The Town Board of the Town of North Hempstead finds that
the business of buying and selling secondhand merchandise is rapidly expanding
in the Town of North Hempstead. In the past these business operations were
conducted without regulation by the Town of North Hempstead. This situation
creates an ideal scenario for persons to dispose of stolen property and thus
is destructive of the property rights of our citizens, and it impedes the
police agencies of the county in their attempt to stem the tide of larcenies
and burglaries. Therefore, the Town Board concludes that it is in the best
interests of the welfare of the town's citizens to enact a law regulating
the operations of dealers in secondhand merchandise who conduct their business
in the unincorporated areas of the Town of North Hempstead.