A. It shall be within the authority of the business license officer to enforce each and all of the provisions of this chapter. The chief of police shall render such assistance in the enforcement of this chapter as may from time to time be required by the business license officer.
B. The business license officer, and each and any of his or her assistants, and any police officer, shall have the power and authority to enter, free of charge, and at any reasonable time, any place of business required to be licensed under this chapter, and demand an exhibition of its license. Any person having in his or her possession or control the license for such business, and who wilfully fails to exhibit it on demand is guilty of a violation of this chapter. It shall be within the authority of the business license officer to cause a civil or criminal complaint to be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction against any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter.
C. Each person subject to the provisions of this chapter shall keep complete records of business transactions, including sales receipts, purchases and other expenditures, state and federal income tax returns, including schedules and records included in such returns. Such persons shall retain such records for examination by the business license officer and maintain such records for a period of at least three years after preparation thereof or after the date of the last entry therein, whichever is later. No person required under this section to keep records shall refuse to allow authorized representatives of the business license officer to examine the records at reasonable times and places.
(Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 5.02.061)