Upon the failure of any person, persons, partnership, association, firm, or corporation to pay such tax when demand is made by the city, the Finance Director is authorized to issue a distress warrant over the corporate seal, directed to the Police Chief and commanding the Police Chief to collect, by distress and sale of goods and chattels for the person, persons, partnership, association, firm, or corporation in such warrant named, the occupation tax due and unpaid. The Police Chief for their services shall be entitled to such fees out of the property distrained and sold as sheriffs, receive for making levy and sale under execution. The costs created by reason of the distress sale shall be paid out of the property levied upon, in addition to the amount due on the occupation tax.
(Ord. 1116, passed 2-25-1957; Ord. 4210, passed 5-15-2017)