It shall be the duty of the Collector, and he is hereby directed, to enforce each and all of the provisions of this chapter. The Chief of Police shall render such assistance in the enforcement of such provisions as may from time to time be required by the Collector or the Council.
The Collector, in the exercise of the duties imposed upon him by the provisions of this chapter, and acting through his 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.
The Collector and each and all of his assistants and any police officer of the City shall have the power and authority to enter, free of charge, at any reasonable time, any place of business required to procure a business tax certificate and demand an exhibition of such certificate. Any person having such business tax certificate theretofore issued in his possession or under his control who wilfully fails to exhibit the same on demand shall be guilty of a violation of this Code pursuant to Section 1-2.01 of Chapter 2 of Title 1 of this Code. It shall be the duty of the Collector and each of his assistants to seek a complaint from the appropriate authority to be filed against any and all persons found to be violating any of such provisions.
(§ 2, Ord. 176-NS, eff. December 4, 1970, as amended by § IV, Ord. 770-NS, eff. February 26, 1981)