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complied with the terms and provisions of this Chapter. (B) Any sign, advertisement, building occupancy, directory listing or activity indicating that a business, calling, profession or occupation is being conducted at a location within this municipality shall be prima facie evidence that the person is liable for a license certificate. (C) Any person owing delinquent license taxes shall be required to pay such delinquent license taxes before being issued a new license tax certificate. Section 3: IMPOSITION AND LEY OF TAX. (A) A license tax hereby is imposed and levied upon and shall be collected from every person exercising the privilege of carrying on or engaging in any business, profession or occupation specified or described in this Chapter, and who maintains a permanent business location or branch office - within this municipality or within jurisdiction prescribed in Florida State Statutes and any person who transacts any business or engages in any occupation or profession in interstate commerce where such license tax is not prohibited by Section 8, Article 1 of the United States Constitution. The license tax amount prescribed in the applicable fee section of this Chapter, or prescribed elsewhere in this Chapter or elsewhere in this Code, is the amount payable as a license tax for exercising the privilege of carrying on or engaging in any such business, profession, or occupation, for each license year or such shorter period as may be specified in this Code . (B) Whenever any business, occupation or profession shall fall into more than one of the classifications contained in the schedule set forth in this Chapter, such occupation, business, or profession shall be requir_ed___to _ comply . - with—the ___.lic.en.se- requirements and to pay the license tax imposed under or pertaining to each classification or privilege. Section 4: FAILURE OF DUE NOTICE. It shall be no defense of nonpayment of any license fee required by this Chapter that the licensee did not receive any bill or notice that the same was due from the City. Section 5: OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE; DATES DUE AND DELINQUENT, PENALTIES, PRORATION. (A) Licenses to be renewed under this Chapter shall go on sale beginning September 1st of each year and shall be due and payable on October 1st of each year and shall expire on September 30th of the succeeding year. Any license not renewed on or before October 1st shall be considered delinquent and subject to a delinquency penalty of ten percent ( 10%) between October 1st and October 31st, plus an additional five percent ( 5% ) for each month of delinquency thereafter- until paid; provided that the total delinquency shall not exceedtwenty-five percent ( 25%) of the occupational license fee. (B) Part year license ; limitation. For each license issued between October 1st and April 1st of each year the full amount of license tax hereby imposed shall be paid, and for each license issued on or after April 1st of each year, one-half of the total amount of the license shall be paid. This section shall not apply to licenses authorized to be issued for a period of one week or less. No license shall be issued for a period less than six ( 6) months except as herein otherwise specifically stated. Section 6: PERSONS ENGAGING IN BUSINESS WITHOUT A LICENSE; PENALTY. O,R, 2O4 € PAGEO637