Within 30 days after the effective date of this chapter, or within 30 days after commencing business, whichever is later, each operator of any hotel renting occupancy to transients shall register the hotel with the City Finance Director and obtain from him or her a "Transient Occupancy Registration Certificate" to be at all times posted in a conspicuous place on the premises. The certificate shall, among other things, state the following:
(A) The name of the operator;
(B) The address of the hotel;
(C) The date upon which the certificate was issued;
(D) "This Transient Occupancy Registration Certificate signifies that the person named on the face hereof has fulfilled the requirements of the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax Ordinance by registering with the Finance Director of the City of Corona for the purpose of collecting from transients the Transient Occupancy Tax and remitting the tax to the Finance Director. This certificate does not authorize any person to conduct any unlawful business or to conduct any lawful business in an unlawful manner, nor to operate a hotel without strictly complying with all local applicable laws, including but not limited to those requiring a permit from any board, commission, department, agency or office of the city. This certificate does not constitute a permit."
(`78 Code, § 3.34.060.) (Ord. 1128 § 6, 1968.)