Salinas Municipal Code § 19-39 Remedies cumulative

The collector may make rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter as may be necessary or desirable to aid in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 1353 (NCS), § 1.)

It shall be the duty of the collector, and he is hereby directed, to enforce each and all of the provisions of this chapter, and the chief of police and building inspectors shall render such assistance in the enforcement hereof as may from time to time be required by the collector or the city council.

The collector in the exercise of the duties imposed upon him hereunder, 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 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. Any person having such license, theretofore issued, in his possession or under his control, who wilfully fails to exhibit the same on demand, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the penalties provided for by Section 1-7. It shall be the duty of the collector and each of his assistants to cause a complaint to be filed against any and all persons found to be violating any of such provisions.

(Ord. No. 1353 (NCS), § 1.)

The amount of any license tax and penalty imposed by the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a debt to the city. An action may be commenced in the name of the city in any court of competent jurisdiction, for the amount of any delinquent license tax and penalties.

(Ord. No. 1353 (NCS), § 1.)

All remedies prescribed hereunder shall be cumulative and the use of one or more remedies by the city shall not bar the use of any other remedy for the purpose of enforcing the provisions hereof.

(Ord. No. 1353 (NCS), § 1.)

Neither the adoption of this chapter nor its superseding of any portion of any other ordinance of the city shall in any manner be construed to affect prosecution for violation of any other ordinance committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as a waiver of any license or any penal provision applicable to any such violation, nor be construed to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit required by any ordinance to be posted, filed or deposited, and all rights and obligations thereunto appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.

Where a license for revenue purposes has been issued to any person by the city and the tax paid for the business for which the license has been issued under the provisions of any ordinance heretofore enacted and the term of such license has not expired, then the license tax prescribed for such business by this chapter shall not be payable until the expiration of the term of such unexpired license.

(Ord. No. 1353 (NCS), § 1.)

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter or knowingly or intentionally misrepresenting to any officer or employee of this city any material fact in procuring the license or permit herein provided for shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the penalties provided for by Section 1-7.

(Ord. No. 1353 (NCS), § 1.)