A. Rules and Regulations. The Collector may make rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this Title as may be necessary or desirable to aid in the enforcement of the provisions of this Title.
B. Enforcement.
1. It shall be the duty of the Collector to enforce each and all of the provisions of this Title, and the Chief of Police shall render such assistance in the enforcement hereof as may from time to time be required by the Collector or the City Council.
2. The Collector in the exercise of the duties imposed or acting through fully authorized assistants, shall examine or cause to be examined all places of business in the City to ascertain whether the provisions of this Title have been complied with.
3. The Collector and each authorized assistant and/or any police officer shall have the power and authority (upon obtaining an inspection warrant therefor) to enter, free of charge, and at any reasonable time, any place of business required to be licensed herein, and demand an exhibition of its license. Any person having such license theretofore issued, in his possession or under his control, who willfully fails to exhibit the same on demand, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the penalties provided for by the provisions of this Title. It shall be the duty of the Collector and each of his assistants to cause a complaint to be filed against any and all persons found to be violating any of said provisions.
4. No person charged with the enforcement of any of the provisions of this Title shall knowingly accept or receive any sums for any license which is less than, or greater than, the amount actually required to be paid under the provisions of this Title.
C. License Fee a Debt. The amount of any license fee and penalty imposed by the provisions of this Title shall be deemed a debt to the City. An action may be commenced in the name of said City in any court of competent jurisdiction, for the amount of any delinquent license fee and penalties.
D. Remedies Cumulative. All remedies prescribed hereunder shall be cumulative and the use of one (1) or more remedies by the City shall not bar the use of any other remedy for the purpose of enforcing the provisions thereof.
E. Effect of Ordinance on Past Actions - Unexpired Licenses.
1. Neither the adoption of the ordinance enacting this Title nor its superseding of any portion of any other ordinance of the City shall in any manner be construed to affect prosecution for violation of any other ordinance committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as a waiver of any license or any penal provision applicable to any such violation, nor be construed to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit required by any ordinance to be posted, filed or deposited, and all rights and obligations thereunto appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.
2. Where a license for revenue purposes has been issued to any person by the City and the fee paid for the business for which the license has been issued under the provisions of any ordinance heretofore enacted and the term of such license has not expired, then the license fee prescribed for said business by this Title shall not be payable until the expiration of the term of such unexpired license.
F. Penalty for Violation. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Title or knowingly or intentionally misrepresenting to any officer or employee of this City any material fact in procuring the license or permit herein provided for shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[Ord. No. 462, Section 3, 5/9/07.]