CHAPTER 2
SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
ARTICLE 1. PAWNBROKERS
SECTION:
§2200: Definition Of Pawnbroker
§2203: Application For Permits
§2204: Investigation; Grounds For Denial
§2205: No Permit To Illegal Alien Or Minor
§2200 DEFINITION OF PAWNBROKER
"Pawnbroker" shall include every person, firm or corporation (other than banks, trust companies or bond brokers who may otherwise be regulated by law and authorized to deal in commercial papers, shares of stock, bonds and other certificates of value) who keeps a loan or pawn office or engages in or carries on the business of receiving jewelry, precious stones, valuables, firearms, clothing or personal property or any other article or articles in pledge for loans or as security, or in pawn for the repayment of moneys, and exacts an interest for such loans. (Ord. 481, §1, adopted 1954; amd. by Ord. 933, §1, adopted 1993)
§2201 LICENSE
Every person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of a pawnbroker shall pay a regulatory license fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per quarter in addition to all other license taxes and fees required. (Ord. 481, §2; amd. by Ord. 544, §2, adopted 1961)
§2202 PERMITS
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in, or carry on or conduct, or to permit to be carried on, engaged in or conducted, within the City, the business of any pawnbroker, whether as a separate business or in connection with any other business, or to advertise the same by means of signs or notices on buildings or windows, or by distribution of printed circulars, or by public display or otherwise in any manner whatsoever unless there exists a valid permit therefor, granted and existing in compliance with the provisions of this Article. (Ord. 481, §3, adopted 1954)
§2203 APPLICATION FOR PERMITS
The application for a regulatory permit shall set forth, and such permits shall set forth, the exact nature of the business to be carried on, and such application shall be accompanied by the signatures of three (3) residents of the City, certifying to the good moral character and reputation of the person or persons making such application. The application must be submitted along with a ten dollar ($10.00) nonrefundable administrative fee to the Chief of Police. (Ord. 481, §3, adopted 1954; amd. by Ord. 579, §1, adopted 1966; Ord. 933, §1, adopted 1993)
§2204 INVESTIGATION; GROUNDS FOR DENIAL
The application shall be filed with the Chief of Police and at the time of filing such application, the applicant and all persons to be directly or indirectly interested in the permit if granted, including all members of any firm or partnership, shall be fingerprinted by the Police Department, and if any such person shall be found to have been convicted within the last seven (7) years for committing any felony, theft, obtaining money or property by false pretense, embezzlement or violating any provisions of this Chapter or by any other law regulating pawnbrokers, the application for such permit shall be denied. The investigating official to whom such application shall be submitted shall be the Chief of Police. In addition to the grounds set forth in this Section, any permit may be revoked upon the recommendation of the Chief of Police establishing the fact that such permittee has, or has had, in his possession any stolen article without there having been made a record of such article as required by State law. The applicant shall be notified of such revocation by the Chief of Police. (Ord. 481, §3, adopted 1954; amd. by Ord. 933, §1, adopted 1993)
§2205 NO PERMIT TO ILLEGAL ALIEN OR MINOR
No permit shall be issued for any business enumerated in §2200 hereof, if the applicant therefor is under eighteen (18) years of age or an undocumented or illegal alien, nor, if the applicant is a firm, partnership or corporation, if any member of such firm or partnership is under eighteen (18) years of age or an undocumented or illegal alien, or any officer or director of such is an undocumented or illegal alien. (Ord. 481, §4, adopted 1954; amd. by Ord. 933, §1, adopted 1993)
§2206 through 2212 (Repealed) (Ord. 481, §§5 through 11, adopted 1954; rep. by Ord. 933, §1, adopted 1993)