[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Towanda 4-7-1975 by Ord. No. 1975. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person, firm or corporation shall operate or conduct a used
or secondhand store in the Borough without having first obtained a
license therefor and without complying with the provisions of this
chapter. The annual license fee for a used or secondhand store shall
be $15 and no license shall be issued except upon payment of this
fee. The annual license fee shall be from the date of issue for a
period of one year and shall be renewable.
Applications for such licenses shall be made to the Borough
Secretary in writing and shall include the name and address of the
person, firm or corporation of the applicant and shall state the location
intended to be occupied by the used or secondhand store. Upon receipt
of any such application, the Borough Secretary shall notify the Chief
of Police who shall investigate the character of the applicant and
shall report to the Secretary the result of such investigation. No
license shall be issued to any person of bad character nor to any
person who shall have been convicted of receiving stolen goods, burglary
or robbery.
Every person operating a used or secondhand store shall keep
a record of all articles purchased, including a record of the person
who sells such property to the operator of the secondhand store. The
record, together with the articles themselves, shall be open to inspection
by any member of the Police Department at all reasonable hours.
No person shall have any business dealings as a used or secondhand
store operator with any person less than 18 years of age, except with
the written consent of the parent or guardian of the minor to each
particular transaction.
It shall be the duty of each person who operates a used or secondhand
store to report to the police any article pledged to him or which
is sought to be pledged with him if he has reason to believe that
the article was stolen or lost, and found by the person attempting
to pledge it, in the case of a lost article.
In the event that any person, firm or corporation who operates
a used or secondhand store in the Borough of Towanda shall violate
any of the provisions of this chapter, then, and in such event, they
shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment in
the county jail for a period of up to 30 days, or both.
