In addition to the criteria set forth in Section
9-1-7(B) of this Code, the Finance Director shall deny an application for a new or renewal business license for a pawnbroker that satisfies any of the following conditions:
(A) The applicant has been convicted in the five years preceding the
date of application of a felony or any other crime that includes,
in its essential elements, the possession of stolen property; or
(B) The applicant is under the age of 18 years of age.
No pawnbroker shall receive as a pledge or purchase any firearm
or dangerous weapon, or display in his or her window or shop any such
items for sale.
It shall be the duty of every pawnbroker to report to the Police
Department any article pledged with him, if he or she shall have reason
to believe that the article was stolen or that the article was lost,
and found by the person attempting to pledge it.
Every pawnbroker shall keep a book in which there shall be made, at the time of the transaction, a record in English of every article received, purchased, sold or exchanged by him or her, setting forth the following: the date of transaction, the name and residence of the purchaser or seller, and a brief description of the article sold or purchased, including identification numbers thereon, if any. The record kept pursuant to this Section
9-10-5 shall be open to inspection by officers of the Police Department at all reasonable times.
No pawnbroker shall conduct the business of a secondhand dealer
without having obtained the business license required therefor, pursuant
to Article 9 of this chapter, in addition to his or her pawnbroker's
license.