All licenses must be kept and posted in the following manner:
(A) Posting. Any licensee transacting and carrying on business at a fixed place of business in the city shall keep the license posted in a conspicuous place upon the premises where the business is carried on.
(B) Carrying of license. Any licensee transacting and carrying on business but not operating at a fixed place of business in the city shall keep the license upon his or her person at all times while transacting and carrying on the business.
(C) Entry, demand. The License Tax Collector and each 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.
(D) Failure to exhibit license. 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.
(E) Duty to prosecute. It shall be the duty of the License Tax Collector and each of his or her assistants to cause a complaint to be filed against any persons found to be violating any of the provisions.
(1995 Code, § 5.04.440)