2-5-1: DEFINITIONS:
PAWNBROKER: Any person who advances or loans money or other valuable things upon the deposit of personal property on the condition of selling the same back at a stipulated price.
SECONDHAND DEALER: Every person who buys, sells, exchanges or deals in personal property that has been previously used, broken or disfigured; provided, that merchants who deal in new furniture, dishes or other regular household furnishings and accept such articles for credit on the purchase price of new or used articles sold contemporaneously which are of similar character to the goods so exchanged shall not be considered secondhand dealers for the purposes of this Chapter. (Ord. 82-13, 10-19-1982)