[Ord. No. 2011-39 §1, 12-12-2011]
For purposes of this Article, the following words shall have
the meanings given in this Section:
PAWNBROKER
Any person engaged in the business of lending money on the
security of pledged goods or in the business of purchasing tangible
property on the condition that it may be redeemed or repurchased by
the seller within a fixed period of time.
PAWNSHOP
The location at which, or premises in which, a pawnbroker
regularly conducts business.
[Ord. No. 2011-39 §1, 12-12-2011]
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business
of a pawnbroker or pawnshop without obtaining a pawnbroker/pawnshop
license from the City.
[Ord. No. 2011-39 §1, 12-12-2011]
Application for a license to engage in the business of pawnbroker
or pawnshop under the provisions of this Article shall be filed with
the City Clerk and shall be on forms to be furnished by the Clerk
and signed and sworn to by the applicant. The requirements of Section
376.043, RSMo., shall apply to license applications filed under this
Article.
[Ord. No. 2011-39 §1, 12-12-2011]
Transfer of an existing pawnshop or the change of ownership
of an existing pawnshop shall require the same application process
as a new pawnshop license. Licenses are personal to the licensee and
are not transferable. A license shall be for one (1) business location
only; multiple locations are prohibited.
[Ord. No. 2011-39 §1, 12-12-2011]
No license for engaging in the business of pawnbroker/pawnshop
shall be issued when the issuance thereof would increase the number
of pawnbrokers/pawnshops operating in the City to more than one (1)
per each fifteen thousand (15,000) inhabitants residing in the City.
[Ord. No. 2011-39 §1, 12-12-2011]
A. No
license shall be issued for the operation of a pawnbroker/pawnshop
as defined within this Chapter, wherein said pawnbroker/pawnshop will
be located within five hundred (500) feet of the property line of
any church/synagogue, or school.
B. No
license shall be issued for the operation of any pawnbroker/pawnshop
within one thousand (1,000) feet of the property line of property
on which there is located another pawnbroker/pawnshop.
[Ord. No. 2011-39 §1, 12-12-2011]
No pawnbroker, member of the pawnbroker's family, employee or
any other person shall be permitted to live in a pawnshop or in rooms
connected therewith.