(a) Operators shall apply to the Finance Department for a certificate of registration on a form prescribed by the City not later than ten (10) days from the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, the date of commencement of business or the opening of additional places of business. Upon receipt of a properly executed application, the City’s Finance Director will issue without charge a certificate of registration to the operator authorizing the operator to collect the tax at the business address stated on the certificate.

(b) The certificate must be displayed prominently at the registered place of business.

(c) The certificate of registration is nonassignable and nontransferable and must be surrendered to the Finance Department by the operator to whom it was issued upon the operator’s cessation of business at the location stated in the certificate. If the business is continued at the same location but the form of business organization is changed, the operator shall surrender his old certificate to the Finance Department for cancellation. The new operator shall file a new application for the certificate of registration, and upon receipt of a properly executed application, a new certificate bearing a new number will be issued. If there is a change of address for the operator’s place of business, a new certificate of registration is required bearing the same registration number but showing the new location or address.