(a)
Any
and all pawnshops and pawnbrokers doing business within the city shall,
beginning on the effective date of the ordinance from which this section
derived, register with leadsonline at www.leadsonline.com and shall
upload, on at least a daily basis, all information relating to personal
property purchased, received or otherwise acquired by such pawnshop
or pawnbroker to the database maintained by leadsonline.
(b)
There
shall be no direct cost to the pawnshop or pawnbroker associated with
registration with leadsonline or with the uploading of the information
required by this section, other than the cost of computers and internet
service.
(c)
All
costs charged for the use of the leadsonline service shall be borne
by the police department of the city from its current budget.
(d)
(1)
It shall be a defense to compliance with this section if the pawnshop
or pawnbroker is able to prove that a power failure or a computer
system malfunction prohibited timely entry of the required data into
leadsonline and the pawnshop or pawnbroker promptly uploaded the required
data within 24 hours of computer system restoration.
(2)
Should a pawnshop or pawnbroker fail to maintain an operable computer
system so as to prohibit the pawnshop or pawnbroker from complying
with this section, then the pawnshop or pawnbroker may be cited for
failure to comply with this section.
(e)
The
failure of any pawnshop or pawnbroker to strictly comply with the
provisions of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall
be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00)
per violation. A separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each
day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ordinance 06-027, secs. 1–5,
adopted 5/9/06; 1978 Code, sec.
7-121)
