(A) No person shall add to, alter, deface, forge, or counterfeit any license certificate or license plate, tag, badge, emblem, or other insignia which has been or is being issued by the city.
(B) (1) No person shall destroy, obliterate, take, remove, or carry away without the consent of the owner any license certificate or license plate, tag, badge, emblem, or other insignia which has been issued by the city; except, that such certificate, plate, tag, badge, emblem, or other insignia may be removed after the licensed business has been discontinued or the licensed premises have been abandoned or the period of the license has expired.
(2) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the Mayor or his duly authorized representative, or the City Controller, from removing any license certificate, emblem, or insignia from the possession of a former licensee or from his or her premises, device, or thing from any vehicle when such license has been revoked under the provisions of this code or other ordinance of the city.
(Ord. 11-0040, passed 1-9-2012; Ord. 12-0002, passed 3-1-2012; Ord. 12-0019, passed 6-15-2012) Penalty, see § 110.999