[Ord. No. 741,
passed 2-22-2010]
As used in this chapter, "pawnbroker(s)" shall have the same
meaning as provided in Section 3 of Act No. 469, of the Public Acts
2002, M.C.L. 446.203 (hereinafter the "Act").
[Ord. No. 741,
passed 2-22-2010]
A person, corporation, or firm shall not carry on the business
of pawnbroker in the City without first having obtained a license
as authorized by the Act.
(a) An application for a license on a form approved by the Mayor shall
be filed and updated annually, and as a condition for the issuance
thereof there shall be paid an annual license fee in the sum of $500.
(b) As set forth in Section 2 of the Act, the bond that is required to
be given to the City of Coldwater shall be in the sum of $3,000.
[Ord. No. 741,
passed 2-22-2010]
A pawnbroker shall at all times comply with all of the requirements
of the Act.
[Ord. No. 741,
passed 2-22-2010]
(a) Every pawnbroker shall, within 48 hours, deliver to the Director
of Public Safety information regarding all transactions in which the
pawnbroker received used goods by pawn, trade, purchase, or consignment.
Such delivery shall contain such information and shall be on such
form as the Director of Public Safety may reasonably request, and
shall be made by means of electronic transmission through a modem
or similar device, in such a format that the data are capable of direct
electronic entry into the City's computerized systems for identifying
and tracking such property. A thumbprint of the person(s) pawning
property shall be placed on each report, and shall be electronically
scanned and transmitted with the record. A transaction so reported
shall not be reported on paper forms unless the Director of Public
Safety so requests.
[Ord. No. 741,
passed 2-22-2010]
The application for and acceptance of a license under this chapter
constitutes the licensee's consent to a review of all records
the licensee is required to maintain pursuant to this chapter, and
an inspection of any property the licensee takes in pursuant to this
chapter and the license. Such review and inspection shall be permitted
upon the request of the Director of Public Safety or the Director's
designee, at such reasonable times and with such reasonable frequency
as the Director may determine. Any such review and inspection shall
be conducted in the presence of the licensee.
[Ord. No. 741,
passed 2-22-2010]
If the Director of Public Safety believes that a licensee under
this chapter or any employee of the licensee has violated any of the
provisions of this chapter, or of the Act, the Director of Public
Safety shall report such violation to the City Clerk. The City Clerk
shall (a) notify the Mayor and the licensee and provide the licensee
notice that the City intends to revoke the license and (b) shall provide
the licensee an opportunity to a hearing before the Mayor. If the
Mayor determines that the licensee or licensee's employee has
violated any of the provisions of this chapter or the Act, the Mayor
shall then revoke the license. Upon such revocation, the licensee
and employee shall not be issued a license as a pawnbroker for a period
of one year from the date of the revocation.