No person, firm or corporation, either as principal, agent, or employee, shall conduct or pursue in this city any occupation, business or profession hereinafter enumerated without first paying to the City Clerk the license fee hereinafter provided in this article and provide the City Clerk with copies of the bond and insurance as hereinafter provided.

The amount of the license fees shall be paid to the City Clerk who shall, upon payment thereof, issue said license. All licenses shall be signed by the City Clerk who shall affix the corporate seal of the city thereto.

No license shall be assignable or transferable and no refunds shall be made for any unused period of a license.

All licenses shall be issued for a term of one (1) year from the first day of January.

The following occupations are required to be license and shall pay the following fees:

(a)   Plumber                                 $25.00

(b)   Electrician                             $25.00

(c)   Building Contractor                $25.00

(Ord. 1712)

All occupations required to be license in section 5-205 shall maintain liability insurance in an amount sufficient to protect the public a copy of said insurance policy shall be filed with the city clerk.

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00), or be imprisoned for not more than thirty (30) days, or be both so fined and imprisoned.