter, <br />constitutes a distinct and separate violation of this chapter for <br />each and every day that such business is so carried on. <br /> <br />Sec. 21-7. Branch establishments; more than one type of business. <br /> <br /> A separate license must be obtained for each branch <br />establishment or location of the business transacted and carried <br />on and for each separate type of business at the same location, <br />and each license shall authorize the licensee to transact and <br />carry on only the business licensed thereby at the location and <br />in the manner designated in such license; provided that <br />warehouses or distributing plants used in connection with or <br />incidental to a business licensed under the provisions of this <br />chapter shall not be deemed to be separate places of business or <br />branch establishments; provided further that no business <br /> <br />--117 <br /> <br />- 17 <br /> <br /> <br />