Note: Prior ordinance history: Ord. 6.
As used in this chapter:
"Junk"
means any scrap, waste, reclaimable material, or debris, whether or not stored, for sale or in the process of being dismantled, destroyed, processed, salvaged, stored, baled, disposed or other use or disposition.
"Pawnbroker"
is any person who, in the course of business, buys, sells or deals in secondhand goods, wares or merchandise other than motor vehicles or junk and provides loans secured by goods, wares or merchandise.
"Secondhand dealer" or "thrift shop owner"
is any person who, in the course of business, buys, sells or deals in secondhand goods, wares or merchandise other than motor vehicles or accepts secondhand goods, wares or merchandise in part payment coincidentally with the sale of new goods, wares or merchandise in the regular course of business.
(Ord. 366 § 1 Exh. C, 2007)
A. 
No person, as a principal, shall engage in the business of secondhand dealer or thrift shop owner without first obtaining a business registration permit.
B. 
No person, as a principal, shall engage in the business of pawnbroker without first obtaining a business registration permit.
(Ord. 366 § 1 Exh. C, 2007)
Any person desiring to obtain a business registration permit required by Chapter 5.08 for a pawnbroker, thrift shop, or secondhand dealer use must make a written application to the Moorpark police department stating, in addition to the general information required by Chapter 5.08 of this title, the following information:
A. 
Residence address of the applicant and the address of the place of business;
B. 
Name under which the business is to be transacted;
C. 
Names and addresses of all persons having an ownership interest in the business.
(Ord. 366 § 1 Exh. C, 2007)
If the Moorpark police department finds that the permittee has not been convicted of crimes involving stolen goods, or has not had repeated violations of the reporting requirements under Business and Profession Code Sections 21625 through 21647 and the application provided for in Chapter 5.08 complies with all of the requirements of this chapter the application shall be approved.
(Ord. 366 § 1 Exh. C, 2007)
Each day that a pawnbroker, thrift shop owner or secondhand dealer operates its business, the pawnbroker, thrift shop owner or secondhand dealer must provide to the Moorpark police department a completed report, on forms supplied by the Moorpark police department, showing all goods, wares and merchandise purchased or received during the day preceding the filing of such report. The report must be presented in person or via electronic mail or fax on or before two (2:00) p.m. to the Moorpark police department. The Moorpark police department must retain the report for a period of three years from the date upon which it is filed.
(Ord. 366 § 1 Exh. C, 2007)
All goods, wares and merchandise purchased or received by any pawnbroker, thrift shop owner or secondhand dealer, shall be promptly open for inspection at all times during business hours to any officer of the Moorpark police department.
(Ord. 366 § 1 Exh. C, 2007)
It is unlawful for any pawnbroker, thrift shop owner or secondhand dealer to sell or dispose of any article or thing unless at least 72 hours has elapsed since the article or thing was first reported to the Moorpark police department as having been purchased or acquired, unless the article or thing is sold or disposed of to a person holding a business registration under the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 366 § 1 Exh. C, 2007)