(A) It shall be the duty of the Director of Finance and he or she is hereby directed to enforce each and all of the provisions of this chapter and the Chief of Police shall render assistance in the enforcement hereof, as may from time to time be required by the Director of Finance or the City Council.
(B) The Director of Finance in the exercise of the duties imposed upon him or her hereunder, and acting through his or her deputies or duly authorized assistants, shall examine or cause to be examined all places of business in the city to ascertain whether the provisions of this chapter have been complied with.
(C) The Director of Finance and each and all 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 herein and demand an exhibition of its license certificate. Any person having the license certificate theretofore issued, in his or her possession or under his or her control, who wilfully 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 chapter and code. It shall be the duty of the director of finance and each of his or her assistants to cause a complaint to be filed against any and all persons found to be violating any of the provisions.
(`61 Code, § 12.29) (Ord. 397, passed 12-27-1960; Am. Ord. 817, passed 10-17-1989)