As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ANTIQUE
Any article or merchandise which is more than fifty (50) years old.
APPROPRIATE POLICE AGENCY
A.
For dealers located within the Port Washington Police District, the
Port Washington Police Department.
B.
For dealers located outside the Port Washington Police District, the
Nassau County Police Department.
DEALER IN SECONDHAND MERCHANDISE
Any person who, in any way as principal, broker or agent:
A.
Deals in the commercial purchase or sale of secondhand merchandise or
coins for any purpose;
B.
Accepts or receives secondhand merchandise as returns of merchandise
or in exchange for or for credit against the price of any other articles or
merchandise; or
C.
Deals in the commercial purchase or sale of pawnbroker tickets or other
evidence of pledged articles.
PERSON
An individual, partnership, unincorporated association, corporation
or other entity.
SECONDHAND MERCHANDISE
Any item which shall have been previously used or purchased by a
consumer, but shall not include:
A.
Automobiles, pianos, books, magazines, rugs, tapestries, artists' burlaps,
paintings, sculpture, drawings, etchings and engravings.
B.
The first purchase or sale in the United States of any imported used
item.
C.
The acceptance or receipt of merchandise in a new or used condition
as a return or exchange or for credit or refund if such merchandise was originally
purchased as new merchandise from the person accepting or receiving the same,
or any resale of such merchandise as new merchandise, or the first subsequent
nonretail sale or exchange of such merchandise as used merchandise.
D.
The first sale, at retail, of merchandise which has been rebuilt by
the manufacturer or vendor originally manufacturing it, or the licensed agents
thereof, and sold as factory-rebuilt merchandise.
E.
Articles sold or acquired by a thrift shop, as defined to be so classified
under the United States Internal Revenue Code and entitled to an exemption
as an eleemosynary corporation or institution.
F.
Antiques having a value of less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.)
and void of any serial numbers, monograms, initials or distinct markings.
G.
Articles bought or sold by a junk dealer, pursuant to Chapter
31 of this Code.
H.
Stamps or coins bought and sold at wholesale by persons engaged in philately
or numismatics and under control of and in compliance with the regulations
of the National Association of Security Dealers or the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission. Such persons shall file annually a statement with
the Town Clerk certifying such compliance.
[Added 4-28-1981 by L.L.
No. 5, 1981]