As used in this chapter:
A. 
Any person, firm or corporation engaged in whole or in part in the business of buying, selling or trading in secondhand goods shall be deemed to be a "dealer" in secondhand goods.
B. 
"Secondhand goods"
means and includes any and all used or secondhand goods, purchased or kept for sale by a dealer in secondhand goods, including auto wrecking yards; provided, however, that such terms shall not be construed to include the business of operating a public garage, a shop for the repair of motor vehicles, or the business of dealing in used or secondhand motor vehicles.
(Ord. 799 § 2, 1966; Prior code § 4.24.020)
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of buying, selling or trading in secondhand goods in the city without first obtaining a license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 799 § 1, 1966; Prior code § 4.24.010)
The license fee for the business of dealing in miscellaneous secondhand goods shall be the same as provided in SMC § 5.04.050.
(Ord. 799 § 7, 1966; Ord. 1075 § 13, 1978; Prior code § 4.24.070)
It shall be the duty of every secondhand dealer to maintain at his place of business a permanent record in which shall be written at the time of any transaction the following information: the date of the transaction, the name of the person conducting the same, the printed name, written signature, and address of the person with whom the transaction is had, the address of the place from which the property was last removed, an accurate description of the property bought, including serial numbers of all articles so marked, and any inscriptions or other identifying marks, and an itemized statement of the price or amount paid for the property purchased.
(Ord. 799 § 3, 1966; Prior code § 4.24.030)
It shall be the duty of every dealer in secondhand goods to furnish to the chief of police at his office before noon of each day, on such forms as may be provided by the city, a full, true and correct record of each transaction had at his place of business on the previous day, as called for on the form. Secondhand goods taken on consignment or in trade will be recorded in the same manner as goods purchased outright, provided that when the only secondhand goods at any time handled by a licensee are those taken in trade or part payment by the licensee for new goods of a similar kind, the police report as herein provided shall not be required, and such transaction shall be recorded only in the book of the licensee maintained at the place of business.
(Ord. 799 § 4, 1966; Prior code § 4.24.040)
No dealer in secondhand goods shall sell or dispose of any article received or purchased by him constituting secondhand goods as herein defined, or shall remove or permit the same to be removed from his place of business within 10 days after receipt of the goods has been reported to the chief of police as provided in this chapter.
(Ord. 799 § 5, 1966; Prior code § 4.24.050)
No dealer in secondhand goods shall purchase or receive such goods from any person under the influence of intoxicating liquor, from any person under the age of 21 years, from any habitual drunk, from any person who is known to him to be a thief or receiver of stolen property, or any person he has reason to believe or suspect to be such a person.
(Ord. 799 § 6, 1966; Prior code § 4.24.060)