Every person who engages in, operates or conducts a business as a pawnbroker within the city shall keep a register in which shall be entered in legible writing in ink, in the English language, at the time each loan or purchase is made, an accurate account of each and every article, thing or goods pawned, pledged, deposited or bought in the course of business during that day with the amount paid for, advanced, or loaned upon the same, the year, month, day, and hour of receiving or pledging the same, the name of the person or employee conducting the transaction, the name, age, mailing and street address, and a general description of the dress, complexion, color of hair and facial appearance of the person with whom the transaction is made; the name and street address of the owner of the property bought or received in pledge, the street address of the place from which the property or goods bought or received in the pledge was last removed, and the number of any pawn ticket or tickets issued therefor; a description of the property bought or received in pledge, which in the case of watches, shall contain a description of all letters and marks inscribed thereon; provided, that when the article bought or received is furniture or the contents of any house or room actually inspected on the premises, the general record of the transaction shall be sufficient. No entry in the book shall be erased, obliterated or defaced, and the book, as well as every article or thing pawned, pledged, deposited or sold, shall at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of the mayor, clerk-treasurer, chief of police or any member of the police force of the city. (1988 Code § 5.16.040)