[Amended 4-7-1992 by Ord. No. 92-02]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
SECONDHAND DEALER
Any person engaged in the business of purchasing for the
purpose of resale at secondhand any of the following articles: bicycles;
bicycle parts, equipment and accessories; jewelry; unset jewels; precious
stones; gold; silver; coins; tools; power tools; chain saws; small
household appliances; televisions; AM-FM, CB and other radios; mobile
telephones; sound recorders/players of whatever technology employed,
and apparatus associated with and recordings made or used by same,
including but not limited to magnetic tape recorders/players, tapes,
stereos, records, cassettes, compact players/discs, laser players/discs,
digital sound devices and recordings; sterling silverware; clocks;
watches; musical instruments, parts, accessories and equipment; motion-picture
or still cameras, employing film, video or other technology, and related
parts, accessories and equipment; developers, enlargers and other
photographic equipment; video and other electronic recorders, players
and related parts, accessories and equipment; typewriters and other
word processing devices; calculators; copying machines; computers,
monitors, printers, program discs and related parts, accessories and
equipment.
[Amended 9-1-1987 by Ord. No. 87-8]
A. Before any person shall engage in the business as
a secondhand dealer in the city, said person shall obtain a license
to do so from the City Clerk's office. Said license shall be valid,
unless otherwise revoked, for the calendar year in which the same
is issued, and every said license shall expire at midnight on December
31 of said year.
B. Application for a license shall be made in writing
on a form supplied by the city. Such form may require the name of
the applicant, his place of residence and business, his date of birth,
type of goods, wares and merchandise to be purchased and sold and
such other information and evidence of good character of the applicant
as the city may reasonably require.
C. The license fee under this chapter shall be established
by resolution of the Common Council. Such fee may thereafter be amended
from time to time by like resolution.
[Amended 11-20-2012 by Ord. No. 12-05]
D. Where a secondhand dealer is engaged in business at
more than one location, an amendment to the original license shall
be made.
E. A secondhand dealer's license shall not include, nor
permit the engaging in, the business of being a pawnbroker.
No secondhand dealer shall sell or permit to be sold any article purchased or received by him until seven days have elapsed after purchasing or receiving said article and completion of the daily report required in Subsection
C of §
135-3 of this chapter.
Every secondhand dealer shall display, in a
conspicuous place within his place of business, a copy of this chapter
furnished by the Police Department.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished as provided in §
1-14 of this Code. In addition to the penalties imposed, the license of such person shall be canceled and revoked and forfeited.