[Adopted 12-28-1982 by Ord. No. MC 2681 (Ch. 159, Art. I, of the 1981
Revised Code)]
No person shall engage in the business of buying used or secondhand
precious metals, natural and synthetic gems and all forms of previously
owned jewelry, without first obtaining a license as provided herein.
[Amended 1-12-2016 by Ord. No. MC 3562]
A. Each person conducting such business shall apply to the Division of Licensing for a license. Each business address maintained by a person subject to §
491-1 shall be individually licensed. Where such person maintains no permanent business address in the Township of Irvington but purchases used or secondhand precious metals, gems or jewelry within the Township of Irvington, on a regular basis, said person shall also be subject to the license provision of this article. For the purpose of this section, two or more purchases within any twelve-month period shall constitute doing business on a regular basis.
B. Such license shall be valid for a period of one year from the date
of issue and shall be displayed in plain view at the licensed premises.
Where the person has no business premises within the Township of Irvington,
the license shall be carried on his person and shall be displayed
upon the request of the Director of Public Safety or his designee.
The license shall cover the individual licensee and, where appropriate,
the specific premises listed as the place of business in the license
application. Where a person does business in the Township of Irvington
but has no business premises in the Township, each employee engaged
within the Township of Irvington, in the aforesaid business, shall
be licensed.
C. All persons employed at the licensed premises are deemed to be licensed,
provided that they are listed on the license application. The Director
of Public Safety shall be notified of changes in personnel within
seven days of such change.
D. It shall be the duty of every licensee to provide the Director of
Public Safety with his residential address and to notify him of any
change of address within seven days.
[Amended 1-12-2016 by Ord. No. MC 3562]
The Director of Public Safety shall cause a background investigation
to be made of each applicant for a license. He may require the applicant
to supply such information necessary to obtain such investigation
and shall require the fingerprints of applicants. No person may obtain
such a license if a review of his background reveals a conviction
for dealing in or possessing or participating in the sale, distribution
of or the receiving of any stolen property, or offenses relating thereto,
or conviction of any indictable offense.
No licensee shall melt, change the form of, sell or otherwise
dispose of any articles purchased or received within five days of
such purchase or receipt, and all such articles shall remain on the
premises where the purchase was made for at least five days.
[Amended 8-11-1987 by Ord. No. MC 2834; 12-12-1995 by Ord. No. MC 3027; 12-14-1999 by Ord. No. MC 3134; 8-14-2001 by Ord. No. MC 3176; 10-12-2005 by Ord.
No. MC 3306; 12-29-2009 by Ord. No. MC 3413]
The fee for a license for a person engaged in the business of buying used precious metals, gems and jewelry shall be $342 initially and $197 annually thereafter, provided that transactions listed in §
491-9 shall be exempt from paying said license fee.
The sale or other disposition by a licensed dentist of gold
or silver amalgams used in dentistry is exempt from the provisions
of this article.