Chapter 5.36
JUNK DEALERS, SECONDHAND DEALERS AND PAWNBROKERS
Sections:
5.36.020 License fee required – Exemption.
5.36.010 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the words set out in this section shall have the following meanings:
A. “Junk dealer” means any person, firm or corporation within the county of Whatcom and outside the boundaries of any incorporated city who collects, buys, sells, exchanges or deals in any worn out or discarded materials or loose rubbish and odds-and-ends, or articles commonly known as junk, including, but not limited to old bottles, rags, rope, scrap iron, steel, brass, copper, lead, tin, zinc, glass, lead pipe, wire, castings, metal fittings, tools, implements, parts of machinery which have been previously used, broken or disfigured, and are purchased for the purpose of reselling or exchanging the same and not purchased for, and used or consumed in, their particular business.
B. “Pawnbroker” means any person, firm or corporation within the county of Whatcom and outside the boundaries of any incorporated city who loans money on the collateral security of chattels which are delivered as pawns and are sold when unredeemed.
C. “Secondhand dealer” means any person, firm or corporation within the county of Whatcom and outside the boundaries of any incorporated city who engages in the business of buying and selling secondhand personal property, or who engages in the business of selling secondhand personal property at auction or private sale for a commission, or who receives any secondhand personal property in exchange as a whole or part consideration for the sale of any merchandise or stock in trade of such business, and all dealers purchasing, or offering for sale, any secondhand automobile part or parts, tires, batteries or accessories. (Prior code § 4.32.010).
5.36.020 License fee required – Exemption.
Every junk dealer, secondhand dealer, and pawnbroker, as defined in Section 5.36.010, shall pay an annual license fee as set forth in the Whatcom County Unified Fee Schedule; provided, however, that automobile wrecking yards shall be exempt from the licensing requirement of this section. (Ord. 93-080 Exh. I; Ord. dated 7/8/76: prior code § 4.32.020).