5.04.110 Operating without a license.
Any person who engages in, or carries on, any business subject to the payment of a license fee hereunder without having obtained a business license to do so shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter for each day during which the business is so engaged in or carried on; and any person subject thereto who fails or refuses to pay the license fee, or any part thereof, on or before the due date, shall be deemed to be operating without having obtained a license to do so.
A. Any City of Redmond police officer, any code compliance officer, or other such person designated by the finance director can assist the finance director in enforcing the provisions of Title 5.
B. Businesses operating without a license are subject to a one hundred (100) percent penalty of the licensing fee due.
C. The finance director is authorized, but not obligated, to waive all or any portion of the penalties provided herein in the event that the finance director determines that operating without a license was due to excusable neglect or extreme hardship. (Ord. 2546 § 2 (part), 2010: Ord. 2238 § 1 (part), 2004: Ord. 1924 § 1, 1996).