No secondhand dealer shall engage in the business of keeping a secondhand store or a place for buying and selling secondhand goods in the city until he or she has first obtained a license to engage in and carry on such business. Every applicant for a license shall make application in writing to the Director of Public Safety, which application shall set forth the name under which the business is to be conducted, the name of every person interested in the business and the location at which the business is to be conducted. The application must be made by the person who is to conduct the business and must contain references of at least two other residents of the city as to the character of the applicant.
(Prior Code, § 852.02) (Ord. 261-1957, passed 12-2-1957)