[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Garfield 2-27-2008 by Ord. No. 2521. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DEALER IN SECONDHAND MERCHANDISE
Includes but is not limited to those businesses, persons or other entities which in any fashion or degree transact in secondhand merchandise, their agents, employees and representatives.
SECONDHAND MERCHANDISE
Any and all previously owned goods, commodities, materials, wares and property which fall into the following product descriptions:
A. 
Jewelry.
B. 
Computers.
C. 
Coins.
D. 
Small electronic equipment.
E. 
Tools.
F. 
Cameras and photography equipment.
A. 
Dealer in secondhand merchandise. No person or entity shall use, exercise conduct or carry on the business or trade of a dealer in secondhand merchandise without being licensed for that purpose by the Chief of Police, subject to approval by the City Clerk, or shall carry on such business or trade at any place other than the one designated in such license or shall continue to carry on such business after such license has expired or has been removed.
B. 
Application.
(1) 
The application for a secondhand merchandise dealer's license shall be prepared by the Police Department and approved by the City Clerk. Each application for a secondhand merchandise dealer's license shall contain the following information:
(a) 
The name, address and social security number of the applicant; if a corporation, the names, addresses and social security numbers of the president and secretary of said corporation; if a partnership, the names, addresses and social security numbers of all partners.
(b) 
The name under which the business, trade, occupation or activity is to be conducted, and the address of said business, trade, occupation or activity.
(c) 
A description of the nature of the business, trade, occupation or activity to be conducted in conjunction with the license.
(d) 
The business telephone number of the applicant.
(e) 
The applicant's record of any licenses previously denied or revoked by the City of Garfield.
(f) 
The applicant's record of any previous arrests or convictions for misdemeanors, crimes, felonies or ordinance violations, including a description of the nature of crime or offense charged, the disposition of said charge and the date and place of said disposition.
(g) 
The name and address of the attorney for the applicant.
(h) 
A description of the applicant's physical characteristics, including age, date of birth, sex, height, weight, hair color, eye color and distinguishing marks.
(i) 
A list of the names, addresses and social security numbers of all agents, employees or representatives of the applicant to be involved in the conduct of the business, trade, occupation or activity sought in conjunction with the license hereunder.
(2) 
Each application shall also require fingerprinting of the applicant. Every license that shall be granted to any dealer in secondhand merchandise shall designate the place in which the person or entity receiving such license shall be authorized to carry on such business. The applicant shall be investigated as to the applicant's character and reputation, and if said applicant is denied a license, the applicant shall forfeit the fee for the application. The fee for each application for a secondhand merchandise dealer's license or for renewal of each license shall be $200 per year. Each license shall expire at the end of one year from the date of its approval.
C. 
Change of address. In case any person or entity so licensed as aforesaid shall remove his shop or place of business from the place designated in the license, he shall immediately thereupon give notice to the Chief of Police, and the number of his shop or place of business shall thereupon be changed on the motor vehicle used by such licensed person and made to correspond with such change of address.
A. 
Possession of lost or stolen articles. If any goods, articles or things shall be advertised in a daily newspaper of general circulation within the City of Garfield as having been lost or stolen and if the goods, articles or things so advertised, or any part or portion thereof, shall be or thereafter come into the possession of any dealer in secondhand merchandise, he shall forthwith give information thereof in writing at the office of the Chief of Police and shall also state from whom the same was received. Every dealer in secondhand merchandise who shall receive or be in possession of any goods, articles or things which may have been lost or stolen, or are alleged or supposed to have been lost or stolen, shall forthwith, on demand to view the same, exhibit same to the City Clerk, Chief of Police or any Municipal Judge or any Judge at any criminal court or any policeman who may be authorized by any of the above-mentioned officers or Magistrates to make such a demand.
B. 
Records required. Every dealer in secondhand merchandise shall provide and keep a book in which shall be clearly written at the time of each purchase a description of the article so purchased, the name and residence of the person from whom such purchase was made and the day and hour of such purchase. A photographic record and positive identification must be made of each person from which a purchase is made.
C. 
Daily submissions of records. Every dealer in secondhand merchandise doing business in the City of Garfield shall deliver to the Chief of Police of said City, every Monday before 11:00 a.m., a legible and correct transcript of the records of his transactions of the previous week. Said transcript shall be on forms prescribed by the Chief of Police.
Any police officer shall have the right to seize and detain any goods or merchandise held by a dealer in secondhand merchandise which the officer has probably cause to believe is lost or stolen and owned by a person other than the person who pledged the item with the dealer in secondhand merchandise.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for a dealer in secondhand merchandise or an agent or employee of a dealer in secondhand merchandise to give false information, hinder, or otherwise interfere with a police officer in the performance of any duty under this article, including the inspection of the business premises and the taking into possession of any goods or merchandise which the police officer has probable cause to believe is lost or stolen property belonging to another person.
B. 
If a police officer takes possession of any property, he shall furnish the dealer in secondhand merchandise with a receipt containing the date, name and rank of the officer and a description of the property taken. The Property Clerk of the City of Garfield Police Department shall notify the dealer in secondhand merchandise in writing of any disposition of the goods or merchandise. The notice shall include the date, disposition, and the name of the person receiving the property.
C. 
In lieu of taking possession of goods or merchandise, a police officer may place a temporary detainer on the property for a period of time not to exceed 60 calendar days from the date of the written notice of detainer issued to the dealer in secondhand merchandise. During the period of detention, the dealer in secondhand merchandise shall keep the detained property separate and apart from the remaining goods or merchandise and shall properly secure it.
D. 
Right to appeal. Any person aggrieved by the seizure or detention of property by a police officer may file a written request for a probable cause hearing with the Municipal Court or any other court of competent jurisdiction. The hearing shall be scheduled within a reasonable time after the written request is filled.
The Mayor and Council of the City of Garfield, upon five days' notice to the licensee and after a hearing, may revoke or suspend any license issued under the provisions of this chapter for any violation of the provisions hereof.
Restrictions: No person operating a store which deals in secondhand merchandise shall receive or purchase any goods, articles or things whatsoever from any minor under the age of 18 years of age without written authorization of such person's parents or legal guardian or from any apprentice or servant without written authorization from such person's employer.
Restrictions: No person owning or operating a store which deals in secondhand jewelry or gold shall sell, melt, change the form of or dispose of any article bought or received by him within 15 days after said article is reported.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the City of Garfield, be punished pursuant to the provisions of the General Penalty Ordinance[1] of the City of Garfield.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II, General Penalty.
The conviction of a licensee for a violation hereunder shall not prevent the City from taking action to suspend or revoke the license of a person so convicted as herein provided. Further, nothing hereunder shall be construed as precluding, limiting or otherwise affecting the rights of the City Policy Department to pursue the issuance and prosecution of criminal charges against any person or entity which violates any provision of this chapter.