For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent
from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are
defined as follows:
shall mean any person engaged in, conducting, managing or
carrying on the business of loaning money. whether for himself or
any other person, upon personal property, pawns, or pledges, or the
business of purchasing articles of personal property and reselling,
or agreeing to resell, such articles to the vendor or his assignee
or assignees at prices agreed upon at, or before, the time of purchase.
shall mean any room, store, or place in which the business
of a pawnbroker is carried on or conducted.
shall mean any person who, in the course of business, buys,
sells, or deals in secondhand goods, wares, or merchandise, other
than motor vehicles, and whether such person is engaged solely in
such purchase, sale, or dealing or buys, sells, or deals therein in
connection with engaging in, conducting, managing, or carrying on
another business, similar or dissimilar; provided, however, any person
who accepts secondhand goods, wares, or merchandise in part payment,
and coincidentally with the sale by him or her of new goods, wares,
or merchandise in the regular course of his business, shall not, with
respect to such goods, wares, or merchandise so acquired, be deemed
to be a secondhand dealer within the purview of this chapter.
(Part I, Ord. 428, eff. May 27, 1971)
Every pawnbroker and secondhand dealer shall make out and deliver
to the Chief of Police, on a blank form to be obtained by such pawnbroker
or secondhand dealer from the office of the Chief of Police for that
purpose, a full and complete report of all goods, wares, merchandise,
or things acquired or received on deposit, pledged, or purchased during
the day preceding the filing of such report; provided, however, no
report need be filed for any day in which no such goods, wares, merchandise,
or things were acquired, received on deposit, pledged, or purchased.
(Part I, Ord. 428, eff. May 27, 1971)
The report required by Section 6-2.02 of this chapter shall show the hour of the day when such article was acquired, received on deposit, pledged, or purchased and the true name and address, as nearly as known or can be ascertained by such pawnbroker or secondhand dealer, of the person by whom such article was left, left on deposit, pledged, or sold, together with a description of such person. The description to be given of every such person shall show the style, color of mustache or beard, or both, where the same was worn, and, if neither is worn, such fact should be noted. If a pawn, such report shall also show the number of the pawn ticket, the amount loaned, and a complete description of each article left on deposit or pledged. If any article so left on deposit, pledged, or purchased has engraved thereon any number, word, or initial, or contains any settings of any kind, the description of such article in such report shall contain such number, word, or initial and shall show the kind of settings and the number of each kind. Blanks to be obtained from the office of the Chief of Police, as provided in Section 6-2.02 of this chapter, shall bear a caption providing blank spaces in which shall be written or printed the date of such report, the name and place of business of the person making the report, and the hour of the day when the report is received at the office of the Chief of Police. Such blanks shall be so printed and subdivided as to contain spaces with proper captions for the furnishing of the information required by this section. A copy of this section and Section 6-2.02 of this chapter shall be printed upon each such blank or upon the back thereof.
(Part I, Ord. 428, eff. May 27, 1971)
Every pawnbroker and secondhand dealer shall keep a complete record of all goods, wares, merchandise, or things pledged to, purchased, or received by him, which record shall contain all of the matters required by him or her to be shown in the reports referred to and described in Section 6-2.03 of this chapter. Every such record and all goods, wares, merchandise, and things pledged to, purchased, or received by any such pawnbroker or secondhand dealer shall be open at all times during business hours to the inspection of the Chief of Police or any police officer of the City.
(Part I, Ord. 428, eff. May 27, 1971)
The Chief of Police shall file in a secure place in his office
all reports received pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and
such reports shall be open to inspection only by persons charged with
the enforcement of this chapter or upon an order of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(Part I, Ord. 428, eff. May 27, 1971)
It shall be unlawful for any pawnbroker to sell or dispose of
any article or thing within 21 days after such article or thing has
been purchased or received by such pawnbroker.
(Part I, Ord. 428, eff. May 27, 1971)
It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in conducting, managing,
or carrying on the business of a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer,
or for any agent or employee of any such person, to accept any pledge
of, or to loan any money upon, personal property, or to purchase or
receive any goods, wares, merchandise, article, or thing, or in any
manner whatsoever to engage in or conduct any such business between
the hours of 10:00 p.m. of one day and 6:00 a.m. of the following
day.
(Part I, Ord. 428, eff. May 27, 1971)
Every pawnbroker and secondhand dealer shall maintain on the
premises where such business is located a sign, plainly printed in
the English language of sufficient size so that the sign may be easily
read from the sidewalk in front of such place of business, stating
that he is a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer. Where such business
is conducted in an office building, the sign shall be placed at the
door to such office. Where such business is conducted in a department
of any building, the sign shall be placed at the entrance of such
department.
(Part I, Ord. 428, eff. May 27, 1971)
